Weyrling Kaneya and midnight blue Dayiath show off their musical prowess!
(See the end of the work for notes.)
Kaneya played a few notes on her pipes, her eyes following the notation. She reached a particularly difficult passage, and her pipes made a high-pitched squeak. Kaneya grimaced and scanned the passage again.
A loud trumpeting followed, mimicking the notes she had just played, including her mistake.
Kaneya sighed. Dayiath was doing his best, but she wasn’t quite sure he was helping by singing along.
She had heard this particular song at the Hatching Feast, and afterward she had begged Carleah to lend her the sheet music so she could play it herself. But it looked harder than she thought. She played a few more notes, immediately followed by Dayiath’s bugling accompaniment.
“Kaneya! Can you keep it down? Some of us are trying to sleep here!” someone called out from the back of the girls’ barracks.
“Oh, hush!” Erilde answered, “You’re just jealous that she can play!”
Kaneya continued playing her pipes, only half-listening.
“Kaneya! Don’t make me come down there and break those pipes!” Auciet shouted.
Meanwhile, Dayiath continued to sing.
Dayiath! You’re too loud!
Oh, keep going, I wanna hear the rest! Shaldeth said encouragingly.
Dayiath, you’d better shut your trap before I bite you! Cyrnath growled.
“SETTLE DOWN!” A loud bellow echoed through the barracks.
Both Kaneya’s pipes and Dayiath’s singing ended in an ear-splitting shriek. The entire girls’ barracks was shrouded in silence as L’stev entered.
Kaneya stared back, mortified.
Oh well, Dayiath mused. That was fun while it lasted!
For anyone who hasn't played the Dragonchoice game:
Erilde - Kaneya's friend and fellow weyrling
Shaldeth - Erilde's curious teal-green dragonet
Auciet - Kaneya's rival and fellow weyrling
Cyrnath - Auciet's bitey grass-green dragonet