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[wherenoonegoes]

Appearing onscreen is a tall, gangly man who already looks fed up with this entire situation. He's not happy, and for that matter neither is the dragon behind him.]

Hi. Figured this is as good a place to introduce myself as any. I'm Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, Chief of Berk. The dragon behind me is my best friend, Toothless.

Just to get it out of the way, yes, I have heard every possible joke you could make about that. None of them are funny.

Normally this would be the part where I'd say I'm happy to meet all of you, but my wife gave birth to our daughter two days ago. So while I can certainly think of worse possible times for all this, this one is still pretty high up there.

[LOCKED]

If there are any Legionnaires here, however? Disregard that. I [Toothless nudges Hiccup] We actually are happy to see you.

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[infailtration]

[ That's quite a title, and quite a dragon... and quite a thing to be missing out on. York doesn't have kids of his own but he always wanted them, and can't imagine being yanked away like that. There's a note of genuine sympathy in his voice when he replies. ]

That is pretty high up there -- I'm sorry you're stuck here too.

Any chance I could meet you both? I've never seen a dragon.

Locked to Hiccup

[googledox]

[Brainy is actually smiling.]

You must be from slightly in our future. I haven't heard about a wedding registry or a call for baby gifts. Congratulations are in order for both, I should think.

Please try not to cause a paradox, if you don't mind. We'll have to figure out the exact timeline cut off when it comes to discussing events.

[He's not too worried about Hiccup being able to show discretion, though.]

The timing is certainly unfortunate and I'd much prefer other Legionnaires be safely at home rather than stuck in these circumstances, but I can't say I'm not glad to see another familiar face. It's just Robbie and I so far.

Which, by the way, means none of the Freelancers recognize us, nor does Tucker. Dimensional alternates.

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[acroodawakening]

[The young man that shows up on screen doesn't really have the polished look of the modern people here. His coarse hair looks unbrushed and is in a messy ponytail on top of his head. There are stained stripes on his biceps and shoulders that are visible due to the tank top. They look closer to war paint than any modern tattoos he might have seen in the 31st century, like the stripes the young Vikings put on when dragon racing.]

[He has two visible scars on his neck, though they healed cleanly. The slight burn scar on his cheek and the one on his arm are a little more gnarly, but mostly faded.]

[Guy's sitting on his bed, legs crossed, and he leans forward with interest, propping an elbow on his knee and leaning on his hand. He sets his comm to float mode.]

Oooh, you have your own death lizard.

[Because that is what you call a very large lizard.]

My family has a pet death cat back home. Similar size - or bigger. (Hard to tell from the screen.) Very pointy teeth.

Is he actually toothless or is that ironic?

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[wheyoftheadept]

[Saturday is a small woman with black hair, and elfish look, and an easy smile.]

Nice to meet you, Hiccup. Toothless. [her nod of greeting to the dragon is natural, unforced; she's seen dragons before and is accustomed to thinking of them as real, intelligent beings]

I don't think anyone here got yanked at a great time, but that must suck extremely. My condolences. If it helps, I think a couple people have actually gone home and then gotten bounced back because this place is the absolute fuckin' worst on toast, an' they said time moves different here? You might not lose as much as you're worried about.

[she spreads her hands open, knowing how little that means against what's happened. But it's all she has to offer]

Where're you two from, anyway?

[walkingballpit]

Every possible joke? Sounds like a challenge, Triple H.

Locked to Hiccup

Woah, mazel tov times two. What’s your wife’s name? Did you name the baby yet? Hey Toothless, they aren’t vegan here.

And yeah, glad to see you two. Brainy’s here too.

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[heterochrocatic]

That sucks. Congrats on the kid, though.

[ Catra leans her chin into her hand as she peers down at the communicator. Her first instinct is to be a sarcastic jerk about this, but then, she's really trying to be better about that. ]

None of us really got pulled here at a great time. I've gotten dumped here twice as far as I can tell. It sucks.

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[nyanhat]

[ And here's a twenty-something guy with cat ears and a tail swishing behind him. Sup. ]

So, Toothless - full time dragon, then? It's not a totally random question, I swear; dragons change between that form and a more human-looking one where I come from.