Koria walked around the large clutch on the Sands. It was a healthy one with thirty eggs. She was rather surprised as it was probably the largest one in the past ten Turns. Annbrith was curled up around them, quite pleased with herself. That's when Koria noticed the last egg.
"So there's thirty one!" Koria exclaimed, moving to look at the egg her Queen held in her forepaws, "You were keeping it as a surprise?"
}: Oh, yes. I thought you would be pleased to have this as a surprise. We are quite short on Queens right now. :{ Annbrith replied, chuckled softly, }: So I figured I would make it a surprise. Delwynth and I made a very lovely clutch, didn't we? :{
"A very lovely clutch, indeed. I don't think there's been a clutch like this in at least ten Turns," Koria told her, stroking her gold's muzzle gently.
"It's because Thread will be coming soon," F'tel said softly as he came up behind her, "A gold Egg? Wonderful. We're down to just you and a retired Queen. Wonder which of the lovely ladies we have will Impress."
"Not sure. I'm just hoping we can find enough Candidates to give the dragons a choice. We need at least sixty to give them a good choice," Koria said, walking towards the Stands, "I don't expect other Weyrs to offer their Candidates. Everyone needs Candidates right now. I wouldn't want them short just to ensure we aren't."
F'tel sighed softly, "Yes, we definitely don't want to short our other Weyrs. I'm sure the crafthalls won't mind if we Search there. Udon Hold has said they will welcome us with open arms and so will their surrounding cotholds. So that will give us a fairly good chance of finding some Candidates. We have twenty here."
Koria nodded, "It should be three sevendays before these eggs Hatch. Let's send our Search riders out to Udon Hold today. I would like them to do a sweep over the cotholds and see if they can find Candidates there as well. I'll speak with the Weyrlingmaster as I would like to ensure classes are set up soon."
F'tel nodded and with a little bow, made his way out of the Hatching Grounds. Koria sighed softly. She hoped that they would have enough Candidates to give the babies a good choice. If they didn't, the day of the Hatching would end up a very sad event indeed. It was wonderful that Udon Hold would welcome a Search, but she just didn't think they would be forty plus Candidates out of them.
}: It will work. We will have a wonderful Hatching and my babies will find the ones they need. :{ Annbrith said, her voice soft and soothing, }: If we can even get fifteen more that would be a good number. We've even got littles who couldn't Stand now old enough to Stand. :{
"Yes, but do we want all children who are too young to fly in the fighting Wings to Impress? I don't want our fighting Wings to consist of children fresh from the crèche," Koria replied, sitting down on one of the benches, "But we'll try to find enough. If not… maybe I'll ask for one or two from up North."
She loved Insperi Weyr. It was in the Southern Continent and there were trees and green all around. They were living in a hollow mountain that had plenty of lovely little weyrs for their riders to live in. They had spent ten Turns looking for the right Weyr. There were small cots on the beaches for those that wanted to have a beach cottage. There were lovely trails that allowed people to explore Southern Continent without going too far from the Weyr. People had been coming to Insperi quite often and staying. It was another issue they had to deal with. In two Turns they had increased in criminal activity. She wanted that dealt with. They were to be a Weyr where people could feel safe.
Once Annbrith had fallen asleep, Koria made her way out of the Hatching Sands. There was quite a bit of work ahead of her. She needed to deal with the Candidate issues and as well the problems with people who came to Insperi without transfer papers. Being a Weyrwoman meant a lot of work for her. She didn't mind it though. It was invigorating. Well… she didn't mind it most times.