Into the storm

[youhearthebells]

Who: Hazardous Materials with special guest star Draco Malfoy
Where: the ship, and then Eternal Bliss (oh joy)
When: November 1-5 at sea, 6-? on land
What: sailing log, and then shenanigans on wedding island
Warnings: let me know if there are any
Style: as you please
Status: closed to "who"

[As soon as the sun did not rise on the 1st, like others had suggested it would, Gan Ning wanted off Isla Empieza. He put out the call to his crew - get on the ship, leave no man behind. Or woman, Cynthia.

The storm hit while they were two days out from the island. It would take all hands on deck to keep the Nightfury from capsizing, good thing they have a couple of solid dragons to keep things in check. Just watch out for Gaius and his fiery pendant! By the time the storm blows out in the wee hours on the 4th, the charts put them drifting near to Eternal Bliss. Are the residents still pissed at pirates for what Kodachi did? Who cares, they need to land to make repairs. And maybe score some treasure, if anyone wants to go through the marriage requirement.

Date your posts and mingle away!]

Comments

[summing_it_up]

[Yeah, that's not creepy at all, bud. Hiccup looks curious as the Hippogriff is mentioned, but he snorts lightly, trying not to laugh or offend Draco in any way. But, you know. Hiccup.]

The way you describe it makes me wonder how you'd take all of the other dragons back on Berk. Because some of them are bigger than Toothless here.

[He nods in the dragon's direction, blinking briefly when the topic of his leg comes up.]

Oh. The leg? My leg. It, uh, got a little messed up while I tried to face a ridiculous monster of a dragon. While guiding Toothless with a burning tailfin and no escape from a giant club-like tail in the middle of our flight path.

[Shrug. YEAH NO BIG.]

[dragonbadfaith]

Unless they're babies, all of the dragons back in my world are bigger than Toothless. That's why I wanted to come see him. The ones I'm used to are generally fairly large.

[His eyebrows go up an Hiccup's oh-so-nonchalant explanation.]

A little messed up? Rather an understatement, wouldn't you say? I had a professor once who was missing a leg. He was a nutter, though. [Pauses for a beat.] Actually he was some bloke impersonating the man who was really supposed to be teaching us, but I've no doubt the original would've been just as mad.

...

So you fight dragons, too? They're not all like this fellow here?

[He sees you watching them, Toothless. Have a grin.]

[summing_it_up]

[Another shrug.]

Iii may be downplaying the drama behind all of that, yeah.

[His brow lifts a bit as he listens, nodding slowly as he tries to picture this poser-but-not-really-a-poser-legless-professor-dude.]

Huh. That sounds like someone I know. Not the impersonation part, just the, ah, "nutter"-type personality.

Fighting dragons, though, that was what we used to do. That was practically our lifestyle. Defend the village, find the dragon nest, kill all of the dragons...

[As he lists things off, he sighs, holding a hand out toward the Night Fury.]

I'll be honest, I thought I had to prove myself to everyone by getting my first kill in. And if I had never let Toothless go when I had him trapped, it'd still be going on right now.

[dragonbadfaith]

[Nods as he listens.]

Vikings versus dragon wars? That's definitely something that didn't make it into our history books.

[His eyes follow Hiccup's hand as he holds it toward Toothless, and then his gaze roams over the dragon. All the way down to his tail.]

You said you trapped him? Is that how his tail ended up like that?

[summing_it_up]

I'd say you got the better end of the deal. While it's neat seeing it up close and personal, it gets exhausting.

[Not to mention it would sound crazy to people who are not wizards or fantasy-aligned, but yeah.

Hiccup does hesitate a bit, roughly running a hand through his hair.]

Well. Yeah! I did. I made this bola launcher and I-I actually aimed it and it...it took him down.

[dragonbadfaith]

[Looks vaguely impressed. Because Hiccup is...well. And to take down a dragon. Wow.]

Job well done. I mean...well, obviously the outcome wasn't too terrible, at least, but still. Impressive being able to capture a dragon. Do you know, we have entire dragon sanctuaries in my world. It's a career you can pursue, actually. Being a dragonologist. You'd probably be good at it.

Then again, perhaps you'd be better suited to make weapons. A bola launcher? [Not that he's entirely sure what that is.] That can't have been easy.

[summing_it_up]

[He should feel a little proud about constructing such a thing -- and he was at one point in time -- but as of right now, it's still a very iffy feeling.

But dragon sanctuaries. Hiccup perks considerably.]

Really? A dragonologist...I like the sound of that!

But weaponry's always necessary, I guess. That launcher did take a lot of time and recalibrations to get it right. And since I've been doing forgework forever, it's a natural fit.

[dragonbadfaith]

[He nods.]

I always thought so, too.

[...Well. When he was younger, anyway. Then the hippogriff mauling happened and he had to watch four of his classmates nearly get torched by bloody huge dragons and he decided he was a bit put off of large, scary animals. Also, isn't that the job that one of Weasley's brothers has? Draco's father would never allow it.]

We don't really use weapons in my world.

[lollll.

Draco pauses for a beat, and then shakes his head.]

Or Wizards don't, in any case. The Muggles have plenty. But we basically just fight with this.

[Twirls his wand again.]

Goblins are rather skilled at weaponry, though. And making armour.

[summing_it_up]

Oh. Well, that's...impractical. Interesting! Potentially dangerous, even.

[Hiccup laughs awkwardly, swinging his arm a little.]

Mmagic is magic. Yyyou're sort of asking for trouble if you make fun of it, right?

[But at least he looks like he's heard of goblins. He grins.]

Hey, that's something. We have trolls running around somewhere! They don't really do much, however. They're known to steal socks, but only the left ones for some reason.

[dragonbadfaith]

[Just looks at him, eyebrows just slightly lifted.]

More than sort of, I'd say. [Then he backs off, grinning again.] Remind me to show you some of my offensive spells sometime. They're not to be trifled with.

[After the sock thing, he blinks. Because whaaa?]

...Your trolls steal socks? [How odd. And random.] Ours enjoy the taste of raw human flesh.

[summing_it_up]

[Hiccup is totes intrigued.]

Duly noted! Can't wait to see that in action.

[He also pauses after that little tidbit of information, brow quirking as he leans back, grimacing slightly.]

...YyYyeah, I think I like my trolls a whole lot more now!