91. [Video/Action for Cianwood City]

[foolishwren]

Okay-- OKAY, OKAY, hang on, I got it!

All right, get back.

<sub>[The sound of big reptilian feet plodding backwards through wet sand can be heard as the camera shows a wobbly view of.... Sunny the Togekiss standing on an appropriately sunny Cianwood beach. The water's lapping at the shore, the sky is bright blue, it's totally beautiful.]

[A PERFECT day to test out the new, hard-earned skill gotten from beating Chuck in a furious fist-fight (and some obligatory after-battle arm-wrestling): Fly.]

[Perched precariously on the back of the big white marshmallow-bird is Heather, kneeling and holding onto the thick white plumage with both hands. She's got a determined expression.]</sub>

Okay. Let's give it a try. I-- no, Dad, it's gonna be FINE, that's why I'm practicing on the BEACH, remember? Sand is soft!

OKAY.

Ready, girl?

Let's-- oh shit aw HELL--

<sub>[With some gentle but powerful WHOMPS, the Togekiss had begun to serenely flap its pillowy wings and take off. ... Without Heather, because Heather has no idea how the hell to ride a flying thing and was promptly jostled off by the wing motion.]

[Touching down again, Sunny trills and lovingly sits upon the face-down Heather like any caring bird mother might with a stupid bird baby that crash-landed after trying to fly.]</sub>

... Okay.

This could take a little practice.

Comments

[video]

[newberktown]

Trial and error. Mostly error. Still, I'm one of the only vikings to ever ride a dragon!

[Toothless is basically the only thing Hiccup has to be proud of...and even then, he can't really share that with anyone, back home. Except Astrid, now.]

A lot of it depends on trust, but for just starting out, you need to pay attention to how your, uh, bird is flying--the mechanics behind it. Also the wind. Weather affects it a lot, sometimes.

What's an airplane?

[video]

[foolishwren]

You don't know what an-- oh.

Viking.

_{[That explained it.]}

Well, it's, uh... a machine. A big machine that flies and people can sit in it. _{[She makes a sort of... wavy flying motion with one hand.]}

But yeah, uh... I'd trust Sunny with my LIFE, but my balance is crap.

[video]

[newberktown]

[Hiccup's considering wearing his helmet more, so people don't get so incredulous when he doesn't know about supposedly common things.]

Maybe try leaning in closer to her, then? How...thick is she? Because if it were possible, I'd maybe try having your legs around her instead of kneeling. Or maybe--

[He's studying the bird more.]

If you don't have a harness or anything, I guess you could try hooking her legs over her shoulders, and then leaning back so you don't topple over her head.

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[That might help!]}

She's... well, I dunno where the hell her BODY is under all that fluff, but she's pretty, uh. Hefty. I dunno, I've stopped questioning how birds work.

_{[she pauses, though, trying to picture riding her with her legs hooked over the wings.]}

... I think that would end with me plastered backwards on her back, screaming and waiting for the ride to stop.

[video]

[newberktown]

[And that just makes his grin twitch wider.]

Well. As long as you're staying on.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Something tells me just 'staying on' won't be a safe enough standard for my dad.

[video]

[newberktown]

[Hiccup half shrugs, glancing off to the side.]

At least he cares, right?

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[... Poor Hiccup.]}

Yeah, 'course he does.

_{[If there's one thing Heather got on a silver goddamn platter, it's the most supportive father in the world.]}

Still, gotta make sure he doesn't have any heart attacks.

[video]

[newberktown]

[Don't you look that gift horse of a father in the mouth, Heather. =c

Trying not to compare Stoick and Harry, the viking nods.]

Such is the traditional role of a child, I guess.

[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Oh, don't worry-- she doesn't. That was a lesson she learned a long time ago. The hard way.]

[Still, what a contrast. Harry and Stoick couldn't be more different from each other.]</sub>

Yeeeeaaah... either getting or giving heart attacks. Rough job, but somebody's gotta do it.

[video]

[newberktown]

[They both sure kicked some ass with weapons, though.]

And who could possibly do it better than us kids? We're professionals at these heart attacks.

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[New best idea: Stoick and Harry teaming up to kick ass and save their kids from bad shit.]}

Too true.

We should have some kinda official certification.

Like, a badge or something.

Official heart attack givers.

It could be awarded to kids on birth.

[video]

[newberktown]

[Yes. Because at least that is of utmost importance to them both.]

It could even be awarded to some kids before birth, I reckon.

[video]

[foolishwren]

... Yeah, I can think of a few candidates for that.