Forest Morxtui x Mud Guljuym

Forest Morxtui & Mud Guljuym

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MIND PAIRING 1
Fire Joaghym had been instructed to assemble the aspirants. The drak was eager to get back to action after a few months of being the messenger of Water Iviju while she cared for her clutch and then later her draklings. She had allowed him into the Deep Cavern during some nights so he knew that the three eggs that had been laid had hatched into four little ones. There were only three aspirants but they'd just have to see what happened.
Shortly after the Deep Cavern had filled with spectators and the aforementioned aspirants, Iviju swung open the doors that had kept her hidden from onlookers and she ushered her four draklings out for the world to see.
Hovering, she made certain that all were happy and excited and that none were frightened by all the new faces. She need not have worried. Her twin wind girls already loved the attention they were garnering. Her both sons, a mud and a teal-green plant that people around here had dubbed "agave" were not the sensitive sort.
When the murmurs died down, Iviju called for attention with a short bellow and then announced.
"Thank you for attending. I prezent you Mud Guljuym, Plant Lojuym and twins Wind Yiymju and Zavymju."
Then Iviju urged her draklings to go and look for the people they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with.
While his sisters were soaking up the attention, the teal-green Lojuym quickly made his way to Allira.
"I'm Lojuym." he said to the tanned young woman, "You're with me."
After the first mind pair, the two wind hatchlings quickly got back to the task at hand and they veered to the two remaining aspirants. They remained close together and inspected the two young women. After a few minutes of sniffing and looks at each other, they made their choices.
"I'm Yiymju." one of them said as she sat down next to Nioi, "You sound very nice."
"I'm Zavymju." the other said nuzzling Vernacia, "You ssmell sso good."
The remaining drakling, Mud Guljuym sat down next to his mother and announced:
"My partner isz not here."
This ended the mind pairing ceremony and people started talking again, expressing their opinions and voicing their wishes to the new pairs while they settled down and got to know the knight pairs that would be training them.

Guljuym hatched at Castle DesCas

MAKING CHANGES
Guljuym had travelled back with his mother Iviju to Savannah Castle. While DesCas was sandy and hot with limited views due to the dunes, Savannah was flat and mild in comparison. The region was still rather warm and dry which meant that Guljuym often enjoyed a mudbath to keep himself clean. Sometimes he wondered what it would be like to pair a human and have them take care of him. But there were enough volunteers at the Castle that meant he did not need to go without the nimble hands of the smaller species. Draks were perfectly able to take care of themselves.
As time ticked on, Guljuym realised that he was not looking for a human partner. He wanted a drak mate that would stay with him, that would be his partner and equal. He was old enough to fly and portal but still too young to be called adult. Restlessness had seized his thoughts and Guljuym needed to act upon his unrest.
"I wisssh to travel and sssearch for my mate." he told his mother.
"I had ssseen thizs day coming." she replied, "Go and sssee the world, find a mate. There will alwaysss be a place for you here but if you find another place to call home I'll be happy for you jussst the sssame."

MIND PAIRING 2
Though not the High Princess, Annora was almost as important as her older sister. because of her diplomatic duties. Luckily, Innui wasn't a high-maintenance drak and she was perfectly alright not having her knight right outside the deep cavern. She was however picky when it came to foods and other ammenities she wanted brought to her and plenty of Savannah Castle's attendants were relieved when the message came that the mind pair ceremony was imminent. Preparing a feast for humans and draklings was, after all, much easier.
Only two aspirants had been found, maybe because the castle's main judge had been doing his duty as knight of the clutch's sire. Dennis, an aspiring bard from Acicade with shaggy blond hair and a dream of travelling around Icarus, stood next to Sita, the tall black-haired guard from Dun Keiba who was wearing a comfortable silk dress for the occasion. Both young people knew their way around a castle and they weren't too nervous.
All eyes turned to the Deep Cavern doors when they creaked open and Rain Innui led out her draklings. All of them were some combination of brown and green. The first to step forward was a small male plant who was the spitting image of his sire, Plant Fedext.
"Suixt, the first to hatch and one who is eager and smart."
Introduced by his mother like this, the little plant puffed out his chest and swaggered to Dennis.
"Nize to meetcha."
The second male drakling came forth and he was all brown. Relatively light in colour, the sturdy young male was however clearly a mud by the way he acted. He took his steps meticulously, deliberately and without hurry so his mother could introduce him.
"Buixt will be a steady and dependable companion for the one he pairs." Innui announced.
By the end of the message, Buixt found himself in front of Sita and quietly touched his muzzle to her hand.
"I'm coming with you." he said.
The last drakling, a female forest with a brown body and dark green wings had been twitching to get moving. She was energetic and optimistic and chirped excitedly to her mother before she could introduce her.
"Morxtui has informed me that her knight is not present here. She will look for her life partner later and has expressed the wish to stay with me until she finds them." Innui explained.
"Ssorry for thosse who hoped to pair with me." the forest drakling added with a little flourish.

Morxtui hatched at Savannah Castle

MATING
Morxtui had spotted the slightly older mud squire during her knight training. Guljuym was not to everyone's taste. He was a veritable stick-in-the-mud with rigid morals and he was strict and correct in following the rules. Morxtui should have run for the hills.... but somehow she fancied the drak. Alas, Guljuym did not have eyes for her. Instead they were focused on a far away ideal. He left for Wilgen when she was just old enough to start her flight training. A year went by, a long period of anxious wishing that Guljuym would not have found a mate, until she was finally old enough to go after him.
Morxtui bid her parents and the caretakers farewell and set off to Wilgen. Testament to the fact that her feelings had not faded, Morxtui instantly spotted Guljuym as she appeared in the cold air over the secluded castle. He was doing training exercises with some of the other draks and she was eager to join them.
Unfortunately, proper procedure had to be followed. But Guljuym would not want it any other way so Morxtui gritted her teeth and got on with the tedium of registering her transfer and to enlist in an armada. Fortunately, Morxtui joined the very armada that employed Guljuym and she'd been able to sway the castle staff to have Guljuym be her partner in her first assignment.
"Hey you're from Savannah." Guljuym remarked when they 'officially' met.
"I know." Morxtui winked and lashed her tail excitedly, "I've seen you around."
"Oh...." Guljuym racked his mind to remember the pretty forest in front of him.
"I was a lot smaller then." she helped, "I doubt you would have noticed me. But I'm here now..."

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