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]

[Hiccup looks down at his hands, hesitates, then carefully puts down the screwdriver before shaking Souji's hand in return.]

I'm Hiccup. Nice to meet you.

[inababanchou.livejournal.com]

Hiccup. Memorable name.

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup smiles and shakes his head.]

You only say that because you haven't met Fishlegs. Or Snotlout. Or Ruffnut and Tuffnut.

[inababanchou.livejournal.com]

Ruffnut and Tuffnut?

These are some intense names. Are you guys in a gang?

[worstvikingever]

No. We're Vikings.

[inababanchou.livejournal.com]

Vikings?

With the big pointy horned hats, beards and axes?

[worstvikingever]

Yup, those are the ones.

[inababanchou.livejournal.com]

Oh, neat.

...

May I assume you fight with your intellect Hiccup? You don't seem to be the wide-as-an-ox type of viking wielding an axe.

[worstvikingever]

[He blinks.]

Well yeah, I'm not your typical viking. Never really thought of it as "fighting with your intellect" though. I guess that's pretty much what it is, though.

[inababanchou.livejournal.com]

I respect that. It's harder to fight that way in a battle than to just hit something.

[worstvikingever]

...I've done some of that too, though. Not very good at it, but you can't really be a viking without it.

[inababanchou.livejournal.com]

I'd imagine. Then again I don't know vikings very well. For all I know the most of you are highly trained in combat and combative thinking. You guys were always seen as ferocious and talented warriors.

[worstvikingever]

Well. Yeah, we kind of are, I guess. I don't really think about it that way, but it's pretty much true.