video, @hiccup

[thisisamazing]

[The camera clicks on at an awkward angle at first, but soon the young man in a tunic and leather armor manages to right his device and set it on a table. He takes a few steps back to address it with a sheepish smile.] So, uh. Hello, everyone. Wow, this place is something else. A box that allows for instant communication... It's faster than terror-mail! I could really use some of these back home. Uh, anyway.

I've heard a lot about the Perimeter Guard, namely that you guys, uh. Kill monsters. [There's a slight, involuntary cringe at that, as if his soft heart can't quite take the thought. It's startled off him and back into a smile, though, when a large black creature stalks into the room, wide green eyes fixed curiously on him, and then the device.] This is just a little, you know, public service announcement. [Suddenly, the screen blacks out - or, more accurately, becomes filled with the shiny black scales of a Night Fury as Toothless leans in to sniff at the camera.]

C'mon, bud, I think you're- Toothless, don't-! [Toothless makes a sound almost like barks of rumbly laughter, and- then a pink tongue fills the screen. Hiccup wrestles the device back, and now the video is... a little bit watery. The dragon is back on his haunches, 'smiling' a big, gummy smile. Hiccup's voice is dry as he continues.] This is Toothless. He's my dragon, and my best friend, and he's not dangerous unless you threaten him, so if you see him around the city, you know, he's... he's not a monster. [As he fumbles with it, trying to wipe off dragon drool, Hiccup mutters just before it cuts out,] You know this doesn't wash out.

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@just.marco; video

[brightline]

[Marco has a sardonic, crooked little smile as he responds, one brow raised high.]

Dude. You have a pet dragon? That is totally awesome.

[His voice might be a bit dry, but the excitement is genuine.]

[thisisamazing]

[Hiccup has managed to get his phone wiped off, and thankfully the case that came with it is waterproof. The person who had given it to him and showed him how to use it had thought it might come in handy.]

Yeah, Toothless is pretty amazing- [Was that a crash in the background? That was a crash. Probably a floor lamp in the common area of Floor 1. He breathes out a slightly exasperated laugh and runs a hand through his hair.] -most of the time, anyway.

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

Holy shit that's the weirdest dragon I've ever seen, I love him.

[thisisamazing]

Um. Thank you? [He assumes that was meant to be a compliment...] He's a Night Fury.

ice.tigrrr » video

[bespredel]

Are you serious right now. Is that really a fucking dragon. Is it your pet?! Holy shit- that's so cool!!! [ Yuri has seen a lot of strange things since arriving in Riverview- in all honesty it's not even the first dragon he's seen, the Behemoth counted too. But this? Was totally different. A docile pet dragon. Shit.

Shit. Oh god he was totally going to have to ask Eddie if he could have one at the apartment! ] Oh my god, if anyone mistakes him for a monster I'll kick their ass myself. He is WAY too awesome.

[ And because Yuri is excited, intrigued and curious- his white tiger ears have sprouted from in his hair, his teeth sharpening a little. He's still trying to get the hang of how his powers work, and when he's not thinking about it? Well, they can get the better of him, for sure. ]

[thisisamazing]

Oh yeah, really cool. [He says it dryly and pans the camera around to where Toothless is rolled over on his back in a communal common room, next to a knocked over floor lamp, foot stuck in the shade. He's trying to shake it off like an overgrown cat with a piece of tape on its foot.] Behold the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself.

[Despite startling the Perimeter Guard orientation folks when they first came through the portal, Toothless has gotten a pretty good reception here in Riverview. It's a good thing, definitely, if a little strange, but Hiccup supposes if you didn't grow up with dragon attacks, you wouldn't have any prejudices against them. It's refreshing.] He's- well, he's more than a pet. He's family. And, uh, hopefully no ass kicking is necessary! That's the whole point of making this video... [Hiccup laughs a little, if slightly nervously, and can't help but pause, then.

He sort of motions to the top of his own head.] You have, uh. Are those-?

text @scavenger.rey

[talentedscavenger]

He doesn't look like a monster.

[Because, well...Toothless isn't about to eat any of them, so...it's all good. Still, she hasn't seen anything like him before. Lizard-esque people, sure, but something like Toothless? No.]

[thisisamazing]

He's not! But we did startle some of the orientation people when we came through the portal, so. I thought it would be a good idea to kind of clear things up, I guess. Even if he'll usually be with me, I don't want anything to happen to him.

Video (@prof.sycamore)

[megabond]

[As Hiccup sees the video starts, he may notice the good professor's head is somehow covered in bandages and he is somehow in a hospital bed. Though that doesn't stop him from seeing the new resident.]

Oh, my. I often have seen a Dragon-type Pokemon before, but never a creature similar to one.

[thisisamazing]

[Well that's... an odd statement to make. He doesn't know what a pokemon is.]

Well, he's not a dragon-type anything? He's just a dragon. A Night Fury.

[greatflame]

[Max's eyes are wide with amazement as he answers with a video of his own.] Your best friend is a dragon? How did that happen? ... And what's terror-mail?

[thisisamazing]

[He lets out a slightly awkward laugh.] That's sort of a long story, but it's been me and Toothless for five years now. And terror-mail is just what we use at home, for communication. There's a species of small common dragons called Terrible Terrors, you can train them to carry letters.

video; un: ghostking

[deathkid]

[ just kinda staring. ]

Yeah, not going to lie, but the last dragon I came across, I had to kill. Not just here, either. How do you know it- he's safe?

Also, what in Hades is terror-mail....?

[thisisamazing]

[Hiccup's good mood starts to vanish for this conversation, already internally gearing up for an argument. He frowns, already squaring his shoulders, chin lifting. He can't help but wonder if this person is anything like the dragon hunters. Admitting so easily, almost casually, that he kills dragons...]

Because I know Toothless. [His voice is firm.] And I know dragons. Unless you try to kill him, you've got nothing to worry about.

Voice - Lolocolo416

[threatenwithcuteness]

He's... really cute.

Like a really large cat.

He came through with you?

[thisisamazing]

Yeah, we were together when the portal sucked us in. Thank Thor for that, I don't know what we would do without each other.

video; un: soulbond

[alkahestic]

[ al's never seen a dragon. he's seen a lot, done a lot, but this is new for him. he gasps, eyes wide and he grins as toothless licks the screen. in a way, al's reminded of a dog. ]

He's cute!

[thisisamazing]

[He's still laughing, wiping a sleeve over the camera lens as Toothless barks out more laugh-growls.] He's something else, that's for sure.

(text;) @ shigeru miyata

[mysophobic]

Dragons are quite big in my world. But yours looks a bit smaller than the ones I've seen before.

[ Just gonna leave out the fact that's actually fought them before. The dragons in his world are vicious and most of them possessed by the lingering miasma left by the dark god. In the past they were once peaceful beings with higher than average intelligence, but only few clans remain today, having also been affected by the curse that Malnemious placed upon those who fought against him. ]

Are they all friendly in your world?

[thisisamazing]

Different species are different sizes. Toothless is about a medium sized dragon, there are much bigger ones out there. And some species are naturally more aggressive than others, it just depends. They're like any wild animal. Toothless is friendly because he's trained and used to humans.

Video @arcarius

[angelic_archer]

[Alec was going to ask about terror-mail or explain that the Perimeter Guard didn't randomly kill things just for fun when he sees the screen become nothing but black scales and... slobber? Did a dragon just try to steal the guy's phone?

Staring at the screen, his first thought is 'dragon demons' followed by an automatic 'dammit Jace' even if it doesn't fit the situation. Then a look of awe as he remembers all the stories he'd read with his parabatai. And for some reason, he's reminded of Chairman Meow.]

You have a dragon.. that kind of acts like a cat?

[thisisamazing]

[Hiccup glances down at the camera briefly, then away from it, out at Toothless rolling onto his back in the middle of the common room.]

Yeah, that about sums it up.

video; @ellie

[pundemic]

Holy shit.

[yep. just that. she probably doesn't even realize she actually sent that message because she is so busy going HOLY SHIT!!! super loudly in the safe haven of her own room.]

[thisisamazing]

[They're getting that reaction a lot. It must really suck to be from a world without dragons.]

Uh, hi. Yeah.

video; un: blacklion

[lionunchained]

Well... would you look at that. I've seen a lot, but can't say I've seen a dragon before.

[Shiro is studying the creature in the screen]

Very cool.

Also I feel your pain about the large creature trying to investigate the phone.

[thisisamazing]

Berk might be a freezing, miserable rock in the middle of nowhere, but we do at least have dragons. [The biggest perk to living there, honestly.]

Yeah? Do you have a pet here too?