Down by the Shore {Open}

[eclipse]

Luciana sat at the water's edge, glancing out at Reath, who was floating in the salty water, bobbing up and down with the waves. Urb lay on one of Luciana's folded legs, relaxing in the sun. She was glad the weather had cleared up, no longer the gloomy, rainy weather it had been recently. Reath had practically been begging her to go down to the ocean since they became full riders.

I do not beg, mineown. I did not beg.
Practically. I said practically begged.

Luciana glanced around. They were alone on the beach, for the moment.

[Fia]

The moment was over.

Beneath had arrived! He'd been flying in circles with His and spotted another dragon. Of course, he'd HAD to say hello...

Helloooooo! he cried happily, dropping his Rider in a bush, rising a hundred feet in the air, and diving into the ocean.

"DAMN IT, BENEATH, I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU ONE DAY!"

Fia struggled out of the bush, cursing and yelling threats at her Stream, who ignored her.

Hello, Reath! It is nice to see you! Beneath sang, paddling up to the Coral with a friendly tilt of his head. How are you this lovely-fine day?

Scout burst in, landing on Fia's shoulder and chirping anxiously. Velia followed, chirping once before settling on a branch of the bush. Kanta popped in, sqeaking happily.

Fia stroked the Bronze, petted the Silver, and grabbed the Forest, stroking him to try and quiet the cheerfully chattering flit.

With another glare at Beneath, she waved cheerfully at the other girl. One of the recently graduated Weyrlings, she remembered.

"Hey there! I'm Fia, Beneath's Rider! This is Scout, Velia, and Kanta," she indicated each firelizard. Each nodded it's head. "What's your name? And hers? And his?" She indicated the girl's dragon and flit.

[eclipse]

"Hey," Luciana called, waving back to the other girl. As the newcomer approached, she stood and wiped the sand off her hands and leg. Urbonel lazily flew up and draped himself across her shoulder. "I'm Luciana. That's Reath out there, and this is Urbonel," She introduced everyone, reaching her hand up and gently stroking her brown flitt.

Good day to you, Beneath, Reath replied, lifting her head from the water, I find myself quite relaxed today. How are you and yours?

[Fia]

"Nice to meet you! Reath's grown a lot, hasn't she?" Fia commented, strolling over. "Way bigger than Beneath."

We are fine! Finefinefine! Well, Mine is threatening to kill me, but otherwise, perfectly fine. Perfectly, perfectly... LOOK, a purple fishy! he screamed suddenly, grabbing the creature in one claw. It was...silver. Like most fish. But Beneath liked purple better.

This is a biiiig fish! Big enough for a whole fish pie! I LOVE pie! And butterflies! I wish I were purple. With butterfly wings. I love PIE!!! What was I talking about? he asked suddenly, blinking.

Fia simply sighed. Crazy creature. She gave her dragon a half-amused, half-exasperated look.

Scout chirped at Urbonel, Velia made a clicking sound, and Kanta squealed joyfully. Another firelizard!