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.]

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[thisisamazing]

Underprepared for what, though? If you're not taking him outside the wall- [There is perhaps a touch of exasperation in his voice. He understands worrying for an animal companion, better than anybody here, but he also apparently has not had the same worries. It makes crafting a complicated protection enchantment impossible without a straight answer of what dangers are expected.]

Look, I get it. My- my dragons are here. My Bonded has several of his creatures here with him. I'd never want anything to happen to them. But I need- an idea of what you want this spell to protect against, unless you only want the generalized wards, which, yeah are not as strong, but- [But he needs something to go off of.]

[trouvaille]

Well, we do go outside the wall, sometimes, just—not to do anything adventurous, he carries my clothes.

( relenting: ) Generalized wards are fine, I don't know a specific thing that I'm worried about. You know, you're not expecting anything until it actually happens. Anything that makes him a little bit safer is good.

( better than nothing. )