summerschild: (♜ lend a mending hand)
Bran Stark ([personal profile] summerschild) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-06-13 05:36 pm

♖ 001.

Who: Bran Stark and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The HS Marsiva Hospitality Deck
When: 6/13

[On the Hospitality Deck, there's a little lump of dirt and fur on the floor next to one of the cots, twisted up in the white sheets. Bran had woken up in a fit of panic, scrabbling for the damp floor of the Queenscrown holdfast, and then-]

Is anyone there? Hello?

[A bump on his head aches from the tumble. He doesn't understand what he's seeing in front of him, through the clear glass of the bowing windows. It makes him dizzy, and he rubs at his nose with one grubby hand. His fur cape is still muddy from the thunderstorm, making him look a bit like an abandoned puppy.]

I need some help!

[He tries to use the cot to pull himself back up, but with a click the wheel unlocks, and sends the bed teetering towards anyone coming across the floor. Oops...]
horrendous: (tronar eviggrøn yvir urdarbrønn)

[personal profile] horrendous 2015-06-14 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bran's best lordly voice is entirely lost on Hiccup.]

Yeah, I noticed. [The kid can't get up. He's not sure why-- maybe he's tangled? He offers his hand.]

Come on, let's get you up.
horrendous: (☇ all roads lead to you)

[personal profile] horrendous 2015-06-15 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks down.]

... Oh.

[A pause. An awkward one. And then he grins somewhat and points at his own metal leg.]

Well, at least you're in good company. Can I... uh, pick you up? So I can put you in a different bed. One that doesn't roll.

I'll see if I can make you something later. I made my leg and... lots of other stuff.
horrendous: (statt upp or svevna)

[personal profile] horrendous 2015-06-16 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Trained by the very best. [He's very fond of Gobber, and it shows in his smile.] Sorry about this. I never liked being hauled around, either. Happens a lot when you're small, huh?

[He lifts Bran carefully, bridal style, and hefts him toward another cot. Hiccup is surprisingly strong for a string bean. One doesn't work in a smithy without having muscle mass, though he's probably not going to win any arm-wrestling contests.

He sets the boy down gently so Bran can sit up against the headboard.]


There, see? No harm done.
horrendous: (tri nornar eg ber at liv skal du spinne)

[personal profile] horrendous 2015-06-16 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Sure.

[Hiccup's had a lot of time to sort out how he feels about his body. Nothing Drago hurled at him was anything new; he's heard every joke in the book and some that were unwritten. He sits on the other end of the bed and stretches his legs out.]

What if I told you it was from fighting a dragon?
horrendous: (tronar eviggrøn yvir urdarbrønn)

[personal profile] horrendous 2015-06-16 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
A dragon. [He leans toward Bran a bit.] It was as big as a mountain. We called it the Red Death.

My friend couldn't save all of me. He tried, but in the end we've got no left feet. [... That was terrible, Hiccup.]
horrendous: (☇ whenever a storm comes)

[personal profile] horrendous 2015-06-16 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. Never seen a dragon. [This isn't something he wants to think about.] I can't imagine life without dragons. They've been a part of Viking tradition since-- since there were Vikings.

Maybe they just went somewhere else? Dragons go where there's food and... an ancestral sort of calling, sometimes.
horrendous: (om frøa er ber syng den song)

[personal profile] horrendous 2015-06-17 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
That's... sad. But, you know, as long as the eggs aren't broken, it's possible for them to come back. [He smiles a bit.] Usually it's up to the parents. They'll warm the eggs with their breath, if they've got it. Or you can toss them near a big fire.

Sometimes they'll explode on their own. [Astrid, please.] But someone probably would've noticed that.

[He really doesn't want to think about dragons leaving nope nope nope nope nope LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT]

What's your name?
Edited 2015-06-17 01:31 (UTC)
horrendous: (høgtimbra ætter)

[personal profile] horrendous 2015-06-18 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Dragon eggs are pretty resilient.

[Ah good yes a subject change.]

Hiccup. Nice to meet you.