Topic: Preparing for a family feast

Aurthur Shimmerscale

Date: 2013-06-18 09:17 EST
*It wasn't easy preparing a feast for the family, let alone one that Aurthur and Icer were planning. It had started off as an idea, that they invite Aurthur's parents Alexander and Milicent, along with Temeraire and Dominion and their hatchlings. The idea grew and expanded, as things usually do, until it was a family reunion of sorts, and the Shimmerscale line was a long one.

The place for the event had yet to be chosen, as finding a place large enough for so many dragons was difficult to say the least. However, Aurthur was already making the preparations for the meal itself. He was selecting the best wyvern, cattle, sheep, and deer for culling that would be used. Nothing but the best for his family, of course. Once one was selected, it was marked with a green tag.*

"It's a good thing that all of our herds have flourished this year....."

Icer1978

Date: 2013-07-05 10:23 EST
I am glad they have, my love. Momma had been busy herself. Weeding the gardens with help from the little ones, and checking up on the flowers.

She also was scouting out possibly places within their territory with which to hold the reunion of sorts.

A field nearby was promising. Wildflowers grew abundantly, while a small brook babbled along. If one looked closely, there were even a few shiny stones hidden along the bottom.

Trees lined the area, and pathways wound into the forests.

It was perfect. Even the berry bushes growing along the shadows were starting to fill out.

Icer1978

Date: 2013-07-29 09:41 EST
Her mate had returned to the wyvern pens, but Damian had gone with him. She always would make sure a guard followed along.

While they were out, she had returned to the lair and its gardens. The little ones poked their snouts out of the cavern to watch their mother, before running and pouncing each other down the pathway.

They wanted to help!

A grin as she watched the dragonlings start to swarm around the veggies. Sniffing at this plant, then that before looking to their mother as if asking does this one come out?

Aurthur Shimmerscale

Date: 2013-08-01 07:10 EST
*Aurthur was quite busy in the pens these days. He was picking some of the best beasts for the feasts. When a wyvern had been chosen, Damean would use a noose on a pole to keep their snouts shut while Aurthur marked their ear with a special tag. Half a dozen of the best wyvern were chosen before the left and headed to the ranch.

Once here, the two dragons walked the various pens of cattle, sheep, and deer, discussing which of the livestock should be chosen, and how many of each. Aurthur still wasn't sure how many of their family was coming, so they just looked them over for now. He would have to discuss with him mate what a safe number was to assume.*