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[flightsuit]

[It starts off as an audio to start with a few mumbling noises of "How do I even get this to — oh, maybe this button? Oh, gods, that's not right" until finally the view of a young man appears, with a mess of auburn hair and face plastered with freckles appears on the screen, a smile popping up as soon as he sees the visual seems to be working.]

Ah, see, there you go! Not so hard once you get it going. [Sure, the technology was immensely different from what he's used to, but he could handle it.] Okay, well, ah, they said you could talk to this thing? Right, well.

[He opens his mouth to speak, but as soon as he does, you can hear quite a loud thumping nearby that snatches his attention.] Toothless! Be careful there, bud, you don't wanna — [A louder thump, probably equal to the sound of furniture tipping over. The young man winces, but ultimately just sighs.]

He's ... he's fine. It's just kind of cramped in here. Small room. Big dragon. You know how it goes. Anyway. [Even if they don't, he's smiling at the screen again even if it's a bit nervously.]

Hi, folks! Hiccup here. And that, over there, is Toothless. [The screen shift to temporarily show a giant black dragon growling at a couch for making it difficult for him to sit, before it goes back to Hiccup.] We're not really from around here — well, a lot of you aren't either, I've heard, but my home's really far away. Like, blast into the past far away. Berk, it's an isolated island of Vikings, who just happen to also be dragon riders. And speaking of, has anyone seen any dragons around? I thought I might check around to see if — h-hey, watch it!

[In a moment, Toothless snatches the communicator between his teeth, forcing viewers to stare into the mouth of a Night Fury, as pink and gross and wet as you'd expect any dragon's mouth to be. The grumbling sound of Toothless' attempt to chew on the device is amplified in its current location while the muffled sounds of a desperate Viking is heard in the background.]

Toothless! Come on, bud, this isn't something you can just eat. Give it back! You know that doesn't wash out!

Comments

text; comm tag is "Hiro"

[microbrobotics]

[ Oh my god. Oh my god. ]

is that a DRAGON

holy crap that is totally a dragon isn't it

text;

[flightsuit]

[Give him a moment to yank the thing out of Toothless' mouth and try to wipe off all that drool to give him a chance to ... text??? Oh gods. This is the weirdest device ever. Who knew you could write messages to people in it too?]

You've never seen a dragon before? I'm guessing that's not really a thing in your world then.

[microbrobotics]

not REAL ones anyway. just in movies. y'know, fantasy.

[flightsuit]

[Fantasy, he gets, but ...]

Movies? What's that?

[microbrobotics]

you don't know what a movie is? oh man, i thought people not knowing about the internet was bad.

[flightsuit]

[Oh no, now he's afraid to ask.] What's ... the internet? Sorry. Like I said, Viking. So it's nothing like anything that's around in this world. Trust me.

[microbrobotics]

[ Pretend this is formatted properly - his player can't do fonts on her phone. ]

wait you mean you're an ACTUAL LITERAL viking. with dragons.

[flightsuit]

Nothing I've said has been a lie. I'm a Viking from Berk where we train and ride dragons. It's pretty much the norm there.

[microbrobotics]

that's ALMOST the coolest thing I've heard of yet.

[flightsuit]

Well, it is. [Not gonna lie about that. Dragons are the best!!!] Are you from this world then? With the weird buildings and bizarre gadgets?

[microbrobotics]

nah I'm from one with even MORE gadgets. bet you haven't heard of robots before.

[flightsuit]

If you're saying you've got stuff more advanced than what's HERE, then chances are I know nothing about it.

[microbrobotics]

wanna find out?

[flightsuit]

As long as it's not something that'll kill me, then sure.

[microbrobotics]

nah what i've got in mind is completely safe, i promise. and easy too, i built this thing out of spare parts yesterday afternoon.

gimme sec while i up the encryption on this line.

[flightsuit]

What's an encryption? [All these weird words, he's gonna have a lot of reading to do to try to keep up with some of these conversations.] But hey, you build stuff yourself too?

[At least that's definitely intriguing and more his style.]

[ text --> video; moderate encryption ]

[microbrobotics]

locking! don't want anyone to peek.

[ The text remains on screen and readable ... but now there's a video feed behind it. Hiro's up on his tiptoes, having just placed his comm up on a shelf in his room. All Hiccup can are fingers smudging camera for a moment ... then he pulls back. A scrawny kid in a hoodie is sitting in the middle of a room completely littered with random junk. Some obvious tools (wrenches, screwdrivers), some that might not be immediately identifiable but make sense in context (soldiering iron), and some that are probably completely new, like the small laptop on the far end with a crazy number of wires coming out of it and feeding into a chunky metal doll.

Also ... is some of that junk floating? In midair?

Either way, Hiro steps back into frame again, pleased with himself about something. ]

Heck yeah, I build stuff. I build all kinds of stuff.

[flightsuit]

[Hiccup's eyes brighten upon seeing the room, a bit of familiarity kicking in, thinking of his own workshop in the corner of the forge back home where he puts new things together on a daily basis. Junk or not, someone like Hiccup knows how to appreciate something like that.]

That's incredible! [Because it really is, seeing all sorts of gadgets he's never worked before, far too advanced from what he knows.] I make stuff every so often myself, but that ... all of that is pretty new.

[microbrobotics]

[ Hiro looks suitably pleased at the compliment. ]

Right? If you wanna learn about tech stuff, this is definitely the place to do it. I'm more about robotics and flying than anything else.

What about you?

[flightsuit]

You fly? [Oh, he definitely has Hiccup's attention now, green eyes suddenly brightening with excitement. Even if robotics were out of his realm, flying was definitely his territory.]

I do a lot of flying with Toothless. [Gesturing for the dragon to come closer to the screen, Hiccup points out the saddle on his back.] He has a bad tail, but together, with this, I can help him get back up in the air. Plus, this armor I'm wearing now is actually a flight suit. Lets me jump off of Toothless when we're higher up and fly on my own for a bit.

[microbrobotics]

I don't fly. But my robot does - I ride on top. And I'm gonna rebuild something like that here.

[ Though now that he sees other people can bring in dragons, he's kinda jealous. Extra jealous on top of regular dragon jealous. Why couldn't he have Baymax, huh? He leans in closer to the camera to seeToothless better. ]

How high up do you get? Is he fast? Man, he's gotta be if you can do that. What'd you make the suit out of?

[flightsuit]

You're gonna build something to ride on? [He's never considered the idea, mainly relying on dragons to get up in the air and using his suit to glide about for a bit. But then again, Hiccup doesn't know about the advancements in flight just yet.]

He gets up pretty high. Up above the clouds. As for speed — well, Night Furies are actually the fastest known dragon species there is. I think it's about 80 miles per hour. [Since he last calculated anyway.]

The suit's just from a bunch of different kinds of leathers we've gathered. Just used the tougher stuff for the armor and the thin materials for wings.

[microbrobotics]

Dunno, haven't decided yet. I've seen a couple powered suits that you can just fly in - that seems way more fun. 'sides, Baymax isn't here.

[ He is so excited about that dragon though. And the flight suit! He can't even imagine building something like that out of leather. ]

80 miles per hour ... I dunno if even Baymax got up that fast. And man, you are gonna love all the synthetic stuff you can get here. Tougher and more lightweight!

[flightsuit]

Powered suits? You mean ones that can fly completely on their own? The most I've ever gotten is being able to glide for a while. Mainly with Toothless' help. The heat from his plasma blasts help to keep me rising for an extended time. [Which he learned from a lot of experimental test flights.]

Also, who's this Baymax you're mentioning? A friend?

[microbrobotics]

Yeah, he is. He's a robot my older brother built. I just fitted him with the flying armor.

[ But, more importantly: ]

He breathes plasma? Hooooly crap, that's like a hundred times better than plain old fire.