Eloquent enough

Writers: Anna, Draconafin
Date Posted: 3rd December 2006

Characters: Jenasie, X'amor
Description: Jenasie writes to X'amor explaining that she'll be away for a while and X'amor doesn't take it so well. Will it be good or bad that he doesn't have to tell her about his tumbles with other people yet?
Location: Dolphin Hall
Date: month 1, day 1 of Turn 4

Jenasie sat on the bench, her legs were tucked up so that formed a surface she could rest the hide on. She had been writing on its worn surface, so it was now half covered in words. Words that perhaps weren't eloquent enough for a Harper, or more exactly a dragonrider Harper. She stared at the words with something bordering on hatred as she imagined they wouldn't be well received.

It was a circumstance made unavoidable by her rank, she was going away.
Journeymen and women travelled but that didn't make it any less of a sting or make the words come any easier. Looking up form her self set task, Jenasie tapped her fingers idly on the roughened edge of the hide. The noise was enough to wake the brown flit sleeping beside her, he looked up at her his eyes whirling blue ~~ Letter ~~

The dolphineer gave a laugh and looked over at Chino and gave the firelizard a rub along his back. Her hair briefly cascaded over her face, obscuring her green eyes; she flipped the offensive piece back behind her ear and smiled. Yes it's a Letter, she informed him to get a happy little trill as he gave his wings a flap and sat on the tip of the hide, almost waiting to deliver it, sometimes he was more agreeable than others and it seemed today was one of those times, soon she promised him, going back to her writing.

When she'd finished the letter read:

To Dragonrider X'amor, rider of blue Calodith; It is my unfortunate task to inform you that I will be called away for some time, a sevenday at the least and at the most the time frame is unknown. I have been assigned to travel with a ship on its maiden voyage, Zarias is looking forward to it, but says she will miss her 'great blue friend' and I will miss you my dear Dragonrider.

I'm terribly sorry that I can't stay
~Jen She frowned at it, it was short and to the point, and it lacked the strength of well chosen words but it was all Jenasie had been able to come up with and she'd been at it for candlemarks. The dolphineer was not the best letter writer not when it came to X'amor, just thinking about him forced her heart into her throat. With a sigh she resigned herself and rolled up the hide fastening it and handing it to Chino.
The brown flit grabbed it in his talons and looked at her. **X'amor and Calodith** She told him and the flit winked /between/.

With that she stood, walking over to the ship she was assigned to, leaving Chino to his errand.

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When Jenasie's Chino popped up next to X'amor the bluerider had been startled. He had been working on a song, generally revoloving around guilt and sorrow for being untrue. He found it ironic that Jenasie had sent him something while he wallowed inside over how to tell her he was sorry.

He read the letter. He read it again. **'at the most the timeframe is unknown.' Unknown? More than a sevenday?** he was even more distraught. And his emotions awoke his blue who had been lounging on his weyrledge.

}:What's the matter?:{ Calodith was drowsy but realized his rider was sincerely distressed.

**Jenasie, I was going to apologize to her, but I can't in a letter,** he noticed Chino was waiting for a return letter and so X'amor got a fresh peace of hide and a writing stick and mulled, **I don't know what to say.**

}:Be honest.:{ was the dragon's remark.

X'amor grinned sadly at his dragon's comment. **Alright I will.**

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The bluerider sighed as he gave the rolled up hide to the flit. He had had to feed the little blue some dried meat to keep him in the weyr while X'amor wrote the letter.

It wasn't that it was long but, that it took him a while to figure out what he wanted to say. He gave Chino a scratch on his little eyeridge before nodding that the flit could go.

Dear Jenasie, The next few weeks will be cloudy with out you near by. I hope your voyage goes well and that you return safely. I have much I want to talk to you about. Things that I can't say through letters. Let me know as soon as you're home again.

I can't wait to see your beautiful eyes,
-X'amor The bluerider sighed, **I think I'm in love,** he shook his head in hopelessness, **What am I going to do?**

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