"I didn't think you'd be interested," Hamon replied truthfully. "All the girls I've ever met like K'tes more, or someone more adventurous or brave." He looked down at his feet. "But no one's liked m because I'm so quiet..."


"Yeah, I suppose," sheryn said, walking forward and finding the beginning of the tape. "Well, I have to say that you've been doing the world a dis-service by hiding so much." She started measuring Sedna, jotting everything down.
~You're just saying that to her because you think the scales look good.~
"Lumelith, I was trying to stop those thoughts."

-Nothing's wrong-
"Quiet is okay." She sniffs wiping her eyes and looks back at Hamon, "At least there isn't any of that completely useless chatter i've heard coming from some people's mouths. And i talk enough for both of us sometimes. And what does come out of your mouth is usually interesting... Or cute."
'Lies! Tell me.'
-Later-
grumble 'Fine.'

Sedna blushed and glanced away, looking towards the wall. “I…doubt the world notices one way or the other.” She murmured softly, trying to push away the blush and the warmth of Sheryn’s hands. She had not been this close to anyone since she’d come here…always keeping people at arms length afraid they would feel her scales…

Shaking her head to clear it she glanced at the other woman from under her dark lashes. She thought the scales… looked good? Perhaps the golden dragon was simply making fun of Sedna…that had to be it…didn’t it?

Hamon looked up at her again. "Fenghua'ng, i'm sorry about your mum," he said. "The closest person to me who died was my uncle, and it was in a storm a few turns ago."
~Is she alright? Hamon, make her feel better!~
-I'm not sure I know how.-


"Trust me, the world will notice if you let Terrin make the outfit," Sheryn said, writing down the last measurement. She's beautiful, the way the scales match her skin and hair... Stop it! Sheryn, you are letting your thought get away from you!
~You always let your thoughts get away. It's a bit annoying sometimes. Maybe you should just ask.~

"It's okay... I guess I just never really dealt with it. I kind of had to figure out how to take care of myself and then survival was the only thing I had time for. It happened a turn and a half ago. She was the only family i had..." She looks down. "I just... miss her sometimes... mostly when i have time to think about it."
'So that's why you're upset'
-yeah, and look at me. going all gushy.-

Well seems I will now…” Sedna murmured softly, glancing over at her a moment. She watched Sheryn work a moment, waiting until the measurements were complete before reaching for her clothing absently. She was just about to slip her hooded shirt back on when she heard the dragon, looking between the two in confusion. Had sedna done something wrong? What had she missed?

“Ask me what?” She asked quietly as she pulled her shirt on, followed by her pants. She then took down the bun in one quick pull so her long hair surrounded her in soft white waves. Biting her lip in uncertainty she began to put them in their usual twin tails, watching and waiting for an answer.

"Well, what about your dad?" Hamon asked, reaching a hand out tentatively, then just dropping it. "Why didn't he take care of you?"
~Will that help?~
-Maybe, but I don't know...-


"I, uh," Sheryn glared at Lumelith. "Lumelith was peeking into my thoughts, though I suppose they weren't that quiet, and she wants me to just ask about what's on my mind." She put the measure tape away and took a deep breath. "I'm not usually the one who asks this question in a situation, but... How do you see me? Not as in the Weyrwoman or anything like that, but... personally."
~You can do better.~
"Oh, fine. How do you see me in an intimate setting?"

Feng's eyes flash, "That stuffed up pidgeon is the reason she died. He threw her out when she got pregnant with HIS get. Couldn't have bastard children running around, could he?" She snaps out in a derisive tone. "Mum had to sell herself just to feed us, and then she dies from a desease given to her by one of her 'clients'. I'll never forgive him." Her fists clench around the basket handle.

Well bra-” She started to answer but then had a slightly different question. “I..intimate?” Sedna asked quietly, glancing away for a moment. She flushed, uncertain what she meant for a moment. Finally she answered but it was slightly guarded, as if she thought she was asking out of concern of what someone other then Sedna might think. In truth that was what the scaled woman was inclined to believe as she did not see how anyone at the weyr could see her as someone they desired to be more…intimate with.

Glancing to the ground she cleared her throat a little, “You are beautiful…curvy yet lean and strong…supple….why…why ask me?” She whispered slightly, looking over at her as she ran a hand through her own hair uncertainly.

"Stuffed pigeon..." Hamon looked at her with surprise. "You called the... Lord Holder of Southern... Oh. Um... wow." He looked away for a moment. "It's not like it's a secret that he sleeps around, but you... well, it does explain a bit."
~What explains what?~


"Well, to tell the truth, I'm one of those people who can find the beauty of both genders attractive, and you... well," Sheryn ran a hand through her hair, grimacing as she caught a few tangles. "You happen to be very beautiful yourself, and I haven't had... since Lumelith rose, I've been too busy or too tired, or just not in the mood... It's a bit frustrating..."

"Yeah well... He'll pay for it someday. He wants a dragonrider for a child. Well he got one... just not the child he kept or even tried to keep track of. I'll shove that in his face someday... maybe on his deathbed. I hope he chokes on the thought." Feng wipes at the tears now streaming down her face in frustration. "You must think i'm a mess. I promise I'm not always like this... I don't know what got into me."

Oh…” Sedna answered with a slight flush, taking a moment to comprehend it. She began to thoughtfully braid her hair. Finally she said quietly, “I.. Have never really shared a night so intimately…but I am….attracted to you deeply. I do not know if I would… please you.” She whispered softly, looking at the floor a moment in thought. Her hands were shaking slightly but…there was desire in her eyes. She stared into Sheryn’s eyes a moment, her own seeming slightly bluer and a little less black then usual.

"I'll help. It can stay secret, for now," Hamon said, looking down at his ft then back up at Fenghua'ng. "And I think that having a dragon is what did it."
~Did what? And what explains what? Hamon!!~
-I'll explain later.-


Sheryn smiled. "Well, there's a first time for everything. and I think you would be just fine." She walked over to Sedna, toughing her lightly on the shoulder. "But if you don't want to, I can accost someone else. There are planty of male riders that are attracted to me, and I wouldn't doubt some of the female ones, too."
~That's better.~
-Shut up, Lumelith.-

"Told her she was making me soft," Feng mumbles still wiping her eyes. 'We're here!'
"Huh?" Feng looks up to see the beach. "It's pretty..." She half wispers. She turns back to Hamon, "You'll still teach me to swim right? I know i must be scaring you off, but..."

Sedna nodded to the first, watching her as she thought over her options. She had always wanted it…of course she had, she was an adult woman, but in her life had always been denied. Now she was being offered it freely. It caused her to bite her lip gently as she stared up, shivering at the touch of her shoulder. For a moment she glanced at the hand but then reached her own hand to touch Sheryn’s cheek.

“I ..would like to try…” She murmured, her breath already unsteady as she leaned forward a little. She pressed her forehead to Sheryn’s a moment, closing her eyes as she hesitated and bit her own lip once more. Half a second later she leaned forward to press her lips gently to Sheryn’s, her own bottom lip slightly moist from her earlier nervous gesture.

"Sure I'll teach you!" Hamon replied, pulling off his shirt. "And no, you aren't scaring me off. Come on, I think Terrin would kill you if that outfit made it into the ocean. Do you have anything that can go in?"
~Promise to explain.~
-I promise.-
~Okay!~ Tikith bounded across the sand, splashing into the water, but staying close to shore.


Sheryn gently pulled Sedna closer, wrapping her arms around her. She depened the kiss a little, not going too fast so as to not scare Sedna off. "The bed would be a better place for this," she whispered, breaking the kiss. "A much, much better place."

"Um... no... I just figured if it gets wet, it gets wet... I could just strip down to my loin cloth and breast band though." Feng look out to the water walks farther out onto the beach, and sets the basket down.
'Why does he keep turning pink, Tikith?'

Sedna shivered, whimpering into the kiss out of surprise but it seemed to long left with fantasy alone made her more then just difficult to scare off. She hesitated but then pressed fully and with every bit of her pent up passions into the kiss as her fingers began to curl into that silky ebony hair. Her warm mouth only paused in it’s desire long enough to answer Sheryn’s words with a soft ‘y…yes…’ before it tasted Sheryn’s lips again for a handful of seconds.

Flushing she looked away and took Sheryn’s hand before walking towards the bed, her heart thudding in her chest with excitement. She would pull the other woman gently beneath the bed sheets where both could disappear and leave the rest of the world behind… Both disappearing into their passions…

~fade to black :P~

"Oh...I guess I'll just have to put them back on. I doubt the breast band would just fall off... It's pretty secure... You know i could just as easily say what if your pants come off." she says turning pink.
'He's kind of funny. I hope this works out... and now she's turning pink! They are amusing when they're together.'

Feng giggles, "I don't think you can stop them... And you let me worry about my loin cloth." Feng proceeds to strip, folding and piling her clothes on the basket with thier food. -worries about my loin cloth...-
'You guys are funny'
-And stop making fun of us behind our backs!-
'But we're not! We are merely observing.' Amaranth says with barely concealed amusement.
"Oh shells! What are we going to do with the two of them?" She asks Hamon now stripped down to her underganments.

"Okay. Lets get to it." She runs out into the water splashing Tikith, and followed closely by Amaranth. "This is great!'
'You've barely gone in.'
"Oh shut up."
'Just saying.'

((night))