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Nikiana nodded. "Yeah, they do."

"Wonder what's in them," Nalan added softly.

"Bye..." Nikiana and Nalan waved as the girl ran off towards the caravan.

"I still wonder what's in the baskets..." Nalan said after Kirana was gone.

Nubecula arrives at the Harper Hall looking befuddled. People, running around everywhere like mad... She's muddy, dusty, and the small packbeast her family had given her for the long walk was nibbling at her braid, reminding her that he hadn't eaten yet.

"I'll stable you when I figure out where," she tells the creature, too tired to be exasperated at it.

Suddenly the crowd stampeding through the complex of buildings cleared out, leaving only a few late apprentices dashing headlong toward their classes.

Instead of moving, Nubec just stands there, wondering where to go. The packbeast, scenting something, starts walking, and hoping that he'd scented stables and his own kind, she follows him.

Too bad Yorbid had been headed out instead of in; he would have been a nice travel companion and then she wouldn't have been feeling so lost when she got here. Oh well. If Beastie's nose was right, perhaps someone at the stables could tell her where to go from there...

The twins were sitting in a class when suddenly a gold flit flew in, chirping at the pair. Confused, Nikiana and Nalan glanced at one another, wondering what the crazy flit was doing, until she sent them an image of their eggpots. "They're hatching!" Nikiana exclaimed, racing out of the room with Nalan behind her.

The two ran to the apprentice hall, stopping along the way to pick up two bowls of meat scraps. They quickly opened their pots, carefully removing the cracking eggs.

The two eggs shook a few times and the one in front of Nikiana broke open and the hatchling tumbled right into her lap. The little brown looked up at her, eyes whirling with hunger. She began stuffing the flit with meat.

Nalan watched as his sister's egg broke and she began feeding the flit. A persistant chirping made him turn to see the other egg's occupant demanding food. Nalan grabbed the flit, who was about to join his brother, stuffing the brown with meat.

After the two brown flits were full and asleep, the twins sighed. "Egan," Nikiana named hers as Nalan dubbed his Edan.

((We need more people here... sweatdrop Should we just make up NPC Harpers or ranking non-harpers or whatnot to play as guides))

Beastie digs his blunt snout into the pail of feed as though he hadn't eaten the entire walk from home. Nubecula rubs him down with a scrap of cloth, hanging his tack on a peg. When she finishes, she hefts her packs and carefully carries them out of the stable.

She reluctantly returns to the courtyard, wondering where she would find someone to tell her what to do; the stableboy hadn't been much help, just directing her to an unused stall and vanishing before she could ask another question.

There's a girl in the courtyard with a large black runnerbeast. She looks just as lost as Nubec feels, so the ashy haired girl heads over. Nubec knows she can't help the girl, who is probably in the same position as herself, but perhaps the moral support would make her stomach settle somewhat...

"Hello," Nubec shifts her weight. "I'm Nubecula. Are you new here too?"

"Well, when I arrived, there were people everywhere. They vanished fairly abruptly though. I... ah... I can take you to the stable, if you want to put Thelle away. He looks like he might be hungry." She made her statement into something of a question.

Nubec returns to the stables... this time the stableboy doesn't magically appear. Wrinkling her nose, she headed toward an empty stall. "I think this one would be okay for him," she says, gesturing at it.