010 - Phone, no filters

[worstvikingever]

Okay.

So.

What was that.

I don't really... what's April Fool's Day, and why does it mean suddenly everything is... back to normal?

Well. You know. As normal as this place gets, apparently.

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[worstvikingever]

Yeah. We can.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

So, are you a knight? Or a rogue, maybe? [ Or a squire. He totally looks like a squire. ]

[worstvikingever]

I... uh... no. I'm a Viking.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

A Viking? Really?

[worstvikingever]

Yeah. Not really a typical Viking, but whatever.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

[ Well, he did mention his best friend being a dragon. Sounds pretty atypical to her! She does laugh though. ]

What kind of Viking are you then?

[worstvikingever]

One that isn't really good at Vikingish things, I guess.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you're good at non-Vikingish...things though.

[worstvikingever]

Yeah. I kinda am, I guess.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

Like what?

[ Though she's not sure what really qualifies as Vikingish things. ]

[worstvikingever]

Well... I'm really good at building stuff. All sorts of things. Blacksmithing, you know.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

[ There we go! ]

Blacksmithing? Wow, that's amazing. Building is a great skill though.

[worstvikingever]

Heh, thanks. I like it, it's fun. And it seems to be pretty helpful, so that's good.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

And it is pretty handy. I mean, how are people going to fight with swords if you don't have someone to make them.

What kind of things have you built?

[worstvikingever]

Yeah, exactly!

I've built a catapult... built a replacement tail fin and control harness for my dragon, and here I figured out how to build guns, which was pretty cool. But mostly I've been taking things apart to figure out how the technology works.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

[ And she moves a bit closer to the phone now, absolutely enthralled. ]

Wow, that's so amazing!

And a harness for your dragon?

[worstvikingever]

Yeah! He lost part of his tail, so I built a prosthetic so he could fly. But I have to ride him to control it otherwise it doesn't work.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

Poor thing. That's... That's really amazing though. A dragon-flying, blacksmithing Viking.

[worstvikingever]

Pretty much sums it up, yeah.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

It sounds much better than just a plain old knight.

[ Thought a knight riding a dragon sounds pretty awesome... ]

[worstvikingever]

I dunno, I don't really have any experience with knights.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

Me neither. I've only really read about them.

[worstvikingever]

I hadn't even heard of them until I got here. I've read a little bit about them but not much.

[towertrapped.livejournal.com]

Well, apparently they're supposed to be gallant and brave, but I've met a few people like that who aren't knights. So I guess it's not, you know, required.

[worstvikingever]

Huh. Are they supposed to be anything else? 'Cause if that's it, it's kind of... not a lot.