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F'land and Japith's weyr
"Jap! Come on! I'm going to be late again!" The words were cut off by a round of hysterical giggling. You poke your head into the next weyr to see a slight odd sight. A brown dragon has a boy pinned down with a large hand on his chest. Meanwhile, a large, tawny dog is furiously licking the boys face. A rumbling sound comes from the dragon, almost sounding like a laugh.
The boy is laughing and pushing at the dragon's foot to get him to let him go. The dog backs off slowly as you come in, and as soon as he sees you he bounds off in your direction. The dog jumps up, putting his front paws against you and whimpering to be petted. You run a hand through his shaggy golden fur and he finally calms down.
The boy has been watching you this whole time, and when he realizes he has your attention he sprints over to you. "Heyla! My name is F'land. I'm a new brownrider here, isn't this place great?! This weyr is all mine and Japith's, and Hunt's, too." The dog barks enthusiastically. "Mamma is the Headwoman here. She's so proud of me, and so is Da. Since I've graduated, I gots to work really hard. I'd make her prouder if I was a Wingsecond!" He beams up at you, his young eyes sparkling with expectation.
F'land can't be much older than twelve or thirteen, and that's rather young for a Dragonrider now-a-days. His hair is the same tawny color as Hunt's fur. He's very short, with a skinny frame. You remark mentally that he'll grow eventually, and grin as you look up at the large brown and then down at the little lad.
"Hunt! Down!" The boy grins and grabs a handful of the dog's fur, stopping him from jumping up onto you again. "This is my lil' boy, and my only pet. Mamma said she would give me a flit once I graduated, but I didn't want one. I wouldn't trade Hunt for anything, he's the best." The dragon's head immediately appears by the boy's. "Besides Japi, here, of course!" He grins broadly.
"Like I said, Ma is the Headwoman here at 'Sura Weyr. She used to be a dragonrider, but she's not anymore. Pa is a healer, and he's staying at 'Sura Hold for a while to help some lady get better. He wanted me to come wit' him, but I Impressed, so I couldn't." He grins from ear to ear. .
"Kea wanted me to go with him, but she's glad I didn't now that I got Japith here. She's my sister. Since I didn't go with Da, she did. I miss her, I guess. Her dog Maya use to play with Hunt all the time. Oh well, she'll come back when Da does." He sits down on the ground next to Hunt, Japith still towering behind the two.
"So here I am. Waitin' foh something to happen, and trying not to bug J'simo too much now that I'm graduated and all. He's a really nice fellah once you get to know him. I couldn't do a lot o' the chores the other weyrlings did, being as I'm so small and stuff. But I did my share! I helped out with a dragonhealer every morning, Sirry I think, and she says I make a good dragonrider." His dark eyes glitter with pride.
He seems to have suddenly ran out of things to say. He pauses for a minute, and then his pretty blue eyes widen. "Oh no! I'm goin' tah be late!" He jumps up from where he sits racing out onto the ledge followed by Japith. "I was supposed to help out the dragonhealer again after evening meal!" He scrambles up the brown's side, surprisingly quick for such a little guy. "Come back again, alrighty?" He waves as Japith jumps off the ledge and glides down to the floor of the Weyr Bowl.
Name: F'land (Filand)
Age: 13
Rank: Brownrider
Gender: Male
Parents: Headwoman Landara, Master Healer Fiamon
Siblings: Apprentice Healer Keani, sister
Pets: Tawny canine Hunt
F'land Impressed at SnowValley Weyr.
F'land adopted Hunt from Naronis Weyr.