DISTRACT Is Super Effective! [Open]

[astridhofferson.livejournal.com]

She sneezed and the fishing rod in her hands briefly jumped in her grasp.

Astrid huffed out a grunt, a hand relinquishing hold on the line as she indignantly rubbed under her stubby nose with the back of her finger while her blue eyes dully leered at nothing in particular off-screen.

That sneeze. Someone talking smack about her?

Disregarding this fleeting suspicion, she shrugged it off, merely readjusting her grip on the handle, and settled posterior more comfortably on the moss-covered boulder beneath her.

Within the encompassing towering stone walls of what appears to be a lost oasis, Astrid engaged in fishing on these familiar grounds taken from her memory of a memorable location somewhere on the outskirts of the Viking's home village -- the exact place she stealthily pursued after Hiccup and discovered Toothless subsequently. 'Course, for Hiccup and his dragon, this secret watering hole served as a base where they established their bond as well.

Today, though it just served as a relaxing getaway for one of the female's less than energy draining hobbies. Or so she thought? There's a sudden reflection of a figure on the waters pristine surface and it was impossible not to notice she now has company.

Astrid blinked a moment, then pursed her lips and turned her head to look up sidelong at whoever approached her with a stare clearly of "Hey, don't scare the fish."

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[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Hmm." That painted the rather alarming picture of Tuffnut being pretty much like the Ruffnut depicted him in the sensorium. It also confirmed a lot of what he'd thought on other matters as well.

"Any thoughts on what making Ruffnut about ten million times stronger than him will do?"

[astridhofferson.livejournal.com]

"Intense jealously? It'd likely score you another apprentice."

Brief smirk here. "I don't know. He hates books."

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Hmph. That's part of what I'm wondering," Zetta said. "Ruffnut may be human, but I know the soul of a demon when I see one." It hadn't been her sklll or strength of any of that crap that had drawn Zetta's attention, after all. "Her brother, at least in her depictions of him, doesn't seem to share that at all."

[astridhofferson.livejournal.com]

Astrid blinked. "Soul of a demon? Is that... a compliment?"

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Why the hell would it not be?" Zetta said, taken aback.

[astridhofferson.livejournal.com]

He's getting some deadpan now. "Because that's not something you'd say about a human unless they're a maniac."

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Yeah, and?"

What, did you think Ruffnut sweet-talked her way into the Overlord's good graces?!