Month 8

Between

RL Dates:
Dragon age: 8 months – 9 months

Suggested RP/Vignette Topics

  • Play or write about your first jump Between. Did it scare you? Did you enjoy it? Did it go well? What does your dragon think?
  • Play or write about going outside of the Weyr to practice jumps and meeting the locals.
  • Play or write about your first time doing transport duty. Where did you go? Who did you have to ferry? Were they a good passenger or a bad one? What did your dragon think of the experience?
  • Flaming rope drills begin this month with the weyrlings applying what they’ve learned in ground and aerial drills to actually flame ropes out of the skies. Group sessions might take the form of an actual played rope drill including floured ropes that weyrlings must flame from the sky.

Milestones

Dragonet

  • Dragons are now nearly three-quarters of their full size
  • Most dragons are down to a meal every other day.

Weyrling

  • Weyrlings apply the visuals they’ve been learning to make their first jumps Between.
  • Weyrlings begin practicing long distance jumps using visuals providing by the weyrlingmaster team.
  • Weyrlings start providing transport across Pern towards the end of the month as they grow more comfortable with Between jumping.
  • Flaming rope drills begin once Between is mastered enough for safety.

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 – Physical training
    7:00 AM – Breakfast
    8:00 AM – Air Drills/Rope Drills
    11:00 AM – Visualization Practice
    12:00 PM – Lunch
    1:00 PM – Duties -StarStones, Elevator Duty, Message Duty or, towards the end of the month, Transport
    4:00 PM – Designated homework/straps/punishment time
    6:00 PM – Dinner, free time, dragons hunt

Rules & Restrictions

  • Drinking privileges are temporarily suspended while Weyrlings are doing their first jumps Between.
  • Drinking privileges will be re-instated when each Weyrling has a proven command of returning to homebase even with slightly impaired faculties.
  • Weyrlings may leave the Weyr accompanied by a weyrlingmaster to practice Between jumps.
  • Weyrlings are free to travel about Pern unaccompanied once they have proven mastery of the major jump points and emergency jump-back to Fort.
  • Weyrlings must salute all riders, and may salute or bow to ranking Crafters and Holders.