Lunch Time Meeting
Dragonsfall Weyr
Amber Hills Hold
Vintner Hall
Healer Hall
Hidden Meadows
Dolphin Cove Weyr
Dolphin Hall
Emerald Falls Hold
Harper Hall
Printer Hall
Green Valley Hold
Leeward Lagoon Hold
Barrier Lake Weyr
Sunstone Seahold
Citrus Bay Hold
Writers: Paula, Sunrose
Date Posted: 23rd February 2006
Characters: Illiana, Kustaava
Description: Illiana enjoys lunch with Kustaava
Location: River Bluff Weyr
Date: month 10, day 4 of Turn 3
Illiana didn't have Jerric to sit with at the midday meal as he was tied up in the Records Room, she swore he would never leave if given the option to stay there, so needless to say she had no one she knew to sit with. Scanning the Dinning Hall with bright green eyes she spotted a young woman wearing Candidate knots. "Excuse me? Do you mind if I join you?" Illiana asked politely with a warm smile a she stood across the table from the brown haired girl.
"Go ahead and sit down" Kustaava smiled. She didn't mind company, especially if it was other candidate.
"Thank-you." Illiana said as she did just that. "I'm Illiana." She stuck out her hand across the table to her fellow Candidate.
"Kustaava, or Ava for short. Pleased to meet you."
"And you too." Illiana said as she looked down at her plate, trying to decide if she should eat the tubers first or not, she looked up a moment later. "So have you been at the Weyr long? I haven't seen you around the Barracks much, but I suppose I have been keeping myself very busy." She admitted.
"I came here few days before the last hatching. I've been mostly in kitchens" Kustaava replied. "You?"
"I haven't been here too long, and I've been busy in the stables, a good reason as to why we haven't had the chance to run into one another and meet yet. So are you a Baker?" She asked as she decided to start eating her tubers.
"No. More like an assistant cook," Ava replied.
Illiana nodded. "So where did you come from before arriving at the Weyr?"
"From Jade Harbour Hold. My father holds a small farm hold there."
"Oh what do you farm? Livestock or crops?" Illiana asked, this was Something she could talk about easily and all day if need be!
"Crops. We have livestock just for the family's needs, to keep us with Meat and milk. Mostly we farm wheat and rivergrain," Ava replied.
"You would have ideal weather here for crops, I'd just worry about the Sun bleaching them, does that happened often here?" She asked referring to how sometimes crops could become too dry after being cut and the sun would bleach them out causing nutrients to be lost, and reducing their quality.
"Yes. The knack is to get them out from the sun as soon as possible. Harvest is always the busiest time," Ava answered.
Illiana smiled. "Well if your family ever needs a had, please don't Hesitate to ask me, providing I don't have a dragonet to tie me down I'd love to offer some help to you and your family. I love and hate harvest time."
"No offencive, but you're a girl. My father would never hire a girl to Help with harvest," Ava said with apologetic tone. "It isn't womens work, according to him."
"Oh right, I keep forgetting the view on women around here." Illiana said sadly as she looked down at the floor.
"Don't worry. We're in a weyr now and things are different here. I met a female smith not long ago! She fixed my broken belt buckle." Kustaava Was still astonished by the female crafters.
"Hopefully someday they will allow female crafters outside the Weyrs, it really is a shame that women can't take up something that interests them."
"Well, it was tried in Jade Harbour hold. The technicians hall had Female apprentices and crafters. Northeners mostly. But then the hallmaster was killed and the hall closed and they all returned to North."
Illiana frowned. "That really is too bad, only time will reveal what the future will bring." Illiana finished up her meal and drained her mug.
"Yeah," Ava agreed. "My father was glad when they left, but my oldest brother said we just lost technologies that would have made our lifes easier."
"Speaking of making my life easier I should be getting to the stables Before I get in trouble for being late." Illiana stood up from the bench.
"Same here, the dishes don't wash themselves. Thank's for the company, " Kustaava said and started to collect the dishes. "Here, I can take yours too. I'm heading that way anyway," she offered.
"Thanks, I'll see you around then." With a final wave Illiana headed towards the Barracks where she would grab Dasha before going off to do her stable duties.
Last updated on the February 23rd 2006