How's Hiccup doing, guys? He staying IC? He going over board? He heading in a weird direction, losing your interest, not posting enough? Don't hold back, now! I want to play him the best I can, but I need your help to keep me in line, here.

Anon is on, IP tracking is off and all comments are screened. Have at me. 

Hiccup falls out of the sky and makes his first post

• Denmark
• Astrid
• Rinzler
• Toothless
• Kimiko
• Pino

Hiccup bugs a dragon named Conrit Ceto

Hiccup bugs fem!Tucker after she gets turned into an Elite

Hiccup bugs Abraxas and learns there's things called Viruses and Programs.

Hiccup makes his second post; he and Toothless are gonna go dig in junk for a few hours

• Gem
• Toothless
• Astrid
• Rookie
• Denmark
• Rinzler

Hiccup woos Fluttershy with the fact that Gobber only has one hand

Hiccup finds out from Parker that some dude named Garrus is gonna start shooting people.

Hiccup asks Protoman how sacrifice is related to people turning into cats.

Hiccup talks to Flynn and...well. Doesn't know jack shit about math.

Hiccup stalks Rinzler or...wait, is it the other way around? 

Hiccup and Astrid bond while he dismantles a toaster.

Hiccup talks to Bro about slides, 

• And then drags Astrid and Toothless to Bro's birthday party
• And then blows shit up.

Hiccup finds some duders who say they know him from a boat cruise or something.

• And then he assures Astrid they aren't freaking him out (when they're freaking him out.)
• And then Jim talks at him
• And then he and Jim have a sad log thing

Hiccup meets Alejandro at a bar. Hiccup apparently goes to bars.

Hiccup geeks with Dr. Mordin Solus over the social lives of ants.

Hiccup thinks the Rat Man is drunk, but then realizes he's just crazy.

Hiccup shows Jim how to access the map and they talk about coding and shit.

Hiccup meets up with Sokka to learn about his life on the good ship Elegante.

Hiccup and Toothless get back from their daily flight and SUDDENLY BABY DRAGONS AND BEARDS

Adult!Hiccup tries to help an adorable Baby!Thane.

Adult!Hiccup tries to help a Baby!Jack Noir who's walked right the fuck into a bear-trap.

Adult!Hiccup tries to convince Baby!Eleanor that taking apart the teleporter is a bad idea.

Adult!Hiccup makes a post; he documents the wild baby!Toothless in his natural habitat.

• Jim (continued) (x2)
• Rinzler
• Samus
• Poniko
• Jin Tian
• Thane

Uhhhh...

I'm sort of missing a person.

Name's Gobber? Kinda old? Blond? Has a mustache? A big fella? Missing an arm and a leg? 

I haven't really...seen him in a while, but hey, I thought maybe we were both just...busy doing or own thing. Kept missing chances to bump into each other...

But, I mean, it's been over a week...so...

Have you seen him? Or...maybe...has he gone home? 

...Anyway, uh. I have a helmet here for a Mr. Light Warrior if he'd like to come try it on. And, uh. Yeah. I think that's all. Thank you for your time? 

[In the village, a gangly young man rushes past you, holding a torch. He apologizes profusely. He realizes he just narrowly missed hitting you, and that if he had, he probably would've set you on fire. He's very sorry about that, no, really. 

Hot on his heels is a rabbit.]

[The audio cuts in with the voice of a nasally youth. His tone is practical; a teacher calmly explaining something new to a doting pupil.]

--ck this one, it starts recording your voice. In, uh. In theory, anyway.

[Since he's never really done that before.]

How does it--

[Huh. That pupil sounds far older than his teacher. And Scottish. Very Scottish.

Hiccup quickly cuts him off. This totally isn't the first time he's asked that question. We're not doing that song and dance again, no thanks. ]

I--I--I don't know. It just. It does.

So.

[Gobber chuckles, amused by his dismissive tone. His goat--Gobber has it.]

An' what does that button do? 

Oh that, uh. I think it posts the our voices onto the--Hey.  Wait, no don't pr--

[Welp.]

Oooookay, headcount! 

There are definitely some people I would like to know are still with us, and they have, uhh...Let's say half an hour to respond. After that, I'm--I'm going to find them.

Because. I mean. Seriously. I'm, ahh--I--I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this? This is the part where it gets worse.

We just...need to make it through it.

[Hiccup has been reading. He's been reading about anatomy, about machinery, about astrology. One subject bled into another, filling his sketchbooks with notes and copies of charts and references to consider. He's learned so many things in seven months, and though his understanding is skewed and still so primitive, he's starting to see the big picture for what it is.

Hiccup really appreciate science. It's given names to thinks he's already observed, and handy little equations for figuring out what he hasn't. It's helped him create his own circuit boards, understand perspective when drawing, and helped improve his hand-fashioned weapons.

The only possible problem is the blow it's dealt to his belief in the supernatural.]

Are Gods real, or are they...just a way to explain things people just...don't understand yet?

Well, okay, so.

Since roughly three-fourths of my friends are idiots and are in the midst of being punished right now...

And kind of seriously need attention...

And I mean, I'm trying, but I can't be in two places at once. Katara's helping me with Sokka, but she's punished, too. Plus, like, Zuko's sick.

I guess what I'm asking for is...a favor.

Mostly from, ah...Gideon and Toph and--and A-Astrid.

And, uh, anyone else, though I--I-I draw the line at known psychopaths.

...help?

[Hiccup does not sound like a happy camper. His usual monotone is being pushed to an extreme, his tone low in his raspy register.]

Hello, crew. We have a passenger locked out of her room. Her name is Astrid Hofferson. She needs another key.

aaand until she gets one, I need another place to stay. Only that's not your problem. That's...that's something I can get from other passengers, so...

...yeah, that's all.

[Click.]

Well, missing time isn't the funnest thing, but! I did get a pretty cool dream out of it.

So.

Get this.

Azula.

Was this gigantic red monster thing. With claws. And she was trying to kill us.

But, really, what's new? 

But she's doing that. Aaand...I can't remember the rest, but we all came out of it alive one way or another, so it had to have a happy ending.

...So yeah. It's a fun mental image. Right? 

...Right.

Oh, and also. Lemme just--

Okay.

[The audio cuts out to give way to a snap-shot.

It's of a roll of toothpaste. Generic, off-brand toothpaste. Oh crap, the cap wasn't clicked. Aaah--hold on.]

So--so, uh, does anyone know what this is? It's the--well. It's on the same shelf as the brushes in the Bazaar. 

I thought at first it was just the worst white paint I've ever used, but it doesn't really smell like paint. Or, well, taste like it.

...so yeah, I'm confused.

Welp, that was fun.

No one got anyone else killed, right? We all made it in one piece?

[For those looking for a comment-log, Hiccup will be bouncing around the whole of the boat, from the top deck to the Library, to the Buffet. Feel free to make it wherever <3]

[Edit; Text//Locked to Sokka and Jim 5% Unhackable]

TOP DECK RIGHT NOW

[Since 'arriving', little beh-beh Hiccup has been wandering the good ship Elegante. He has regressed to the tender age of eight, with no recollection of his life aboard, and is presently in search of people he knows. He will not find them, as he is the only Viking aboard. But he will find you, good passengers. And you can bet your strange style of dress, he will stop you and he will ask you questions.

So who's out roaming the halls today? And who will run into this adorably misplaced carrot top?]

((ooc: Hiccup does not have the hat shown in the icons, gais. But he is, for the sake of saving tags, wearing a metal bowl on his head to compensate. Don't ask where he found it; he's eight. He's already forgotten.))

[Underage drinking may be a no-no in modern, civilized society, but where Hiccup's from? It's practically a staple of every-day life.

Now, on average, he's not one to drink. He's tiny and doesn't like the taste of ale and has had plenty of negative experiences to hold up and point to as 'good reasons not to get wasted'. Really, he hadn't gone in intending to get drunk. It's not his fault the pear wine was delicious. Or gave him massive heaps of warm-and-fuzzies. And it's certainly not his fault he ended up drinking so much, I mean, people kept handing him glasses. The rude thing would've been not to drink, am I right?

The drunk really didn't affect his tendency to bleed into the scenery, though. He contently people watched, even as his depth of field gradually shortened with every cup. For a party? Yeah. Wasn't half bad.]

So...

[...Hiccup isn't the best at starting conversations. But he does like talking with people over the comms. 

But what to say...

What to say...]

This one time, when my dad was a baby, he ripped a dragon's head clean off it's shoulders.

[This falls out of his face in a rush.]

...

I--I'm just--I'm--I'm, you know, just trying to make conversation, here.

Also, what's with all the guys here who don't--you know, who don't have beards. I mean. What's up with that. Right? 

I mean...right? That's so weird...

[...well, right. Okay. That seems good enough for now.

Oh gods.]

Really? 

Really, Captain? 

Because this has to be the worst horn ever.

And...I mean...it just looks lame. So, I've gone ahead and fixed mine. I'll fix other people's too, if they want.

[Have a picture of Hiccup holding up his Vuvuzela for the camera. It's been painted black and decorated to look like, you guessed it, a dragon. It's covered in swirls and knotted designs, has two huge green eyes and silver teeth near the bell and just generally looks awesome.]

[Squirt]

Wha--

[Hiccup sputters, then wipes a hand down his face. He glares outright at his comm.]

Okay, you? Are not funny. Now get out of--

[He seems to be motioning absentmindedly at the display.]

--whatever this is, and let me talk to my friends.

[...wait.

The little Viking teen seems to come to a painful realization. He winces, looking away, apparently embarrassed.]

...I mean.

Sokka and Jim.

Yeah.

[Okay, now that that's all sorted out, he returns his attention to his comm.]

...wait, does that say reco--

[Click.]

Well, all this talk of plotting and---and, y'know, that kind of thing sure is interesting. But, uh, got a question. Got a question here, it's not too important, just shooting it out there should...someone be bored and have the time and want to help a guy out. Little...urge for a charitable deed.

So. Yeah, guess I'll just...shoot it out there, uhm.

Here I go...

[You can almost hear the wince.]

How...common is it for people from the same place to show up?

Just--purely out of curiosity. No reason at all. Just...sort of...noticing a bit of a pattern and I'm probably not the first.

There. Done. Go back about your business or...answer or...I don't know?

[Hiccup's voice is purposely low, like he's trying his best not to disturb someone who may be in the room with him.]

So...Gideon's sick and I kinda need some help.

I'm not...a healer, or anything. Not really used to taking care of anyone who's sick. Not really from a place where you can regrow arms like human earthworms.

Help would be appreciated. Help...now would be even more appreciated.

...Yes.

Okay.

...bye.

[Aaand now the joy of waiting!]

((ooc: Takes place when Hiccup leaves the Teen Boy Squad to grab his pack. Idk if that means he's not met up with them at Jim's, or just left there.))

So, uh...Gideon? You coming back any time soon? 

You did, uh, you didn't forget about me, did you? 

Not that it'd be the first time, or anything...

I dunno, I just started to wonder...

That, and, uh--

Well...

You just--

You might...wanna come back.

Stuff might have happened and...I might've...sorta...

tried-to-take-apart-your-ice-box-and-now-its-sorta-brokennnn...

...

So yeah, hope to see you soon, bye.

[...That went well!]