voice; un: hiccup haddock

[thisisamazing]

[That's a distinctive nasally tone coming in over the voice channel this fine morning.] Hi. Hey. It's Hiccup. I'm, uh- Hello to the newest arrivals. This is partly to uh- sometimes we don't always, show up with everything we'd like to have, so if you plan to go past the wall and don't have weapons or armor, I run the Forge just outside town with Percy. We're both smiths and we do commission work, so- you know. If you need anything. We also do enchantments! Mostly me.

But-! That's not, really what I'm here for today. [He has more important priorities right now than advertising the Forge.] I thought I'd try asking around, since- Well. I need to find a Bond, or potential Bond, for my friend. Preferably a Monster, but uh, at this point even a Witch would be better than nothing. My friend is- a little irritable sometimes, but he's a really good guy, and he's very talented and smart, and has some pretty neat hobbies. They should be patient and have a sense of humor, and be willing to keep him from working too hard once in a while. To- to be a friend.

So, um. Let me know, and I can set you up to see if things work out! [A pause.] This really is for a friend, by the way, not... not me. [Yeah that's convincing. He manages to tell the truth and still sound like he's being avoidant of the truth somehow.]

Comments

[thisisamazing]

do you actually promise or are you just trying to make me shut up?

also hey, how do you feel about vampires?

[gunsmithed]

Both.

[ No, he's not going to be even a little ashamed about that one. ]

In general or?

[thisisamazing]

well that's rude

in general. in specific. if you're not okay with vampires, and i totally get that because this one mentioned biting and that seemed a little too forward, someone else said their friend who just arrived might want to meet you?

[gunsmithed]

Definitely no biting.

[ There's a brief pause. ]

Let's say I haven't had the best of experiences with vampires.

[thisisamazing]

that's about what i thought. no vampires, got it!

this sylvia sounds nice though. no mention of biting! i could arrange a meeting?

[gunsmithed]

I'd really rather you didn't.

[thisisamazing]

c'mon, just one? just to see if you hit it off, no pressure!

[gunsmithed]

This is starting to sound uncomfortably like some of those debutante balls my siblings had to deal with.

[thisisamazing]

i don't know what a debutante ball is but it's definitely not one of those. this would just be a meeting!

[gunsmithed]

I'm sure.

[ But he's not going to let this go, Percy can already tell. ]

Fine. Meeting. Not being set up for anything at all.

[thisisamazing]

[Has he ever known Hiccup to not go all-in on something? Including friendship.]

it's not a set up! it's just a friendly little chat! i'll get the other one's information but if you can look past the whole vampire thing (i already said no biting so don't worry!) this one is a smith too, so that's something easy to talk about right away! even if it doesn't lead to anything you can still talk shop.

[And he slides in the info for another respondent.]

[gunsmithed]

Amazing how not a set up sounds exactly like a matchmaking aunt.

[ Can you feel his sigh over text? Can you? ]

No promises.

[thisisamazing]

if i was a matchmaking aunt i'd have a lot more points to shove at you besides a shared interest and i'd tell you to be nice. look at me, not telling you you have to be nice.

[He absolutely can. He's worked alongside Percy long enough.]

no promises needed! if it doesn't lead to anything it doesn't, and that's fine, but you know, it doesn't hurt to try.

[gunsmithed]

It might.

[ He's just being contrary now. And he knows it. ]

[thisisamazing]

the guy who builds siege weapons with me is a big baby about talking to new people, who knew?

[He can probably see Hiccup's teasing grin here.]

[gunsmithed]

Siege weapons are considerably less irritating.

[thisisamazing]

you already put up with me! surely no one else can be as irritating.

[gunsmithed]

That's only because Sharpshot likes you.

[thisisamazing]

ha! not as much as he likes you these days

i can't believe i'm sharing custody of my own dragon

[gunsmithed]

I'll have you know I'm extremely likable.

[thisisamazing]

you have your moments

[Actually, he's found Percy to be very likable. That's the only reason he's doing this, because he cares about him so much.]

[gunsmithed]

As do you.

[ Which is why he's putting up with this, even as little as he is. ]

[thisisamazing]

if i'm not mistaken i'd say you almost like having me around

[They're ridiculous.]

[gunsmithed]

I admit to nothing.

>private

[thisisamazing]

gods i'm sorry
i
i admit that this was a bad idea and i'm an idiot