[Time] 3:40pm on day 7, month 4, turn 5, 5th Pass.
[Players] L'ten & Lyndee, Dallianth & Sevuuth
[Scene] Sevuuth's caught Dallianth again, and Len and Lyndee talk for the first time in over three months.

( Are we done? )

[Time] 11:28am on day 14, month 3, turn 5, 5th Pass.
[Players] Cr'pel & L'ten
[Scene] Len tries to ask Cr'pel for a favor. It doesn't go so well.

( Break would be nice. )

[Time] Near midnight on day 28, month 1, turn 5 (or 1/2/5)
[Players] Katelin, L'ten
[Scene] Insomnia rules, and two friends talk. Advice, and reassurances.

( We should make the time. )

[Time] 3:31pm on day 28, month 1, turn 5.
[Players] Anwyn & L'ten
[Scene] Topics range over many subjects, including why Len keeps losing at poker.

( It is all a matter of perspective. )

[Time] 11:29am on day 28, month 1, turn 5.
[Players] Len, Zainab, (npcs) Kandell, Ifinees
[Scene] Len makes an incorrect assumption, then aids a lady in distress.

( Please excuse my nosiness. )

[Time] 10:09am on day 19, month 1, turn 5.
[Players] L'ten & S'dric
[Scene] Wingleader and 'second discuss, in passing, weyrlings.

( I'm glad she's seen the need. )

[Time] The first week of turn 5

He stayed up as late as he dared, woke earlier than he wanted, hoping to catch Lyndee... what? In an unguarded moment? Maybe. Maybe if he was always awake, always there for her, no matter what time she came in, she'd say something to him instead of this cold, cool nothing. Like he was a chair, or a spinnerweb she hadn't bothered to clear away yet. She probably hoped he'd just give up and move out, and Faranth knew it would be more comfortable, but he wasn't going to give up. Not on her, not on them.

He didn't know what else he could do. In case she was paying attention he wasn't going anywhere near Aileen - not that he would have, even had things between him and Lyndee not been rocky. She was a mistake. As much as he wanted a son, he'd wanted one with Lyndee. Not with this... not with her. Shells.

Maybe I can't fix this, he thought in the middle of one too-long night, his eyes burning from staring at the stars. Their ledge was empty - still empty - save for Sevuuth curled up behind him. He didn't know where Dallianth was, where Lyndee was. With the weyrlings, maybe. Probably. He hoped. And then the thought came to him in a burst of either inspiration or stupidity, he wasn't sure which. What if he stepped down as S'dric's wingsecond? What if he applied to Geneve to assist with the weyrlings? She'd probably laugh. No, she would laugh. But maybe... maybe it would show her how serious it was. Maybe he could fix this.

[Time] Morning of day 1, month 1, turn 5.
[Players] Len & Lyndee
[Scene] What's a turnover morning without a blazing fight?

( Why would you lie to me? )

[Time] 3:54pm on day 15, month 12, turn 4. (backdated)
[Players] L'ten, npcs Phazamon, Nomnalen, Aileen, Haisil
[Scene] L'ten returns to Rocky Ridge and gets a surprise. Several. None of them pleasant.

( It's going to be a rough winter. )


===< Plots and Rumors >=======================================================

Message: 3/11 Posted Author

New faces? Wed May 20 L'ten

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In the middle of the last month of the turn a brown dragon arrived in the bowl and brought in two new faces. The dragon himself wasn't a surprise - Sevuuth is well known - and neither is the arrival of strangers, what with the frequent clutches, and the need to bring in Candidates. But... two -women-? Whyever would L'ten bring in /women/ for the clutch? Has Lyndee finally brought him around to her way of thinking?

===============================================< Day 14, Month 13, Turn 4 >===

[Time] 12:11pm on day 7, month 11, turn 4.
[Players] Len, Lyndee, Sevuuth
[Scene] What do you do when you don't have time for your weyrmate? You make the time.

( Been too long since I've heard you laugh. )

[Time] 10:05am on day 14, month 10, turn 4.
[Players] L'ten & M'keal, Sevuuth & Tovith
[Scene] Tovith's risen; Sevuuth's caught. Len and M'keal manage to have a nice conversation despite mixed messages.

( Fish or cut bait. )

[Time] 5:45pm on day 3, month 9, turn 4.
[Players] G'avon, L'ten, Vondelian
[Scene] Wingseconds reconnect after Rocky Ridge, and G'avon plants a seed.

( I suppose I could go by with a basket or two. )

[Time] 2:39pm on day 7, month 8, turn 4.
[Players] L'dor & L'ten
[Scene] Wingseconds grumble and gripe about grubs.

( Hopefully all these little seeds we've planted will help. )

[Time] 8:15pm on day 20, month 7, turn 4.
[Players] G'avon, L'ten, npcs Aileen, Haisil, Ismiri, Rogit
[Scene] G'avon takes Len for a night out on the town. Wine and women, but no song.

( And that is a night out with G'avon. )

[Time] 11:17am on day 21, month 6, turn 4.
[Players] Andoran & L’ten
[Scene] Len and the Harper talk over chores. Has Len really changed that much?

( I'm enjoying it while it lasts. )

[Time] Afternoon on day 9, month 6, turn 4.
[Players] Alastor, L'ten, Maire
[Scene] Len heads to the infirmary the day after a bad ‘fall to kill two birds with one stone, and finds himself an object lesson.

( Maire ignores the protesting gargle. )

[Time] 6:20pm on day 22, month 5, turn 4.
[Players] Anwyn & L’ten
[Scene] Goldrider and brown talk, discuss changes.

( You’ve found a balance? )

[Time] 8:11pm on day 1, month 5, turn 4.
[Players] Cr’pel & Len, Sembruth & Sevuuth
[Scene] Recovery comes slowly as two brownriders talk.

( We’ve had a good day. )

[Time] 2:41pm on day 5, month 4, turn 4.
[Players] Alastor, L'ten, S'dric, Gedreth, Sevuuth
[Scene] Alastor doesn't believe Len's taking it easy, and has some news. S'dric doesn't believe Len's taking it easy either, and has a request.

( Knife-to-Eyeballs Disease )

[Time] 4:21pm on day 24, month 3, turn 4.
[Players] Len, Lyndee, Cobol (NPC)
[Scene] Lyndee comes to visit the convalescent and makes a confession.

( We've got a lot of work to do. )

[Time] Day 10, month 3, turn 4

He couldn't see, but he could remember. He remembered green - trees, fields, a river. And blue - the sky, rain, a wide ocean. He remembered snow and summer: they blanketed him alternately until he shivered and sweated and they weren't always good at taking turns. There were voices, too. He could pick them out. The older man, reassuring. Younger women and men, by turns brisk or calm, comforting or worried. He didn't think they were his sisters and brothers, but he wasn't always sure.

There was one presence, though, that he was absolutely certain of. He was there when he woke up, there when he drifted off again. When the nightmares came, he kept the worst of the monsters away. He chattered when he could bear to hear, was silent when he couldn't. He found himself leaning on the other for the most trivial things: for the weather, for the time of day, the memory of snow or woodsmoke or solace. And always, always, the scent of tea, the comfort of warmth and steam.

[Time] Day 28, month 2, turn 4.
[Players] Dallianth & Sevuuth
[Scene] Dallianth tells Sevuuth to keep a stiff upper lip.

( He is my L'ten and I want him back. )

[Time] Near the end of month 2, turn 4.

He burned and shivered, tried to push the pillow off his face. Someone said, "Shh," and someone said, "He's awake!" and someone said, "Get his hands!" and he wanted to tell them he couldn't breathe and he was being boiled in a stew. Then his mother was there, smelling of tea and worry and she brought burnt snow with her that cooled the stew and warmed the ice. It tasted terrible, tasted bitter, but when tried to protest someone said, "Drink it," and someone told him hush and that he'd stay right here until he came back. Then his mother swooped him into the lake and he floated down the river, knowing she was there for him.

[Time] 7:30pm on day 19, month 2, turn 4.
[Players] L'ten, S'dric, NPC-Will
[Scene] After the mission, Len reports to S'dric... and is struck down by illness. What do the Healers know?

( I'm fine. )

( How rumor has it )

[Time] Late spring, turn 444. Early morning, day 4.
[Players] L'dor & L'ten
[Scene] L'dor and L'ten discuss various and sundry things, including Len's inability to sleep.

( It just doesn't seem real. )

[Time] Late spring, turn 444 of the interval. Day one.
[Players] L'dor, L'ten, M'keal, NPC-S'chu
[Scene] The four riders head back in time to seed grubs.

( It's only going to be a few days. )

[Time] 2:09pm on day 7, month 2, turn 4.
[Players] Anwyn & Len, Sevuuth & Rosalith
[Scene] Anwyn wants Len to whistle four part harmony while balancing on a canteloupe in the middle of a tornado.

( You all pull rank. )

[Time] Evening, day 28, month 13, turn 3 of the Pass
[Players] Ardeina, G'avon, Katelin, L'ten, Lyndee, S'dric, NPCs A'ren, D'ral, I'vrel
[Scene] Turnover, and Katelin's throwing a party.

( You have as much right to be here as anyone. )

[Time] 7:58pm on day 21, month 13, turn 3.
[Players] Geneve & L'ten
[Scene] Len initiates a conversation with Geneve, which she takes as an invitation to barge in line. Typical.

( I hope you find a good one. Whoever he is. )

[Time] 2:11pm on day 12, month 13, turn 3.
[Players] Anwyn, L'ten
[Scene] Anwyn has some sharp words for Len.

( I don't know if I can ever do enough to make up for that. )