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Username: Kyrieko
Entry: The day she was Searched was the most wonderful thing in the world. It had been something she had never expected in her life. A simple cook’s daughter, it was a sweet blue dragon and his rider that happened by their little restaurant. The Hold’s watch dragon frequented their place of business and recommended the bluerider stop by for a meal while making his way through the area on Search. And there was Kodilin, ready to serve, only to find herself face to face (almost literally) with a blue dragon trying his hardest to squeeze his head through the front door to see her. Ecstatic that their youngest would follow in the footsteps of his great-great-great grandfather, Kovin encouraged his daughter to travel with the rider and explore the world outside of their little restaurant.

Which was how she wound up chopping almost all her beautiful dark bronze hair off. Which had been the one thing about herself she had taken a little pride in. It had been the same luscious locks her grandmother had possessed.

Upon arriving at Malvren Weyr, being the shy and timid girl she tended to be when meeting new people, Kodilin found herself befriending her complete opposite in a girl that was the proud new bondmate of a tiny crimson hatchling. Kodilin found herself spending time with the new crimson pair, growing even more fond of dragons as she watched the little crimson struggle through the toughest part of her life. It was during her hatchlings growth that Arlii lost some of her own hair due to an over eager dragonet practicing flaming too early. Not wanting her friend to feel alone in having to cut her lovely hair, Kodilin chopped her own off as well.

Two turns and one clutch passed by with Kodilin going through lessons daily, hanging out with Arlii and Erinaeth when she could, and dreaming of a day where she might have a companion as wonderful as her friend. And then it happened. During her second time standing. Kodilin had thought she wasn’t going to find her special someone this clutch either. But two lone eggs stood out on the sands that the Weyrwoman had to help crack. And one overly enthusiastic silver dragon tumbled out backwards to squawk indignantly at them all and inform her, His Kodilin, that he was tired and hungry. And his rump hurt from falling on it. She found herself instantly in love with the beautiful creature, that said his name was Komaith, staring adoringly up at her.

Komaith and Ko’lin worked hard as he grew with assistance from from Arlii and Erinaeth here and there. Her joy for being a rider never dulled, and it was this love – and Komaith! – that decided the duo on what they wanted to do when Komaith matured. They would be a Searchrider! So that they, too, could give someone that once in a lifetime chance to find the true other half of their heart.

Username: Riffler
Entry: D'dec, or Diliadec as she had gone by then, was searched while sleeping out in the orchard. If any rider asked her she would tell them she had been waiting, though the truth is she'd stayed out all night watching the stars. It was such a shock to see a dragon's nose filling her vision when she had awoken. She'd almost screamed from the shock. As soon as she had woken fully, she was playing about with the dragon as its rider went to talk to her parents. she had to say goodbye but made sure they knew to visit, she would surely become a great dragon rider.

As D'dec had lived close to Malvren, she chose to stay near her family. When the searcher had been taking her to the hold, she began asking all sorts of questions about his job as a Searcher. She was highly curious, and rather deft at taking things from the rider's bags without him noticing. She only took what she wanted to ask about, and returned just about everything to the rider after they'd landed, keeping a piece of food to munch on as she learned about the Hold.

She was among the candidates on the sand as the day to Impress arrived. D'dec watched dragon after dragon find their rider, growing worried. D'dec wasn't worried if she'd find herself a dragon, she was worried about the 'dud eggs'. One of which was a rather notable gold egg sitting in the middle of all the hatching dragons, silent but towering. The dud eggs were hatched one-by-one, until they reached the golden egg. As they hatched it, a beautiful silver sat in the eggshell, looking for all the world like he had been patiently waiting his turn. The same could not be said for after he had hatched. He wandered toward the candidates and proceeded to climb over as many as he needed to before coming face to face with D'dec and demanding to know why she hadn't been out front to meet him.

Cith was an incredibly brazen and passionate dragon. He never took half measures. D'dec found Cith's attitude toward life inspiring, and the two of them together realized what they wanted to do if they ever left their flight. Being a member of Zenith Flight, D'dec kept her opinions on dragon colors and whers to herself, she figured it better this way, though in her heart she knew she'd never think any dragon higher than her own except for the hold's Queens.
It was this inner opinion that left her and her dragon at odds with her Wingleader at times, as Cith was a dragon who thought it better to beg forgiveness rather than ask permission. The one who suggested D'dec and Cith become a Search team had in fact come from S'vor's brown, Alloceth. The fellow dragon was worried that Cith's niche was not to belong to a wing, as the silver's passions burned brighter than their wingleader could control.

Username: mewrose
Entry:
There was a green flit on a nest.
She stayed with it two days at best.
Two boys on the beach
grabbed up one egg each
then promptly sold off all the rest.