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8/31/99 PernMUSH. Loren's POV Setting: Ista Weyr
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Loren gives a lecture to some Ista Weyrlings about dragonrider flamethrowers.
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Ista Weyr Bowl -- Center(#900RJs)
The evening sun shines its reddish glow through the opening in the bowl
wall to the northwest, across the beast corrals. Scanning around you, you
can see the wide stretch of wall housing the Weyrling Barracks to the north.
To the east of here, the reddish glow shines upon the entrance to the Hatching
Grounds, as well as the queens' weyrs. To the southeast, activity is beginning
to form around the areas leading to the lower caverns as well as the Living
Cavern.
Ruddy evening light filters down from the mostly clear summer sky, over
the bustle of the active Weyr. Stiff winds howl around the peaks, through
the forests, and along the beaches, driving heavy surf far up the black
sand. The temperature hovers in the comfortable range, while visibility
is excellent.
You see weyrs all around you, many close to ground level.
Obvious exits:
SouthEast NorthWest DragonWeyrs
Use '+lhelp' for local help.
You travel southeast towards the living cavern.
Ista Weyr Bowl -- Southeast
Clusters of dragons group around the large entrance to the living cavern.
Smaller entrances line up to lead to the lower caverns and the infirmary.
Smoke issues forth from square holes cut into the mountain high above the
living cavern. The bowl extends to the northwest, and high above, the southernmost
points of the spindles reach for the sky. The sunset bathes the northeastern
side of the bowl in red light.
Ruddy evening light filters down from the mostly clear summer sky, over
the bustle of the active Weyr. Stiff winds howl around the peaks, through
the forests, and along the beaches, driving heavy surf far up the black
sand. The temperature hovers in the comfortable range, while visibility
is excellent.
Weyrs and entrances to the lower caverns are visible on all three sides
of the Weyr walls that bound you.
Contents:
Mileketh
Oerth(#5224JOaep)
Obvious exits:
Lower Caverns Center Bowl DragonWeyrs INFirmary Hatching Grounds
You walk into the huge living cavern.
Ista Weyr Living Cavern(#1100RJMs$)
The cavern is filled with people, rider and nonrider alike for the evening
meal. The reddish glow of the setting sun filters in through the large
bowl entrance to the northwestern wall. Through the constant movement of
drudges to and from the northern side of the wall, you can see the four
large hearths there, each put to the task of cooking the large Weyr meals.
An occasional drudge filters in and out of the entrance to the Lower Caverns
entrance on the western side of the room. New riders and others are still
filtering in through this entrance as well, leading out to the rest of
the lower caverns.
Several huge tapestries, many of them ancient, are hanging on the stone
walls. One particularly glorious one looks to be a study on the finger
rock. You also see several 'places' to sit.
Contents:
Serving Table
Painting -- "Genneth's Clutch"
Voting Scroll
Nomination scroll
Linna
Obvious exits:
Hearths area Bowl Lower Caverns
Use '+lhelp' for local help.
Jesica walks in from the bowl.
Jesica has arrived.
Loren sits at a vacant table, sipping iced klah, watching the traffic coming
through.
Loren looks towards the bowl entrance and his eyes widen and a slight smile
appears when he sees Jessica.
Jesica walks in whistling and she waves as she spies you on her way to
get some juice, "Well hello there, Loren, wasn't it?" she asys,
trying to remember your name clearly from the times she met you at Fort
Weyr.
Loren stands and nods. "Indeed, you have me identified. Smithcraft's
duties to Ista and her queens. I fear I'm remiss and can't return the performance,
though I'm sure I should remember a pretty rider like you." he gushes.
Jesica chuckles, "Jesica, or Jesi, or even Jes, rider of green Trisseth.
We met a few times at Fort Weyr."
Loren blushes slightly and bows. "Jessica... Perhaps I do... you're
a clutch mate of Mia's?"
Jesica chuckles and nods, "Yep, that's me."
Loren nods, a smile of relief growing. "Ah.. that's it. I had a commission
to do for her. And later we went to the weyrling graduation party at South
Boll. I'm sure I saw you there as well. Please join me for a few moments
if you can spare the time?" he waves to a chair at his table.
Jesica chuckles and nods as she heads over to the table and settles down
next to you, "Yes, I vaguely remember that, Trisseth was getting proddy
then, it's kind of hard to remember it clearly."
Loren shudders slightly. "Hmm.. glad I wasn't around then. How did
that turn out?"
Matalia enters from the narrow corridor.
Matalia has arrived.
Jesica chuckles, "It went pretty good actually."
Loren nods, sipping his iced klah. "That is well. I imagine it must
have been quite an experience." He looks at his klah mug then Jessica.
"Pardon me. I'm forgetting my manners. Would you like something? I'll
fetch it if so."
Jesica chuckles and shakes her head as she lifts her juice, nodding a hello
to Matalia, "Nope, I've got juice."
Loren glances towards Matalia and smiles, then back to Jesica, intrigued.
"Are you settling in here at Ista well?"
Jesica chuckles and nods, "Oh very well, I'm very happy here."
Matalia comes in sucking her finger. She nods to the two then pulls her
finger out and examines it.
Anise walks in from the bowl.
Anise has arrived.
Loren looks around to the bowl entrance again and waves. "Hello, Anise.
I made it."
Anise enters, lugging a goldrider's version of a flamethrower. This one
is a bit beaten-up and has obviously seen better days. Most likely its
one of the ones that weyrlings get to practice on. She crosses the cavern
and sets the beast down near the Smithcrafter, "Aye, you did. I hope
your trip was pleasant?"
L'tan walks in from the bowl.
L'tan has arrived.
T'mren walks in from the bowl.
T'mren has arrived.
T'mren ambles into the cavern, waving, "Evening!"
L'tan stomps into the cavern. He gives Anise a wide berth and finds a seat
several tables away from the Weyrlingmaster.
Anise gives T'mren a greeting that includes a wide smile and a showing
of dimples.
Matalia goes home.
Matalia has left.
Nikana walks in from the bowl.
Nikana has arrived.
Loren nods his head, standing. "I came from what's left of South Boll
and the Weavercraft Hall. the storms did terrible damage. This is infinitly
more pleasant, especially when entertained by Jessica." He turns and
smiles to her then back to Anise. "Smithcraft's duties to Ista and
her queens."
Dossa walks in from the bowl.
Dossa has arrived.
Laureva walks in from the bowl.
Laureva has arrived.
Sloane walks in from the bowl.
Sloane has arrived.
Sloane quietly slips in and seats herself at one of the Weyrling Tables
Anise shakes her long red hair back over her shoulders and gives the Smith
a half-lidded look, the poor woman can't help herself, "Aye, and Ista's
duties to you, dear Smith. I'm happy to hear you're enjoying yourself."
She pushes at the goldrider flamethrower at her feet, "And if you
could instruct my weyrlings even one little bit, I'll be in your debt."
T'mren plops into a seat, and watches the weyrlings pile in. He grins a
greeting to Laureva and Sloane.
L'tan rolls his eyes at Anise's performance and then grumbles something
to one of his tablemates about the weavercraft being dimbulbed for locating
their crafthall so close to the sharding water. Serves them right.
Anise points out the weyrlings, "These are Nikana, Sloane, Laureva,
and Dossa. Nikana is our goldrider so she'll be paying more attention than
the others. But you're such a nice thing to look at, I'm sure the others
will pay right attention too."
Laureva slips in quietly and finds herself a seat at the Weyrling Table.
Loren shakes his head and stoops to inspect the apparatus. "It's we
who're in you debt, Anise. In debt to all who fly against thread."
He smiles a bit at Anise's not so subtle demeanor.
Lifting the main tank up into the table, he nods to the weyrlings. "I'm
Journeyman Loren. Good evening. Has any of you ground crewed before?"
Anise looks to the weyrlings and smiles encouragingly to them.
"Only as first aid crew," Dossa replies laconically and tiredly.
She sniffles, rubbing at her nose. "But I've seen agenothree throwers
used before. Are they similar?"
Sloane looks back at Anise and blinks. She says nothing.
Loren shakes his head as he inspects the long spraying nozzle. "Only
in a few details.
Ageenothree is a corrosive and inflmamable. It burns on contact and can
quickly blind or maim. A flamethrower actually squirts a liquid that get's
ignited after it leaves the nozzle and if the liquid is spilled on skin
or dragon, does little harm." He completes his inspection. "Remind
me to talk to your weyr smiths befoe I leave." he whispers to Anise.
Anise tilts her head and looks at the equipment for a moment, as if just
realizing that the thing looks rather like a pile of junk, "I will."
E'ryn walks in from the bowl.
E'ryn has arrived.
Nikana was sitting near the back, quietly watching and listening intently,
but as per her usual routine, her curiosity gets the better of her. She
excuses herself aside a few weyrlings and gets near the front to have a
look at the contraption.
Anise looks at each of the weyrlings in turn, ensuring that they're paying
attention.
E'ryn wanders into the cavern, tugging off his jacket and slinging it over
one shoulder.
Dossa, unfortunately, doesn't seem to be paying much attention. Her eyes
seem to be glazing over, frowning from time to time. But, just when it
seems like she's off *between*, she blinks and focuses at what the Smith
is talking about.
Loren smiles to the group. "Allright, gather round. I want you to
learn the basic parts and how to tell if it's bad. Technique for using
this is upto your weyrwomen and weyrlingmasters." He goes to the tank
sections. "This is where the flamable liquid is stored. The port for
adding it is under this plug." He points out the hole and plug.
T'mren watches Loren, listening quietly.
Grombie enters from the narrow corridor.
Grombie has arrived.
Grombie walks down the corridor.
Grombie has left.
E'ryn manages a faint smile as he sees what is going on. He walks up beside
some of the people in the cavern and chuckles deeply as he glances over
at the smith.
Grombie enters from the narrow corridor.
Grombie has arrived.
Nikana leans over the shoulder of a smaller brownrider weyrling to peer
intently at the tank and plug, her eyes taking it all in, mental inventory
and all that.
Sloane is now within the group of weyrlings gathered about Loren. Careful
to keep her hands behind her back and out of anyone's way, she, being rather
tall, stands outside the group and peers over several shoulders.
Grombie pierces her lps together as she walks in
Dossa herself takes a look, more towards the front as she's one of the
shortest.
Anise perches on a nearby table, being on the mind that a tabletop is much
better to sit on than a chair is. She twiddles her fingers in greeting
to E'ryn and gives the brownrider one of her inviting smiles. She then
looks back to the weyrlings and the Smith, "The plug has a tendency
to wear out."
Grombie ums "what are you all circled about?
Laureva wiggles her way through the group 'til she has an unobstructed
view, then watches quietly.
Jesica hmmms and listens, head tilting a bit as she grins, remembering
her own weyrling training.
Anise answers Grombie quietly, "Flamethrower class."
E'ryn grins broadly back to Anise and waves his hand in return. He sits
on a table -- so he can see over the heads of those sitting on benches.
Grombie grins "being I'm m a dragon fancyer, does anyone mind if I
hang in the back and learn?"
Anise shakes her head, "Feel free to listen - just don't block the
weyrlings' view. They need to learn this."
Loren looks about to the fresh young faces and smiles. "That it does.
And it's dangerous if so. Why? Because the liquid may be under high pressure
inside and come spraying out. This is a valve for letting off any preasure
inside the tank. It turns this way." He turns the valve knob and hissing
of air is heard. "Allways open this /before/ turning the plug to refill."
E'ryn glances back behind him and looks Grombie over, "Well, even
if you didn't like dragons, you should still learn a flame thrower. Ground
crews use them and instruments like them to sear thread burrows. I'm surprised
you don't know yet, but then, maybe you don't, its probable." He flicks
a glance again, as if taking in the age of the questioner.
Grombie grins "of coarse I know, , back to the lesson, good learning
for you all" she laughs slightly, letting the nose be eaten up by
the air outside
Loren now uses a palm to turn the large plug, unscrewing it. Carefully,
he sets the plug on the table, threaded end up. "Come and look, one
at a time. Smell the liquid. You'll need to know it later. Mistakes can
happen and putting ageenothree in here is about the worst thing that could
happen to you. "
Anise motions for the weyrlings to get up close.
One of the bronzeriding weyrlings gets up really close and sticks his nose
practically in the flamethrower. He jerks his head back up and coughs,
"Smells bad."
Laureva comes up to the table and sniffs the plug. "It smells like
some kind of lamp oil," she observes.
Nikana raises her brows at the courageous bronzerider (or perhaps foolhardy
would be a more apt description) and cautiously approaches the opening.
With a quick smile flashed at Loren she hurriedly takes a whif of the liquid,
her face then making the requisite quelch. Ew.
Dossa takes a careful whiff -- and this wakes her right up. "Goodness!"
Sloane makes an ugly face when it's her turn to sniff 'the liquid.' Soon,
she's near the edge of the weyrling group again, looking indifferent.
Grombie stiffles a giggle
Loren nods in approval. "Aye. It does. Ageenothree fumes would have
burned your nose, perhaps severely, so don't stick your nose in the tank.
Do this instead." He wafts his hand past the hole towards his face.
"Much safer." He screws on the plug again. "Don't over tighten...
if the plug is hard to turn, you've done it wrong and need to unscrew it
and try again."
T'mren listens intently, from his seat a distance back.
Anise adds, "But don't leave it so loose that it comes off on you."
Loren nods to Anise. "Too right. You'll get the hang of it after a
few tries." He closes off the vent valve. "Now it's time to put
the pressure back in. First close this valve." He points to the one
he just closed. "This is the pumphandle catch. It keeps it from flopping
in the way. Flip it up like this." He does this with a snap, the wire-like
catch flipping out of the way.
Nikana bobs her head in acquiesence at the orders from Loren and Anise,
eyes still carefully watching all the minute movements, and the not so
minute as well. It's her and her lifemate that she learn this, after all.
A tad different for her, so she's nosing in quiet intently.
Loren pulls the handle out, holding the tank top with his other hand. Then
he goes to the nozzle joint. "This is a safety latch. It's job is
to keep you from squirting when you don't want too. Right now it's latched."
He gives a few squeezes on a be-levered handle. "See? It won't budge."
He returns to the pump handle. "This forces air into the tank with
each stroke." He gives it a cycle then turns to the weyrlings. "You
try. One pump each."
Anise's lips quirk up into a grin, "Oh that everything had a safety
latch."
L'tan just shakes his head.
Naratha enters from the narrow corridor.
Naratha has arrived.
Grombie looks at Naratha "are you the one iving my 'lizard all those
nice scritches?
When it's her turn, just as Loren instructs, Sloane pulls the handle out
and holds the tank top with her free hand. She then goes to the nozzle
joint, the safety latch, and squeezes the handle a few times. Finally,
she pumps the pump handle once. Without a word, she then passes the thrower
to the next nearest weyrling.
Naratha shuffles in dressed for bed, rubbing her eyes. She crawls up onto
a bench near the serving table. She looks at Grombie a bit confused and
then smiles and says shyly, "Yes"
Nikana gingerly reaches out towards the clunky-looking machine, her small
hands clasping in just the right places and giving a tight squeeze. It's
harder than it looks, this pressurizing of air into the tank. Her face
makes a small grimace as she tightens her grip, then relinquishes the flamethrower
to the next in line. "Hmm," is all she says at this point.
E'ryn watches cautiously, alert for anyone making mistakes. He does grin
at Nikana however, and nods his approval.
That same bronzerider takes the flamethrower and makes a big show of pushing
down the handle - that is until he finds it harder to do than he expects.
The effort strains his face but he manages to pump it and then pass it
on.
Grombie walks outside, into the bowl.
Grombie has left.
Grombie walks in from the bowl.
Grombie has arrived.
Grombie walks outside, into the bowl.
Grombie has left.
Loren smiles to the weyrlings. "Very good. It takes a lot of strokes
to pump this up. About thirty on a full tank and fifty or so on a half
full one. " He starts pumping and counting. ... this goes on a while.
" ... fourty nine, fifty." He looks to Anise. "Perhaps a
demonstration in the bowl?"
Anise nods and pushes herself away from the table, "The bowl. We wouldn't
want to burn down the weyr." This comment ignores the fact that most
of the weyr won't burn, being made out of stone and all.
Anise walks outside, into the bowl.
Anise has left.
E'ryn agrees as he too stands, fully intent on watching this thing to the
end.
T'mren stands, moving to follow the weyrlings out.
Loren holds the nozzle tube gently then hefts the tanks and follows Anise
out to the bowl.
E'ryn walks outside, into the bowl.
E'ryn has left.
Jesica walks outside, into the bowl.
Jesica has left.
You walk outside, into the bowl.
Ista Weyr Bowl -- Southeast
Clusters of dragons group around the large entrance to the living cavern.
Smaller entrances line up to lead to the lower caverns and the infirmary.
Smoke issues forth from square holes cut into the mountain high above the
living cavern. The bowl extends to the northwest, and high above, the southernmost
points of the spindles reach for the sky. The sunset bathes the northeastern
side of the bowl in red light.
Ruddy evening light filters down from the mostly clear summer sky, over
the bustle of the active Weyr. Light breezes waft playfully around the
peaks, through the forests, and along the beaches, causing frothy whitecaps
on the surf. The temperature hovers in the warm range, while visibility
is excellent.
Weyrs and entrances to the lower caverns are visible on all three sides
of the Weyr walls that bound you.
Contents:
Jesica
E'ryn
Anise
Parth(#6789JOQaeps$)
Cevodnioth
Trisseth
Mileketh
Oerth(#5224JOaep)
Obvious exits:
Lower Caverns Center Bowl DragonWeyrs INFirmary Hatching Grounds
Laureva walks out of the living cavern.
Laureva has arrived.
T'mren walks out of the living cavern.
T'mren has arrived.
Naratha walks out of the living cavern.
Naratha has arrived.
Loren nods to an inoffensive boulder near the bowl wall. "May I immolate
yon rock?" he asks Anise.
Naratha watches from a safe distance, hoping no one notices and sends her
to bed.
Anise giggles girlishly, and flips her hair again, more amused by Loren's
phrasing that she ought to be, "Why yes, I doth believe thou shoudst."
Nikana walks out of the living cavern.
Nikana has arrived.
Loren releases the trigger lock, pausing to look Anise's way. "Um..
done, milady. Lord Rock will trouble thee never more." he quips then
presses the handle. A stream of unlit liquid jets towards the rock to only
suddenly burst into flames a moment later. He releases the trigger handle
and the stream stops, no flame dripping from the nozzle. "And that
is how you burn a rock." The rock blazes merrily.
Anise applauds her gallant knight, "Well blasted. Well blasted."
She looks over to the weyrlings, "Any questions?"
Sloane walks out of the living cavern.
Sloane has arrived.
Laureva grins and shakes her head.
Nikana's eyebrows lift at the sudden burst of flame that spurts out of
the end of the flamethrower, a quizzical look burgeouning up. She is near
the front now and raises a hand to indicate her desire for a query.
Anise motions for Nikana to ask her question.
Loren nods to Nikana. "Yes?... Nikana is it?"
Nikana nods, her smile widening at her name. "Yes, sir." She
drops her hand only then, as if an afterthought. "Well, perhaps I
missed it? But, how did you light the fluid? Or does it just automatically
combust on contact with air?"
Anise gives Nikana a smile, "Good question."
T'mren slips his hands into his pockets, and watches with a smile.
Loren grins. "I'm glad you asked... see this little box up near the
end of the nozzle tip? Well, we have the dragons to thank for that. Inside
is a bit of firestone and a small tank of ageenothree. When the fluid rushes
down the tube, it also pushes a little of the ageenothree out of the tank
onto the firestone and the gasses produced come out this hole right under
the tip of the nozzle. That's why it takes a moment to ignite."
Nikana makes an audible ohhhh sound, her head bobbing up and down with
her understanding. She's still smiling, her gaze continuing it's intent
stare on the contration. "That's clever," she remarks.
Anise looks around again, "Any other questions? I'm glad you're paying
attention, Nikana. You've a vested interest in understanding these things."
Loren watches the throng for any hands.
Laureva shakes her head. "No questions here, although I sure appreciate
now what a nifty device that is," she says with a smile.
Loren smiles. "About twenty tankfuls. Very little is needed to get
the tiny flame needed to light the liquid. It's a good idea to check if
you have the time. But your maintenance peope should see to it."
Sloane has disconnected.
A weyrling asks, "And how long does a tankful of the flamey stuff
last? A full fall?"
Jesica hmmms a bit as she listens quietly to demonstration
Loren shrugs. "That I'll have to hand to your Weyrling Master."
He turns to her and smiles. "You're on, beautiful."
Anise brightens at Loren's form of address, "The flamethrower's charge
doesn't usually run out during a fall. This is a good thing as the tanks
are worn on the rider's back and it'd be difficult to refuel during fall.
I suppose if you were especially wasteful of your flame, you could run
out."
Anise looks at the weyrlings, "Any other questions?"
Nikana is chewing her lower lip, still inspecting the apparatus while the
other weyrlings mill about. Her fingers are veritably itching to get a
real hold of the thing. Tilting her head, she moves in a touch closer and
puts on her best smile for the smith. "Think I could give it a go?"
E'ryn bellows "Go for it Nikana!" In a loud, far reaching voice.
Loren smiles and looks to Anise. "It's fine with me."
Anise claps her hands together, "Well, I'd like to extend my thanks,
and the weyr's thanks to
Smithcrafter Loren. He's done a wonderful job explaining this confusing
thing called a flamethrower to us all. Go ahead, Nikana. Flame away."
Loren steps aside.. "I'll hold onto the nozzle tube until you're ready."
Nikana spins around to find where the hollar came from, but there really
are too many weyrlings about to see. But at Anise's approval she's all
hands at the metal thingymabob, reaching out with eagerness. "Thanks
so much!" She croons as she prepares it all, revving it up in her
mind. She's wearing a monster grin at the moment.
T'mren peers forward, watching, "Well done, Nikana."
Loren waves to a few crowding near the tip. "Back! Get back!"
then steps away. "It's all your's ma'am." and he steps behind
her."
Anise calls out to Nikana, "Just don't burn up too many of the other
weyrlings. We sort of need them for later."
Nikana bites her lip and narrows her brows, choosing as her target a small
rock about a manlength away from the one Loren charred up earlier. She
fumbles slightly, her hands small, but after rearranging her palm more
firmly on the handhold, she issues the liquid out in a steady (if inaccurate
aim) stream that ignites seconds later. She gives a hearty whoop! in glee
as she almost makes her mark.
Anise applauds again, "Very good, Nikana. Very good. You'll do a wonderful
job." Then she turns, "If any others of you want to practice,
feel free. We'll also be practicing with firestone in the next couple of
sevendays. Nikana will of course continue to work with the flamethrower
instead."
.
Nikana is beaming her silly grin, which she shines on the smith. "Thank
you so much for showing us this, Smith Loren. It's been wonderful."
Sloane goes into Sloane and Joath's Couch.
Sloane has left.
Anise has disconnected.
Naratha hears Grissa calling for her and scoots to answer, shooting a mischevious
grin at those around her.
Naratha walks into the huge living cavern.
Naratha has left.
Loren smiles. "Learn well, ride long Nikana. Thank you!"
Nikana still grins, her cheeks dimpled with the effort. Her brow furrows
for a moment, a contrast to her sunny demeanor and she mutters aloud, "I
wonder what you say to a smith?" This she says to no one in particular,
but it could be easily overheard.
E'ryn approaches and mentions, "You tell them to be sure and not bang
their thumb with a hammer." He grins across at Loren then and says
"Right?" He chuckles deeply.
Loren smiles and excuses himself. "I'm needed back at South Boll.
Clear skies to you all." He waves and heads for the center of teh
bowl and his ride back.
E'ryn notes pleasantly, "In the woodcraft, they'd always tell us not
to cut our fingers off." He lets out a much louder laugh at that one.
"But I've nicked myself a goodly amount of times." He holds out
his calloused hands.
Nikana adds her light chuckle to the mix, gazing up at the brownrider.
"I'll remember that." She raises one brow, putting on a mock-suspicious
stare but is stopped from whatever it was she was going to say by his new
observation and then his hands being presented. This is an opportunity
she cannot pass up so she inspects them for a few moments, giving a good
'hmmm' sound in appreciation.
Loren chuckles and nods to E'ryn. "Yes. that's as good thing as any.
Good eve!"
You go to the center of the bowl.
Ista Weyr Bowl -- Center(#900RJs)
The evening sun shines its reddish glow through the opening in the bowl
wall to the northwest, across the beast corrals. Scanning around you, you
can see the wide stretch of wall housing the Weyrling Barracks to the north.
To the east of here, the reddish glow shines upon the entrance to the Hatching
Grounds, as well as the queens' weyrs. To the southeast, activity is beginning
to form around the areas leading to the lower caverns as well as the Living
Cavern.
Ruddy evening light filters down from the mostly clear summer sky, over
the bustle of the active Weyr. Light breezes waft playfully around the
peaks, through the forests, and along the beaches, causing frothy whitecaps
on the surf. The temperature hovers in the warm range, while visibility
is excellent.
You see weyrs all around you, many close to ground level.
Obvious exits:
SouthEast NorthWest DragonWeyrs
Use '+lhelp' for local help.