Contemplating (open)

[shadowreine]

She'd finally got away from her brother. She'd done all her chores.

Now Irilia stood at the side of the Weyr bowl. It was full of dragons, mostly of the higher colors. The pinks were, it seemed, for the most part still working.

She hoped with her soul that Deran would not Impress a pink. Not because he didn't deserve to be taken down a peg...but he deserved a lesson he would learn from. What could he learn from spending the rest of his life as a drudge?

Besides. He would take it out on his poor lifemate.

Huh. Maybe he would Impress teal. Teals tended to go wild, but he had the stubbornness to handle one, thug jokes aside.

She suspected she herself would be chosen by a scarlet. Or maybe a gold. In theory, she liked girls enough that a male could choose her, but she really didn't see herself with any of them.

Yeah. De'an would Impress teal. Or maybe silver-bronze. She didn't really see him with a fire or an aqua. He was way too...straightforward...for copper.

Then there were the pinks.

Could she live the rest of her life in that bondage? If she had to...

[bookworm]

"Penny for your thoughts?"

Alexei appeared beside Irilia, a grin on his face. He had just come from candidate chores, and he was going back to the barracks to collect his brother for lunch. He could afford a few minutes of conversation, however, and he could just tell his fellow weyrbrat was thinking something interesting.

[shadowreine]

Iri glanced over. "Just speculating on who's going to Impress what."

Now, Alexei she had not yet managed to place. He seemed too open for copper. Silver-bronze, maybe? Or fire...

As easy going as he seemed, he might be in the most danger of any of them of being chosen by a pink, poor guy.

Of course, the pinks could be more than drudges, but nobody would ever let them...

[bookworm]

"Ah!" Alexei nodded, chuckling. "I bet a lot of people are thinking about that right now." He thingyed his head, regarding Iri closely for a moment. Admittedly, he hadn't thought much about what others might Impress, just himself and his brother.

"Hmm...I bet you'll get a gold," he predicted, nodding sagely. "Or maybe an Aqua."

[shadowreine]

Irilia considered that. "I don't really mind what I get. Gold did come to mind, though."

She studied Alexei. "I'm guessing...hrm...not sure on you. Fire? Aqua?"

Aqua could go either way, and she didn't want to guess a female for him...men who were straight got insulted by that suggestion.

So did Deran, whom she suspected was not straight, but liked to pretend to be.

Huh. Maybe -he- would Impress gold. Nah.