The Final Test

[cityship]

Eventually, morning came. For those inside the city, it had been a quiet, pleasant night. For those outside...well. At least no one was hurt.

As the sun rose, the sky took on an amazingly beautiful violet hue. As the crew began to awaken, they'd receive a message from Stacy, stating that those intending to attend the meeting with the Moai Elders were to gather near the massive stone stairway that led to the top of the plateau the city of Orongo surrounded.

It was time for the real mission to begin.

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[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

Hiccup, to his credit, looked both worried and regretful.

"Don't worry, we'll talk to her."

He looked over at Astrid.

"I can't speak for Astrid, but...Ruff's tribe. And I'm the de facto chief, I guess, and that means I have to try to make it so we all take care of each other. I don't intend for anyone from our tribe to be alone here. But more than that, she's my friend; I was going to talk to her before we got grabbed for the mission, and I'm going to when we get back."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was so Hiccup (as far as she knew of him, anyway). With no demon going through him, the guy kept a level head, and probably was more helpful than Overlord Zetta thought.

"Good," she said, "Because, you know, if she doesn't have her head on straight, her performance suffers. Our training is pretty brutal, and I don't want her, you know, thinking too much about non important crap like feelings."

There. There was no trace of her actual friendship with Ruffnut in that reply. It just sounded like she was all hard ass, which was her intention.

[astridhofferson.livejournal.com]

Astrid ran a hand through her hair. None of that sounded very reassuring, but the sooner they get back, the sooner they can take care of it.

"We've discussed it. We know what we have to do. For better or for worse."

She nodded and put a hand on her hip. "Thanks, uh..."

Who was this again?

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

She hoped so. She had an idea that Astrid and Hiccup were the closest to family for Ruffnut, and in that case, she had to make sure they resolve their tiff.

"Hit Girl," she said. "Ruffnut's partner."

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"Right, well, Hit-Girl..." Weird name, but you know, it involved hitting. It was almost Viking-like.

"We'll take care of it, I promise. No fight or...uh, demonic possession, would be worth any of us giving up on any of the others. We'll find a way to work it all out," he said, good-naturedly.

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Well. This sent a lot better than she'd expected. It helped to not be asked a whole bunch of questions too, like why she would care in the first place or whatever. She really hadn't wanted to get into the whole "Ruffnut sees her brother when he wasn't there" thing. She didn't want them thinking Ruffnut was nucking futs, after all.

"Good to hear," Hit Girl said. "You guys are, like, the only family she has on the ship, not to mention the only people she knows back from her world or whatever. I figured it'd be better to get all that awkwardness out in the open."

As for what they did here? Well, that was up to them if they wanted to tell Ruff or not.