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...shifts her weight to her right side when N'thei abruptly interrupts and abandons her. To Tiriana, she halfheartedly explains, "He started it. Honestly, he did. He's been real rude to X'lar. An' me. An' Nolee. It ain't right." She flicks a piece of dust off of her bright sarong and takes a large sip of her wine. "I shouldn't have said that jealous comment, though. I'm just gettin' so fed up with all the...

...festive occasion, those serving ordinary meal-fare - not the popular oil-coated and fried goodness, not the sugar-and-spice toasted doughs, but the stall serving fruit and nuts - and it is here that Nolee waits, a scowl and a glare for the drunken masses. At her side, an assistant steward, delightedly giving lackeys instructions for which lines to join and how much to haggle before making purchases...

Who: Anvori, Drehfti (NPC), Edeline, Fayre, L'vae, Nederan (NPC), Niena, Nolee, N'thei, Oysric, Satiet, Sunniva, Tiriana, T'rev, Virgil, Ysave (NPC) When: Day 28, Month 9, Turn 17 Where: Tillek Hold What: Tillek's Brewfest ends poorly, at least for Lord Drehfti. "Hardly," sniffs Tiriana, shaking her head. "He hasn't done anything that any other bronze, or for that matter brown, on Pern couldn't...

Who: Anvori, Drehfti (NPC), Edeline, Fayre, L'vae, Nederan (NPC), Niena, Nolee, N'thei, Oysric, Satiet, Sunniva, Tiriana, T'rev, Virgil, Ysave (NPC) When: Day 28, Month 9, Turn 17 Where: Tillek Hold What: Tillek's Brewfest ends poorly, at least for Lord Drehfti. Tillek Hold      Scrubbed and polished, Tillek Hold turns out at its finest for the Brewfest. The autumnal air may be a little...

...a bit (and I'm apparently anathema to people keeping their network connections), then departs with Fayre for some dancing. A second, somewhat unexpected, dance partner offers after that. Part 1, from Nolee Part 2, from Nolee Main Beach, Ista Weyr The coastline of black sand stretches out in either direction, tropical waters lapping ceaselessly against the subtle decline of the main beach that...

Who: An'dren, Balinne, Berit, Ch'val, C'len, E'dre, Fayre, Idraila, Jendel, Nolee, N'thei, Seliene, Suizen, Tiriana, X'lar When: Day 7, Month 9, Turn 17 Where: Sandbar, Ista Weyr What: Tiriana attends the Sandbar's reopening. The Sandbar, Ista Weyr      A series of glows fashioned as torches line the path and ramp into the bar, making the black volcanic sands of the beach glitter as the...

... The crash of the chair and the events leading up to it beg her attention and when that couple exits she grins and comments to the nearest set of ears (Ch'val's), "Isn't that great?" C'len grins at Nolee's remarks, "It's a change for me. But I grew up with seafood." With that, he digs in to the plate he got for himself, the second plate set to the side in case someone else should want it or, perhaps...

...prances into the bar, takes a sweeping look around, and sighs. "Finally!" she declares. She tucks a lock of her hair behind an ear, and scoots out of the doorway to allow others to enter. C'len and Nolee make the trek into the Sandbar from the beach, the former looking a little more tentative than the latter, unsurprising given the recent changes. The bronzerider still wears clothing much too heavy...

...in a constant curtain, sheeting straight down as there is no friendly wind to bring surcease to the muggy air. From the pitch-blackness, a brilliantly golden form dives toward the pens. With her Nolee still in the throes of sleep, and having been off her own feed herself for a sevenday now, the large queen sups more deeply than she should, rending flesh as well as glutting herself on blood. An'dren...