berkian | one axe.

[ It's been about a day and a half since Astrid woke up here, and she's pretty certain she has enough information to actually make a move. ...And if she doesn't, well, screw it because she's not sticking around in the woods in a flimsy white dress reading from a magical book for any longer than she has been.

The book talks and writes and shows pictures (that one had nearly knocked her out of the tree she's taken up residence in for the moment) and Astrid's pretty certain she can figure out how to make it work in her favour. She's just not sure exactly what the hell is going on, even after reading or listening to the most recent things available to her.

The last three entries or so were useless (...if only she'd read back just a bit further, and overall she's given up deciphering the meaning of the magical words in the magical book and is going to take a leap of faith and just...ask. Admittedly she's been spending a lot of time just working up the nerve to use the mystery magical book, but, well, what other options are there? She's far enough out in the woods that wandering off would probably end badly. ]

Hello? Is this thing working? How are you supposed to be able to tell? [ Magical books are pretty new to her. There's a frustrated little sigh. Following the sigh is muttering, meant to be under her breath but still audible, because controlling her voice is the least of Astrid's worries. ] This is the sort of thing Hiccup or Fishlegs would like, not me. I don't even know if this is actually something that works or if I've officially lost it. Next thing you know I'll be thinking I'm a dragon, living on the edges of town hunting sheep. That's always assuming I have officially lost it, which would explain a lot more than being sane would. I'm sitting in a tree with a makeshift spear. That's probably not the best sign for sanity.

Unless you can't find your axe, in which case making a spear is pretty sane a choice. I mean, it'd be less sane to sit in a tree without any sort of weapon, right?

Why am I even talking to myself about this? This is ridiculous. How does this ever help him?

...Whatever, if it isn't working or real, I guess I'll figure it out in a minute or two.

[ Raising her voice again. ] My name is Astrid Hofferson. I'd appreciate any directions you could give me to... [ distinct hesitation. She's...not totally sure what's happening still, but she's pretty certain "Berk" is out of the question for just now, and so she'll shelve that until she has enough on her side to worry about it. ] ...Whatever village is nearest, I guess.

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[ this is only serving to make her more interested in this new-fangled weapon of yours, Sokka. ]

It comes back to you?

Only if you throw it right. It's not magic, after all.

[It doesn't work like the boomerangs that a certain pointy eared elf boy uses.]

And you could be persuaded into lessons how? Traded labor?

... I hadn't given the matter much thought. Generally speaking. I usually work for favors. [A beat.] I have a lot of favors owed to me.

Agreeing to nameless favours just strikes me as a bad idea. Someone could ask for something you're not willing to give.

It's pretty much how I plan to take over Luceti.

And no one has caught on to that yet?

[ Faintly amused. She's about 54% certain Hiccup wouldn't be working for an evil mastermind.

...Which isn't very sure. ]

I call in favors to take care of the people who do.

I'd ask if I should be worried, but I'm pretty certain I can handle it.

In terms of favours, I'm good with physical labor. And weapons.

[ ...that's really her entire skillset. VIKING. ]

You're going to fit right in, Astrid. That describes about half of the people here in Luceti.

So you're not a viking.

[ Like. Are you sure about that? 8|a You seem pretty viking-like by her standards, so far. ]

No. In fact, my world doesn't even have vikings. Hiccup is the only one I've ever known.

[You can see where this might be an issue.]

[ ...Yeah, Hiccup's not the best representative of vikingkind. He can't even lift her axe one-handed. ]

Hiccup's...Hiccup. He's good with dragons. And making things.

[ Not so hot with the fighting. ]

It's true. Dragons and makings things. That's Hiccup. In a nutshell.

Yup.

[He may in fact be prone to giving Hiccup a hard time. And he's trying very hard not to at this moment.]

[ Y e p. That's her guy. Making the opposite of a name for vikings everywhere. ]

He's pretty much the only viking of his kind. [ She's not saying that's a bad thing - he did stop the whole dragon war - but yeah. She's not so good with the making things aspect. ]

So the rest are more like you, huh?

[ ...Well, aside from Fishlegs, but even Fishlegs is more capable of more traditional viking skills than Hiccup is. And, okay, Snotlout and the twins could work on certain things. But they're better at the fighting portion of things than the thinking or dragon riding! ]

More or less, yeah.

Sounds like my kind of place. [IF HE WERE A FEW YEARS YOUNGER...!] Well, I mean, aside from the dragon problem. Which. I guess you don't have now.

Yeah, we've got that problem more or less under control.

[ now they just have a viking problem!

Best choice of places to live ever right. ]

You sound like you'd fit right in, really.

Wait until you see my boat. I've been told it's very viking-esque. But it's all strictly Water Tribe design. Because that's how we are. We do the warrior thing too. I'm one of them. Water Tribe Warrior. I get to wear a wolf helmet.

[Basically the coolest armor in the world, not gonna lie.]

[ normally Hiccup's friends aren't cool - no, wait, Toothless is pretty cool. ]

You have a boat? [ Water Tribe design means very little to her, but it sounds like it would be viking-esque. ] Our helmets normally have horns. I don't actually wear one.

I have a boat. A great boat. If you ever wanna see it? Go the ocean. Because there's where you'll find it. On top of the sea.

[Yeha. He's proud of it.]

...Is it the only boat, or something?

Uh, no. There's other boats.

So what makes a water tribe boat different?

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