Threadfall over Paradise Hold, 7/17/97

IC Time, 52nd day of Spring, 11th Turn, 10th Pass

Plateau of Paradise Hold

Below, you see:
You stand outside in the warm tropical outdoors of Paradise Island. Around
you, the tenderly cared for gardens, full of fragrant and beautiful flowers
and herbs. Here you see several rock huts, built of the black rock found here
on Paradise island. These Huts house the extended family and friends that live
here on this island. Leading from this garden filled courtyard is a trail that
forks and leads to either the Main Gardens, or to the Common Hut, housing the
kitchen and relaxation area.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth drifts slightly northward as D'thon
peers in that direction.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Silvery grey darkens the horizon as thread
descends, approaching Paradise Island.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lazeth rumbles a flame-muffled grunt at he sees the
leading edge of Threadfall. He slows, almost hovering, watching it approach.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna guides Hoth carefully,
watching the thread approach so very, very quietly.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth turns his head back toward his rider.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lounging between Odeleth's meridian neckridges,
Pita doesn't waste there merest of moments, her roving gaze slung upwards, to
the sky; narrow narrow narrow, her gaze slits, spying the gathered clouds
above. 

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Crosswinds buffet the threads, tossing them
downward and across and in all directions as the leading edge reaches the
wings.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A long snaking filament of thread descends towards
Odeleth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A large sheet of thread is singed quickly by a
wingleader.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath soars powerfully, his metallic hide
glinting, in from the Paradise Cove Beach.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth's eyes whirl deep dark red as he
positions himself, responding to the discipline his rider demands. "Stay with
the wing, Pin, wait for it , wait for it..."

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lazeth dives on the thread, opening his mouth to
spit a burst of flame out at the nearest clump.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Odeleth marks his jeweled gaze to the sky, an
oozing, slithering thread plummeting towards his swinging side. "Odie. There!"
Peet commands, immediately lkinked within her lifemate as he veers to the
side. He cocked upwards, a deadly stream emits from his muzzle, it's aim
perfect, it's target in plain view.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  The thread shrivels and burns to dust under
Odeleth's flame. But there is more, far more Thread to come.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A sheeting ribbon of thread tumbles on the winds
towards Pintarryth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon stabs a finger
upward.  "There! Take it, Pin!" he spits between grit teeth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A wingsecond and his dragon blink *between* as
thread almost hits his wing.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth exhales a wave of molten flame!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna adjusts in her seat and
waits until she spies a clump of thread from way down here in the weyrling's
wing. She keeps a close watch on Lazeth and K'ven as well on incoming thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Thread crackles and burns under the dragonfire.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A blue dives down from above, flaming thread in his
path.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A ropy clot of thread sinks towards Hoth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A green dragon barely makes it ::between:: in time
to avoid a clump of thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Leather glides dowm the steps from the seawall.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth wheels and twists to the right, rising
into the midst of a cloud of thread, volcanic flames erupting from his maw!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Lazeth's neck, K'ven says, "Tanya, watch out
for that one!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon curses as a sickly
silver finger of thread closes in on him.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth winks into ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth blinks in from ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon receives a slight
score on the upper arm!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Hoth belches forth a grand, large flame, like he's
practiced so many times! He deftly sears it, trumpeting wildly for his first
scorching!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Stormcrest Wing slips into the flight, fierce
flames immediately searing the thread from about them. B'ran calls to his half
of the wing. "Tighten it and step by thirty degrees!" Just as huge clump is
flamed by the sky in a crackle by his dragon. The green at his side scores a
clot just about to take the wingleader's forestay tip.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Odeleth furls his suede-like wings to the chiseled
edge of his chest, body tilted towards the thread's downward angle; whirling a
violent crimson, his eyes mark the entrance of each thread, Peet's voice
echoed outwards, while Odeleth's hits the dragons. "Standard V. " She shouts,
her wing promptly responding.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath skips ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath bugles in powerfully from ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth folds her wings and dives after a clump
with alarming speed. Fire crackles from her muzzle as she angles her dive to
miss the the heated ash of the eliminated Thread. Silent as a shadow, she
returns to her position, scanning for more Prey.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Lazeth's neck, K'ven says, "Good job, Tanya,
Hoth!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth snaps his wings back and plummets down
onto the thread turning it into ash with his flames.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lazeth warbles approvingly as his weyrlings make
their first kill.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth swoops back upward to remain with the
formation.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  As the threadfall progresses, the density
increases, making it harder to catch every incoming strand.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A hissing mass of thread slips towards Dharmath.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth ROARS! as he turns his head to sweep
engulfing flames in a thread-killing fan to his right!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lazeth dives on another clump, uttering a flaming
roar as he attacks and burns the deadly threads.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Atop B'ran's beloved lifemate, B'ran skips to the
side, flaming at the hissing thread. B'ran screams. "Take that!" He wipes his
goggles and point. "Over there, Dharm!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A large brown dragon bugles as a strand closes in
on another dragon.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A writhing knot of thread plummets out of the sky
towards Selieth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna sighs with relief and
looks about just in time to spot another, "Go get it, Hoth!" she says, urging
him on. He glides in on powerful wings, flame streaming out before him like a
burning river as another clump is seared into oblivion.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon shouts defiantly as
more of the ancient enemy crackles to ashen dust in the hot breath of bronze
Pintarryth!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lounging between Odeleth's meridian neckridges,
Pita collapses to the floor--a final mental caress sent towards her beloved
lifemate Odeleth. She then drools. Yummy.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath sidles right, flaming at the hissing
thread. B'ran screams. "Take that!" He wipes his goggles and point. "Over
there, Dharm!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lounging between Odeleth's meridian neckridges,
Awakening with a stifled yawn, Pita grins at Odeleth's mental touch; she then
wipes the drool from her mouth and springs to his side. Yum.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth hits the air brakes, checking her air speed
to avoid the clump, a gout of flame eliminating the deadly menace.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A tangled mass of thread drops between the wings.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith blinks in from ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Lazeth's neck, K'ven tosses more firestone to
Lazeth, who catches it in his jaws and crunches carefully.  Lazeth turns his
head back and chases down another clump, flaming.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A rider yells something, but she can't make herself
heard through the wind.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth starts to wheel to the left to chase a
twisting falling clump of thread but D'thon turns him back as another dragon
and rider swarm up from below on his left and incinerate the menace.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  An unflamed clump of thread hisses down onto the
land below, and begins to burrow.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna cries out suddenly,
seeing thread way too close!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell salutes to the wingmate
he replaces in formation, spelling the other.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Hoth skips ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  The sky above seems filled with silvery strands and
windblown ash, as dragons continue to fight the thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Hoth flashes in, from ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A long snaking filament of thread descends towards
Sejith.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A weyrling wing slips in from ::between:: and
begins to offer full sacks to the fighting wings.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith gives a mighty push with broad, shimmering
wings and closes on the Thread with a great bellow of fire.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth cants his head to one side and folds his
huge leathery wings back against his sides in a loud *snap* as he propels
himself ahead into a mass of writhing thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth turns her head to Kitana for more 'stone,
both keeping a sharp eye out for Thread too close.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Odeleth descends along the thread's path, elongated
neck arched to watch all, see all, and /flame/ all. "Get 'em!" is the booming
phrase of encouragement that Pita lets loose, fingers whiping the dusty soot
from her goggles.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A tangled mass of thread tumbles towards Odeleth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A weyrling misses a bag toss, and the bag tumbles
down to the earth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Lazeth's neck, K'ven scowls at the weyrling.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Hoth retakes his position by K'ven and Lazeth,
looking for the next clump. He sees it, dives towards it, his body moving
through the sky with ease. He opens his mouth, and a smallish flame shoots
out, barely enough to destroy the thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell wipes his goggles free
of fresh ash, peering ahead through the wings to scan the territory.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth belches flaming death into the ugly
snarl of deadly silvery thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Lazeth's neck, K'ven says, "More flame, Tanya!
 Feed him more stone!  You need more flame!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lounging between Odeleth's meridian neckridges,
Pita presses her entire form 'gainst Odeleth's meridian self. "Go Odie. Go!"
she shouts, breath held as the blue prepares: an inward breath, the gathering
of flame, and then -- a streaming gust of molten flame expunges from his
mouth, it's destructive path leading straight for the thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A large chunk of thread drops towards Pintarryth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth back away for a moment, turning his head
back to D'thon who smoothly feeds more of the firestone to the huge bronze.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna gasps and quickly
reaches for her firestone bag, tossing chunks into Hoth'smouth. "That was
close..." she mutters, willing hte dragon to crunch a little faster.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath swipes his tail just in time to miss being
hit by a clump that B'ran's wingman flames to a cinders. B'ran curses, peering
back with a nod to the rider, not that the blackened goggles and helmet give
him the best vantage point. Dharmath singes another to sizzling cinders.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Selieth's neck, Kitana idly wonders if a sack
of firestone drop on a Thread burrow would do as well as the ground crew as
Selieth trumpets to one of her wingmates in warning of danger close at hand. 
The pair swoop up to destroy the patch as the other blinks between to avoid
it.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Mnedzanth blinks in from ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Two dragons narrowly avoid collision as they dive
at the same patch.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A silvery tendril of thread tumbles towards
Selieth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Mnedzanth roars as he joins on a second wave.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith dives, taking all the room that the
formation will allow to chase an errant clump as he flames strongly. Ducking
low on his neck, T'rell readies more firestone to replenish his mate's supply
of intestinal gas.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A sheeting ribbon of thread tumbles towards Hoth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth slips -=:Between:=- whisper silent, and
vanishes from sight.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth arrives from -=:Between:=- with the rumble
of distant thunder.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth's eyes whirl with blood-red intensity as
he pounds the air with his wings, taking his white-hot challenge back to the
enemy from the skies.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Atop B'ran's beloved lifemate, B'ran calls out to
his wingleader. "Your back!"  **CRACKLE** Dharmath wipes out the thread with
expertise.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lazeth chases the clump that passed where Selieth
was, flaming it to char before it can reach the ground. He bugles defiantly.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Mnedzanth slips into please next to Dharmath,
bronze wings flapping mightily.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Flying specks of ask and firestone fill the air,
scattered by dragons winggbeats.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath skips ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Hoth rumbles proudly and angles his shiny brown
wings towards the next clump of thread. He flames well this time, bolstered by
the extra stone. The thread crackles and blows away as harmless dust.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath bugles in powerfully from ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A hissing mass of thread tumbles downwards towards
Sejith.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Lazeth's neck, K'ven says, "Good, Tanya, much
better!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Lazeth's neck, K'ven checks the other
weyrlings, and shouts at one to get back in formation.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A jet of flame completely incinerates a huge clump
of thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell yelps as he tries to
scoot his dragon sideways all by himself, a clump of thread falling fast right
by the pair's right shoulders.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth blasts a wave of fire above Sejith to
the thread menacing Sejith.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A silvery tendril of thread drops towards
Mnedzanth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith disappears ::between:: in an eyeblink.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A brown dragon flames a strand and disappears
::between!::

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith reappears just as quickly, the danger
passed.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Mnedzanth sideslips in the formation taking up
position opposite from Dharmath. C'dar nods to B'dar as he takes up position.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna smiles proudly, giving
Hoth a well-deserved thump on his side. She wipes the ash off quickly and
gives K'ven a quick thumbs up before urging Hoth to take out another drifting
pile of Thread. "Woohoo!" she shouts, really starting to get into it now!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth follows the mass of sickly thread
downward, destroying it before it can reach pern and begin burrowing.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell waves his thanks to
D'thon, the pair winging back into strict formation.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A large chunk of thread falls towards Odeleth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lounging between Odeleth's meridian neckridges,
Pita watches her wing with a tedious scrutiny -- "L'is, /move/." she commands,
her head twisted 'round her shoulder, or at least, ads far as possible;
attention swerving towards the thread, she avoids a blue's wayward flame, her
goggles steamed with the intense heat.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth and D'thon both let out an almost insane
shout-roar of bloodlust as they rise back to join the wing.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Mnedzanth's neck, Jockeying into position, the
Telgar bronze eyes the thread above and belches forth a great jet of flame. 
It disintegrates with a flash.  Mnedzanth is eager.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  The wing flies in perfect formation, completely
covering the fall and letting nothing through.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A long snaking filament of thread plummets out of
the sky towards Pintarryth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth roars after a clump and folds one wing to a
sharply angled dive. Flames incinerate Thread, the pair barely pulling up in
time to avoid hot ash. Kitana scowls at Selieth, mentally telling her to knock
off the stunt flying.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A knotted tangle of thread drops silently towards
Mnedzanth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A small green dragon darts between two larger ones
and catches thread with a blast of fire.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna yipes and calmly steers
Hoth away from a green who's gotten slightly out of formation. "G'por!" she
shouts out, trying to warn him off.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth rises to meet the descending thread,
unmindful of risk, shooting immense waves of fire deep into the thread as it
hurtles toward him.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  The threads wither to nothing under the deadly
dragonfire.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A delicate spiderweb of thread cascades downwards
towards Selieth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Mnedzanth sideslips left, turning his opening maw
towards the silvery tangle and puffs a quick burst of flame, igniting the
knot. It falls, burning, another few feet before withering away completely
into ash upon the wind.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A silvery clump of thread sinks in deadly silence
towards Hoth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Odeleth yodels fiercly, his sound echoed thro' the
surrounding air. By a wingtip, he misses a green's flame, his own immediately
jut upwards, seering the destructive mass into a dusty clump.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A blue dragon swoops underneath the formation to
catch a thread missed by others before it can reach the ground.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith rises on an upward current of air, gliding
effortlessly as they follow the leading edge. His timing impeccable, he
steadily intercepts the clumps as they fall before him into ash. On his neck,
T'rell ducks low, the moist spring air causing the ash to stick to his goggles
and clothing until he appears a grey lump more than a rider. Of course, that's
mostly normal, for him.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Hoth keeps the flames going, charring clumps of
thread one after another, leaving behind only whispy black dust. He drops back
a bit and turns his massive head around for another stone refill. With a
shout, Tanya looks up and...

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Hoth skips ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Hoth flashes in, from ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Above, a young green shrieks in agony as thread
catches her wing.  She vanishes *between* to cool the threadfire.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Stormcrest follows the lilt of the wind toward a
heavier edge. A call is heard, "Right Wing down, tighten and step back to
front!" Immediately the dragons switch places, flaming as the go the tangled
mess of thread before them. A Blue screams out a chilling call. B'ran calls,
"Get out of there, T'quoise! G'tar, go with him!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth lets out a deafening roar as both dragon
and rider look for new targets.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A silvery clump of thread tumbles downwards between
the wings.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A young gold wheels around to let her rider catch
an incoming thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith rises quickly to intercept the remains of
the clump which scored the young green, giving the foe an extra-large dose of
dragonfire.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A long white tendril of thread sinks towards
Mnedzanth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth dives after the clump that slipped through,
flaming the Thread to extinction before angling back up to her place in the
formation.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Two dragons flame in unison, completely
obliterating a clump between them.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth skips ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna breathes a sigh of
relief and finishes feeding crunchy stones to Hoth. They dive again, Hoth's
swiftly swirling, orange-tinged eyes seeking out thread. Another one is
spotted and soon turned into another crispy whist of black soot.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Odeleth skips ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A long white tendril of thread slips towards
Dharmath.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth arrives from -=:Between:=- with the rumble
of distant thunder.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Odeleth materializes from the frigid nothingness of
-~Between~- his yodel booming about as meridian wings pound against the wind.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Mnedzanth's neck, Folding his wings slightly,
Mnedzanth drops a few meters to allow a green in his wing to croos over and
flame the Thread menacing him.  Bugling a brother call, he catches another
stray piece of the silvery death with a narrow jet behind the passing sister.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth changes to an intense focus and emits a
surgical blast of acid-fire into a long thin finger of thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth turns his head back as D'thon stokes him
with firestone and then flings the empty sack to a weyrling flying below.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A long white tendril of thread falls towards
Sejith.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath sears the tendril to a crackling crisp and
takes the other that almost got the wingleader as well. "This is nasty today,"
B'ran yells.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A knotted tangle of thread tumbles on the winds
towards Selieth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  As a brown dragon disappears ::between:: as it is
hit, a green manages to catch the rest of the clump it missed.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith quickly swallows the lump of firestone and
extends his neck to belch out a great flame at the tendril, crisping it
nicely. Mmm. Crispy outside, moist and chewy inside... whoops, overdone.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna accidentally inhales
some dust and bgins coughing. "Ouch! That's hot!" she says, asking Hoth to
flame another clump with some vague notion of revenge.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A green rider yells a warning as an unseen patch
approaches another dragon.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth flames at a clump nearing her, dropping a
bit to avoid the clumps as well.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon twists in his seat
to cast his good right eye on the dragons to his left as he reassesses
Pintarryth's position within the wing.  Pintarryth slides back over to the
right into place.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Mnedzanth's neck, Responding to Wingleader
direction, C'dar moves his dragon closer to B'ran and the heavier edge,
placing a second bronze against the raning thread.  Searing a small clump that
snuck past a tiring blue, Mnedzanth turns backward for his rider to stoke the
fires.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth skips ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth blinks in from ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lounging between Odeleth's meridian neckridges,
Pita squirms restlessly within the charcoal, soot-covered edge of Odeleth.
With one hand, she whipes at her goggles, a nonchalant look spared to her
wing; Wavecutter, they fly as one, their wings solid in unison as an entire
unit of flame sears across the sky. "Good, M'an." "Over to the left, G'uy."
Pita supports. 

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A sheeting ribbon of thread cascades downwards
towards Odeleth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth blasts down upon the thread that so
nearly surprised his rider!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Ash scatters as a huge clump is hit with flame.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Atop B'ran's beloved lifemate, B'ran gives a thumbs
up to C'dar, just before Dharmath twists up and flames a long thin tendril
into nothing. 

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A thin strand of thread slips a little too close to
Sejith.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell receives a slight score
on the foot!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna loads a fe more stones
into Hoth's mouth during a slight lull in the action, to make sure he'll be
ready for the next patch. And speak of the thread, there it is! The
extra-large brown dragon furls his wings slightly to dip down towards a pesky
little patch and belches out a nice, controlled flame. Just enough to kill,
yet not so much as to be wasteful.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A new dragon flames his first patch of thread, and
his rider grins proudly.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lounging between Odeleth's meridian neckridges,
Pita eyes the plummetting clump, anger filling her voice -- "Get it, Odie, Get
it!" The blue, upon command, angles his flame to the clump, muzzle pulled back
as her turns to his rider. More firestone, like, now.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell takes a big lump of
firestone from his sack as his dragon rises to meet the Thread; caught
unawares, he suddenly yells really awful things  as his dragon takes him
:between:.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith skips ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith blinks in from ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lazeth dives at a patch ahead of him, burning it to
dust under his deadly flame.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Mnedzanth munches on the firestone and spits a test
jet.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  As a dragon disappears ::between::, another moves
over in the formation to cover for her.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A knotted tangle of thread tumbles downwards
towards Hoth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell ducks down close to his
dragon's neck, breathing hard as his fingers work at the freeze-dried thread
that decided it had the same shoe size;  Sejith, meanwhile, takes care of the
immediate work at hand by flaming furiously, his eyes whirling a bright
orange-yellow.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A hissing mass of thread cascades downwards towards
Pintarryth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth joins his flame with the flames of two
other dragons as they combine to incinerate a large sheet of descending
thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A delicate spiderweb of thread plummets out of the
sky towards Selieth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath whips to the left for a huge clump, but he
can't get all of it and bugles to the bronze at his wing, only to face another
clump close on the heels of the first. "Tighten up! It's getting thicker!"
B'ran calls out to his half of the wing. A glance to the right shows him the
right wing follows suit. The Stormcrest wingleader lifts the higher signal,
and the wing follows.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna points for Hoth, "Up
there!" barely leaves her lips before Hoth thrusts his wings down hard,
propelling himself up higher in the air. He breathes out a large and wide
flame, totally incinerating the clump.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth yelps a warning cry to her lifemate, and
the dragon veers to one side, away from the menace.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Selieth's neck, Kitana receives a slight score
on the thigh!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A bronze dragon trumpets alarm and disappears
::between!::

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Mnedzanth responds to Dharmath's call and lets
loose with a broad burst of flame, backing the bronze's power with his own. He
falls back slightly, afterwards, keeping formation -- but tightly. Flame jets
forth time after time against the heavy sheet.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Selieth's neck, Kitana cries out in pain, hand
covering her leg suddenly.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth skips ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A silvery clump of thread falls towards Sejith.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell holds tightly to his
fighting straps -- probably the first time he's actually forgiven the durn
things for his having to make them.  "How's your flame holding out?" he yells
hoarsely to his dragon.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth arrives from -=:Between:=- with the rumble
of distant thunder.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A knotted tangle of thread descends towards
Mnedzanth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A green and a blue both go for the same patch of
thread, and the green quickly dodges as she sees the other dragon.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna hears another rider cry
out and takes in another deep breath.. and quickly chokes on more dust.
"Sharding thread!" she grumbles, and cheers happily as said thread is burnt
into itty-bitty little black bits.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth wheels toward Sejith and lets loose an
enormous burst of flame at the threat above the other dragon.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A brown backwings to flame a large clump of thread.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Mnedzanth tightens closer to Dharmath as G'tar
rejoins the wing. A great thrust pushes him above the plane of the wing
briefly to ignite the knotted tangle... a second burst blows the tangle into a
burst of ash which flaps against C'dar. Carefully he slips back down into
formation between B'ran and G'tar.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith gives a great belch, his flame beginning to
trickle as his firestone-stoked belly is almost empty. He turns his head, his
rider fumbling for more stone.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon yells out, "Look
out, T'rell!  There's more!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Mnedzanth's neck, C'dar coughs slightly,
thumping his dragon's neck reasssuringly.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  The threads dissipate, as the fall nears an ending.
 A few last strands drift down towards the wings, only to quickly be
incinerated...

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell waves up to D'thon an
'Ok', and gets his dragon more stone, and quick.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  A knotted tangle of thread tumbles towards Odeleth.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Odeleth spins thro' the thernmals, rising further
and further upwards. "M'over, get to the left of me. Now!" Pita shouts, her
voice sharp and cloud despite the surrounding havoc; Odeleth, on the other
hand, deftly maneuvers, for a moment, his flame matching it's mark with an
enormous bellow of flame and soot.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith chews and swallows, the fortification just
enough to bolster his flame at the rest of the approaching clump. It's toast.
Literally. Heh.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth turns his head to let a final blast
loose upon a straggler tendril of thread, easily turning it to harmless ash.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Hoth wearily flames again, the orange fingers
flicking viciously at the Thread, shredding it as if it were a 400-Turn-old
record.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Mnedzanth's neck, C'dar calls warning to B'ran
as a lone thread  slides near him.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  The last strands are quickly charred, and suddenly
the sky is clear.  The wings utter a bugle of triumph.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath bugles to Mnedzanth as he rejoins and
takes out a tangled clump that threatens his wing. With a tightening to the
wingleader, the dragon's huge wings pump more powerfully toward the oncoming
onslaught of thread just ahead. B'ran curses again and quickly wipes his
goggles. "Sheet ahead!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon says, "Yes!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth rumbles in wearied defiance at the Thread,
exhaling what flame she's left inside. Kitana thumps her shoulder. "You did
good, Seli love."

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon says, "No sheet!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell sits up straighter on
his dragon's neck as he starts to get used to the searing pain along his left
ankle. He waves across to a Weyrling, flapping an empty firestone sack in the
wind as a (rather obvious) signal. Luckily, he's got a second sack which he
quickly dumps into his dragon's awaiting maw.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lazeth utters a last jet of flame, and bugles
triumphantly.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Odeleth lurks about, devilish intent evident as he
evaporates into the frigid nothingness of -~Between~-

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Mnedzanth's neck, Stormcrest's leader calls
the wing up short as the thread moves out to sea, falling harmlessly to the
water.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon winces and runs his
right hand along his scored left upper arm.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell suddenly notices the
change in atmosphere.  "Guess I don't need that other sack after all," he
tells himself and his dragon.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon turns from side to
side looking carefully over as much of Pintarryht as he can see from here.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Lazeth's neck, K'ven waves his weyrling wing. 
"Back to the Weyr!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna nods to K'ven, wiping
her goggles again. "Okay!"

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith moves to regroup with the Wavecutter wing,
soaring gracefully but with a bit of fatigue.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath rips through the last sheet and calms his
strokes as the thread disappears. B'ran calls out. "Good job, Stormcrest!" An
added salute is given C'dar. Saved his butt more than once today. Called up
short, left wing slows. "Left wing standard v !" Dharmath repositions.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Lazeth winks into ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Pintarryth's neck, D'thon tosses a salute to
T'rell, his fellow Wavecutter.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Mnedzanth's neck, C'dar awaits the Stormcrest
signal to return.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Pintarryth glides to Plateau of Paradise Hold.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Selieth slips -=:Between:=- whisper silent, and
vanishes from sight.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Hoth's neck, Tatianna waves, taking hoth
between!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Hoth sweeps away, into ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Sejith glides to Plateau of Paradise Hold.

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Stormcrest wingleader gives the wrap up signal and
slips into ::between::

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Dharmath soars powerfully toward the horizon and
winks into ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  Mnedzanth winks into ::between::!

Plateau of Paradise Hold>  From Sejith's neck, T'rell glides in, flying a low
check for burrows.