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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

[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.

[flightsuit]

A robot. That you fly on. I've never imagined being able to fly on anything that wasn't a dragon.

[As much as he's tried the alternate option of flying on his own.]

But yeah, Toothless is a Night Fury, it's a bit of a rare breed, so a lot of his abilities are a bit more advanced than the other dragons. Those blasts can be pretty powerful. He's destroyed buildings and cliffs, sometimes it's a little dangerous, but well ... it's pretty useful. Saves my neck plenty of times.

[microbrobotics]

And he's fast. Oh man, the next time you fly him, you have to get me some video.

[flightsuit]

Video? Oh. Right. This thing. [He's slowly getting used to the terms for everything. Slowly but surely.]

That's actually not a bad idea. Getting everybody to see what it's like flying up here. But you know, if you ever wanted a ride on him sometime, Toothless wouldn't mind it.

[microbrobotics]

[ Oh. Hiro's utterly breathless with excitement at the thought. ]

You mean it?

[flightsuit]

[Hiccup chuckles a bit at a the surprise.]

Of course. Everyone should experience dragon riding at least once.

[microbrobotics]

Okay, yeah. Definitely. I'll return the favor when I build a flying suit.

[flightsuit]

You'll have to show me how to improve my own sometime.

[microbrobotics]

Cool. How do you feel about rocket thrusters.

[flightsuit]

That highly depends on what they are, but they seem pretty fantastic from the sound of it.

[microbrobotics]

They're amazing. Trust me, you'll love 'em.