11, Sh'urrb, Outfield Center. A Siren lifted from the waters of her world. Seen as a bit of a traitor by her Killer Wave homeworld fans, Sh'urrb blows off their hisses and boos with style. In her mind is always a bit of jealousy toward Seevi, as she often competes for Tamoth's attentions. When male players arrive around 2nd base she is often heard to send her charms toward them... The Killer Wave men try their best but often fall prey to her.
12, Maxiil, Catcher. A human from a world where the gravity is 2 or 3 times normal. He is quite strong in normal gravity situations, though many people underestimate him and think he's 'fat'. That's not fat, friends... He is the only member of the team who actually wears his team hat outside of practice and games. If he sees a player trying to steal a base after a batter's struck out, watch out for that throwing arm! They can't let him play pitcher!
13, Z'ren, 3rd Base. A Saurian from a warm, swampy world. He enjoys the comforts of home: a squishy wet chair, putting his feat up on a lava-stone heatrock, and basking on the muddy flats beside his home. However, he also enjoys slamming a ball out of a stadium, and is perfectly capable of it too. Z'ren is a carnivore. Sometimes opposing players learn this, and have an innate fear of him. Some players don't make it past 3rd.
14, Anni, 1st Base. A race called Raki calls this twin of Enni their most brilliant mind. He is far more interested in physical pursuits and enjoys ducking out of his hyper-tech classes at the Rakian University, to play. He is of course a great runner, with a balancing tail like his clutch-brother. If he can't get past a baseman, no one can.
15, Tamoth, 2nd Base. A Sylvan whose charming smile and shy exterior makes for a great team representitive. He has a speaking voice clear and calm, and keeps the team together in times of stress. Seevi and he are usually an item, though they've often broken it off briefly. Their relationship comes second to his team, but nothing beats seeing him hit a home run and gleefully romping around the bases.
16, Enni, Outfield Right. Anni's clutch-twin, from Raki. Was expected to be the more sportsman like of the pair, as all Raki are paired such, but it turns out they both love many things such as math, science and softball. Enni's speed is amazing, and when Sh'urrb cannot reach an outfield hit, he's sure to get to it in time.
17, Seevi, Pitcher. Sylvan and gleaming like her partner Tamoth, Seevi enjoys taunting the men on the batting square just because she can. A dangerous fawn indeed, for her pitching has been known to reach hardball-speeds. Not that she tries to hit any player. Oh no. Of course not. She keeps Sh'urrb away from Tamoth, while also trying to keep Enni and Anni away from HER.
18, Bushish, Shortstop. A lagomorph possibly from the Sylvan world. She is little, quick, and screams a war cry when she makes a hit. Once she's on her way to a base, don't bother trying to tag her out, she'll just dodge. She is the youngest member of the team, and is usually in a little awe of the other players and teams.
19, Creal'w, Outfield Left. An Avian with as zany a personality as you'd expect this colorful guy to have. He doesn't have to try very hard to catch things, when he sees something flying towards him, his instinct is to use his beak to catch it -- fortunately his species is capable of using their thumbs too. He isn't much of a hitter, but he does well enough to remain on the team otherwise.
Jake Alabaster wandered the halls of Abri, listening. He could hear so many things - discussions and arguments, whispered secrets, and the... humming of dragons?
He'd been there a while, the eggs were taking their sweet time to hatch. But this huge gold on the sands would hardly let anyone close to them for more than a few minutes at a time, no one could have told just when they'd hatch.
Though there was a group of Xeno attending, and a lot of locals really didn't feel comfortable with them, Jake moved around them like air around willows. As long as they didn't try stuffing their egg sacks down his throat everything would be just fine...
Because Jake had some senses that most humans didn't, he knew that somewhere, in one of these eggs, would be a dragon that wanted him. He just wasn't exactly sure which egg held it. Because Zanilanth kept moving them around - like a good mother should of course - there was not a good way to tell day to day which of the orbs was calling to him.
The day finally arrived when the candidates were called into the hatching chamber, though - and the air was abuzz with rumors, betting, anger or sorrow at not having been chosen to stand on this clutch, and the like. But what mostly filled the air was the call of the dragons and the flitters of the area, they announced the shaking of the eggs with their voices. The expectations that Jake had for this clutch were not so high that his ego got away with him.
But it probably should have. Because the very first - largish - egg to hatch did so with a sure kick from the bronze inside. Everyone called that a great omen, such a strong way to start a hatching!
Tsanath, the bronze announced directly to Jake, settling his warm confident voice into Jake's mental map. Jake, food is sounding like a wonderful idea.
Though he himself hadn't brought it up, come to think of it, Jake was feeling the huge hunger pangs of the big hatchling. And more - the heat, the sounds... When he closed his eyes, if he let Tsanath see for him, he could walk 'blind' too. The things this pair could do for one another were staggering.
**more below**
Name: Tsanath
Bonded to: Jake Alabaster
Gender: male
Color: bronze
Size: large - 36' long
Breed: Pernese mutt
Abilities: assisted fire-breath, telepathy, teleportation
Personality: Tsanath is the popular, smooth-talking kind; he's probably going to end up rather spoiled, and he'll be quite happy like that. Good at convincing people that they want to give him exactly what he wants, that they owe it to him, even - but he'll be just as generous in return, no matter whom it is or what they need. Flights? Oh yes, as many as he can find his way to, and there's even a chance he'll be a good and responsible parent.
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Maxiil, Sh'urrb and Creal'w chose to head to Cydragonstake, where some unusual Hydra-Biped dragons were said to be on the sands. BONDED! Red 3 headed Itaril, Gemtone Red 5 headed Cersyla, Starry Purple 3 headed Llaumvor
Tamoth, Seevi and Z'ren are going to the Ring of Fire Summer of Flames Frenzy sands. BONDED! Silver White Shika Hikaru, Black Silver Shurai Aridan, Brown Camintor
Enni, Anni and Bushish are going to the Enzan Shi Fall Frenzy. BONDED! Dapple Amber Brown Finssyruad, Electric Striped Tawny Red Fariyruad, Translucent White Keliryth
And Jake? Well, after a short stint with Lightshow, he intends to head off to Abri. BONDED at last, to Bronze Tsanath!
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With everyone now bonded and paired up with their varyious companions, it was time for training. The young dragonets got the chance to watch the team mates playing exhibition games against local-world teams, but were quite eager to set themselves up with something more important.
Grudge matches with the teams who had beaten them in the past... Or been wanting to, that last season they played!
