He's no Dovahkiin, that's for sure.

[to_theleft]

Who: Toothless, and a group of idiots. (The crew of the Antoinette.)
Where: Isla Empieza docks; the Antoinette
When: Backdated to February 12th, late afternoon.
What: Hikaru manages to bring home a dragon instead of any of the things he set out to buy.
Warnings: dragondragondragondragondragondragondragondragon
Style: Deep-fried ...Whatever people feel like?
Status: Open to anyone in the vicinity of the Antoinette.


It took the sacrifice of bread, cheese, and a really good bag; an entire barrel of fish; a lot of bucket removals; finding the patience to deal with inquisitive sniffing, and a lot of time to get here but finally, finally Hikaru and Toothless have arrived at the bottom of the gangway leading up to the Antoinette. It's here that Hikaru pauses, considering. He's fairly confident that the dragon can get up it without breaking it - those things were made to take much heavier loads, he's sure - but... should he really just introduce it to everyone all at once? That seems like a pretty bad idea when he thinks about it, especially if the only thing he knows about handling animals is that people should stay calm around them.

With a glance at the dragon, he decides to try and call down his crew one by one to introduce them. Knowing them, it would probably fail - but he wants to at least show Kaoru first! And at least if they do all descend at once after he tries to get them one-by-one, it's their own fault and he can't be blamed if the dragon reacts badly. Right?

He doesn't know who's on deck right now, though theoretically they all should be.

"Oi, Kaoru!" He yells out, hoping to be heard over the noise in the docks. He doesn't know who's going to answer his call first, but he can hope for his twin! He's not sure he trusts the dragon to stay put while he goes onboard to fetch anyone, so aside from using his journal, he doesn't really have any good ways of getting anyone's attention. Maybe he can convince the dragon to set something on fire, if nobody hears him.

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[to_theleft]

"YES!" Kaoru gets instant approval. Hope he's in the mood for hugs, because Hikaru immediately turns around to give him one in celebration. Red-Winged Thunder, it's brilliant!

He has also failed to notice the dragon's attention shift, and is in no position to try to stop it from doing anything it wants right now.

[b2_dragon]

     The two are still talking, so Toothless figures there's no point in sitting around. He looks towards the gangway leading up to the ship. That's where the other one had come from, right?

     The dragon slinks along towards it, but just before he can try going up, something else catches his eye- a splash in the water. He edges along the dock, peering at the waters intently.

[totheright]

Hugs are always okay. Well, not always, but always from Hikaru. Kaoru squeezes back, a smug sense of victory practically radiating off of him. "Well, you know me. Mr. Creative and all."

And then the dragon's - wait, no - Red-Winged Thunder's movements catches his attention. Kaoru pauses for a moment before asking, "can he swim?"

[to_theleft]

Huh? Why would Kaoru want to know if Red-Winged Thunder can swim? Hikaru peers around him to see what the dragon's doing, and--huh.

"I don't know," he admits openly. "He likes fish, so I guess so?" That makes sense, right? Don't most animals only like food that they can catch themselves? Still, though, he doesn't want to have to try to fish it out if it turns out it's a sinker. He releases his brother from the hug in favour of quickly walking to the dragon, hopefully getting to it before it decides to do anything like throw itself into the water. They should probably start moving him onto the ship soon, anyway, before they draw attention from outsiders.

[b2_dragon]

     The water is too far below for him to make any quick snatches at fish even if they came close enough to the surface, but that doesn't stop Toothless from watching for them. He looks up slightly when he sees that the twins have noticed he's gone off. Well, guess that means no fishing.

[totheright]

"Hey. Red-Winged Thunder." It's the first attempt at calling him by that name. Kaoru winces. They're going to have to come up with a nickname - and fast. "Let's get on the ship, boy. C'mon." And here he grins over at Hikaru before motioning over his shoulder. "Follow us."

[to_theleft]

"C'mon, Red-Winged Thunder." Hikaru's call is made at the same time as Kaoru's, and he reaches the same conclusion; they definitely need a nickname. Maybe just Thunder? Ah well, they'll figure it out later. He reaches to grab one of the straps around the dragon to help steer it, still unconvinced of its ability to understand them. He shoots a return grin to Kaoru, and tugging lightly on the strap, begins to give getting Red-Winged Thunder onto the ship a try.

[b2_dragon]

     They were saying that strange string of words again. Toothless just tilts his head at them. Seems like they wanted to go up on the ship? He supposes he'll have to go along, now that one of them's tugging him along in that direction. Well, maybe there's something interesting on the ship.