Second Ax [@the.boneless, video]

[ragnarsson]

[Ivar's improving on using the video function. This time, he gets it on the first try. His voice is just a little above a whisper and he's looking off to the side at something just beyond the camera. The background shows he's in the forest beyond the city.]

Does anyone know where I can find a fire-proof bridle?

[The question seems a bit of a non-sequitur until he turns the camera to the side. There's a Ponyta standing not too far off. Ivar's been trying to get it closer all afternoon. It's taken a lot of patience, but now it's only about ten feet away. Its diamond-shaped eyes narrow as it watches the Viking and the Pokemon tosses its head, too suspicious to come any closer.]

Come on. I won't hurt you. Just a little further. Come on.

[For someone who usually keeps everyone at arm's length with a combination of sarcasm and toughness, he sounds far more gentle than usual. It seems to be working, as the Ponyta takes a hesitant step forward, ears pricked forward in anticipation. Ivar's face is a combination of wonder and awe. He's about ten seconds away from completely freaking out. This creature looks like something from an old legend, a horse with a mane and tail of fire. This qualifies as the coolest thing he's seen since he came to the city.]

Comments

[ragnarsson]

[No one except teenaged Vikings with an attitude, apparently.]

No. You simply light those abominations on fire to deal with them.

[He'd had to be dissuaded from doing just that during the last festival when he'd encountered one.]

[toolatetochangethename]

[Well, he can't really fault that response. It's only the sane response when faced with clowns.]

Okay, fine. So, let's try [Because this is 20 Questions: what scares people, apparently.] Confined spaces.

That smell bad.

[ragnarsson]

[This conversation has taken a turn for the bizarre. Then again, that's how it's seemed thus far entirely.]

....Clearly, you underestimate the power of a longship full of unwashed Vikings.

[toolatetochangethename]

I might underestimate the SMELL of that, at least.

Then again, I live with three other ex-cons, so....maybe not. [Seriously, there is sometimes some man funk going on in his apartment.]

[ragnarsson]

How do you live with three other people and not practice hygiene? Doesn't where you come from have running water like here?

[Judging face because even Vikings don't have that much and still manage to fit in a bath almost every day. Carting water to fill a bathtub was no picnic.]