014 - Action and Phone

[worstvikingever]

[Action: general]

[Klaus is droned. That much was obvious as soon as it happened. Hiccup has no idea if it's temporary or permanent, but either way it's depressing.

And then Hiccup ran into Astrid. The way she said hello immediately tipped him off to the fact that she was gone too. Astrid never talked like that.

So there it was. The man he looked up to as a father and the girl... well. They were gone. Talking to empty shells of them made him want to go somewhere quiet and smash his head against a wall. He didn't, of course. That would be stupid.

So instead he spends most of his time at the forge or just away from the house.

Hiccup, for the purposes of this post, can be found at the forge (339 Brady Lane), or in the park, just quietly sitting on a bench and watching the birds.]

[Phone: unfiltered]

Anyone who asked me to make them stuff, I've got most of it done now. Just give me an address and I can drop it off, or you can come by the forge and pick it up.

Anyone else who might want something just let me know.

Comments

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

Can I get you anything while you work? Water? More material?

[He quickly has realized this is Hiccup's way of dealing with unhappiness and grief. He's like a little Salamander, only not ebon-skinned or with eyes the color of magma. He has a brief moment somewhere between empathy and affection for the young lad, as he looks on him as he works. He understands why Klaus is so affectionate towards him. And why he himself is so fond of his own false children, Flonne, Ryohei and Yuna. They have such potential. What will they become?]

[And he muses, to himself.] I wonder if this is not what being human is like... the point she tried to make to me.

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup hesitates.]

...Water would be good.

[He blinks at the last comment though, and looks up.] Sorry, what was that?

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

[He fetches the water for hiccup and explains.]

As an Astartes, I am distant from humanity, except as a protector. I do not understand family beyond the bonds of brotherhood. I have never had a wife, or sons, or daughters. As such I don't know how to react to children such as yourself, except to treat them as young petitioners, and train them.

A... friend of mine suggested this place would be a chance for me to learn what it is like to be truly human. I have been told my viewpoint was already very human for a member of the Legiones Astartes, but this place is an opportunity for me to examine what living as a man, and not at all as a weapon, is like.

[worstvikingever]

Thanks. [Hiccup takes the water and drinks it while listening to Garviel. He's not sure he really understands what Garviel is saying, but he listens carefully.]

Like a second chance?

[It's something Klaus had mentioned, something Hiccup had told to Lucrezia, and something that he had just seen a lot of. People who, despite being desperate to leave, had taken the opportunity to live differently.]

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

More like a first chance. I never really had the option growing up.

[He shrugs.]

I'm... afraid of betraying my oaths though.

[worstvikingever]

Why, what were your oaths?

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

To serve the Emperor and Humanity in all things.

[worstvikingever]

[Okay now he's confused.]

And... learning what it's like to be human will betray those oaths?

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

I'm.... concerned. [He refuses to say afraid.] That if I grow to enjoy humanity too much, I will have compromised my ability to be selfless when the time comes for action. I'm afraid of growing too attached to anyone other than my battle-brothers, who of course will inevitably fight by my side, and die there if necessary. The bond of brotherhood is traditionally the only one allowed to Astartes.

[worstvikingever]

Oh.

[He's still not entirely sure why it's a problem, but... it kind of makes sense? Sort of.]