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A home fit for an overlord?

Walking into the Sensorium's today, or at least this one in particular would place you on the Island of Birk, often described as "Sturdy"

And on one side of Berk's village sat a humble but recently built house at the edge of a field. Not much of Berk was flat so this area in particular belonged to one of the most passive aggressive creatures in all of the Hairy Hooligans tribe.

Sheep.

Yes the Sheep of Berk were particularly dumb as far as sheep went. So much so that back in the days of Dragon raids one could get snatched up from an entire flock, and the others would barely move away to protect themselves.

So it was up to the brave and fearless shepherds of the Viking village to vigilantly protect these pathetic puffy pasty faced patsy's of the livestock world.

That...was not a job for Ruffnut and her twin brother. No that was a job for the adults. They had always been stuck on fire patrol.

But tending to the sheep in times of peace? That was a duty fit for the twins according to their elders.

Frankly Ruffnut hated it. Sheep were about the stupidest creatures she had ever known.

And yet since being on Stacy she kind of missed the dimwitted puffballs.

So she sat ontop of one cross legged while it grazed and stared intently at her families home. Before Hiccup had made peace between the Dragons and the Vikings the house had stood strong for a whole two months! Luck really, nothing more then that.

And after so many re-buildings the tribe knew how to slap buildings together. Even Ruffnut knew some basics about building a home just from helping.

And that was precisely why she was here today. To ponder the construction of a home.

Not just any home though, a lair, a den, a nest, a base, a castle worthy of the eventual overlord she would become. It couldn't be too big to start. She was only one warrior after all and even if she asked the people she trusted to help her protect it if enough people rallied together they would lose.

So for now a small home, but it would have to make up for what it lacked in size by being perfect for her. Where to start?

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"Cool!" Ruffnut's eyes lit up with excitement once more, "Got any cool tricks I can learn?" It was all about her after all.

"I am afraid not," Sofia admitted. "In my world, magic is an ability that you are either born with or without. The skills involved only come from practice and experience, perhaps training with an experienced mage. Therefore, if I had any trick to teach you, it would be perhaps, to keep training."

Someone had told her those exact words just a year ago.

"Well, lucky me then." Ruff didn't seem too put off by being turned down, "Because training is really one of the only things you can do around here." She laughed a hearty laugh and shed the lightning from her fists like dead leaves from a tree.

The other girl couldn't help but smile at that.

"You really do sound like Alena." Many would have seen it strange to make the comparison, especially if her friend was in the pods but it was inevitable. Alena would have certainly taken it as a compliment, not an insult.

"Do you know of other types of magic?"

"Nah." Ruff waved a hand dismissing the idea, "But my friend is learning some. There's this magic guy named Negi that teaches her. She's getting pretty good!"

"I see." She thought about something before continuing again. "If you wish, I can show you what I am able to do."

"SURE!"

And without much bidding Ruff produced a dragon for her to fight he looked...

...kinda goofy.

From a world of deadly slimes, Sofia didn't bat an eye. Taking out the sword again, she concentrated so that the rest of the holy Zenithian (http://dragon-quest.org/images/b/b8/ZenithianEquipment.jpg) (http://dragon-quest.org/images/b/b8/ZenithianEquipment.jpg) relics appeared on her (http://i.imgur.com/94Xh7.jpg).

Silently, she moved the fingers on her left hand holding the shield and single small bolt of lighting came from the sky, striking in the center creature. As it stood there reeling from the attack, she jumped into the air, posed with her sword, before slicing.

As she landed, nothing seemed to have happened at first, then the creature fell neatly on two sides, cut precisely in the middle. There wasn't even blood on her blade.

Ruff stared dumbfounded before letting out a cheer.

"THAT WAS AWESOME!!!" She ran up to inspect the creature. Because this was the Sensoriums the Gronkle wasn't exactly lifelike on the inside because Ruff had never seen one from that perspective. But she spun about with that twisted smile. "So cool! See? This is why we're gonna beat the Ohm!"

Sofia didn't answer. As the armor disappeared from her body, she walked next to the girl and then...bowed respectfully at the deceased creature.

"Are dragons native to your world?" It would make sense since she had brought it up for the simulation, but perhaps it could have been through the Overlord's training.

"Oh yeah totally!"

Ruff focused for a moment and the world faded again replaced by Berk, but this time Berk was burning.

Dragons swarmed the skies and the streets, snatching up livestock and fighting powerful burly viking warriors tooth and claw.

"This was what it was like most nights. See I'd be right there."

And where she pointed a group of teenage Vikings were carrying buckets of water and struggling to put out the fires that ravaged their homes and surrounding area.

A burning village. That was certainly a sight Sofia had hoped never to see again. She was quiet, watching the scene unfold before her, observing as the battle raged around them.

"They stole your livestock?"

"Yeah, and burned our homes. Generations of vikings fought and died against dragons. It was like...tradition. But one guy changed all that."

A scrawny little viking was stumbling about in the smoke lost and confused. Ruff tripped over him and immediately began smacking him with her bucket.

"That guy there. Hiccup. He actually trained a dragon! Figured out how to ride them and found out why the Dragons were stealing our food."

The village faded and a massive dragon burst from the side of a mountain. This beast was large enough to be a mountain itself, multiple eyes and a massive gaping maw.

"This thing here was eating the dragons if they didn't bring it food. Our food." Despite the heavy topic Ruff was smiling. She was so proud of her people. There they were now on the shore gearing up to fight the monster they had no hope of winning against.

"A leader forcing others to obey its commands then." Sofia knew all about that too well. "The dragons did not attack your village then out of spite but for survival. Yet your people chose to continue to fight them instead of leaving until you both came to an understanding." She could see a warrior tribe when she saw one.

"That is good, then. Your village must have been relieved once this problem was over." She looked at Ruffnut. "What about you? What is your relationship with dragons?"

"Well..." Ruff glanced back at the battle.

A squad of dragons, four in number came swooping in on the massive dragon. On the heads of a two headed dragon rode Ruffnut and her twin brother Tuffnut.

"Hiccup taught us how to ride the dragons, and we helped to defeat the big one."

Then the scene faded to the town living in harmony with the dragons. The twins even used their two headed dragon to help keep tabs on the sheep they were responsible for. the headed that favored Ruff stole some food off her plate in this scene. Ruff didn't realize it was the dragon though and punched her brother, which distracted him long enough that the other head snatched food off his plate.

That...got her to smile. ...That got her to smile! Congratulations Ruffnut, you were the first person on ship to get her to do so. She continued to watch the scene and the twins fighting in silence before speaking again.

"Zenithia is ruled by the Zenith Dragon," she explained, as the scene faded away and they found themselves in a gigantic throne room where winged soldiers stood proudly around a large celestial dragon (http://dragon-quest.org/images/4/4e/Master_dragon.png). He appeared to be talking (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fELTtTf2am0&t=8m42s) to the people assembled, Sofia and her entire party before putting his claw over the woman, infusing her sword and her with his own power. "He aided me in my quest to fight Psaro."

"Neat! He kinda reminds me of Kang. Have you met Kang yet?" Ruff asked watching the Scene play out in her head. That did give her an idea though about infusing her punching gauntlets and Buckler with magical energy. Would that make her more badass?

"Kang is actually one of the first I met on this ship," she answered with a nod. The scene faded away back to Ruffnut's town. "For someone who wants to become a demon, you do not seem to be like all the others I have known."

Ruff grinned more smugly, "That's because I'm one of a kind!" She declared.

"But you're a twin." The simulation of her brother reminded her from somewhere nearby, oh there he was. By that tree.

Ruff's eyes flickered white for a moment and a bolt of lightning struck the tree bringing it crashing down on him.

"Like I said, one of a kind."

As someone who didn't have any family, watching the twin do that to her own was a little hard to swallow.

"Do you really hate him that much?"

Ruffnut looked confused, "What do you mean? He's fine."

A hand waved out from under the branch.

"He's not real, my real idiot brother is in the pods probably...or blown up with Berk or something."

"I see..." Sometimes the reactions of others around here were puzzling. Maybe this is how she showed how she cared? Perhaps it best to change the subject. "Your skills in dragon riding were impressive."

She was bad at conversation.

Ruffnut grinned proudly, "Well, it's nothing compared to Hiccup, he and his dragon are really amazing! And his isn't even totally right. He lost a tail fin."

"Hiccup...ah yes! The boy who presented himself during the elections," Sofia grinned, remembering. She looked up at the sky. "We had a giant balloon to fly in the sky," the half-zenithia explained. "It was powerful enough to hold all of us and our caravan. With it, we explored our world."

"A balloon?" Ruff ran down her list of things she had encountered in the coarse of her life...yep. That was not one of them.

"Is that like a Stacy?"

A home fit for an overlord?

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I hope this is okay 8Ub

Awesome~

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Oh derp no wonder I wasn't getting a notif I was using the other account.

X3

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