Weekly Lessons
Week 1 (Clutch 53)
Setup
OOC:
- Sorry, but
that beautiful long hair of yours has got to go. All hair needs to be cut
short, being just about shoulder length at the very longest. Hair must stay
short throughout weyrlinghood, so make sure to keep up with trimmings. Feel
free to RP many a tear-filled scene if your character just loved their long
hair. Please make sure that your @desc reflects your short hair.
- All weyrlings
must wear the Istan colours of orange tops and black pants. You'll be very
colour-coordinated and looking festive. You can set this by setting
'@wearing me is <weyrling uniform desc>'.
- Just like
it's time for you to ICly get used to your dragons, it's time for you to do
the same OOCly. Please check out 'help dtu' for all the fun and exciting
commands you now have access to. Also, it can't hurt to review 'help
puppet_commands'
- You should
personalize your dragon's messages. See '@messages <dragon dbref number>' to
see what messages you can set.
IC:
-
Oil! Your dragon will need constant oiling to prevent dry, cracking hide.
So make sure to wash your dragons, oil your dragon, and then do it all over
again!
- Feed! Your
dragon, when not being oiled, will want to be fed, and often. Have fun
cutting the meat, too. Yum. The AWLMs will help you at first, if you didn't
already master this during candidacy, but you can bet you'll be pro at it by
the second IC week.
- Walk! For
now, you and your lifemate are confined to the barracks, northeastern bowl,
and the pool. Feel free to walk around as much as you want to, but don't
venture any further than those places. Need someone to walk with? Grab one
of the PC AWLMs, or take an NPC. (Plat'o and Aristolth love walking and
talking.)
- Have any
concerns about your dragon's health? Ask S'eron or N'ano (NPC re: Talim), the dragonhealers.
- Couch
mucking! Your little lifemates can't yet go between to do their, uh,
business, so they're gonna be doing it in their couches. That's what those
pitchforks off to the side of the weyrling barracks are for. Enjoy!
- Saluting
hasn't gone away. Nope, you get to salute every dragonrider you see (except
your fellow weyrlings), 'cause guess what? They all outrank you.
- No alcohol,
no relationships, no sex, no drugs, no rock and roll. Get it? Good.
The only thing you have time for is your lifemate, and getting to know him
or her.
- Also, no body
jewellery, or any sort of altering (piercings, tattoos, etc.). You can't do
anything to risk infection or sickness at this point; you need to be at your
healthiest to care for your new lifemates, with no distractions. Honestly,
you're lucky if you'll even have a chance to get a bath outside of washing
your dragons, and there's certainly no time to take care of self-mutilation
(hey, that's what it is!). Also, in Pernese society, it's generally the
less-reputable who bear markings such as that. Just FYI.
- As always, if
you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns, please @send *wlm or page
any member of WLM staff.
Some notes on
@messages:
%N is the name of
the person who will receive the message.
%T is the name of
the dragon (or the thing to which the messages are attached).
%p is a pronoun
specific to the gender of the person who will receive the message.
The messages with
an 'o' in front of them will be what is seen by the bystander; the ones without
are what is seen by the person doing the action.
For example,
typing 'omount Dragonth is %N uses %p big arms and crawls onto %t.' will mean
that, when Weyr'ling mounts Dragonth, bystanders will see:
Weyr'ling uses
his big arms and crawls onto Dragonth.
If Weyrling was a
girl, a bystander would see:
Weyrling uses
her big arms and crawls onto Dragonth.
Typing 'mount
Dragonth is You use your big arms and crawl onto %t' will mean that, when
Weyr'ling mounts Dragonth, Weyr'ling will se:
You use your
big arms and crawl onto Dragonth.
Any questions can
be directed to WLM staff.
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