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[The Great Outdoors! Well, whatever was left untouched within the city's perimeters. Still, it works. Beautiful. Just beautiful.

As the ~~rock~~ NV sits somewhere off to the side, Hiccup is seen in view with Toothless. He leans over the dragon, checking the saddle and the tethers attached to it and the prosthetic tail fin, tugging it a few times to make sure it's secure.]

Check. Check. Everything looks good! [He claps his hands together, stepping back as he does so. And after he takes a moment to approve of how well everything has held together, the boy easily swings a leg over one side, patting the scaly black flank.] Okay, buddy. I think we're ready to go–

[Go indeed- "go" is the magic word as Toothless eagerly bounds forward, wings stretching out from either side as the black dragon rushes towards the ledge of a cliff. Oh. Boy.]

–waitWAITWAITTOOTHLESS NO–

[They plunge.

A very high-pitched scream is heard, fading into the background.]

[ SOME TIME LATER: ]

[The scene stays the same, much like one of those computer screensavers used for peaceful default ambiance settings. But it isn't long before it's disturbed again, a miffed black dragon and his bedraggled boy entering in from the left side of the screen.]

I said I was sorry!

[Toothless glares flatly at Hiccup as he snorts. He shakes off the excess leaves and twigs before tromping off.

Hiccup sighs, letting his hands drop to his sides as he returns the look, watching the dragon go.]

We can try again– oh. Yeah! Okay, fine. Iii see how it is. [Pause. He suddenly looks offended.] Oh, you did not– !

[Excuse him as he chases after the dragon for a bit.]

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In my world, paying attention to a dragon's scales is a matter of life and death. If you noticed a dragon with a brassy sheen to his scales, you are most likely to be forced to be part of his conversations for a very long time, or you might find yourself robbed by a copper. However, a dragon with red scales will more than likely torture you for just the entertainment value. Chromatic dragons, the ones with black, green, white, blue, or red scales are those to be avoid at all cost. They don't have the merciful tendencies as metallic dragons do.

Usually it's generally a safe idea to just avoid all dragons. Then you don't have to worry about what they might or might not do to you.

...but just to be on the safe side, are there any other dragons here? Like those red ones you mentioned? I might try and stay out of their way even more than I do already if there are any here.

Indeed.

[ Aurican can't argue with that. Smelt and Blayze were annoying to their kin, they are probably overwhelming to lesser beings not used to them. ]

I am the only one from my world. I believe Toothless and I are the only dragons in residence.

[ Aurican won't be counting Hitsugaya's familiar spirit as a true dragon, as he is not flesh and bone. ]

Only two dragons and one of them's already said he won't eat me? Things are already starting to look up then! Well, as up as they can look with monsters and things in the dark waiting to eat us all. But I suppose that's nothing new compared to what I'm used to.

What are you used to, then?

Oh I'm sure you know how it is, bandits and demons and the occasional blood mage. And since I'm a Grey Warden as well, we spend a lot of time going into the Deep Roads to fight darkspawn and all kinds of nasty creepy things when there's miles and miles of rock overhead...

Just the thought of that part gives me the shivers.

So the Darkness is something you are somewhat familiar with, then?

Not exactly. It's different from some of the things we faced in the Deep Roads. The darkspawn don't exactly go away in the daylight, as nice as that might be sometimes.

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