| Rip Tide Hatch #1 |
| Two bonds, four eggs, and two happy parents waiting for their children to signal they were ready to emerge into the world of Alskyr. Matriss laid beside her four long orbs that contained her children. The bonders lingered along the beach as Juiniss paced. Usually his clutches hardened and hatched fast. Maybe it was because of Matriss. Maybe she genes were different from the former Covelady’s dragon. Suddenly, Matriss crooned softly, raising her voice into a song. Juiniss joined in, mixing his own deeper voice into the song. The other resident sea dragons joined in as Zavier and Boippi wandered up towards the eggs, trying to figure out what was going on. As one of the larger eggs cracked, Zavier gasped. The long blue sea dragon slinked out of the egg and into the water, not even giving a look at the bonders. She sighed her name - Iuyiss - to one of the adults waiting to greet the calf. Zavier’s face fell as another egg cracked and a bright aqua, a practical twin of his sire, slinked into the water and turned back to the bonders. “Zavier, you coming or not?!” The little aqua cried. Turning, his eyes meet the little calf’s, and he smiled, “Give me a minute, Opizuss,” He called, wading into the water to embrace his bond. Now Boippi stood alone as the last two eggs cracked revealing a red and an indigo. The indigo splashed into the water crooning along with the song of his parents as he dove into the water. She crooned her name - Giyatuss - into the song as Juiniss smiled down at his young daughter. The red studied the shore and then turned to look at Boippi. “Well,” The red sighed, “when are we going to start?” “Huh?” Boippi sighed. “Start, you know, mapping. I already know this coastline. I can show you what it looks like if you want,” the red crooned, sending Boippi the exact line of the shore of Rip Tide Cove. “Well, I wondered how we’d do this, and now I know, Quiluss,” He sighed, following his bond into the water. “Now all we have to do is find as way for the paper not to get wet.” Boippi and Red Quiluss Zavier and Aqua Opizuss Indigo Giyatuss Blue Iuyiss |