Mikan

STATS
Name: Mikan
Gender: female
Age: 23
Description: Mikan is the stereotype of the young starting teacher. She enjoys her work and feels certain she's going to have an impact on their lives. She's very idealistic and can't take injustice. Mikan has straw-blond hair, sometimes bordering on red, which she keeps tucked away in a bunch of messy knots and buns. She has caring green eyes and loves to smile.
Family: As the youngest daughter of a family of fishers all Mikan had to look forward to was marriage. her job as a teacher got her off that road of life into a whole new lane.
Pets: Green Firelizard Bersui (f) from Darkling Dawn

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HATCHING
The first clutch after a relative quiet time in Darkling Dawn was about to hatch. Eggs were rocking, candidates and spectators filed in while the proud mother-dragon watched.
The first eggs were rocking now, and it wasn't long before one of the dragons inside fought its way out, and soon it was joined by three more. The first egg contained a tiny, pale green dragonet, who stumbled towards the candidates while the other three--a green, a blue, and a brown--were still breaking out of their shells.
The pale green moved unerringly towards the female candidates, until she stopped in front of Mikan. The young woman stared at the dragon for a few seconds, and then she laughed.
"Leetosameth! You're hungry, aren't you?"
They went off to the kitchens, together.
 

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ADULTS
Mikan tied her hair up in a random fashion, sliding pins where they were needed while tugging here and there. When the construction that was her hair felt steady enough to hold for an entire day she left the mirror in her room and ventured out into the Weyr.
It was a Monday and she looked forward to a new week. After she'd impressed Leetosameth, Mikan had not rested. As soon as Leetosameth could go an hour without sleep her rider had volunteered to do other work around the Weyr. She'd been put in charge of babysitting a group of toddlers while their parents had other business. Mikan enjoyed the work.
Her heart felt very full with both the weyrbrats and Leetosameth filling it and she was happy. She occasionally ran into her old colleague Kabocha and some of their students. They talked for a while and then returned to their own tasks. Though it felt a bit sad to see all of them leave Mikan knew she'd have to let go of all of her students at some point. But even that knowledge could not lessen the joy she got from teaching.
Walking across the weyrbowl into the kitchens, Mikan prepared breakfast and smuggled away some treats she could give her growing pupils. Smiling because she knew she'd make a lot of them happy today she left the kitchens again and headed for her working space. Doing so she passed the hatching grounds and looked in.
"I can bring eggs to it." Leetosameth told her.
"Are you mature enough for that already?" Mikan asked.
"Of course." Leetosameth remarked, "I grew up well because you took good care of me. And I think it's time you and me looked for some lifetime companions."
"No flings for you?"
"Maybe, if the dragon was pretty enough..." the green dragon admitted, "But I want the warmth of family. I see it very well in your mind."
"You are my family." Mikan noted.
"I want a bigger family." Leetosameth argued.
"We'll see." Mikan nodded.
Maybe it would be nice to find someone to spend the rest of her life with. Maybe they would not find that person on their first try, but trying might just be better than waiting.

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Others:
Kabocha - Mikan - Momo - Nashi - Ringo - Ichigo
*Story*

Mikan impressed at Darkling Dawn
Lantessama Isle