Horribly Rotten

Writers: Cali, Emma
Date Posted: 5th December 2008

Characters: Teseada, Karri
Description: Karri and Teseada talk about her father and her new brother.
Location: Dragonsfall Weyr
Date: month 12, day 14 of Turn 4

Teseada

"Well, no one has said anything to me about Shadow Cove." Karri started off as she lay next to Teseada. The two had decided that a nice sunny beach break was in order, but Teseada had been decidedly quiet since they'd
arrived. "How about to you?"

"No, I think Y'nub knows to keep that big mouth of his shut, or else I'll
have Onnyth shut it for him."

Karri nodded, her eyes closed to keep out the sun. "Sorry again for getting
you into all that. I promise from now on we can wear our knots when we go
out."

"I won't just have one arrogant bronzerider after me in future," said
Teseada, an edge to her voice that wasn't there before.

The greenrider turned her head and peeked an eye open to look at her friend. "Don't tell me you've got another arse messing with you. What are you a magnet to them?"

"That last bronze in the hatching? Didn't you think he looked familiar?"

Karri tried to think which of the three bronzes came last but she'd been so
busy during the hatching that she didn't think she'd even witnessed it.
"Which one was last?"

"Ankioth," it hurt her to say the name. But Karri was likely to put two and
two together.

"J'nev." She replied easily at the mention of the dragon's name. She was
fairly good with rider/dragon name placement, and Ankioth being a bronze
made it easier. "I don't think he was familiar, it was his first time
Standing wasn't it?"

"And you know my father's name?"

"D'nev..." Karri was confused for a moment and then it clicked. "Oh! He's your brother! You didn't tell me you had a brother, but why are you mad at him, did you not want him to Impress?"

"Because I didn't know I had a brother," said Teseada bitterly.

"Oh." Karri didn't know what to say. She could tell it was upsetting
Teseada, but there could be so many different reasons why. "Why didn't your father tell you? Did J'nev know about you?"

"No, neither of us knew. It seems my father lied to us both, and must have
lied to my mother as well."

"Oh." she replied again. Karri knew that in a Weyr there were often
several half siblings running around, but everyone always tried to be
friendly with eachother, and the Headwoman always took detailed notes of
possible paternal lines. "So, are you mad at your father or at J'nev?"

"He had a whole other family growing up at a hold. I'm not mad at J'nev, I
don't know him to get mad at... It's my father, he lied to me and J'nev.
And then I find out about him at the hatching feast, turns out my brother
had been here for days!" Teseada's tone was still bitter. "I feel betrayed.
And Faranth alone knows what my mother must think."

Karri took Teseada's hand and gave it a squeeze. "I'm sorry. That's
horribly rotten of your father. I can't even begin to imagine what you must be feeling right now."

"I'm not sure I want to even call him my father now."

"Have you talked to him about it?" Karri asked, maybe the man had a good
reason for hiding the brother.

"I," she'd hadn't consciously been avoiding her father, "I don't think I'm
ready to."

Karri understood, it was alot to take in, and if she was still in the
furious and hurt stage then she probably wouldn't be up for hearing any
excuse. "What about J'nev? You said he didn't know either. Maybe you two
could get to know eachother. He seems nice."

"I don't know about that either." Teseada looked away, "At the hatching
feast he looked so mad, like he didn't want to know anyone or anything."

She shrugged, he seemed fine when she talked to him. "Maybe he was just
shocked like you were."

"I don't know Karri, I need to work all this out first before I talk to
anyone."

"But how can you work it out if you don't talk to anyone?" Karri didn't
know if Teseada wanted her opinion or just someone to vent to. "I mean,
you've been trying to work it out all by yourself for days, maybe you need
to try a new approach."

"I could make things worse."

Karri gave a lopsided grin, "How could things be worse? You're already
hurt, embarrassed, and depressed; as well as not talking to your father or
your brother."

"I, this could really hurt my mother. She has to know by now and I don't
want to look like I'm abandoning her."

The girl paused, thinking about how she would have wanted to support _her_
mother if her father had had a mistress... if she was speaking to her family that is. "You haven't talked to her yet?"

"I haven't spoken to her properly, and I need to."

She nodded, hoping that talking to her mother might help since Karri
couldn't do much but listen. "It's probably a good idea. Mother's are
supposed to make you feel better right?"

"They are.And I'm sure I can help her as well."

"Well, then it sounds like you two need eachother right now." Karri hoped
that they could at any rate.

"And I'm going to go and talk to her straight away." Teseada got to her feet, "Karri, I need to do this."

Karri looked up, using her hand to block out the sun. It seemed a waste to
leave the beach this early, but she knew the sooner Teseada talked to her
mother, the sooner she might start to deal with her father. "Good luck."

"Thanks," Teseada managed a weak smile.

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