First in Line

Writers: Devin, Erin
Date Posted: 9th February 2007

Characters: K'mai, Dananie
Description: K'mai and Dananie have a chat at the beach
Location: River Bluff Weyr
Date: month 2, day 9 of Turn 4

K'mai

Enoiyath laid in the shallows, her back toward the ocean. The slope of the beach at that angle was nearly perfect, allowing her eyes to remain just above the most shallow water and almost covering her back at the deeper part. Dananie finished smearing the sun balm on her shoulder and adjusted the strap to her swimsuit. She rarely compared herself physically to other women, but how she wished she would just tan like other Southern girls instead of freckling!

"Are you ready for your bath, Enny?" she asked, wading ankle-deep into the water.

}: No,:{ the green replied, swishing her tail and delighting in the disconcerted yells from nearby swimmers interrupted by her wave-making. }:
The sun is warm, the water is warm and I would like to stay here and be warm. See? Sebeth's rider lets him stay. :{ "You don't know that," Dananie replied, crossing her arms and hiding a smile. "They haven't been down here very long either, and I never heard you even speak to Sebeth."

Enoiyath huffed, sending a fine salty mist into the air. }:Sebeth, will yours let you stay down at the beach for a long time? I cannot argue with mine until I ask you.:{ }:K'mai likes to stay at the beach with me. We will be here for a while, { the blue answered.

**Who are you talking to?** K'mai asked without lifting his head from the sand. He was laying half in and half out of the water, enjoying the warm day as much as his dragon.

}:Enoiyath.:{ The bluerider sat up and looked around for the green. "Danny!" he called when he had located the pair.

Dananie had to shade her eyes with her hand before she actually spotted K'mai. She waved and walked over, taking the liberty to sit down near him, although just out of reach of the surf. She picked up a handful of heavy wet sand and threw it into the water, sending droplets dropping onto the bluerider. "I suppose it won't do too much harm to stay out for a little while." She indicated her freckling shoulders. "My mother used to tell me those would turn into liver spots if I got too much sun too often." She streched her legs out in front of her and leaned back. "I like my liver on the inside."

"Me too." K'mai chuckled. "So what's new with you, my dear?"

She shrugged. "Likely nothing too different from yourself. Fly 'Fall, do rounds in the Infirmary, eat, sleep." She gestured to her lounging green.
"Wait for Enoiyath." She pulled her knees into her chest and hugged them to her. "How about yourself? You'd think we'd run into each other a little more often, living in the same Weyr and all."

"The life of a bluerider is a busy one." He grinned. "But I should make more time for old friends."

"Assuming you had any old friends to make time for," she said with a broad mischievous grin.

"Hmmm . . . so how about 'friends I've known for many turns'?"

She laughed. "I suppose you have plenty of those." She paused for a moment. "How's 'Fall been for you?" She remembered K'mai's scoring, having been an apprentice at the time, and it had affected her particularly badly because she had known K'mai her entire life.

"A little less scary," the bluerider admitted. "And no new scars, so I must have learned something." It had been over two and a half turns since his scoring, but sometimes the memory was still fresh.

"Well." She scooted up to sit beside him, letting the waves roll up around her hips. "We've all made mistakes. We certainly had plenty to choose from, having known nothing except theory about flying 'Fall and all that."
She paused for a second. "I consider myself lucky, to have Impressed Enoiyath after the Pass started. I have the benefit of the lessons learned."

K'mai nodded. "And the ones after you will know even more. All us tough old pre-Pass riders will show you younglings how to do it right!" He nudged her playfully.

She grinned and nudged him back, having been knocked away from another impending funk. "So dare I ask about your bedmate collection? Any hangers-on for the handsome K'mai?"

"More than I can handle, sometimes." He smiled and leaned closer. "But there's always room for one more."

"Oh dear." Dananie fixed a distressed expression on her face. "I never did like crowded hallways, and I imagine the one outside your weyr is rather full." She clasped her hands together under her chin and batted her eyelashes. "I shall just have to pine away."

"Even if you had a free pass to the front of the line?" K'mai just couldn't help it.

Dananie dropped the act and raised one eyebrow above a crooked smile. "I think, K'mai, that you may be incorrigible, but I thank you for the invitation." She softened her expression; sometimes she though it would be nice to relax in a bed other than her own, but she feared the aftermath of Threadfall.

K'mai grinned and brushed his damp hair out of his face. "I like to think of myself as 'persistant'."

"Ah, the handy euphamism to the rescue." She shaded her eyes with her hands and checked the position of the sun. "I have a rotation in the infirmary, so I think I should go." Enoiyath rumbled crankily, sending ripples through the water. She gave K'mai a one-armed hug before standing up and stretching her back. She winked at him. "Look me up when I'm the only one in line."

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