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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[thisisamazing]

It wasn't really a conscious thing. I guess the portal knew me and Toothless needed to stick together.

[megabond]

I could say the same with my Garchomp when I arrived here.

[Well, she was in his Poke Ball at that time and he wasn't the only one who entered the portal, but that's a story for another time.]

Anyways, I hope you managed to find comfort in the city. There have been a few crimes in some areas lately. I feel I should use this time to warn you about it.

[thisisamazing]

Thanks for the warning, but I think we'll be okay. Toothless and I can handle ourselves.

[megabond]

I hope so. Because I feel that these criminals are not taking lightly. Not to mention how they managed to use me and Garchomp a few days ago.

[thisisamazing]

Thanks for your concern, but I think we'll manage. I mean, c'mon, he's a Night Fury. [Nobody fucks with 1700 pounds of claws, teeth, and plasma blasts that moves faster than most beings can track.]

[megabond]

[Judging by his tone, he can tell that whatever this Night Fury is, his strength was somehow on par with his Garchomp.]

I understand. At any case, just be careful and make sure you flee if your dragon is injured.

[thisisamazing]

[He glances up from the camera lens and shares a look off-screen with Toothless.]

Thanks for the advice, mister. [Granted, it's... not advice he'll need, he and Toothless have handled much worse (the Red Death comes to mind), but he's still trying to be polite. Conversation concluded, he clicks off the video.]