hatching

Hatching dragons are pretty big deals here on Pern. Dragons are used to combat Thread, which is a parasitic mushroom spore from space that eats carbon. They do this by eating special rock that makes them breath fire. Fun, huh? Its all for the sake of keeping the people safe, I assure you. I know you probably don’t need to read another book on the subject but there are a few things to know if you’re not familiar or just need a refresher to the series, as well as a few general guidelines.

Each Candidate can stand on the Sands to Impress as many times as they like until they get a dragon. Doesn’t matter if they’ve had one or fifty different times under their belt. You can also have as many Candidates standing as you like at once, but usually you’ll only have one Impress, if any. After all, why would it be fair for one member to get six dragons and another get none? Dragons are picky creatures, and if you’re not right for them they won’t pick you. Simple as that. They would literally rather die than pick a Candidate that they don’t find perfect.

On Drop it!, Dragons choose their partners through a series of different criteria I’m sure most of you are more than familiar with. One is activity. A member who is rarely online and doesn’t post very much won’t be Impressing a Gold or Bronze, simple as that. Two is personality. Each dragon has its own unique personality that needs to match up, in some way, with the person who Impresses it. These things might not make sense to the people around them, but Dragons always know, even the Hatchlings. Three is the quality of your profile. A character you barely put any effort into, and the admins can see if you have or not, won’t be riding Bronze anytime soon.

A certain special rule is regarding Females on the Sands. On many Drop sites that this admin has seen, it always seems that when a Gold egg is on the sand, there is an influx of Female Candidates just to get that high position egg. However, after the egg hatches the female characters become inactive and end up just wasting space. If we find this being a problem, we will limit the number of females each member can have on the sand at once. That really limits things and makes things not fun, so let’s not be Queen Crowders here.

Very rarely, a Hatchling might not want to Impress Candidates at all and instead pick someone in the Stands. We can never guarantee a hatching, but these things certainly can’t be ruled out! Because of this, anyone who attends a hatching, even if not a Candidate, has a small chance to Impress! Granted, Candidates are MORE likely, but its still possible!

As one last thing, we here at Drop it! Can say that character sex, gender or sexuality won’t affect what you can and cannot Impress! Of course, this isn’t believed in RP, where things are believed to be very rigid and that Dragons work a certain way.

flights

The whole deal with Flight is quite the controversial topic in a lot of the fandom. It’s not the Flight itself, but something called Flightlust that comes with it for the Riders. Every once in a while, the frequency depending on Threadfall and the Dragon color, a female Dragon will take a mating Flight to make eggs. Sometimes, females who can’t produce eggs will take Flight to… just to get laid? Honestly, this admin doesn’t claim to know the answer. A Mating Flight will see that the female is Chased by various males who all try to Catch her. A male who Catches a female is the new daddy, or at least just very pleased with himself. Golds tend to be captured by Bronzes and Browns, since they have the Stamina to go higher and follow the Gold. Greens are captured by Blues and Browns, usually, since they have the speed to keep up.

All of this is fine and dandy, but the real issue comes up when you factor in Flightlust. Flightlust is when the Rider of the two dragons doing it in the sky get really hot and bothered themselves, and decide that they’re going to do it with each other like rabbits. You can see why this would be a problem, right? This is also why there is a large stigma and belief that all males who ride Greens are gay.

Here on Drop it!, we don’t want you to feel like your character has to do the dew with whoever happens to catch your dragon! Flightlust is a thing that happens here, but for the sake of your characters and our sanity, we’re laying down some ground rules here. First off, if your character is under the age of 18, their dragon cannot participate in any Flights. Also, your dragon will only participate if you want them to. Any character who doesn’t want to actually do anything, you can say they locked themselves in there room or are kept in line by someone they trust during this time. No one will judge you for that, because we are not here to make you uncomfortable.

Flights, in the technical, will be dealt with like this: A female Dragon that is of the right age and can produce eggs can take Flight with admin permission at any time. The thread will be open for one week, in which the males who wish to Rise with the female can post. From there, it is totally random who Catches the female. Staff will be using a RNG to determine who catches, with results favoring one side of the other depending on the color of the female. A Gold Flight will be skewed towards Bronzes, with Browns in the middle and Blues less likely. A Green Flight is the same, but with it skewed towards Blues and Bronzes less likely. All we ask is that when the Female is Caught, don’t go into crazy detail about what happens. Keep it classy, Drop it!