Days of Summer [OPEN]

[Kitsuneko]

It's too muggy out here, Ninianeth complained to her rider. Despite her complaints, she made no suggestion to move from her perch on a sunning rock, where she was soaking up the heat from the early afternoon sun.

"Well, you're the one who suggested we come out here. I believe it was because you didn't want to be stuck in your weyr all day?" A'tide pointed out. He had taken a break from oiling Regal, and the obsidian fire lizard hissed at his lack of focus. She had always enjoyed the attention, and the fire lizard had curled herself around A'tide's fingers and lounged almost feline-like while he oiled her. A'tide sighed. Caught between a dragon and a fire lizard, both demanding his attention. Business as usual.

Well, I didn't know it would be so stifling. I wish it would rain, the wingless green said.

A'tide held back a grin. "No, you don't. Then you'd be complaining because it was raining and you couldn't go out to bask," he teased. Though his attention was focused on his fire lizard, A'tide still kept an ear open to tell what was going on around them, though as far as he could tell, they were alone, apart from A'tide's pets. Regal crooned as he finished applying the oil to her wingsails, and beside him, he could hear Zexx's panting. The canine's working collar had come off as soon as A'tide had sat down, but the canine was well-conditioned to not roam too far all the same.

It didn't particularly surprise him that not many people were out. Ninianeth's complaints aside, it was pretty hot. Most people, A'tide suspected, were either going to be focusing on in-door chores at this time of day or going for a swim. They hadn't gone far at all from the main caverns, but A'tide still didn't expect any company.

[jilli]

Kunihiko took a swig of water from the flask at his hip. It was a lot hotter than it had been this morning and since it was slowly moving away from noon he had hopes that it would eventually be cooler in the afternoon. He didn't know why he'd declined the other candidate's invitations to swim, but well, here he was.

He wandered out of the candidate quarters and decided he would do a little bit of exploring. They were usually so busy that he hadn't had a chance to get out much since coming here and he was eager to get out.

He would have liked some company though. He ran through the list of people he knew and it seemed like every one of them had taken the rest of their free afternoon and gone to the beach. He sighed. Wellp, just him again then.

At least that's what he thought. He lucked up when he saw a man and a ...wingless? ... green dragon? Company! He decided to wander closer and see what they were up to. oiling, it appeared to be.

"Hello there." He said with a friendly smile and a wave. He just didn't like being alone and had not a single problem with making himself known to new people.

[Kitsuneko]

A'tide was soon alerted by both his fire lizard and his dragon that they were about to have company. About the same moment Regal twisted about in his hands as though turning to stare at something, Ninianeth gave a low croon of warning and said, Oh, rider of mine, looks like we have company. He's a friendly one, even gave you a wave.

A'tide had heard the man's greeting for himself, but he was thankful for the dragon's additional input. Though he couldn't actually see anything, A'tide turned his head in the direction the voice had come from. "Hello yourself. Take a seat, if you like." He patted his hand on the grass-covered ground beside where he sat cross-legged. With an obsidian flit in his lap and a jar of oil in his hand, it had been easier to get settled on the ground than finding a stool or something to drag out, though Ninianeth had informed him that there were other climbable rocks besides her own, even for a human's size.

"Don't mind Zexx, he's very well-behaved," he added as he noted said canine leaning his body against A'tide's side. Zexx was mild-mannered but rather introverted, so it wasn't at all surprising to A'tide that he didn't approach the newcomer.

Regal, on the other hand, drew herself into a crouching position and regarded Kunihiko with interest. Her eyes whirled as the obsidian gave a trilling chirp of welcome. Ninianeth had, of course, noticed him as well, but she did not move or speak; the green just stretched out on her sunning perch and stared at him intently.