punchandkiss | First Viking Assault

[When the camera turns on, it’s upside down, and shows a lovely pair of fur lined brown boots sitting on the ground, folded beneath a red leather skirt covered in…are those spikes? They certainly look like spikes. The camera shakes a few times, and then violently shifts to the left as though someone smacked it. And then there is a sigh.]

This can’t be right.

[The voice is female, and frustrated, and after a moment the camera moves wildly again, as it lifts up into the air, showing an image from above of a blonde teenager sitting on the grass somewhere, leaning her back against a tree, and there is a green pokemon curled up on the ground next to her chewing intently on what might be a rock. She looks like she’s about to throw the pokegear away, even make a little growl of frustration, but she happens to glance up at the last second and see that the screen is actually doing something.]

[She brings it back down, frowning at it (still upside down) as she taps the screen with her thumb a few times and finally turns it the right side over. After a few more seconds of poking and prodding, and a few more of pushing her Pokemon out of the way when it becomes a bit too curious about what’s on the shiny machine, she slumps down where she’s sitting and just stares at the screen.]

Okay. That guy. That professor said I can use this to talk to people. Other people, I mean, besides…everyone in this town…people who also woke up in a weird house with a little creature following them around, I mean.

[Some of her anger might be showing through there.]

So, hello. Hi. Whatever. I’m Astrid. I need- [She cuts off as the Axew suddenly pokes his head back into view again, and there’s more shuffling as she pushes him back off-screen.] Sit. Stay. Right there. Good boy.

Anyway. Other than some stuff that didn’t make any sense, all I know is I’ve got this guy following me around and something about training and collecting and…look, it doesn’t matter. I just need to know where Stormfly, my dragon, is…and my axe…and how to get home.

In that order. Thanks.

[Some more fumbling and after about fifteen seconds of a lovely shot of the palm of her hand, Astrid manages to turn the device off.]

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[Astrid is the harcorest of Hardcore. Except she has no idea what that means, outside of being hardcore at fighting dragons. Luckily it didn't come up.]

Stormfly is my dragon. She's...much bigger than this.

[She glances down at the Axew, who happily bounces in place.]

A dragon type...[This part is almost said to herself, and then something else the girl said clicks, and she looks back at the screen.] What? But people have said weapons don't come with us here. Where can I find another one?!

[She wants an axe!]

Wow, you already have a dragon? [ -type pokemon ] You must be really talented! [ at pokemon training ]

[ Haruka beams! This girl really is hardcore! Not a moment out of the house in New Bark Town and already somehow she has a super cool pokemon! ]

Right! You don't get anything when you come here--at least except for things in your pockets--but you can find a replacement for your "axe"!

[ slight emphasis on the word "axe" because hey she understands J-ROCK lingo too! Look, she's an inside in the industry also!!! ]

Maybe not in the first town, because I didn't see any stores that would sell it, but I'm in a very large city now called Goldenrod, and I'm very sure you could get a brand new one!

[ Ahh, Haruka, what a doofus. ]

I guess. [Yeah, she is, but she's not used to it being put out so directly.] Almost everyone in Berk had a dragon, though. But I was one of the first.

[Small pride, maybe.]

Goldenrod. [Well, a town she's never heard of.]

How far is that from where I am? And...how much would an axe...cost? Do you know what they're like? How big are they?

[She knew of money, but she'd never had cause to actually need any.]

Berk must be some super powered village if everyone has a dragon, wow!

[ Oh. No wonder she's so damn cool. She grew up with it. Something a normal girl like Haruka could never achieve!!!

]

Mmm, I'm not sure! Like any good instrument, really nice ones can get pretty expensive, I would imagine... Ah! But they can differ in size and shape, but...

[ Haruka sets her device on something, then holds up a decent-sized space between her hands, signifying the head of the guitar. For axe-wielding, dragon-slaying purposes it's not a GREAT axe but it's no hatchet either. ]

Most would be about this big.

[Astrid hadn't thought about it that way before, but it made sense.] I guess it is. We used to spend so much time fighting dragons we never thought about it, but now that we have them...

[Not that Astrid had dreams of conquest or anything, of course...]

[She watches the girl giving a size. Well, that was decent enough, she supposed. It would have to do.]

I will have to see about getting one when I get there. [And she'd have to hurry, too.]

A secret clan of dragon fighters... It sounds really cool, at least!

[ Thumbs way up Astrid; you're cool in her book. ]

Mmm hmm! I can help you shop around if you'd like!... I think my friends and I will be in Goldenrod for quite a while.

[She nods.]

Thanks. Just vikings, not a...clan. Is Goldenrod on the way to Ecruteak? I need to get there to see Hiccup.

[Not that she was worried, exactly...but he did have horns.]

[ So these J-Rockers call themselves vikings now? Well, she can see the appeal, she guesses... ]

I think we all have maps in our trainer bag, but yes, Goldenrod is on the way to Ecruteak!

I haven't looked through my bag much. I'll find that.

Okay, I'll see about buying on then. Thanks a lot.

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