For Imperial_Saga

[dragon_trainer]

-1-

[There's a blacksmith shop set up, full of tools arranged haphazardly on heavy wooden tables. An open fire pit in the middle of the shop makes the space within uncomfortably warm.]

"This? Yes, I think I could repair it. Not completely familiar with its construction, but I suppose I could improvise."

-2-

[A boy of around fifteen or sixteen is leaning on a black dragon the size of a horse, though shorter and wider, with large black wings and a face the shape of a shovel blade. The dragon is...watching a ladybug walking across his front paw, perhaps wondering if it might be good to eat.]

"Sure, Toothless and I can give you a ride, though no sharp objects allowed on board. It's just for your safety and your safety only."

-3-

[Where there's smoke, there's fire.]

"Toothless! No! Bad dragon, that is NOT supposed to be on fire!"

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[maxwells_silver_scythe]

[Duo eyes the dragon suspiciously.]

I'm gonna regret this later, aren't I?

Re: 2

[dragon_trainer]

"Probably not. Toothless here has always caught me when I've fallen off. Isn't that right, big guy?"

Hiccup gives the dragon a scratch under the chin, and Toothless stops his intense study of Duo long enough to enjoy the caress. When he opens his yellow-green eyes once more, he decides that if Hiccup is this jovial around Duo, then Duo must be a friend. Carefully, he steps forward to sniff at Duo's hair.

Hope you don't mind a super late tag.

[maxwells_silver_scythe]

"Hey! Watch the hair, bucko. Alright lets just get this over with."

He kind of pushed the dragon's head out of his face as he backed up and started divesting himself of sharp objects. Turns out, he had an impressive number of knives hidden on him.

No worries

[dragon_trainer]

Toothless is a bit taken aback at being shoved away. Not many humans are brave enough to walk up and give him a push! That hair did move so entertainingly when Toothless breathed on it, though. Perhaps, he thinks, when Duo is not paying attention, he might get to bat at it a bit. The strange stuff that grows out of human heads amuses dragons to no end.

The dragon takes careful note of all the knives, though. He narrows his pupils as he studies the sharp blades as they pile up. But, when Duo has thrown the last knife down, Toothless nods his approval to Hiccup and lets hiccup climb up onto the saddle.

"You'll have to hold on tightly," Hiccup advises, holding out a hand so Duo can grab on and mount up behind him. Toothless even raises a foreleg so Duo can step up easier. "To...anything. To me, to the saddle, to the...well, I wouldn't advise you try and hold on to the wings, they move a bit too much..."

[maxwells_silver_scythe]

"Right."

As he climbs on behind Hiccup, Duo reflects on how bizarre it is that he is feeling more nervous about falling off then he is about being eaten by the dragon.

[dragon_trainer]

There are handholds on the saddle, if Duo cares to grab onto those. If he's feeling more friendly and casual, Hiccup is wearing an enthusiastic collection of belts and straps to hold him on to his dragon. Hiccup clips his harness into the saddle's loops and snaps what Duo may recognize as an odd prosthetic foot into a geared stirrup on the dragon's left side.

"Ready to go, boy?" Hiccup pats Toothless on his short scaled neck.

"Rrrrouffnn!" replies the beast and executes a little gallop which, when he spreads his wings wide and beats them towards the ground, propels him and his passengers into the air.