The roof, Saturday morning earlyish

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

It was quiet on the roof this morning. The plants waved gently in the breeze and all was peaceful.

Until it was buzzed by a boy on a dragon.

They circled the dorms once, twice, three times before Toothless backwinged for a landing, dropping neatly onto the roof. Toothless' bright red prosthetic tailfin wasn't responding as well as it should, and this was a handy place to stop and check it out.

Hiccup was grinning, but then he always was after a flight. He unclipped his safety strap, swung his leg over and slid down, then paused, looking out over Fandom. It was both like and unlike Berk: tiny island, lots of buildings, taller in the middle than it was at the edges. Had its share of crazy people.

Toothless nudged him, making an impatient, demanding rumble, then pointed his nose at the harness. "All right, buddy," Hiccup said, turning back to the dragon. "Let's see if we can figure out what's making it stick."

[OOC: Open wheeee!]

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[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Edmund wasn't often on the roof, but he came up of a morning from time to time to get some fresh air and look out over the island and surrounding waters. He hadn't been expecting someone to be there before him, or for one half of said someones to be a dragon.

"Is that a dragon?" he blurted out. "Sorry, that was rude." Fandom was becoming a decidedly bad influence on him.

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

"He's a dragon alright," Hiccup said without turning around, because one hand was holding a buckle, and the other was holding the lever, and he didn't have a third hand to grab that bit of leather and he couldn't quite get it with his teeth.

Toothless, however, gave the new boy an interested look.

"And that's not rude, not at all, rude would be, 'get that dragon off the roof, it's blocking my view'. Your question was just sensible."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Edmund watched them for a moment. "Do you need a hand?" The dragon didn't seem aggressive.

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

Hiccup threw a smile over his shoulder. "If you wouldn't mind passing me that strap there." It was lying along the side of Toothless' tail, dangling just above his hip. Hiccup hadn't thought this through very well when he decided to make adjustments with the harness still on the dragon. "I'm Hiccup, feel free to laugh at the name, and this is Toothless."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"I'm Edmund," he replied, walking over and grabbing the strap with a wary eye on the dragon. He offered it to Hiccup. "What are the straps for?"

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara wasn't stalking Hiccup, exactly.

Well, fine this morning she was, but the dragon had been flying and she'd wanted to watch up closer. "Hiccup. Toothless." Positively gushing she was.

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

"Cara, just the person I want to see!" Okay, it was a slight exaggeration, because at that point he'd be happy to see anyone with working hands. "You couldn't do me a favour, and just pass that strap over Toothless' back, could you?" It was cinched up under the dragon's belly and threaded through a metal ring, but it was dangling back down towards the ground.

Hiccup looked over his shoulder and smiled at her imploringly. "It just needs to go behind his wings, there." He pointed with his chin because his hands were full of other straps.

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara nodded and reached for the strap in question, making sure it wasn't twisted as she placed it behind Toothless's wings. "It's just like saddling a horse." A big scaly horse with wings.

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

Toothless craned his head around to watch, and gave her an approving sort of snort, unfurling his wings above her head.

"I've never seen a horse," he admitted as he shifted the straps he was holding to one hand, grabbed the end of the strap Cara had passed him, and slipped them through the buckles, tightening them carefully. "Sheep, dragons, more sheep, more dragons, lots of fish, but no horses. They say my father's father's father saw a pony once, but he might have been drinking a bit too much mead."

[wrongkindofsith]

That sounded like a lot of sheep and dragons.

"I learnt to ride when I became a Mord'Sith." And she decided right there and then she wasn't going to mention to Hiccup most of the other things she learnt at the same time. "They skipped the pony stage though."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Edmund nodded in greeting. He recognised her from the workshops they had together.

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara nodded back. She recognised him as the poor bastard chosen to assist the insane teacher.

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

After a few moments, he spoke. "I see you survived yesterday well."

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

Dandelion had headed to the roof to scope out the location as a potential rehearsal area.

That thought was completely obliterated when she got there.

"Loki's horns!" she exclaimed. "It's a dinosaur! Come back from the dead to take revenge for using so many fossil fuels! Run! Run for your lives!"

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

"Good morning, Dandelion," Hiccup called cheerfully while Toothless craned his head around to stare at her out of huge, golden, confused eyes.

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Get away from it!" Dandelion shouted waving her arms. "It's petroleum revenge at its finest! Run!"

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

Hiccup looked at Toothless. Toothless looked at Hiccup. Then they both looked back at Dandelion.

"Ah, but I have subdued the petroleum revenge with my mighty Viking cunning!" Hiccup had no idea what petroleum was; his best guess was that it was some sort of dragon-shaped beast. "It's abandoned its revenge in favour of being, of being...cuddly! Yes, it has become cuddly petroleum."

[OOC: I'm just about to crash, but I will totally pick up when I wake up!]

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara eyed the girl with the unnaturally red hair. Oh, good, another crazy person.

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Don't just stand there!" Dandelion shouted at the girl looking at her like Dandelion was crazy. "It's the dinopocalypse!"

[wrongkindofsith]

"It's a dragon," Cara said. Slowly. Like she was talking to a child. Or a crazy person. Or both.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Loki has horns?"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda brought her coffee up to the roof where she could contemplate what to do today.

"Oh my Gods, hi!" she said upon seeing Hiccup and his friend. That was possibly one of the coolest animals she had ever laid eyes on.

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

Hiccup couldn't help but smile at so much enthusiasm. "Hello right back," he said, while Toothless craned his neck in her direction, ears flicked forward. "I'm Hiccup, feel free to laugh, and this is Toothless."

[OOC: I'm just about to crash, but will totally pick up when I wake up.]

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Really? It won't hurt your feelings if I laugh? Hi Toothless, you're beautiful."

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

"Laugh away," he replied cheerfully. "You can't hurt the feelings of a Viking, we're immune, and besides, it's a ridiculous name. Tradition, though. It helps keep away gnomes and trolls."

Toothless arched his neck and looked a touch smug at the compliment.