Finger Painting (Fayth's Touching)

[jaenelle]

It was time!

Zhara's head shot up from the bed she had been making. She had been taking a nap and had gotten up to go check on Aria. Not like she was worried about her....but she rarly left her sister's side...and she WAS worried that her sister would get hurt by some mean person. Zhara was her sister's portector and she was the one that kept her safe....

She jumped up, tidied her dress and ran into the common room, where her sister sat. Aira looked up when the silver called for the candidates and set her needlework aside. She was working on a tunic for her sister of a bright red fabric with yellow and orange embroidery. She sept off the bits of thread from her dress and collected them in her hand as her sister burst in. Aria smiled warmly at Zhara, desposing of the scraps into the basket.

"Aria! Come ON! We are going to be late to the touching! Isn't this exciting? I cant wait to see the eggs. I got a peek. but the silver..." Her sister kept on babbling as the pair walked down to the Sands. Aria kept her eyes down shyly, not looking at anyone they passed. She and her sister had been drifting drudges for a few years, so many knew them/ With that they had poeple that felt that they were below them...

Aria looked up to the great Silver mother as they reached the Sands. "Quiet..." Zhara shut her mouth and they both got an eyeful of the beautiful clutch with the glimmering silver as a loving mother. Aria's eyes stung a bt at the thought, but her smile broke through the instant sadness she had felt at the thought of a mother...

Zhara bowed to the silver and said, "Mother Fayth, on behalf of my sister and myself, we thank you for allowing us to come and touch your children. We hope that you will allow us to come and touch now." Zhara waited, her feet shifting on the sand, eager to stroke the gorgous eggs.

Aria looked up at the silver and bowed gracfully. Her voice was not as forwards as her sisters, but she would speak for herself...atleast for this. "Lovely Fayth, your eggs are perfect in every way. I am humbled to be here and ask permisson to go and see the dragons to be." Aria waited to, her eyes on the sands at her feet, shy and meek as ever.

[Flame]

Mirrath watched, and listened. She didn't mind that the silver dragon had chosen to call for her clutch.It made it easier for her. But it was her duty, and her's duty to be on the sands. With a quick call she got her's up, and Lilion, who always came with. They were quick to the sands, with mirrath being soft. Good evening dear Fayth. Beautiful clutch. one of her 'clutch'. Or at least the clutch that she'd presided over, and watched. She touched the silver then moved back and waited near the opening.

Lilliana moved easily after depositing her son and his flit beside her dragon, with his flit. She smiled at Keltia and watched her candidates come in. One red head caught her eye. The girl moved slowly, her fingers touching the eggs. She'd bowed to the queen, but she hadn't needed to say a word. She smiled a little as she touched the Oil Egg she stroaked it softly, laughing to herself as it jerked. The Ink Drop Egg was next, her desire to touch it was amusing to her, as her blue eyes watched the egg.

[jaenelle]

Zhara did not have to be told twice that she could go among the eggs. She grabbed her sisters hand after a brilliant to the silver before dragging her into the clutch. "Come ON, Aria! Why are you taking so long? You do want to touch these little beauties, don't you? I know my silver is in one of these shells. I can feel it!"

Aria allowed herself to be dragged into the clutch after she gave her own shy smile to the silver queen. Aria sighed as her sister started to babble again. Her usual passience was getting tried by her sister right now. She was being so annoying and her fantasizing about getting a queen was getting on her nerves. How was she so sure she was to get a lovely lady silver? She was off again on placing herself over her sister, and that drove Aria up the wall, even though she never said anything. She did not want to hurt her sister's feelings...but the reality shock of the Hatching and possilbe Impression of something other than a Queen would do her right... If you looked closely at Aria's exspression, you could see the irritation and resistance in her green-hazel eyes, but her twin was oblivious to it.

Zhara let go of Aria and made a bee-line for the three biggest eggs in the clutch, ignoring the other smaller ones. She reached out to put her hands on the Acrylic Egg. She lightly ran her hands over the bright purple shell. She admired the beautiful range of purple, ignoring the obvious white blemishes. This egg was perfect, no doubt in her mind. With a last pat, her hands then moved to the Ink Drop Egg. This dark egg held her attension with the swirling mass of color that almost seamed to move. She stood for a while, hands tracing the swirlly pattern before moving to her final petting choice, the Enamel Egg.

It was fairly pale, but as Zhara examined it closer, the paleness just hid a light wash of other colors in it's sheen. These three eggs were glorious, along with the others to a lesser degree, thought they were far from normal. Zhara spent most of her time doating on her 3 big favorite, bearly brushing a finger over the others, and completely ingored her sister for the first time in a long time.

Aria had her own agenda of touching the beautiful eggs. She watched her sister go right for the big ones, cooing and petting them. Aria rolled her eyes, knowing her sister thought only about the possiblities of the queen that she was sure was hers... Aria let out a soft, but irritated sigh, then went into the huddle of eggs.

She brushed her fingers over the three largests eggs after her sister had finished with each, then went back to touch the lovely other eggs. She placed her hands on the Pastels Egg and Gouache Egg at the same time since the pair were so close. She examed the Pastels Egg much more closely than the Gouache Egg, since the colors on the former were much more attractive than those on the latter. The pink and peach was very attractive, but so was the warm-feeling yellow one with the cute freckles. She did not want to leave the little pair, feeling the welcome coming from one of the eggs she touched, but there were others to see. With a farewell pat to the Gouache Egg, she moved onto the Oil Egg.

This egg looked like a mess of tar molded into an egg-shape and just got random paints dumped all over it. It was pretty in an odd way, but it was too dirty looking for her neat-minded self. She gave it a pat before moving onto the sort of ugly Fresco Egg. Beauty had definatly left this egg in the dark, with it's bumpy and off-colored shell. Aria's heartstrings hummed a bit as she touched the rough shell. She was sure that the dragon that came from this egg would be beautiful, no matter what. Beauty was in the eye of the beholder, and in an ugly way, this egg was uniquely beautiful.

Aria then moved onto the last egg for her to meet, the Watercolor Egg. This was a hidden treasure, she was sure, as her hands brushed over the beautiful shell. She stayed with this egg a little longer than the others, admiring it's color and soft beauty. Aria then went back to each egg to give it a farewell pat before going to wait at the enterance. The girl smiled shyly at Fayth, bowing once again as she said, "Lady Fayth, thank you for allowing me to admire your children. I wait with anticipation for Hatching day to see these beauties to grace us with their presence." She straightened and walked out of the Sands, not waiting for her sister to realize she left.

Zhara finally finished her attension smattering on her favorites before going away from the clutch. She bowed to the queen, saying, "Silver Fayth, I can't wait to see these wonderful eggs hatch. See you on Hatching Day!" Her smile and voice were bright as she finished, and looked around for her sister. Realizing her sister had already left, the paced quickly away to go and track her down. The nerve of the girl!

(And im out XD)