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

[worstvikingever]

Cool. [Hiccup grins as they walk. It's not a really long walk, but the repetitive streets make it seem longer than it is.]

I can never get over how all the houses look exactly the same.

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

How do they do it? You couldn't find that many identical trees if you combed a whole forest.

And don't get me started on the inside of the houses. I don't know what half this town is made from.

[worstvikingever]

It's... there's a lot of technology developed over the past... I think we're from about a thousand years before the time this town is supposed to be from. So yeah. A lot of stuff has happened in that time. Like the ability to make houses that look absolutely exactly the same. And plastic. That's one of the big things they make a lot of stuff out of. I don't even know how it's made or where it comes from, but they use it in tons of stuff.

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

[...wow, he wasn't expecting a serious answer.]

...you pay pretty close attention to this stuff.

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup shrugs.]

It's interesting. And I spent the first month or so of my time here taking apart every appliance I could get my hands on just to see how they worked, so. Yeah. The way stuff works is interesting.

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

Got a job doing it?

[worstvikingever]

No, I don't have a job per say. One of the other people here has a small forge though, and I'm kind of the only person who stepped up to use it, so I kind of work making stuff for people there.

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

What sort of stuff?

[worstvikingever]

Weapons and armor, mostly. It's what people ask for. But if they asked for other stuff, I'd try to make it for them.

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

I see. So you're --

[He's about to ask more about these weapons, but they're walking past a diner, and there are girls skating around on little shoes with wheels on them. Loki stares.]

What kind of shoe is that?

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup looks over at whatever Loki's talking about, then nods in understanding.]

Oh. Those are rollerskates. They're pretty cool. I kind of wish I could try them, but I'd have to make one to fit around my fake leg. Might be interesting to try though.

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

[Rollerskates. Shoes with little wheels on them. Loki's eyes look distant for a moment.]

I had a pair of shoes, once. When I was wearing them, I could fly. Loki sky-walker, they called me.

I'd nearly forgotten.

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup remembers. Well. He remembers the stories with them.

He's. Not really sure how to respond now.]

Well... probably no flying around here for a while, but rollerskates would definitely get you going around town faster.

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking the same thing.

Where can I get some?

[worstvikingever]

Dunno, I haven't really been on the lookout for them.

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

[He hails one of the drones with a yell and a wave.]

HEY! Hey, you, in the purple! Where'd you get your shoes?



Where's that?



[She points.]



Sure, sure. Go back to whatever you were doing.

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup ducks his head to hide his smile at the thought of Loki at a roller rink with his kids. Man, that would be some night.

Oh no now he's imagining Fenris on roller skates he can't stop laughing oh gods that is the most hilarious mental image ever]

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

[???]

What's so funny, kid?

[worstvikingever]

[oh gods he can't stop laughing

he's just

going to manage to get out a few words in between the hilarity]

Fenris... on rollerskates...

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

[Okay, that's pretty funny. But you know what's even funnier?

He doesn't smile. He doesn't even laugh. Actually, Loki looks...kind of angry?]

Do you realize who you're laughing at?

[worstvikingever]

[...oh crap

that's

not a good look

Hiccup shuts up.]

...someone who's not here?

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

Yeah. And you sure are lucky he's not here, or else I'd have to call you Hiccup No-Legs.

[He's going to keep the act up a liiiittle longer.]

[worstvikingever]

[Holy crap this is really scary.]

...okay.

[putmeinstitches.livejournal.com]

You know what is funny, though?

[He tries really, really hard to keep his face straight -- but he can't help it anymore. He starts laughing.]

Your face.

[worstvikingever]

[Wait, did he just...

...he did. Aw crap. Hiccup facepalms. Maaaaaaaaaan.]

You are seriously a piece of work.

[Oh hey look they're almost there. Hiccup points out the building they're heading toward, a large gaudy looking thing with bright lights spelling out BOWL-O-RAMA.]

That's the place up there.