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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

[heartstings]

A much better choice. Although, I guess I will eventually go back and have to go through all that stuff.

Huh. Not sure how to help there but if you ever want to see if you can fly I can totes do a thing to make sure you don't die. And if you need a place to figure things out without worrying about breaking anything my boss has this little arena he's set up.

[flightsuit]

Do a thing to make sure I don't die? That sounds intimidating. [But he laughs, raising an eyebrow with plenty of intrigue.]

What's this arena like? We used to have a training academy back home that was kind of set up like one. We did a lot of practice for the dragons there.

[heartstings]

I'm telekinetic so if you fall or something I can make sure you don't go splat.

Uh, it's not like some big gladiator arena. It's meant for training or sparring. If you're ever in Maurtia Falls I can show you.

[flightsuit]

Telekinetic. Like ... control things with your mind kind of thing? [More ideas he wouldn't consider a real thing, but hey, this place was a trophy house for the weird.]

And conveniently, I actually live in Maurtia Falls, so I'm there pretty often.

[heartstings]

Exactly that.

Well, then, come on by the Red Branch sometime. [She attaches some handy direction for getting there.]

[flightsuit]

Alright, then I'll let you know when I might stop by.

[He's definitely a lot better off with a better idea of things than he was earlier.]

Thanks for this, I really do appreciate the help. Considering I don't know squat. So it's really nice of you to offer.

[heartstings]

Feel free to bring, er, Toothless was it? Sir Apple could use a playmate.

No prob, I've been living here for a while now so I know my way around pretty well. And something tells me you might feel a bit at home at the pub.

[flightsuit]

Yeah, Toothless'll definitely like that. Not a lot of other dragons he gets to mess with here so far either, so I'd really like to get to meet him. [Someone has a little dragon withdrawal too.]

And a pub does sound good. The lack of rowdy, loud drinkers as a background setting is almost a bit nauseous.

[heartstings]

It's a playdate then. I'm there just about every day so whatever's good for you is good for me.

Things don't get that rowdy around, not often anyway.

[flightsuit]

Alright, then I'll give you a call sometime. I'll, uh, let you get back to whatever. I'm gonna try to see if I could squeeze things around better to give Toothless a little more room. Could really use a stable right about now.

[heartstings]

Good luck with that. Modern houses aren't really built for space.

[flightsuit]

Tell me about it. And of course, this big guy just keeps growing by the day practically. [He really has, since Hiccup hadn't been the only one to grow a few feet over the past few years.]

Well, I'll try my best to cram him. Thanks a lot. [With a final smile, he cuts the feed.]