Siannen walks in.

Kinecha steps out from the Weyr's living caverns.

Corona steps out from the Weyr's living caverns.

Merenya steps out from the Weyr's living caverns.

Merenya closes her jacket as she comes out into the bowl.

A skittering stop heralds Siannen's arrival in the bowl, diminuative nanny followed by a passle of 'brats. In the lead can be found Crenash, revelling in the prospect of...oooh, muuud. And Sain can't do a thing about it, now he's gotten taller than she is...also seen amongst the crowd are such notables as the aptly nicknamed Nose-Boy, Eneryp, Nenat...as well as a new wave of 'brats yet to create a 'name' for themselves in weyr history. As Siannen stops, that seems to be the signal to disperse, 'brats tromping this way and that. Though Sian's no different, for all her new title...the girl's as muddy as the rest of them. "Heeeeeey-lo!" rings out as she once again goes into motion, heading towards those she knows.

Sasha squelches happily into the bowl, tossing her now shoulder-length hair over one shoulder and humming to herself.Seeing quite a crowd of people she grins. "It's a spot moist out here isn't it!" She comments on the muddy state of the bowl.

Merenya stands still as a swarm of children goes by, trying not to move so that she gets stepped on as little as possible. "Great shells and stars! They must have some case of cavern fever!"

Ohh, not not kids, Kinecha thinks to herself, but offers the brat a weak smile. "Hey kids" she says.

Oorla walks carefully, to avoid the muddiest of places, which is no easy task. "/Very/ muddy," she mumbles. "What's one supposed to do with all this mud, anyway?"

'What's one supposed to do with it...?' As one, half a dozen tousled heads rise, a dozen bright eyes focusing on Oorla. And from amidst that crowd of faces comes the call, "Play in it, of course!" while from the other 'end' of the crowd the first fistful of mud is thrown...fortunately for all the 'brat's aim isn't very good, and the mud collides with Oorla at about hip-height...though of course, judging from the average height of the 'brats around here, that migh just have been a well-aimed throw. One never knows. But at the *squelch* of impact, chaos breaks out amongst the ranks...and it's Siannen and her li'l bro Cren who call out at the same moment, "Mud fiiight!"

Sasha experimentally kicks her feet in the mud beneath them, watching it squelch in a satisfying manner. "Oh this stuff is lovely! Like thick gooey klah!" Inadvertantly, as she jumps up and down in a childish manner, some mud splatters over Ooorla's leg. Instead of looking mortified as she should, she falls about laughing...now the girl is plastered!!!!

The best laid plans of firelizards and men often go to waste, as Oorla has just found out. So much for her plans not to get muddy! "All right," she says calmly, /far/ too calmly, "Now someone is going to die. Or at least get slathered in mud." She quickly scoops up a handful and looks for a likely victim.

Merenya looks down at her be-muddied boots. "Well I can't say that sounds like fun to me, though I'd have been in it with them at their age." She squawks and ducks as a mudball comes her way. Sasha darts away from Ooorla's vindictively glimmering eyes and slipping away grabs hold of Merenya for support....but to no avail...she slips...she falls...and merenya is coming down with her...."Whoooooooah!"

Quietly Kinecha makes her way slowly away from the group, just a little so she can still watch, but not get muddy.

Merenya tries to hold Sasha up, but also to no avail. Next thing she knows, it's not only her boots that are bemuddied. Another squawk and a giggle is let out. "Oh dear, I'm glad this isn't my new coat!"

Oorla shrugs and flings her handful of mud randomly into the mass of 'brats who started this whole thing, then scapmers over to where Sasha slipped in the mud and, adding insult to injury, slathers her hair with mud. After that 'dirty' deed, she quickly scampers behind a rock, to avoid retaliation.

Aztek winks in from ::between::, a harsh sun of bronze spreading below him.

Sebastian walks in.

Sasha's hair is dripping....slowly streaks of mud trickle down her annoyed face. "Right...you have had it!!!!" Taking a large slodge of mud in one hand she begins to sling it in Ooooorla's direction........

Kaltia walks in.

Merenya slings hers along with Sasha's glob. After all, Sasha is dripping on her now and it's Oorla's fault.

Trying to make herself invisible Kinecha stands with a smile on her face and watches the mudfight. She's not happy about getting her clothes dirty, but doesn't want to be anti-social either so she stays even with the danger of getting a mudbath.

Oorla ducks, but too late. A handful of mud smacks her in the face with a lovely squelch. "OO ID AT?" she yells, spitting mud oput of her mouth. Blindly, she grops around for more mud, then flings it randomly.

Kaltia walks outside, blinking a few times as its brighter here then it was inside. Blinking at the people there, and all the mud, she shakes her head a few times. Good god, somebody help her.

Merenya ducks some more thrown mud and flings a large glob into the thick of the fray.

Sasha grabs another sludgy handful and displeased with her last shot, hurls it at Ooorla's head...only it misses...and hits the newcomer, Sebastian right on the chest. hand over mouth, Sasha looks horrified, but she just can't stop giggling! "Ohh OHH I'm so sorry!"

Aztek hovers middair, the sun spirit of the land, and in a wink, is eclipsed ::between:: with a cold flush of air.

Sebastian walks in, smiling as he saunters over to the people, twirling the hem of his shirt around his finger. Eek. There's so many people and they're all soo... uhm... gorgeous? "Helllloooo..." Then he blinks several times as it's flung at him, "Oh Faranth..." He sighs, taking a deep breath and shaking his head, "Nice greeting. Thanks."

Shreaks of mixed delight and despair rise from the 'crowd, following their 'leader' into the fray...if it can truly be called such. New arrival is noted and with various cries of, "She's clean!" "Too clean!" "C'mon, le's go!" the first handful is flung her direction.

Sasha staggers up out of the mud and in vain tries to scrape some off the unfortunate youth. "I'm really sorry...that wasn't meant for you...really."Looking horribly embarrassed, but unable o keep a straight face, she looks for another victim to help quickly change the subject. "Hey Oorla! Look over there! Kinecha is looking really 'clean' today!! We can't have that!!!"

Oorla does her best to wipe the mud from her face, but has little succes as her arm is mud-covered as well. Still partly blind, she grabs another handful of mud and slathers the brat who first mudded her. At Sasha's voice, though, she is given a new target and grin. "/Way/ too clean!" she agrees vemently, and scoops up more mud...

Trying to back off from the approaching mob Kinecha slips in the mud and suddenly finds herself lying in the squishy dark mud...

Sebastian claps his hands over his face, "Oy... And I thought I'd be /safe/ here..." Taking a step back from Sasha, he wrinkles his nose up, looking at the mud. "I hateeee being dirty." Whine whine. But she, the one who just clobbered him is kinda cute...

Oorla, sadly, is the type who /loves/ to kick people when they're down- or at least loves to slather people with mud when they're lying in it. With relish, she gives Kinecha the 'special treatment.' Unfortunately, while she's busy covering Kinecha with mud, she accidently flings some out toward Kaltia.

Sasha leaps to quickly over to the new prey and splats a huge mudpie in Kinecha's face. Dodging away from the inevitable retaliation, she runs, slipping in the churned up mess, and tried to hide....behind Kaltia. Muddy hands imprint her shoulders, and Sasha grins and shrugs apologetically.

Scrambling to get up Kinecha falls again. This time face-down and is now coved in mud from top till toe.. Both front /and/ back. "By the first Egg" she mumbles to herself. Maybe she shouldn't have come out here at all.

Sebastian plunks down on the ground, carefully avoiding the muddy surroundings and glaring at the mud, "Mud is dirty! And like... gross. Can't you just, dunno... do something clean?" He shakes his head, looking at everyone and sitting there, white shirt now slobbered in brownish gunk.

Merenya slips away from the mudfight and goes to clean up.

Merenya goes home.

Seeing no way out Kinecha throws herself into the mudfight with heart and soul. Going after Sasha with a large handful of mud, which she smears in the girls hair.

Jaw drops and Kaltia stares first at Oorla on the ground, then at her shoulders, now covered with mud. Eek. Mess. She's dirty now, so she might as well have some fun and get them back. Grabbing a hand full of mud, she tries to get Oorla back, but ends up slipping and sliding into the mud and shooting the handfull up into the air, accidentally hitting Sasha with a bit of it.

Siannen skitter-slides across the bowl, finally coming to a rather...ungraceful stop in front of the seated Sebastian. Knot could almost be mistaken for her old one, as she's pretty close to covered in the stuff. "Because it's fun, and squishy, and we can always get clean later?" A howl of protest at that can be heard from Crenash, resulting in an eyeroll from Sian. Right hand is wiped 'gainst muddied pants in an efort to clean it, then extended. "The name's Siannen, used to be a 'brat, now 'm a nanny, not much change...who're you?"

Oorla hearing the soft smack of the mud as Kaltia hits it, Oorla spins around. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what almost happened, and as she's completely oblivious to her role of getting Kaltia in this in the first place, she decides it's time for revenge. Grinning like a 'brat, she smears mud into the girl's hair, and serves her right for the 'unprovoked' almost attack.

Sasha giggles.....she has mud everywhere! Shaking her hands in a pathetic attempt to shed some of the oozy stuff, she gives up and taking a run at a clear piece of ground she slides, toboggan style on her front and just rolls over in it! Realising she has ended up near the hapless youth that she accidentally hit earlier, she giggles. "Um...Hi! I'm Sasha. And you are.....? I like to get to know all of my victims!"

Sebastian lightly shakes Siannen's hand, giving a forced smile. Maybe he'll go hide inside the Caverns. Or wherever it's cleaner. Sniff. "Me? I'm Sebastian... I'm from the Northeast... Nice to make your aquantince Nanny Siannen..." So poliet, formal, and cold. Just as cold as the weather outside. Sob. Sebby gets dirty, and he gets upset.

Kaltia grabs another hand full of mud and flings it at Oorla before grabbing some more to stick down the back of her tunic. Giggling, she slips away, trying to avoid more mud from Oorla.

Revnath opens one eyelid warily, staring at the mud fight. Childish... yet what can mud really do to a dragon already daubed in brown? Thus, it looks rather fun. With a rumble and a quick movement of his tail, the brown flicks a bit of mud towards the group.

Once again trying to get to her feet and succeeding this time Kinecha grabs a hand full of mud and trows it in the general direction of someone she thinks might be Sasha.

Oorla tries to duck out of the way as more mud comes her way, to without success. As another glob of mud is lobbed into her open mouth, she yells, or rather /tries/ to yell, "Oooooo! Umun i ohy oo aaaaaaaaaaay or iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!"

Siannen's nose crinkles at the title, "Don't bother with the nanny bit, 'kay? And you should meet Auri. She hates bein' dirty too." And look, she's even being -good-...not tryin' to get him any more muddy, ore annnything like that. Unfortunately, not all the brats have her self control....and neither does Revnath, it seems...a squeak and a *squelch* as Sian gets even muddier than before...fortunately enough she managed to sheild Sebastian...somewhat. "Oops...sorry?"

Kaltia tries to stand up before grabbing more mud, flinging it up into the air, and then slipping out of the way before she gets hit with any of it. Happy with her little diversion, she tries to clean some of the mud off of her before plopping it on her brown, giggling as he flits away with a frightened chirp.

Kaltia releases D'argo, who launches into the air.

Smirk sits high above the bowl, watching amusedly as the humanpets fling mud at each other. Of course, it doesn't concern a flit like him- until a stray bit of mud flies higher than it should and covers his wingtip. The newly enraged brown flitter swoops down, picks up a tiny 'handful' of mud, then flies up high and drops it onto the group.

An unrecognisable Sasha emerges from the ground in front of Sebastian and swiftly flicks an armful of mud back round at her tormentors, hitting them all squarely across the chest and liberally splattering Siannen while she's at it..."Oooops!"

Kaltia glares a little at Sasha, and pausing in her clean up to scoop up some more mud, runs over towards Sasha to get her with it, hitting her in the middle of the back. Giggling, she runs off again, looking for a safe place to hide.

Sebastian's face is first flecked with dots of mud, then the right side of his jacket becomes dirtier. "Auri? Hm... I should. Dirty is just so... unappealing." Big words for a young boy. "I guess it's alright... I mean, I was already muddy, right?" He cringes, wondering why he hasn't run to the Caverns, "Okay then. Siannen..." Siiigh.

Dsalth meanders in from the north.

Oorla, now looking more like a living mudball than a human, comes up with a new plan of attack. Rather than using the mud on the ground, she will just smear people with the mud that covers herself. She tries this out on one of the not-too-muddy brats, then, satisfied with its effectiveness, starts to chase after Kaltia.

Kinecha decides to join the group at the edge of the fight. Her usually blond hair smudged with mud, she extents a mudcovered hand toward Sebestian "Hi, there" offering a smile "I'm Kinecha" she says.

Kaltia sees a giant mudball coming after her, and deciding the best plan of action, starts running in the opposite direction, slipping and slidding as she goes.

And that no-longer-not-so-muddy 'brat....clings. Well, as soon as he's caught up with the 'rider, that is. *clingclingcling* "Muuuuu-uuuud!"

Dsalth clips up from the northern bowl, forepaws stepping true around the mud patches. As sorrel'n'khaki head swings towards the assembled group, the fussy brown emits a low rumble. Dirt. Mess. Ick. Trying to look as invisble as possible, fastidious dragon backs up, tail switching. Just pretend your not here. Then you'll stay clean. Ayup.

Sebastian stares at Kinecha and her hand, and his face makes one of those 'I'd rather die in a vat of sevenday-old klah' looks. "Hello Kinecha..." he glares at her hand again, his hands kept in his lap. "How're you?" Some people.

As the sudden, unexpected clinging attack from behind by her most recent victim, Oorla gets tangled up and falls face first into the mud. Her only consolation is that the brat on her back and anyone within splattering distance get muddied as well. OH, this is just /lovely/!

Sasha collapses in a heap....."Ok! OK enough!!! I'm beaten. What on earth are we going to do? There is no way we can traipse into the weyr like this!" She is literally plastered from head to foot with only her eyes peeping out!

Kinecha looks at her dirty hand, then at the almost-clean Sebastian, she lets it fall to her side and says "right.."

Kaltia slides to a stop behind Sasha, giggling, and using her as a shield of sorts from other attacks. "Um...no idea?"

Oorla slowly sits up, and surveys the muddy scene. "You have a point there, Sasha," she agrees, starting to giggle.

Sasha slides her sodden hair back over her head, and suddenly has a brainwave. "We'll get killed if we try to shed this lot in the baths....lets head on up to the volcanic spring.....we could snag some food and some wine and make a party of it...who is in?"

Siannen snooorts! "Just -try- getting this bunch clean!" Cries of assent echo that sentiment, Crenash's vehement, "No -way-!" Heard above the hubub. Unfortunately for Sebastian a pair of muddy, roly-poly twins have just decided that...oh, indeed...he makes a good mountain. And mountains must be climbed. And so they do, leaving Sian with both hands clapped over her mouth to keep from laughing outright...oh, dear!

Oorla starts to nod in agreement with Sasha, then stops, confuse. "How're we gonna get any food if we can't go into the weyr without dripping mud everywhere?" she asks.

Kinecha sits down on the ground, leaning up against a rock. She's had enough of this mud for now. Trying to wipe her face only results in getting muddier.

Dsalth grumbles once more. Trampsing wet muddy feet into the weyr. Pffft! Once they are all safely occupied, the brown leaps into the air, hovering only slightly over them for one last inspection. Then he's off.

Dsalth takes off. Above, Dsalth takes off from Central Bowl Above, Dsalth circles leisurely towards the lake.

Sebastian stands there stiff, as he's used as a mountain. Oh Faranth. Maybe he'll go home, or find his brother, and do that trader-bit they were thinking about. Oy. "Oh dear. Just super..." He shakes his head, pondering how many hours it'll take to get all of this horrible dirty mud off of himself. "What are /these/ things?" he points to the little midgets scaling his sides. Nef.

Kageri dashes out of the caverns, chasing a bug.

Miny steps out from the Weyr's living caverns.

Kaltia shakes her head, spraying anyone close by with the excess mud in her hair. Standing up, she looks down at herself, and giggling decides its a good idea. "That would be fun..."

Sasha scratches her brown head....lets her hand slide down into her brown lap and watches brown water drip from her hair. "how about we get our flits to steal some food and wine?"

Oorla, still firghtin a case of the giggles, nods in agreement. "Yea, they ought to be able to handle that. And I'm sure it isn't the first time they've done that sort of thing..."

Miny follows Kageri out. "No, Kageri, come here." The cat ignores her owner and now is running around in circles, swatting at the bug. "Kageri!"

Rygel blinks in from ::between::!

Sebastian walks to the Caverns.

Frist blinks in from ::between::!

Smirk, only /slightly/ muddy from his brief involvment, flits down closer to the others. If it's a chance for mischief, /he/ isn't about to miss it.

Kaltia grins and nods her head, looking first at the semi dirty brown to her clean blue. Shrugging her shoulders, she smiles and nods again. "They should be able to handle that."

Above, Dsalth heads in from above the lake. Above, Dsalth drops down towards the Bowl. Dsalth drops in from above, landing with a light *thud*.

Sasha nods. "ok...who is going to get what?"

Smirk looks cocky. /He/ is a big, strong, brave, bold flit, and can get /anything/!

Celta blinks in from between and searches around the bowl for her pet. Kreeling, she calls for Sasha and although she can sense her presence, she just can't find her.....

Corona can't keep her eyes open a moment longer. She falls asleep and some /loud/ snoring fills the air.

Oorla grins wryly underneath her coating of mud. "Well, what kind of things do we want?" she asks. "Wine of course, meatrolls, cookies, what else?"

Sasha giggles. "oh yes....don't forget the wine!"

Kageri is still chasing the bug, then gets scared as a huge thing (Dsalth) comes flying down. She forgets the bug, and goes to hide behind Miny's legs.

Dsalth drops lightly into the bowl once more. Grumbling, clucking his forked tongue even. Mud fights? Never, and the brown has never heard of such a ridiculous thing. Shame he can't say the same about his rider. P'rru leans over his lifemate's shoulder and blinks down. So this is what the fuss was all about? Dismounting with the ease that practice brings, the brownrider shucks a hand through his hair, hazel eyes amusedly assessing the group. "Hello there"

"Redfruit" it comes quitely from Kinecha.

Dsalth watches with interest as P'rru descends carefully

Sasha looks up at her searching green firelizard and waves to her.

Qebehsenuef glides to the Caverns.

Celta screeches in alarm as a mud monster emerges and appears to be trying to talk to her....confused she tries to hide on a high ledge.

Smirk suddenly disappears ::between::!

Smirk blinks in from ::between::!

Smirk reappears with a meatroll held carefully between his pinchers. Looking extremely smug, he drops it at his pet's feet. This is what they wish, no?

Oorla eyes the muddy meatroll at her feet. "Um, no. Let's be quite sure they understand to take the food to the hotsprings."

Clinging to the rock Kinecha stands up, "well, that was fun" she says. Even though she at first hadn't wanted to get into a mudfight.

Miny quickly grabs Kageri before she can run away again, then walks inside. A second later there is a strange noise: Raaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Kageri comes running back out, almost hits Sasha, but manages to turn at the last second, and hides behind Dsalth. Miny comes back out, searching for her cat. "Kageri?"

Frist chitters reasuringly to his little green companion and hops onto Sasha's muddy shoulder. he listens as Sash whispers into his ear and then both he and Celta blink out of sight, between.

Emilia steps out from the Weyr's living caverns.

Kaltia tries to get her two flits to come close to her, but is unsuccessful with her brown. Too scared of more mud. Telling her blue firmly what they want and where to go, sends him off to first tell the brown, then to get the food.

Dsalth lifts a forepaw to reveal the feline. Lost something. P'rru chuckles, and waggles a finger at Miny "I think your feline is giving Dsalth the shivers" the brownrider jokes, as Dsalth seems to draw right up onto his tiptoes to avoid the furball.

Frist blinks back into the sunlight simultaneously with Celta. Between them the are carrying a heavy wineskin. They dump it on a reasonably dry piece of ground and chitter happily, having done a job well.

Oorla carefully instructs her flit on the /right/ way to bring food, making very certain he understands about /where/ he is to take it before sending him off to help. Smirk flits back up into the air again, then vanishes ::between::.

Siannen has, all the while, been muttering things to the crowd of muddy 'brats gathered around her...a snort at Smirk's antics, and off they go...-she's- not afraid to get the weyr muddy, oh no.... Traipse, trudge, tromp, in go the weyrbrats. And after a bit, out they come, all beaming proudly, bearing food. A little mud never hurt anyone, after all. Siannen grins and snags a meatroll from her brother, then settles back to watch the rest. Ahhh, nannyhood can be good...sometimes.

Nyla walks in.

Siannen goes home.

Miny smiles, and walks over to pick up Kageri, who quickly runs to the other side of Dsalth. "Kageri..." Miny sighs. "I'm trying to give her a bath."

Sasha grins at the others. "so now we have provisions! Lets head up to the pool and get clean!!!!"

Smirk returns, staggering with the wieght of a sackful of meatrolls that some obliging drudge tied to his forelegs. Flying somewhat lopsidedly, he lands on a reltively clean rock and chirps at his pet to come relieve him of his burden.

Kaltia smiles, and nodding, grabs the net of fruit that Rygel and D'argo reappear, holding inbetween them. "Let's go!"

Kaltia arrives from the ground weyrs, closing the heavy grate behind them.

Oorla decides to dare those slippery stairs.

Kinecha arrives from the ground weyrs, closing the heavy grate behind them.

Kaltia decides to dare those slippery stairs.

You begin, then, heading up up up that endless flight of stairs and tunnels, passages and rooms. Up out of the very Weyr itself.

Lower Alpine Meadows (#9134)
The hills are alive, with the sound of water: water gurgles merrily down through the scrub-forest and continues west, towards the weyr. And the spit and bubble of thermal-pools beckons with a coy flicker of steam and the promise of hot-water. A small waterfall splashes off to the east, where the trail rises higher towards the distant glacier.
It is a spring noon.
Oorla and Kaltia are here.

Kaltia slips into the warm waters.

Nyla arrives suddenly, stepping out from behind some rocks.

Kinecha arrives suddenly, stepping out from behind some rocks.

The water flows around you...

Volcanic Pool (#10471)
Somewhere in the depths of the mountains heat boils and burns towards the surface of the earth; rock bubbles, stone melts, lava flows. Here, barely on the surface, some faint reflection of those fires warm these pooled waters. One is hot -- almost too hot -- one just right, and one as icy cold as the snow that oftens surrounds them. The contrast of ice and steam set one's skin -- or hide -- tingling.
Warm, warmer, warmest; this retreat soothes the soul.

Kinecha slips into the warmth of the heated water.

Oorla slips into the warmth of the heated water.

Miny walks toward the bush and then Kageri scratches her. "Ow! Kageri!" Miny runs into the caverns and comes out with a meatroll and a towel around her arm. "Kageri..." she says, waving the meatroll around.

Oorla sighs with relief as the warm water encases her chilled skin. The water around her quickly darkens with the mud floating off of her hair, skin and clothes, but then, that's what happens when one turns into a human mudball and then jumps into water.

Sasha mmms as the steam rises around her. she ducks under the water letting the mud slowly disperse, drifting away from her body and clothes. Bursting out into the cool air again, she shouts "oh wow! that feels soooo good!"

Kaltia wiggles her toes to get the mud out from between them, no way she's gonna wreck a pair of boots by being in a mud fight! Scrubbing at her arms with her hands, she ews at the dirt that floats away.

Sasha lazily drifts over to the side of the pool and grabs hold of the wineskin that is just within her reach. "anyone want some of this? The flits did well...I think it's Benden!" She unfastens the neck of the skin and takes a deep swig of the wine.

Oorla goes to a less muddy part of the hotsprings to finish getting the mud off, almost done. "I would say we should have mudfights more often if we can do this sort of thing afterwards," she says. Finally rid of most of the mud that coated her, she grins and slips over by Sasha. "Benden? Mmm! That sounds like just the thing!"

Sorana snugs Sasha! Sasha wraps one arm around you and snugs tightly, while using her other arm to ward off Frist and Celta who eagerly try to get in on the act as well!

Sasha smiling wickedly, Sasha passes over the wine. "Oh its gooood! the water made me warm on the outside, but that is heating me up nicely inside!" she giggles a little and then emits a little hiccup.

Scubbing at her jacket, which she hadn't thought of removing before the fight, Kinecha's thinking that it's more important to get that clean before her body. Being absorbed by her work she hears the voices around her, but she doesn't find time to respond to them.

Kaltia giggles and nods as the wine is brought out. Benden...they never get that back at the hall, not with the Gar vintners so close and all.

Oorla takes a sip of the wine then giggles. "Let's not get too silly!" she says, laughing. "We'd better have something substantial with this." She slips out of the water just long enought to bring the meatrolls over where they can be reached from the pool, her teeth chattering at the sudden shock of cold air, then gets back into the hotspring.

"Why didn't anybody warn me?" Kinecha mumbles, while still scrubbing furiously away at her jacket.

Kaltia grabs the whine and takes a quick gulp before setting it up on the ledge and grabbing a meatroll while moving around in the pool, warm inside and out.

Sasha had peeled off her belt and boots before she entered the water, so as not to spoil them. now with the wine going to her head, she peels off her wet trousers and shirt, lying them out to dry in the sun and slipping back into the warm bubbling waters, attired in her underthings....

Oorla nibbles on a meatroll, ignoring the few remaining flecks of mud on her; she'll scrub them off later. "On second thought," she murmurs, "Who needs a mudfight first? We could do this without getting muddy first."

Grabbing the wineskin, Sasha takes another few gulps before folloing Oorla's advice. "Mmmmm! Foood. Pass me a meatroll would you Ooorly?"

Having gotten all of the mud off her jacket Kinecha rises out of the pool to lie out to dry. Before settling back down she grabs a redfuit and a glass of wine.

Oorla happily obliges and hands Sasha a meatroll with rather wrinkly fingers. "Careful with the wine!" she cautions, knowing all too well the effects it can have if one drinks too much of it before eating.

Kaltia grins and nods, chewing slowing on the end of a meat roll. She makes her way back over to where the others are, grinning. "I love this...and we really don't need the mud first." Staring at the wine, she wonders if she wants some more of it.

Sasha giggles and is past caring what the wine does to her."I just want to stay here all day!" she sings happily as she bites into a meatroll and floats on her back, chewing thoughtfully.

Kinecha says, "this /is/ nice, isn't it?"

Sasha sighs happily. "it just seems such a pity that I always seem to end up here with girls....No offence ladies but it strikes me that this would be the perfect place to bring a really handsome guy....." She drifts off in a happy reverie...

Oorla takes another sip of the wine and giggles. "Really? Hrmmm.... Did you have anyone specific in mind?" she asks, teasingly.

Kaltia giggles and slips under the water for a second before coming back up and reaching for the wine. She needs a little more. "Yeah...with who?"

Kinecha smiles slightly to herself. She doesn't mind being here with girls.

Sasha swirls her hair in the water...."Oh...I don't know.....some tall gorgeous rider, resplendent in his leathers...." she giggles. "I don't get that kind of attention...I have no idea why I brought it up!" she blushes a little.

Kaltia raises an eyebrow and starts giggling. "I don't either? Doesn't mean I can't dream?"

Oorla chuckles softly and snags another meatroll. "Sounds like a worthy dream," she says, giggling. Maybe two sips of the Bended were two sips too many for her. Oh dear...

Kaltia nods and grabs a redfruit as she starts to feel a little woozy. Maybe too much wine and not enough food. Taking a bite, she wipes away the dripping juice before going on, "Dreams are dreams...too bad your dreams never seem to come true." Any of them, not just the ones with guys.

Oorla looks faintly indignant, "My dreams have come true. I just haven't had any guys that I particularly wanted to dream about," she says.

Sasha shrugs and turns around in the water, feeling its warm swirly caress on her skin. "Its too true....there are just not enough single guys to go around, here!"

Kaltia raises an eyebrow at Oorla and pouts a little. "Why can't I be that lucky? No...not just guys. Life in general." Nodding, a little happier then a moment ago, she shrugs. "There never are?"

Oorla finishes her second meatroll and licks her wrinkled fingers, then decides to scrub off the last patches of mud rebeliously clinging to her clothes. It isn't much, but it's still a nusisince.

Kaltia shakes her head and slips a little under the surface of the water, warming up some before popping back to the surface to grab another meatroll and a gulp of the Benden red.

Sasha rubs her arms and removes the final traces of mud. Exploring her long hair, she satisfies herself that she is now clean all over and heaves herself out of the water, allowing it to evaporate off her skin in the warm sunshine. Turning over to the stash of provisions, she too takes another roll.

Kaltia appears clean for the most part and slips carefully out of the water, shivering a bit in the cool air.

Satisfied that the last of the mud is off of her clothes and skin, Oorla dunks under the water one last time to get the remnants of mud out of her hair. FInally, clean at last! She comes back up and grabs a redfruit, then, wringing out her hair, slips out of the water into the cool air.

Having quietly enjoyed the warm water Kinecha now decides to have a bite of the redfruit lying on the edge. Then she gulps it down with a sip of the wine.

Sasha chuckles as she swallows the last part of the meatroll. "How on Pern are we going to explain why we are wandering around dripping water everywhere?" she drags the wineskin towards her taking another lusty gulp.

Kaltia blinks for a few seconds and starts giggling again. "Nobody thought to grab any towels, did they?"

Oorla shrugs. "I guess I'll just have to dry off as best I can. It beates wandering around dripping mud everywhere!"

Sasha nods wholeheartedly. "But it /was/ fun! We must do this again sooon!"

Oorla smacks her head, /she/ certainly didn't remember towls. Oh well, to late for that now. She wrings out her clothes as best she can, then tries to do the same with her mass of wet hair. "Yes, we really do need to do this again," she agrees. "But next time, let's remember the towels."

Kinecha says, "No thanks. No more mudfights for me,"

Kaltia smiles and nods, shaking her short hair dry and trying her best to wring some of the water out of her tunic and skirt. "We don't necessarily need a mudfight first...and definately, remember the towels."

Oorla shrugs impishly. "I suppose we could skip the muddy part and go straight to refreshments and warm water?"

Kinecha says, "Now /that/ sounds like an idea."

Sasha rolls over and admonishes Kinecha. "Mudfighting is fun! and think how many new friends we made just by sloshing mud about!"

Kaltia giggles and nods, stretching out a bit on the ledge. "Lots of friends."

Kinecha would have to admit that friends /can/ be made by throwing mud. But she's seen enough mud on the roads to last her a lifetime.

Oorla hmms. "Okay then, how's this? Those of us who don't mind the mud can do the mudfighting, and the rest can meet us up here? Then we won't have to worry about getting the flits to fetch the food."

Kaltia thinks for a second and nods. "Deal."

Kinecha nods in agreement.

Sasha nods afirmatively. "Time to make a move girls?"

Sasha gathers together her clothes and shivering a little pulls her damp shirt over her head. "I'm going to head back to the weyr....anyone coming?"

Kaltia gathers up her things and some of the leftover food, shivering as water drips to the ground. "I am..."

"Think I'll stay here for a while," Kinecha says and ducks under the water.

Kaltia nods slowly, acknowledging the other girl before heading towards the weyr. "Okay...I guess I'll see you around."

Sasha rises and waves to Kinecha. "See you later then..." and nodding to Kaltia, she makes her way to the steps leading down into the catacombs once more.

Logged by Sora (Sorana)