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[jirk]

So. It's come to my attention that we are like-- [he squints off-camera for a moment] three days away from Valentine's, and I've only got two questions: Where's the party, and who's in the market for a date? For the record, I am a Capricorn with exceptional taste in music, poetry, cars and alcohol.

[-- a slight pause.]

And, I mean. Come on, look at me.

[The most ridiculous, devil-may-care grin imaginable. Hear ye, hear ye, ladies and gents, Jim Kirk has the floor. But after a moment it fades and he clears his throat, going back to 'business', so to speak.]

Name's Kirk! Friends call me Jim. I'm new, but don't worry about the welcome wagon. Got that sorted out on my own. My kingdom for a good hamburger.

[And with an airy little wave, he disconnects.]



[ooc; 4th walling info for the curious!]

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[jirk]

Oh yeah?

[He brightens considerably. Sure, the guy's from a massively antiquated world and all, but he doesn't seem like he's lacking in smarts.]

What kind of engineering?

[He's thinking, you know. Maybe primitive war machines or aqueducts or something. Jim may be mum on the whole Starfleet thing, but he is happy to learn about the stuff that's mostly passed out of human consciousness in his era, okay.]

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[flightsuit]

[Asking that question is sort of like pulling a trigger with Hiccup, who grins, now in a state where he'll be practically unstoppable as he gets to ramble on about his hobbies.]

Well, I'm actually a blacksmith back home, but uh, swords and axes tend not to be my kind of thing so I gave a shot at actually building contraptions like catapults and projectiles. You know, for the smaller guys who can't really swing around sharp objects twice their size. [Aka him.] When I had to build a tail fin for my dragon, I got more into studying wind patterns and started helping with designing more useful devices for the village, creating proper windmills to collect better water sources, and so on. There's also the automatic feeding stations and aqueduct network for fire prevention. You know, stuff like that.

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[jirk]

[Yeah, yeah, all very cool, super rad, Jim's nodding along like he gets it (because he does, mostly) and then it hits him sometime after Hiccup finishes his little speech that

he had mentioned

a fucking dragon

hold up. full stop. go back. what?]

-- Waitaminute. Did you say dragon?

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[flightsuit]

[Oh, if he got a dollar for everytime someone reacted this way!]

I absolutely said dragon. Professional dragon rider. Guilty.

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[jirk]

I think that actually qualifies for being the most metal thing I've ever heard. Congratulations.

[He puts his hand up near the camera, this is obviously a high five transmitted via the mysteries of electronics. Don't fail him now, just do it.]

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[flightsuit]

Why, thank you, good sir. It's about time someone thinks so.

[It takes him a moment to catch on, but chuckling as he does, he begins to raise a hand — until a giant blur of black comes tackling Hiccup away from the screen. Prepare as a a giant black something, a giant arm blocks the view while Hiccup groans on the floor. Suddenly — oh, is that a giant green eye peering into the camera?]

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[jirk]

[Holy shit it's a dragon. HI DRAGON DRAGON HI. Jim has met more than enough aliens to not even be a little fazed or to assume for a moment that he's faced with some sort of unintelligent species (he tends to err on the side of caution, and you would too if you'd once met a species of rock-like creature smarter than your average astrophysicist) so the giant green eye gets a cheery wave.]

Well hello to you too. Please tell me you aren't sitting on your friend.

[THAT SEEMS HAZARDOUS, AFTER A FASHION.]