Date:  Sun Apr 21, 2002  12:53
pm


I know I have a few tags to answer... apologies for having to go right back 

to Day 6 - I hope I got them all... :)



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Day 6 - Lunchtime

Dining Hall, Whiteriver



When the twins had left 'Tonio's apartment, Rosie had dragged her sister for 

a 'quick' walk around the Warren.  It was like she couldn't get enough of 

the place, and she was making Daisy tired with all her talk of Dragons!



They'd only been half way around the Warren when they'd come to the dining 

hall.  Daisy wasn't hungry, but she didn't care... anything to stop her 

sister fantasising about Dragon's for a while.  She knew food wouldn't keep 

her quiet for long - but maybe they'd bump into someone they'd already met 

and she'd be able to slip away, Daisy thought, she wanted to write a letter 

to their parents.



<snip>

Food was the next order of the day, Latnem decided, noting that the 

breakfast hour had passed already. He entered the dining hall, and his eyes 

fell on two identical blonde females. Well, except one was eating with her 

left hand and the other her right. Intrigued, he approached the table.



"Greetings, ladies. I'm Latnem, Latnem Troppus. Mind if I sit and have my 

meal with you?"

</snip>



"Not at all!" Daisy exclaimed, sounding far more enthusiastic than she'd 

meant to and blushing as her sister laughed at her silently through the bond 

they shared.



"I'm Daisy" the older twin introduced herself, "and this is my sister - the 

trouble maker - Rosie" she smiled before shovelling the last mouthful of her 

lunch into her mouth and washing it down with some water.



The trio sat and chatted while Rosie and Latnem ate, and Daisy was so 

interested when Latnem revealed he was a mind healer that she forgot she'd 

been planning to try and ditch her sister for a few hours.



The younger twin however felt less than comfortable when Latnem revealed his 

occupation.  Mind healer sounded frightening, and Rosie was suddenly very 

careful of everything she said as she wracked her brains, looking for an 

excuse to leave.



"I... I have to go!" she exclaimed suddenly, standing up so fast that she 

almost turned the table over.  Daisy looked shocked, and wondered what had 

gotten into her sister.  "I have to go to the bathroom" Rosie explained, and 

then with a look of embarrassment she was gone.



Daisy and Latnem chuckled as Rosie scurried off to the 'bathroom.'  "It must 

be all the excitement" Daisy offered in her sister's defense.  Still, at 

least she hadn't insisted on dragging her with her!



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Day 8 - Afternoon

Hatching Sands, Whiteriver



After just over half a week, the Wood twins had settled quite comfortably 

into Warren life.  Rosie was still dreaming constantly about joining with 

her dragon, and Daisy was looking for a job, or something to fill her days.



The elder twin was in the small room she shared with her sister, putting the 

finishing touches to a sketch of the small lake when her sister came 

bursting through the door.



"They're gonna lay their eggs!" Rosie squeeled, running up to her sister and 

grabbing both her hands, causing her to drop her pencil.  "Come" she pulled 

Daisy up from the chair and didn't let go of her hands as she started to 

run.



Her sister's excitement was infectious, and both girls were laughing and 

giggling as they left the room and ran across the warren to the hatching 

sands to see what was happening.



<snip>

Having changed into better clothing, ‘Tonio took a stroll over to the 

hatching cavern. He had heard that the two queens were preparing to lay 

their eggs and he was curious as to see how things were going. The escape 

from the mines had gone off without a hitch, and Tel’Thar was still there 

sorting things out.



Arriving at the cavern, he spotted the two twins, “Ah, if it isn’t Daisy and 

Rosie Wood. I must apologize for the abrupt end to our tour yesterday. The 

life of a dragonrider is rather busy at times. So, what brings you here to 

the hatching cavern?”

</snip>



Rosie was so busy watching everything that was going on - which wasn't 

really much at that point - that she didn't even notice 'Tonio arrive.



"She" Daisy said, inclining her head towards her sister, "brings us here... 

apparently some dragons are about to lay eggs..."  Daisy's few days in the 

warren had been well spent, learning about warren life, the bonds between 

people and their dragons, the joining process and many other things, but 

Daisy tried, and suceeded in sounding like none of it interested her.



In truth, she was quite excited about the eggs herself... not because she 

wanted to join.  She would *never* join, she reminded herself frequently, 

but each egg contained a new life, and she figured you had to be pretty cold 

not to get excited about that!



Daisy and 'Tonio chatted for a few minutes, with Rosie ocassionally chipping 

into the conversation as the three of them watched the two dragons on the 

sands.



"Why can't they just lay the damn eggs" Rosie asked impatiently when they'd 

been standing there for twenty or so minutes.



Daisy laughed at her sister's impatience, as 'Tonio turned in the direction 

of someone calling his name.



<snip>

"Hey 'Tonio!" she waved. She only realized as she caught up to him  that he 

was in the company of two beautiful and identical young ladies.



"Xanthia, have you met the Woods twins yet?" 'Tonio politely began the 

introductions.



Xanthia focussed her attention on the ground before her an moved it about 

with the toe of her boot, her expression suddenly demure. "No..."



"Xanthia is one of our fine healers here. Xanthia, this is Daisy and Rosie 

Wood, new inhabitants to our beloved warren."



"Nice to meet you," Xanthia murmurred unconvincingly.



"I am Oberon! That's Alina!" the young man who appeared closer to 7 years 

rather than his actual 5 years of age interjected.



"I was just taking him to classes..." Xanthia said lamely.

</snip>



"Pleased to meet you Oberon" Daisy said to the young boy, shaking his hand 

as he held it out to her before smiling at the woman she assumed to be his 

mother.



"You have beautiful children" she told Xanthia as her sister turned her 

attention back to the hatching sands.



<Tag Morgan!>



Unlike her sister, Rosie wasn't interested in children and babies - only 

dragons.  The younger twin thought to herself that she might sit with the 

dragons while they waited for their eggs to hatch - surely that would 

entitle her to one of the hatchlings.





<<I know I've been quiet for a bit, but I'm excited to get involved again.  

If anyone wants to tag me, I'll respond quicker than I have done in the 

past!  Same goes for a JP - if anyone would like to JP, let me know! :)>>

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Daisy & Rosie Wood

AKA Kas Thompson