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[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!

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[ his display name sure does say "LOKI," buuuut he's in a green hoodie and a pair of jeans and he's. at a coffee shop. with some lavender-bacon specialty latte in a papercup.

he does, however, not look at all surprised at the dragon. ]

That depends, how intensely are you ready to battle for the Iron Throne?

[When he sees that name, he freezes up a bit. Verity's mentioned he'd be around, and while he had expected it to happen sooner or later, he hadn't expected the meeting so soon. But when he sees him, he's ... totally ordinary. Not godlike at all. Maybe the names were just the same. Maybe Verity was just mistaken. This didn't seem like the Loki he's heard about at all.]

Uh, Iron Throne? Toothless and I aren't really up for battling for anything, if that's what you're asking. [And of course, that reference just swoops over his head.]

[ completely and utterly ordinary. but it's not as if his presence of triple reality-bending density can really come through on video. the horns and armor and tacky jacket will come out later. ]

You know, giant metonymic structure of thousands of sword smelted together by an ancient dragon that happened to fall into realm of extinction just afterward?

Everyone sorta wants to plop their butts on it.

The throne, not the dragon.

[ but if Toothless is around, he'll be giving him a little dark-nailed school girl wave. ]

Well, maybe the dragon.

Really? I don't think I've ever heard of a dragon that's done that. Or about ... extinct dragons.

[His heart sort of sinks at that, mainly thinking of his own friend. The only Night Fury, the last of its kind. He doesn't really want to think about it. Shifting away from that thought now.]

Is there really a throne like that around? [Made by a dragon makes it sound pretty cool, okay.] I'd believe about the dragon though. Toothless has been pretty popular since I got here. Seems there's kind of a line of people that want to snatch a ride on this fella.

Well, according to what the mortals call M-theory there is. Though there are a few more elegant ways to put it.

[ he met Margaery and Sansa in their short time here and that was a riot. ]

Who knows, maybe it'll drop this way and we can all have an intense political battle over it involving dragons.

You may as well start charging admission.

I'm not dragging Toothless into some meaningless battles. [Making that very clear from the get-go.] I'm already dealing with some Dargo Bloodyfist guy back home who wants to make a dragon army. That's not happening here.

[Okay, so he's a little sensitive about the idea.]

[ well look at that button. ]

Politics! You know, "when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground." Nevermind, I'm not really the whole bloody battle type either--er, is that guy's name really Bloodyfist?

Well that certain raises some red flags.

Bloodyfist. Or ... bloodvest. Something like that. [Drago Bludvist. But he is horrid with remembering names, okay.]

Look, I've never heard of any game of thrones or whatever, but ... are you really Loki? Verity mentioned you'd be around, but I'm finding it a little hard to believe.

[Because this is not what he pictured at all.]

[ he's about to take a sip of his latte when Hiccup's question stopped him. he should have been expecting this from miles away, shouldn't he have? he replies casually: ] For real really.

Don't worry, everyone pulls the "you're not really Loki" thing to the point where it's no longer offensive. But whatever decide to believe, your skepticism doesn't exactly change who I am.

That's not what ... [Wonderful. If this really is a god, Hiccup, you're doing a great job at getting along well so far.]

I've known about you all my life. You know, based on what I've been told and taught. It's just ... nothing like this. [You know, totally casual guy who hangs out in bizarre modern worlds.] Look, it's ... fine if it's really you. Once upon a time, dragons were murderous and evil, and that was very wrong, so chances are, people have been wrong about you too, I guess. I just wasn't expecting it, sorry.

[ Loki's just gonna sip this latte plzkthnx, but Hiccup does seem to have his attention. even though he's being unconcerned about this whole thing, his eyes do fix on him over the rim of the paper cup.

it also masks the moment he needs to for the pause that would've been obvious. ]

Usually that's how these things go.

What are the mortal stories again? Something about terrible wars and burning and that sort of unpleasantness. No, nothing like that. Though that whole Iron Throne deal is tempting ...

[ and then he waves a hand with a little smile. jk bruh. ]

They definitely didn't lie about the jokester part. [He sees that clearly, but as far as he's witnessing, it's entirely harmless.

It actually makes him chuckle a bit, more relaxed now because he surprisingly doesn't feel as overwhelmed as he would have expected.]

You just like your mischief, I guess. Sometimes, they exaggerate in things — well, most of the time with some bizarre details. But in a few stories, you'd cause all sorts of trouble that you'd eventually help fix, so it wasn't always too bad. Actually — [He has a thought that has him pause for a second, scratching his ear before he continues.]

They used to compare me to you sometimes when I was a kid. Mostly for being too much of a talker and less of a fighter, and ... well, causing some trouble, mostly unintentionally.

[ for the most part. er, well, really for now, anyway. he can be brutal in his dealings when he finds reason to be, but most of the time he's pretty happy being tricksy, whimsy Loki. the whole hurting people thing is something he's tried to put long behind him. ]

Mischief, yes.

[ ruining things, yes! ]

Most tend to make the story fit their need. You know "Loki was eating an apple at dinner" turns into "Loki stole all of the golden apples from Idunn, that low-down good for nothing dirty trickster!" but I suppose the former really doesn't hold up as an engaging story for malleable young minds.

[ but Hiccup's analyzation is actually closer to the truth than most details let on—but those stories were never about the details. they were about the concepts, the message and the morals. ]

But some things are true. I am very good at talking, and good at trouble. But it's really a necessity. We can't have things staying the same all the time.

Change is a good thing. Trouble usually brings that with it.

That's probably exactly why I get compared to you. [It's odd, considering that being tossed in with Loki in the past wasn't meant to serve as any sort of compliment, but recognizing the understanding right now brings about a strange comfort.]

I always wanted to change them. The way Vikings did things. I don't know, it just always felt like we were going more backwards than forwards most of the time. But most of the time that just got me into, well, trouble. Ended up causing more messes whenever I tried to fix them.

[It almost feels ages ago, but it was only five years ago when that really started to change. Partially, anyway.]

It's guys like my dad that got compared to Thor. Strong, tough, incredibly hard-headed. But a leader.

[ getting compared to Loki was never a compliment. in fact, it occasionally served as an insult to a young, brash Thor, who wanted more than anything not to be compared to Loki of all people. but in many ways, children were crueler than grown-ups. that whole thing feels very far away. ]

Ah, the wonder of change. If not taken gracefully it will uproot any naysayer, as I'm sure you've become accustomed. But best take the smaller messes with the bigger ones.

[ though he can't say there haven't been some large messes that he hasn't been absolutely proud of. ]

It's not as if Thor doesn't have his sore points, just ones that are generally more appealing. You know, great, noble, brave, blah blah blah blah insert swoon. [ and he leans in like they're going to share a secret. he loves you Thor ... ] But that doesn't stop him from running right into traffic and being amazed when he's struck by a car.

Well, things did change eventually. I mean, I literally gave a leg for it to happen, but it was worth it. [Which he shrugs over, tapping down at a raised knee as he shows off his injury that he's long stopped being ashamed of.

But he does laugh a bit at the mention of Thor, amused at the altered vision of a god that's rendered perfect.]

That really does remind me of my dad then even more. He's great, but he's a pain to deal with. Though I'm not really that surprised that the gods are more normal that everyone's gone on about.

[ i literally gave a leg, hm? that's an interesting statement. ]

There's always a measure of normality in difference.

[ it was all about comparisons, really. Asgardians, mortals, giants, and some of them more bloodthirsty (looking at you, giants) than the others. ]

It might be a tad bit different for me. I'm better at the blending in sort of thing. Actually, no one's pinned me as a member of any boyband in at least a month. New record. [ hm! ]

No idea what a, uh, boyband is, butt I'm guessing that's a new age thing? [Does he even wanna know? At this point, he's realizing there's things he's just better off not knowing.]

But yeah, I wouldn't normally imagine a god doing so much blending. Kind of expected you to be, I don't know, bigger maybe? At least twice our size maybe. But I can't really talk, I'm the last thing people would ever expect a Viking to look like. A lot of them don't even believe I really am one.

I'll compile some tracks I think you'll like.

[ time for Hiccup to get some quality music, yeah!!!

there's a moment where he tips his head at the camera and purses his lips. ]

You're bringing my stature into this?

[ does he sound a tad offended? ]

Right. Sure, you do that. [Just nod and agree with that because what are "tracks"??? He'll find out at some point. Or try googling.]

And no, I don't mean that. I'm talking about towering gods like fifty feet high. Not really people-sized.

[ mortal people.

there's a moment where his eyebrows go up and it's hard to tell if he's amused or he's trying really hard not to laugh. ]

Do they really believe that on Midgard? Oh, yes, please, tell me another. I could stand to hear a few more.

[Yeah, he figures that was probably incredibly ridiculous. He sighs, because now who knows what else they thought completely wrong?]

So you can laugh at the crazy things people believe? Because trust me, I've had to convince everyone of getting away from some extreme things. We once had lightning being drawn to these metal arches which was setting the village on fire and they thought Thor was punishing us for having dragons. Had to get myself electrocuted to clear that up.

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