[OPEN] we go where no one goes, we slow for no one

[thisisamazing]

who: Hiccup and YOU
what: October memory-share and catch-all! Open and closed prompts.
when: Through Oct.
where: Various places.
warnings: Possible mention of past limb loss.


[ooc: Prompts below, the memory one is fairly generic but if you want a tailored prompt for anything, just hit me up at nekky.]

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Lakeside | OTA

[thisisamazing]

[Not too far out into the jungle, there's a newly-formed lake, stocked with fish by a godling with a dragon in mind. Hiccup makes use of it. Toothless is too expensive to feed not to take what opportunities for easy fishing he can get. They're out at the side of the lake on a nice, cool morning, Toothless splashing in the shallows catching (or trying to catch, sometimes) fish while Hiccup sits on the banks farther up, tying rope into a fishing net.

Whether he's talking to himself or his dragon, it's hard to tell, but his posture is not unwelcoming to anybody who might drop by to join the conversation.]

Feels like it's almost time for Dreadfall, huh? Probably no one else celebrates it. Maybe we should get some face paint anyway, keep in the spirit.

[dracolucmalfoy]

"Dreadfall?"

The Draco Malfoy of before wouldn't have just gone traipsing off into an area known to be dangerous. Even the Draco of now did not seek out danger. However, the Draco of now had a different outlook on danger and a different form of confidence in his own abilities. Paired with a feeling of restlessness, Draco had stepped outside fo the well-guarded perimeter and begun to walk.

He came up next to the other man and looked at the gleefully flying and fishing dragon. "I have never seen his like. What kind of dragon is he? And to be so..." Draco motioned in the air, searching for the right word. "Tame? Sociable? Not trying to kill people as a threat."

[thisisamazing]

Hiccup looks up from his netting, deft fingers tying off the knot he was working on before he sets it down in the grass. It's about half finished already, good mindless busywork for a lazy morning. It's easier to enjoy the dangerous great outdoors when your best friend is a 1700 pound dragon with fantastic hearing; since he didn't react much to Draco beyond a glance, Hiccup isn't put on his guard.

"It's a holiday where kids dress up in costumes and face paint and the adults tell them scary stories," he explains, leaning back against the rough trunk of a tree, gaze moving from Draco to Toothless then. It's no surprise when people ask about him.

"Toothless is a Night Fury. He's trained, he's been with me for five years now. On Berk we don't kill dragons anymore, so they don't need to kill us. I know most people here aren't used to dragons, but he's generally harmless."

[dracolucmalfoy]

Draco doesn't sit, just comes to stand by the other man and watching over the water and the dragon. "Sounds like American Halloween." Not that Draco was overly knowledgeable on this. Just something he had overheard once. Spoken by muggleborn students who also were not overly knowledgeable.

The talk about the dragon was more interesting.

"Night Fury? We do not have any of those. Our dragons are apex predator creators. Hyper Carnivores who breath fire. A danger to even the keepers at the dragon reserve whose job it is to keep them from being killed and poached." Which, when you thought about it, made the fact they had been used in a school competition rather idiotic.

[thisisamazing]

Hiccup doesn't really know what Halloween is, or where America is, so he just shrugs his shoulders idly. Dreadfall isn't a huge holiday anyway, not like Snoggletog or Bork Week. But he's content to talk about Toothless, to satisfy another's curiosity.

"He's one of a kind, I think. We've never found another Night Fury." He shifts a little to stretch his bad leg out, working a cramp out of his knee with his hands. "The dragons I know aren't like that. They defend themselves, they want to survive like anything else, but we've learned to coexist with them." Hiccup's mouth turns down in a slight frown. "Do many people poach dragons where you come from? That's terrible."

[dracolucmalfoy]

"That sounds better than how the ones in my world are." Dragons were such danger in his world, and yet endangered.

"Sadly, yes. For potion ingredients and wand cores. A competent maker of either will wait for supplies from a dragon who has died of natural causes. However, some are not so patient and lack an appreciation for life. Dangerous as our kind of dragon is, they are still majestic creatures." Draco studied Toothless another moment and gave a nod, deciding he liked the dragon and the idea there was a world where they were treated well.

"I'm glad that life is better for dragons in our world." He then turned and held his hand out to the other man. "I am Draco Malfoy."