Month 2

Month 2 – First Aid & Hunting
RL Dates: Nov 13 – Nov 22, 2009
Dragon age: 2 months – 3 months

RP/Vignette Topics

  • Practice bandaging each other and/or your dragons during First Aid class.
  • Meet with your mentor, get to know each other a little.
  • Play out or write about your dragon’s first hunt on foot.
  • Play “What’s The Time Wolf” type game, with dragons. See if you can get your dragon to listen to you and start and stop when you’re supposed to.
  • Sandbag toss practice with heavier bags.
  • How do you feel about your mentor? Do you like him/her? Are you looking forward to more time spent with your mentor?
  • Have a conversation with your dragonet or with one of your clutchmates to get their opinions about lessons and your mentor.

Milestones

Dragon

  • Dragonet sensitivity continues to decrease as the bond becomes more comfortable.
  • Your dragonet is now at about a quarter of his or her full size.
  • Dragonets begin hunting for themselves on foot

Weyrling

  • Morning laps, a half lap of the Bowl, are added to the exercise routine.
  • Weyrlings start studying and memorizing wing formations in preparation for ground drills
  • Rider mentors are assigned to each weyrling. Weyrlings are encouraged to talk with their mentors, ask questions and may seek extra practice and training with their mentors
  • Weyrlings learn the basics of human and dragon first aid: when to apply numbweed, how to disinfect a wound, how to bandage up various wounds, how to treat dehydration, how to do mouth-to-mouth breathing. (Basically, your standard Red Cross curriculum a la Pern)
  • Most weyrlings will notice an increase in their overall fitness level as exercises continue to ramp up, though the pace is relatively gradual.

Daily Schedule

(This is a guideline only and is intended to give you an idea of how a typical Weyrling’s day might go.)

    6:00 AM – Wake up, dawn feeding of dragons
    6:45 AM – Physical training
    8:00 AM – Cleanup/Breakfast
    9:00 AM – Classroom lessons, dragons nap
    11:00 AM – Late morning feeding of dragons, bathing and oiling
    12:30 PM – Lunch
    1:30 PM – Outdoor or practical lessons
    3:00 PM – Group exercises
    4:00 PM – Designated homework/straps/punishment time
    6:00 PM – Dinner, free time
    10:00 PM – Nighttime feeding of dragons/lights-out

Rules & Restrictions

  • Weyrlings continue to be restricted to the Weyr but may RP anywhere within the Weyr exercising their judgement about being away from their dragon for longer and longer periods of time.
  • Limitations on alcohol consumption remain the same: one glass of wine or ale with a meal.
  • No intimate contact. No kissing, no making out, no sex.
  • Weyrlings must salute all riders, and may salute or bow to ranking Crafters and Holders.

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