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[wotanon]

Who: EVERYONE
Where: EVERYWHERE
When: Day 507 AFTERNOON

The afternoon is dark and weird. Things are spooky. Monster mingle or regular mingle!

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[deadlynadder]

[ Probably a wise decision since resettles against him with a raised brow: ]

What was it again? Bear hug and pet names, right? How about Soft-boy?

[ It's teasing, probably. ]

[forthefamiglia]

When'd I get a reputation for being soft?

[deadlynadder]

By my standards you're definitely pretty soft.

[ A beat and she adds on: ] But that's not a bad thing.

[forthefamiglia]

[ Gonna tease right back then!! ]

How about something that doesn't come with a disclaimer?

[deadlynadder]

Are you actually going to try to use it for longer than the next five seconds?

[forthefamiglia]

I'm gonna remember it at least.

[deadlynadder]

Well, I've already said it so you'll already remember it.

Besides, it only needs a disclaimer if you make it need one. I was just saying how you're a good guy - but 'Good Guy Rion' is hardly a pet name. And isn't half of it to have secondary implications?

[ Look she should double down because like??? She's already said it she can't unsay it. Besides he is soft - ]

[forthefamiglia]

[ Honestly he's laughing at that doubling down because it's too funny and cute. ]

Okay, okay, I graciously accept the first one.

[deadlynadder]

[ Elbow him before giving a satisfied hmph: ]

Looks like all you got left is a hug to see if you can get a new form, then.

[ or just stay perma werehorse like she's perma dragon - ]

[forthefamiglia]

Looks like it.

[ Opening his arms for her again, surely he'll survive this time. ]

[deadlynadder]

[ It's time for another bear hug - But he's right :( Horse Rion just too beefy to squish. ]

[forthefamiglia]

[ Yesss, survival, and giving her a warm hug before letting go. ]

I think that's all of them.

[deadlynadder]

Yep, now you'll have to help me.

[ Hands him the card for him to choose the line - ]

[forthefamiglia]

[ Tracing down the column second from the right. ]

How about this one?

[deadlynadder]

[ She finds it and frowns slightly with a roll of her eyes - ]

Talking ones, huh.

[ Said with all the indignation of someone who just likes to punch things. She shakes her head: ]

Should we start at the top, then?

[forthefamiglia]

[ Unabashedly. ]

I like talking.

And that sounds good.

[deadlynadder]

Of course you do.

[ Life is so much easier if you just punch things, but she doesn't linger too much further on it. It says share a memory, so obviously the natural solution there is to bring out the cellphone and buy one. There is a brief moment of hesitance since the last of the batch she purchased a few days prior... left her blinded for a little bit. ]

[ But she doesn't let herself think about it too long before she presses the purchase button. And Rion gets to see this across the nearby screens... It's a lot of information (war) all at once - among certain other things. ]

[ She's honestly just - Quiet for once, brows furrowed. ]

[forthefamiglia]

That was... a lot.

[ Definitely a lot to take in. ]

[deadlynadder]

[ Another moment and she kind of laughs - It's not exactly amused or over-the-top. It's most just a sound that almost sounds like understanding. Agreement? ]

You're telling me - I think the least complicated memories were the races.

[forthefamiglia]

... You said someone you knew was here, was he... ?

[ He won't point out which, but... ]

[deadlynadder]

Hiccup?

[ There's only so many options there and she'd hit him over any other one - ]

Yeah, that's him.

[protectshisown]

[He was just going about his day, looking for people to play with, and he just happened to be passing by the area close enough to see the memory on the screen and]

[Oh, its an incident he doesn't remember. What's going on-]

[ITS THAT MOTHERFUCKER!!!]

[Man, what is going on with this guy, what is his game.]

[Yeah, no, the betrayal tracks with this guy, and of course he wouldn't sacrifice Astrid even if the Dragon Eye is a sham-]

[Oh]




[Ooooooooh]

[deadlynadder]

[ You know what's a good thing? (: She doesn't know he sees this and it's not her first thought to cross her mind in the middle of a conversation. And well... Maybe it'll come to mind later, but on the chance he didn't see it - or anyone who would tell him didn't - she's not going to reach out.

There's no reason to talk about it afterall! What's on Berk - or the Edge - stays on the Berk or Edge! As she tells Rion as Hiccup gets to see this, she'd already had an inkling of something. He's in a relationship here and happy - has plans, thoughts, people he wants to be back.

So she's not going to interfere - and if he doesn't know, she's not going to say anything.

Sorry, Hiccup, this time it's you who's gonna have to find her on a proverbial thinking seastack. ]

[protectshisown]

[He's gonna give her some time anyway. Check in with Izanagi as he thinks about how to approach this, but the fact Astrid hasn't messaged him...]

[She's having some feelings about it and with the knowledge of the tattoo, he's pretty sure they should talk about it.]

[It takes a bit to find her, but he knows the best places to avoid being seen amongst the skies and he knows she's going to be high up. It helps that he's able to catch her scent on the air after a certain point and is able to follow it until he finds her.]

[deadlynadder]

[ The funny thing is - it's a thought, but she's not hiding. Astrid's decided she wouldn't hide again. But rushing to someone to tell them something like that when they're in an active relationship isn't something she will do. Most of her newest bingo card is complete, so she's decided she can take a break.

Enjoy flying for a little longer; It's early - or she thinks it's early, hard to say with the sky like that. She likes it when it's quieter, even if she doesn't remember that. It's not exactly relaxing that leads her to watching the skies. The intent was there, but her thoughts go back.

Maybe she should be more surprised by the fact he finds her. Her tail flicks - maybe it's anxiously: ]

Here I thought I was the tracking dragon. [ Said as casual as can be as she looks over at him. ] How's the cards going?

[ No, she's not immediately assuming he knows about the memory. She's going to treat him the same as she has - or tries to. ]