Worlds Apart [closed] [Set before moleplot and aliensplot]

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

After training with Zuko (and a shower), Hiccup had just wanted to relax. That meant a trip to Hydroponics, for fake sunshine on his face. At least until he got under the shade of a tree with bright pink leaves, anyway.

It also meant hanging out with his buddy.

There was outright giggling as Toothless nudged his side, rolling him over so that he could squeeze in under the shade, curled around his boy, and then Hiccup lay there against his dragon's side, one foot gleaming in the light, the toes of his other foot wiggling in the grass.

One hand idly reached up and over and scratched the dragon's neck so that his whole body rumbled as he purred.

The teenage Viking looked half-close to drifting off for a nap, but that wouldn't stop him from saying hello to anyone that passed by.

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[craaazyisland]

Oh, expertise! Or at least enough expertise to teach somebody something! Steve looked noticeably more at ease. "This gun only shoots one bullet at a time, like BANG," he explained. "A submachine gun shoots a whole bunch of bullets for as long as you hold down the trigger. So instead of one big boom, it goes rat-a-tat-a-tat..."

He felt kind of dorky with the sound effects, but there wasn't much better way to explain it.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"That. Is the coolest thing. I have ever heard."

He gestured wildly with his hands.

"Do you know what we have? we have the catapult. Do you know how long it takes to load a catapult? It takes a ridiculously long time to load a catapult. This stuff is just bangbangbangbangbang reload, bangbangbang and so on. It's great."

[craaazyisland]

"Hey now, don't discount how cool catapults are," Steve reminded him. "Not so practical anymore, but they're still pretty badass in the right situation."

But then there were magnums, and shotguns, and sometimes some really cool shit like the grenade launcher he and Claire found in the training facility at Rockfort...

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"They're good against dragons."

He patted Toothless on the side.

"But we don't need 'em for that anymore, do we, buddy."

[craaazyisland]

"Against dragons and launching refrigerators long-distance," Steve added. "I saw a TV show like that one time."

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"Refrigerator--that's the cold box powered by science, right?" He asked, "And TV is like in the media library."

Be careful, Steve, it's easy to lose him.