Out Of Character
Lesson 6: Between, mating flights, and weyrling duties
Dragon age: 8 months – 12 months
Topics covered in lessons:
- Theory behind between
- Going between
- Indications of a proddy female
- What happens during a mating flight
- What happens after a mating flight
- The importance of queens and queenriders not developing intimate attachments to other people/riders
- Reproductive health/pregnancy prevention measures
- Your new duties at the Weyr
Mini Lessons:
- Learning to go between
- Dyed rope activity
- First mating flight
- Turnday Gather
RP Ideas
- First trip between - where'd you go, what it felt like, etc.
- One-on-one practice with the Weyrlingmaster on going between
- Discussing mating flights with the Weyrlingmaster or the Headwoman, your mentor, and other weyrlings
- Participation in mating flights (with Kes' permission)
- Transport duty with betweening
- Dyed rope activities
- Returning to your home Weyr, meeting other adult dragons and riders, likely including your clutchmother and clutchsire and older siblings from previous clutches
- Picking out and moving into a guest weyr
- Meeting your new Wingleader
- At 12 months, dragons will be 70% their adult size
- Weyrlings transferred to Weyr at 10 months
Daily Schedule
(Months 8 and 9)- 6:00 AM Wake up & breakfast
- 7:00 AM Calisthenics and laps
- 7:30 AM Self-defense lessons
- 8:00 AM Weapons practice
- 8:30 AM Aerial drills (including dyed rope activities after weyrlings have passed betweening)
- 11:00 AM Visualization practice
- 12:00 PM Lunch
- 1:00 PM Duties (Watchrider, Transport Duty or Messenger Duty) or Craft lessons
- 3:00 PM Duties (Watchrider, Transport Duty or Messenger Duty) or Craft lessons
- 5:00 PM Visualization practice
- 6:00 PM Dragonets hunt, bathing and oiling
- 7:00 PM Dinner
- 8:00 PM Free time
- 10:00 PM Lights out
(On the designated day(s) you and your dragonet learn to between, you will follow this schedule.)
- 6:00 AM Wake up, breakfast
- 7:00 AM Between lessons or morning physical routine
- 12:00 PM Lunch
- 1:00 PM Between lessons or afternoon duties
- 6:00 PM Dragonets hunt, bathing and oiling
- 7:00 PM Dinner
- 8:00 PM Free time
- 10:00 PM Lights out
(Months 10 and 11)
- 6:00 AM Breakfast and oiling dragonets
- 7:00 AM Physical training with older riders
- 9:00 AM Air Drills/Rope Drills
- 11:00 AM Visualization Practice
- 12:00 PM Lunch
- 1:00 PM Duties (Elevator/transport duties, Sweep riding, Watchrider, or Messenger Duty) or Craft lessons
- 4:00 PM Duties (Elevator/transport duties, Sweep riding, Watchrider, or Messenger Duty) or Craft lessons
- 7:00 PM Dinner, free time, dragons hunt every 2-3 days
- 10:00 PM Lights out
