012 - Phone and Action

[worstvikingever]

[Phone call to Astrid, failed filter because he still can't figure it out]

Hey, Astrid? I uh... had a question.



[Action, mid afternoon]

[It is a beautiful spring day and Hiccup is sitting out on the front lawn with a screwdriver.

No, not that kind of screwdriver, an actual screwdriver.

He's making a few adjustments to his leg, you see. You know. The prosthetic one that has replaced his amputated left foot. That one.

Go ahead, talk to him. It's not like he's gotten enough comments on his leg yet. No, really.]

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[worstvikingever]

A bunch. Nadderheads, Monstrous Nightmares, Terrible Terrors, Gronkles, Night Furies. A lot more, too, but those are the most common.

Well, okay, Night Furies aren't common at all, but I've got one so I can't really not mention him.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

You've got one?

[worstvikingever]

Not here. Back home. His name's Toothless and he's my best friend.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

... Are you a dragon tamer?

[worstvikingever]

Yeah, I kinda am.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

But you don't... kill them, do you?

[worstvikingever]

No. I mean. The village used to, because the dragons would attack all the time and steal food and burn down the houses and everything. But that doesn't happen anymore because it turned out that they were just being controlled by this really big dragon, and once that one was killed, all the other dragons were really friendly.

So no we don't. Not anymore.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

That's quite a story.

Feel sorry for those dragons, though. It's hard to be a magical creature and constantly misunderstood... You came from a small village, then?

[worstvikingever]

Yeah, pretty small. Pretty isolated, too.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Where did you live?

[worstvikingever]

Viking village called Berk. I don't really know where it was in the whole grand scheme of things, though. On an island somewhere. Cold most of the time.

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[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's... that's an amusing name, Berk, but I suppose you kn...

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

[viking village called berk]

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

[viking village called berk]

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

[viking village called berk]

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

[VIKING VILLAGE CALLED BERK]

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

[VIKING VILLAGE CALLED BERK]

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[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Pardon.

[worstvikingever]

[Did this guy seriously just like... have an episode or something? Hiccup's kind of worried.]

You okay?

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

When you say "viking," you mean like... sky vikings or something like that, right? Not actual viking vikings?

[worstvikingever]

I dunno, I don't think I've ever heard of sky vikings. And I don't know what your idea of viking vikings is, but I think aside from the fact that dragons kept us from doing our normal thing for a few centuries we're pretty normal? I dunno.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

I see.

So you... oh, I don't know. You raided and pilfered and ravaged monasteries and the sort? Just some suggestions, don't even know where they're coming from.

[worstvikingever]

No, we never did any of that. The dragons were keeping us busy. For three hundred years. Don't think we're going to make a habit of it in the future, either. Kinda moved past that at this point, you know. Three hundred years is a long time.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Oh.

Well, that's all right, chin up, move along, all that rot. It's good that you're a dragon viking, that's a much... better... sort. I think.

[worstvikingever]

Uh... okay? Thanks, I guess.

[Why does he suddenly get the feeling that things could've gone really badly if he had said something wrong? Now he's mildly creeped out, okay.]