Memories!! {Sakky!}

Je’kyll twisted in the saddle when he heard a female voice. He looked about for a moment until he spotted a short, squat pony trotting up to join him and Requias. He hid his distaste and inclined his head to the female good-naturedly. Unfortunately, with Hydeth in a frustrated mood Je’kyll was feeling a little frustrated himself. Still, snapping at her for no apparent reason hardly seemed to be the best course of action. He did not smile in greeting though but slowed the Runner from a trot to a walk to keep pace with the plodding pony.
“Requias… She’s been with me for quite sometime.” Je’kyll elaborated.
A fond smile played on his lips as he stroked the mare’s mane. He looked down at the other Rider and nodded towards the tiny pony.
“And what is his name?”

With the calming nature of the Runner Je’kyll was definitely feeling a little more tolerant of his companion. Hydeth was in something of a raging fit of fury but Requias’ calm temperament served to calm Je’kyll. He felt so calm that he was inwardly laughing at the actions of Hydeth. Requias turned her head a little to take a peek at the pony beside her. She whinnied a greeting and sniffed the smaller Runner. She tossed her head a little, and then dipped it, pleased to be getting some exercise.

Hydeth almost missed the greeting from the Green as she tore her prey apart, spraying blood everywhere. She took great joy in tearing the creatures to pieces and then ate them each rather methodically. She stopped and stared at the Green for a while as the other Dragon warbled a greeting. She swallowed a chunk of meat and whipped her tail about as she deciphered the words from the Green.

I would eat them too… Mine says that thing was here before me though and that I should just accept it. She replied grudgingly.
She stamped a foreleg down onto a creature that was running past and then bit down, swallowing it whole. A Wherry. Lovely. She turned her attention back to the Green and studied her for a moment.
Why walk when you could fly!? Flying is much faster. He spent many turns perfecting how to fly with me only to go and walk with a Runner.

Je’kyll watched the two Runnerbeasts examine one another with a small grin. He was aware that Hydeth was, at that moment, examining the Green Dragon bonded to the woman beside him. She did not speak directly to him about anything but he could still feel and understand what was happening in her mind. She wasn’t pleased still but the chatter from the Green had forced her to calm and decipher everything the other Dragon was saying. Thank goodness.

“Miles… It suits him.” Je’kyll responded after some consideration.
It was an almost short, plodding name for a short plodding pony. Very suited to the smaller creature beside them. He wouldn’t say it was cute, per say, but definitely acceptable, perhaps a little different even. Nice, different and unusual. That was what he thought of the name and also what he liked out of life.

“Yep, Requias has been around for a while too.” Je’kyll stated.
Requias was bordering on about ten turns or so now. It made him sort of sad to think the mare was getting a little older. Ah well, she’d be right. He petted her fondly on her neck once more as she stamped her feet as though tempted to join in the smaller Runner’s trotting dance. She reared ever so slightly and took to a plodding pace, trotting up and down every now and again. Perhaps she was trying to show off but Je’kyll was more inclined to think she was copying. Requias didn’t often show off but she did enjoy copying the movements of some other creatures every now and again.
“Do you think he can keep up?” Je’kyll asked with a mischievous grin.

Hydeth snorted at the silly questions. If Hers was the same as the Greens she would eat the resident Gold Wher. She would have destroyed any dragon that had tried to take Hers before they even got close. She drew herself up a little higher as the Green wandered over to her.
I certainly hope that I am real. How then will I devour my foes and decimate Thread? She bared her jaws at the thought.


Hydeth did not want to play tag. But it certainly beat sitting there stuffing her chops and getting so fat that she would never be able to fly again. Why, then she would have to put up with Hers going for stupid Runs with the creature far more often. She would become a blob on the ground with nothing at all to do with her spare time. She shuddered a little at the thought and spread her wings, stamping the remains of the blooded creatures. She began her characteristic swaying for a moment, watching Pandemoniuth with some vagueness.
Fine. We shall play some tag. She agreed aftr a moment, I can fly as fast as the wind in the trees!

She leapt into the air, looking below to check whether Pandemoniuth followed.

Je’kyll listened to his companion as she spoke. She sure did speak a heck of a lot! Was there something wrong in the water in Dalibor. Two of the three Riders he had met seemed to speak faster than he could even think! G’night had spoken almost every thought he had out loud and now there was this other Rider saying so much. Ah well. He guessed something like that’d probably happen to him if he stayed here too long.

Requias nickered happily at the trotting pony and upped her speed to a trot to mimic the smaller runner once more, tossing her head. Je’kyll masked his annoyance with a blank stare at the Runner but her happiness was contagious. His blank stare slowly became something more of a smile at the comments from the female… Tasakhori. Well, he certainly wouldn’t make Requias run then. He… Almost… Liked her!? Shocking as this news was it made him smile a little broader, working muscles that barely ever got used.
“Je’kyll.” He replied calmly, “It’d be an honour to be your friend.”

Requias started trotting a little faster, they were out for a ride so they needed to run! Je’kyll reigned her in just a little, keeping pace with the other two. He was pleased with the company. Why shouldn’t he be happy? He was Rider for Faranth’s sake! He should be pleased about that. Yep, Hydeth was the love of his life and he didn’t tell her that nearly enough.
I love you Hydeth.

Overhead Hydeth slowed her flying at the words, confusion flowing through their bond. Was Hers quite all right!? He sounded almost… Sad or something. What a strange creature. She started flying a little faster and with a renewed happiness, but was quickly tagged by Pandemoniuth! She bugled and shot after the larger dragon. She would catch her! Hydeth was the winner of everything.
Do not worry Mine. I know. Now I must win this game! For you! Hydeth then shouted out to the Green, Of course I am faster than the wind! I am faster than Thread and I am faster than you!!

Her tone had become friendly once more and she had begun humming softly. She shot after the Green trying to keep up but there was no doubting the speed of the other Dragon. She nearly caught her but lost some speed. She managed to catch up once more and tried to reach out with her wing to tag the Green.
I am fast! I will win!! She shouted, dreamy vagueness permeating her thoughts.

Je’kyll smiled broader and allowed Requias to run just a tad faster. Sadly, he probably wouldn’t get to ride her too much. The past few turns leading up to his impression had been tough enough but with the new Weyr he needed to make something of a name for himself. Not to mention she had only just arrived after being transported. All of his money was gone so that Requias could join them. Money well spent in his opinion. If she had remained at Fort he would have been incredibly disappointed. She probably would have found a nice enough home with another Runner but he could never truly know whether she was being treated well.
“Well, I guess that some people can’t find enough time for them. I mean, I always try but it’s difficult. She only just arrived though. I asked a friend to work on getting her here. I owe them a lot.”

The Runners had always been rather close to one another. It was something he had found in his time. They all seemed to feel an affinity with each other. A connection. They tended to want to do favours for one another but when he had become a healer and, eventually, a rider he had lost some of the weight he held amongst the others. Well, at least he could help them out a little more now by protecting them from Thread.

Hydeth let out a draconic laugh and spun around to get away from Pandemoniuth. She was the fastest there was! And she was smaller than the green so she might even have been able to move faster anyway! Plus, it was a little easier to move around in the air being a smaller dragon. Then again, she was also a little unlucky because she would be outgrown by even the tiny green Weyrlings.
Of course I like winning! And I always do, haha.

She looped around, performing some manoeuvres through the air to keep away from Pandemoniuth as best she could. She didn’t want to be caught!

”Fort. We transferred because of a few things but mostly because the leadership was… Not to Hydeth’s liking.”
He had nodded in agreement to her comment about caring for runners throughout weyrlinghood. He supposed she, like him, had asked some of the herders to assist in caring for the creature. Although, he’d also had runner friends to care for Requias when the herders were particularly busy. Some of them had even borrowed the mare for their work.

“So it took quite some time for poor Requias to arrive.”
He felt back for forcing the mare to transfer but he also hadn’t wanted to leave her behind. He figured things in Dalibor seemed far better. There didn’t seem to be such a conservative atmosphere. He knew that one of the brownriders had transferred, however, and would probably do his best to avoid the man.

Nonono!! You will not catch me!
Hydeth had the speed advantage. She would never be caught by the green. She had all but forgotten that her rider had taken the silly runner out instead of her. Now she was almost able to have fun. She bugled, looking over her shoulder at the green.

She was flying at an average speed and tried to pick up the pace. She was feeling a little tired as the green approached and found she could not fly any faster than she was currently. She hissed when she felt herself get tagged by the green and performed a hairpin turn in an attempt to reach the green before she could fly off. Unfortunately, Pandemoniuth seemed to have flown away far too quickly for her.

She trumpeted once more and shot after the green. She would always win! She was a pink and would be triumphant!!

Je’kyll could hardly blame the Weyrwoman, Fort was not led by the most enlightened bunch of people. He knew that Hydeth thought little of the Weyrwoman often refusing to acknowledge her title now they had transferred. In fact, she’d rarely spoken to the gold unless absolutely pertinent. Hydeth hadn’t tended to bespeak many riders at Fort either. He nodded in response to her statement. He wasn’t precisely sure what was happening at Dalibor but many Fort riders seemed to consider Dalibor dangerously progressive.

“It took me some time to get a transfer. The Weyrwoman strongly advised against my transfer.”

He was surprised that the woman had tried to keep him in the Weyr. He wasn’t exactly important to them at all. Perhaps it was more that she was actually somewhat concerned about him. Either way, Je’kyll was not impressed by the actions of the woman, perhaps only because of her negativity when he had wanted to transfer.

“Well, if we had some sort of weights for Requias she would run slower. It might be a fairer race.”

Hydeth bugled back to the green in an almost aggressive manner. She would not be beaten by a green! They were always causing problems and being silly. Well, at least this green was not mean. She was a little silly but she wasn’t all that bad.

I WILL CATCH YOU! She called back.

But she was sort of tired. Her head was drooping but she kept on. She would win! She pushed herself further still as they flew into the clouds together. She tried to reach out to the green but missed. She would win!

Je’kyll figured that even with a handicap of sorts Requias would probably still win. Then again, if the handicap was heavy enough she probably would not even get her hooves off the ground. Well, he needed some excitement in his life and with no Thread this was probably the simplest way to see it. He could always go on a rampage throughout the Weyr for some interesting times but he had come to prefer Dalibor. Perhaps if he took Hydeth back to Fort and then disappeared without a trace…

He pushed the thoughts from his mind knowing they were likely going to encourage Hydeth’s generally violent way of solving problems. Unfortunately, the dragon seemed to consider the only way of solving anything was by eating it. Instead, he looked over at Tasakhori and Miles with a wondering expression, considering how much weight would be fair for the mare to carry. If they got hold of a few bags and filled them with sand…

“Well, it’s simple enough to grab a couple of bags and fill them with sand or dirt. Enough of those would create something of a handicap, at least enough to make it fair.”
He shrugged thoughtfully. He was the brains Hydeth was the brawn.

Hydeth pushed onwards lamenting the fact that she had not trained herself nearlyas hard as she should have. She liked blaming Fort for everything and quite happily blamed them for their lack of wing drills. Pandemoniuth was nearby she could see her. Only… The green was talking again.
Oh you will never reach the lake!

She was distracted again by the green’s suggestion about cloud dragons. No. What a ridiculous suggestion. There was no way there was such a thing as cloud dragons. Silly green.
No. They cannot sleep up here. They would fall.

Her logic was simple but, to her, it was also undeniable.