Arrakis - The Funeral Plain - Tuesday Evening

[atreideslioness]

It was still hot in the early evening, one of the two moons was rising over the mountain range when Ghanima took them out of Tabr and into the the vast plains of the Deep Desert

One of Ghanima's Fedaykin bodyguards went to set the thumper just south of their position as she went over how to mount and ride the worm using the maker hooks, demonstrating slowly how to use them to catch hold of the giant creatures.

The thumper underscored her words with a steady thump/whomp, thump/whomp as they summoned their ride.

[OCD is up!]

Comments

Re: During the Ride

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Are you kidding? This rocks!" Dinah rose up on her toes and beamed at Leto's stepmom, and said, "Best. Field Trip. EVER."

Re: During the Ride

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Dinah seems to be the rare few who truly LOVED riding the worm for the first time. Something Irulan considered some what strange since her first time included screaming and an urge to regurgitate her breakfast.

She laughed, "You wouldn't happen to be good friends with Zack, would you?"

Re: During the Ride

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Totally! We run around together and have sugar binges all the time!" Dinah grinned widely. "We've been looking forward to this all week, Irulan. It's even better than rappelling off the dorms! Not that I've done that. Lately."

Re: During the Ride

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

The idea of Zack and Dinah on a sugar high was an intimidating prospect.

"I didn't know students were allowed to rappel of dorms," Irulan said, instead. "Isn't that... a little dangerous?"

Said the woman riding on the sandworm.

Re: During the Ride

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Not if you know what you're doing," Dinah said earnestly. "And, um. Maybe we didn't know that?" The first time? She grinned. "We always take precautions when we play together. Seriously!"

Re: During the Ride

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

"If you say so," Irulan said a bit skeptically. Really trying very hard not to be that woman who nags. "You should move closer to Ghani, I think she might even let you hold the hooks controlling the worm!"

Re: During the Ride

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Oooo!" Dinah bounced, wobbled, corrected, and carefully started to edge forward. "You think so?" She beamed at Irulan. "So amazing. No wonder Leto loves it here." She glanced toward him. "Too bad only 'Gavin' could make it."

Re: During the Ride

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

She bounced, atop an actual worm! A worm in transit! Irulan made a move to catch Dinah but fortunately she caught herself, unfortunately this made Irulan want to hover around Dinah's general area now.

"I think she will be happy to show her students the way," Irulan suspected Ghani her joke about forming a sietch in Fandom isn't far off the mark. Irulan glanced at her stepson too, and grinned. "Yes, it isn't entirely too bad he couldn't make it."