Uor

STATS
Name: Uor
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Description: Uor is tall and lanky with long limbs and sinewy muscles. No matter the training he puts in, he just can't bulk up. He has blond hair that's a bit long, slanted brown eyes a wide nose and full lips. Uor wears sturdy work clothes that don't hinder his movement and don't wear out easily. 
Personality: Uor is a quiet young man. Growing up in a family where his sister won over all the adults with her smiles and bubbly personality made him retreat to the background a bit. He didn't rebel, he didn't act out, basically he was the dependable older brother that everyone expected him to be. Uor enjoys working on mechanical parts. For fun he likes to sing karaoke. 
Family: Parents, younger sister Viale. 
Skills: Mechanical mind, Absolute hearing. 
Pets: --

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STORY
"What did you bring back this time?" Uor asked his sister as she snuck in with a full backpack.
"Nothing much." she smiled sweetly, hiding the rather big back behind her back.
Uor shook his head and let his sister be. She was loved by anyone and even when that meant he had faded more in the background by her bright light, he just couldn't get mad at her. She was like the sun: bright and loving with an unmatched energy and warmed. And then he guessed he was like the moon: quiet and modest, cool and working behind the scenes. Sometimes he lamented his position but he was too passive to actually try to change it. He just accepted it and had found his place in the community.
Viale quickly ran into her room and closed the door. She knew full well that her brother wouldn't tattle. And to be honest, she hadn't broken any rules. She had bought her new decoration with her own money. Tavula had given her a discount for her help. So it hadn't even cost that much.
Viale and Tavula had become fast friends over their shared love of interior decorating. Since the other young woman had returned after bonding a nekrat, she'd set up a little business selling the items she created. Viale very much wanted to join in the venture but as it stood, Tavula had too few clients to be able to afford an extra worker. 
Viale carefully took the glass orb out of her backpack and sighed. The glass was imperfect but reflected the sun all the more for all it's flaws. Inside small beads of glass and seashells formed a delicate filigree through which the light filtered in several colours. Giddy, Viale hung the trinket in front of her window and sighed happily. She dropped down in her bed and laughed. Buying something new always felt so good. 
Uor heard his sister laugh and figured he would let her be since she sounded so happy. And who was he kidding, he would have let her be anyway. Well maybe not if she'd been crying. He turned back to his own room and started working on the music box he'd been working on. The inside mechanic tapped several metal strips in term as the wheel was turned, playing a short melody. Usually he worked on larger things, like the wagons of the caravans and the machinery they used. But it felt nice to work on something so small and delicate for a change. 
Before he knew it, he started humming the tune he'd programmed into the music box. In the next room over, Viale listened to her brother sing, once again wondering why he didn't pursue his singing since he so liked doing it. But it wasn't up to her to make his decisions. 
Nighttime came and went and the next morning dawned bright and early. Woken by birdsong, Viale got up and ate breakfast. Her brother appeared not much later. Their parents were already at their respective jobs. 
"Any plans?" Viale asked her brother.
"Maybe some karaoke." Uor admitted.
"Cool, can I come?" she asked, hoping a certain one of her brother's friends would also be around. She'd been crushing on him lately. 
"Sure." Uor shurgged, "We've promised to meet at the coast after noon."
"That's early." Viale prodded.
"Apparently the nekrats like our songs right after their meal." Uor clarified.
"I bet they like your voice." she added a compliment.
"They like everyone's singing." Uor deflected it. 
Viale let it go. Noon wasn't that far off since they'd slept in. The both of them got ready, which basically meant they got dressed for swimming and packed a few towels and some snacks. And then they were off to the beach.
Singing and dancing in the warm autumn sun felt good. Though the water was cooling now that summer was gone, most of them still tried it since they were around. Within a few weeks the sea would be too cold to try more than walking barefoot through it so getting some fun in while they could felt all the more important. 
Uor sang a duet with Viale and blushed when the others applauded. His sister had a good singing voice as well. People loved her no matter what she did. She seemed to think otherwise though and nudged him with a quick whisper of: "You see? You should sing more."
Before he could tell her it was her voice that they'd loved, a sleek muzzle pushed at his calves.
"You both sing beautiful." the sapphire nekrat commented, "You should come with me so you can sing for the other nekrats at Lantessama."
"We can't be that good." Uor saig.
"Sure you are." Viale told him, "Could you take us?" she asked the sapphire sea dragon.
"Definitely." the nekrat replied, "it would be even better if you could sing for the eggs. I know they'd hatch healthy if they'd hear you sing to them."

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HATCHING
Pond Beroul was watching over her eggs in the Lantessama Bay and had loved every moment of living through a - for her - new experience. Always wanting to learn and know more, she was eager to see what would happen. Sometimes she'd noticed small tremors in the eggs. It almost felt like her babies had been talking to each other. Beroul herself couldn't remember anything from before she'd been born. Maybe it was a trait from the sire's side of their genetics. But before Beroul could ask Moeomth, something changed in the waters.  The change was slight and if she'd not been such a scientifically fuelled mind, she probably wouldn't have noticed.  Small fountain splashes signalled that the eggs were in fact hatching and everyone scrambled to get the candidates at the scene. As usual some approached the bay from the sea-side, while others came over the beach. Humans, dragons, and some beings in between all rushed toward the bay. When they arrived, they found that the hatchlings had waited... and had made some decisions ahead of time though those would only become apparent at the end of the hatching. 
Some dragonets dove deep while others rose up, extending thin but strong wings that could both be used to propel them through air and water. Flippered feet, webbed ears and a set of nekrat whiskers became evident as some of the hatchlings left the water. Some had colours that clearly resembled the hues of nekrats, but some were most definitely different. Like the pink male that shot up out of the water and quickly bonded.
With their feet in the water, two young people from Dawn Cove were looking toward the water, hoping one of the hatchlings would come their way. It was the curly-haired teenaged girl, Zashiki, who bonded first. A peculiar feeling of something brushing her feet turned out to be a Wave hatchling sniffing at her feet. As she tried not to pull away, she lost her balance and dropped into the water, much to the delight of the blue female dragonet.
"I made you fall! I win!"
Zashiki took it in stride because she'd anticipated on getting wet, "That's okay Ronswul." she replied, "I'll get you next time."
Only a few minutes later, the other Dawn Cove bonder, Uor, a blond-haired mechanic who preferred fading into the background, saw a white-blue shape emerge from the water. Wings floated on the surface and a head popped up, snout first, to bop him in the stomach.
"You smell so lovely, I'm certain you're mine." the moon-coloured hatchling let him know, "My name is Kirnath."

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ADULT
Uor and Kirnath had returned to Dawn Cove and were enjoying a nightly swim beneath the moon. Kirnath's hide seemingly giving out a light of his own. Because of his light colour reflecting the light, Uor could see enough to navigate. 
"It's a beautiful night." Kirnath crooned.
"It is." Uor agreed.
"Won't you sing for me?" Kirnath begged.
Uor indulged his bond. He'd never felt like his singing voice was anything out of the ordinary. People had told him he sang well, but so did a lot of other people. Uor had always figured he'd make his money building mechanisms. But lately, more people flocked to him when he sand to Kirnath. 
A warm feeling submerged Uor as Kirnath conveyed his gratitude.
"What is it about my voice you like?" Uor asked once more.
"It's full and deep but mostly it reminds me of you." Kirnath answered, making Uor confused once more.
"I don't think it's anything special."
"I know. But you could serenade anyone and they would happily come away with you."
Uor splashed some water toward the nekrat-hybrid. But he was at the age where he probably should start thinking about making a family.  

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Intro - Mate

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All images found with google
Nekrat adopted at Lantessama Isle