Name: Baata Dalpeli
Gender: Female, straightish
Age: 15
Origin: Dawnlight-Blackstone on Paniya/Alskyr, rider-born
Family: Mother Ata Dalami-Ress, father Ibej Peli; triplet, second born, sister Aji, brother Jet; many cousins on father's side, Auntie Beji
Other Relations: somewhat happily single, Baata is likely to let a dragon decide her 'fate', whether that be with a partner during a flight, or because she spots just the right person oggling them from afar? Of course... that needs a dragon first!
Height: 5'8"
Build: wiry and muscular, but also well toned and flexible
Hair: two toned natural brightly copper and nut brown, straight and a little flyaway, cut to upper back
Eyes: dark brown, narrowed with heavy lids most of the time, always looks like she's scheming
Appearance: medium-yellowish tan skin, with a few small scars here and there from tussling around in the weyr; wearing standard blue-toned Green caste clothing with denim being her favorite
Literacy: literate to a strong degree, and has proficiently clean writing
Politeness: where her sister is rude, Baata is polite and to the point, until she isn't polite any more; if you get on her bad side, that's on you, not her
Focus: highly focused and intense, though she is often distracted by rumors or overhearing interesting tidbits from her sister
Interactions: while Aji is not a gossip, Baata certainly can be, and thus her sister sometimes uses this feature to name drop or stir shit without actual blame, and Baata is decidedly okay with this

Values and Goals
Enjoys deeply: Auntie Beji, from whom she has learned just how to poke the hornets' nest...
Has fun with: making people emotional - not just angry or sad, of course, but she likes having laughter or shrieks around her, maybe she's a bit empathic, and likes 'feeling' more than most
Practically nonexistant goal: locate something lost - you remember that time that Aji got stuck in the crawl space? Well she had a watch that the triplets had 'found', that they shared over the course of a few weeks at a time... and it was supposed to be Baata's turn to have it next... She left it in there, and now they're much too large to fit in the crawl space to reach it. It's probably all dinged up too...
Very weak fear: water or drowning - where Aji has pretty compelling reason to be afraid to get closed in, Baata has her own reasons for worrying about being pushed under water. Not just 'in' water, but one of their 'friends' (now no longer) had tried pranking her while learning how to swim. This did not go well at all, she wound up needing to be revived in the infirmary. Baata barely consciously remembers the actual event, but her body definitely does.
Skill used frequently: political intrigue and people skills run in her family, and while not physical mischief, she revels in how much chaos can be caused by just a few words in the right ear
Dragons? Definitely please yes? Can we? She loves caring for their family's dragons, and is pretty good with riding even without much direct training
Odd Skill (learned outside of craft if any): self defense, because well when you're messing with politics or people, sometimes you have to make sure that you don't get your face punched in...

** Story will be shared with Aji and Jet **

When they got to Isla, Baata straight up jumped at the chance to find a flitter. She wanted that watch back, and what better way to grab it, than to send in a flitter? And this one. This one was simply beautiful, wasn't he? Wasn't he? Someone at the hatchery said something about him being 'ghost blue', and that was so incredibly perfect. "Poltergeist," she said, "you lift stuff unseen, right?" She got in close, "un-seen. unnn. seen." The flitter seemed to take that to heart, whenever she gave that look he knew there was something to steal, and he definitely liked that.

Three siblings - triplets - stood side by side, taking in the hatching with eager glances among themselves as well as to the sands where their family and Hollis stood watching and cheering them on. 

Baata Dalpeli shifted from one foot to the other. They had decided to remain close enough to their watching family rather than strike out for the center of the sands, but she was wondering if they should move a bit closer. Maybe. There was a lot going on - which made sense given how many eggs were hatching basically at once. She felt sorry for all the record keepers trying to keep everything straight. 

A multi-toned blue stepped through the hatchlings darting around, or falling, or tumbling, or simply trying to get their legs under them before setting out to find their life-mate. The blue paused a few moments before moving unerringly straight for Baata. 

Baata stared at Therrith, not because she was confused that this magnificent little beauty had chosen her, but because it was hard to determine just what color Therrith was. 

Does it really matter? the blue asked just as her twin siblings realized that Baata had Impressed and the uniquely colored dragonet (later confirmed to be a sky blue with blue marbling) was hers. 

“See you in the Weyrbowl,” Jet grinned at her even as a cheer came from their group in the stands. One down, two more to go.

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adolescent adventure

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Adult