In Praise of Pretty Blue Riders

Writers: Emma, Len
Date Posted: 25th November 2010

Characters: P'veas, Jaylene
Description: P'veas tells Jaylene about his date
Location: River Bluff Weyr
Date: month 12, day 2 of Turn 5

Jaylene

"Have I got a story for you," there was a wide grin on P'veas' face as he
settled himself in an empty seat across from Jaylene.

"Okay then!" Jaylene grinned and poured the man a pint. "Okay, now you're
good and ready to give me a lovely tale."

"Thanks," P'veas said as he accepted the drink. "The short version, or the
good version? which one do you want?"

"Hmm..let me think. How about a quick summery and then the long version,
yes?" She grinned and leaned forward, hoping he got lucky.

"Well the quick summary version is that I had a _very_ good night, and so
did he."

Jaylene chuckled at that. "So J'zen is safe for the time being. That's
good, I hadn't told him his favours were up for sale. But go on!" She took
a good few swallows of her pint.

"But it wasn't quite in the way, or with the man I intended."

"What?!" she sputtered some of her beer out. "Opps, sorry about that." She
reached over and dabbed some of the beer off his shirt. "So, what
happened?"

"Well it turns out that the original target really has a preference for
women, but he did know someone just my type."

"And did you tell him you knew just the girl for him?" She pointed to
herself. Really, it had been almost a week since a man had warmed her
bed.

"I might have mentioned your name."

"And?"

"He promised to look you up."

She laughed and waved at him. "Okay, enough of our cute new boy...what the
bloody shards happened to you and this new fella?" Seeing his pint was only
half full, she retopped it.

"Well he knew about a party that was going on in F'der's Weyr. So we went
there for a bit." P'veas grinned. "It got a bit boring after a while,
peoiple just sat about talking and nobody had any new gossip."

"Yeah, I went to one of his parties before. In the end all anyone did was
quote ballads and obcure poems...thought I was going to die of boredom! At
least he brews a mean larger."

"Yeah, and then someone, I can't remember who, suggested a game of dragon
poker, strip dragon poker."

"Listen, if you don't give me the whole bloody story, I'm gonna crack this
mug over your head," Jaylene exclaimed, holding up the now empty beer jug up
in mock violence. "Now come on!"

"I was going to get to the good part," he said after a swallow of his beer.
"Well, after I lost my shirt, deliberately of course, I suggested that he
really had to help me find it again, and that it might just be in my weyr."

Jay giggled, he was as bold as she could be. She waved him on.

"Do I need to spell the rest of it out?" He asked, "We went back to my weyr,
and it just so happened that that my shirt turned out to be in my tied
around my waist, and then loose in my bed furs when he finally found it.
And I ended up with his shirt in exchange."

"And who is this mystery man, may I ask?"

"W'fus," replied P'veas with a grin.

"Mmmm...W'fus...nice." Jaylene lifted her pint up for a silent toast. "So
where did you leave it?"

"Well I did point out that Mavikath would appreciate his blue catching
Mavikath when she next rises, and that'll be very soon."

She snorted at that. "Like miss Mavikath is going to appreciate you trying
to make her mind up for her? I've tried that trick with my girl...I think
she picks the blue of the gayest rider she can find on purpose to catch her
every time. I shag them and then they go running to my brother in tears.
It's so unfair." She finished off her pint, chuckling a bit at the memory
of her most recent Flight._That_poor boy was going to need a lot of work
with the mind healers to get over that. Too bad, he was pretty.

"Better that way than her picking the most uptight bronzerider she can find
for me. I swear if I get the Weyrlingmaster's second one more time...."

"Oh dear...hm yes, I'll take any choice Reanth picks for me over that one.
Let's drink to all the pretty blue riders!" She held up her glass which was
now empty. "Oh dear, look at that!"

"We can't have that now can we," he said. "Perhaps I should get another
jug?"

"Oh yes! Then we can boy watch."

"My favourite hobby."

"Funny that, it's mine too!"

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