I Run They Run Everybody Run Run

[b2_dragon]

Who: Toothless & OPEN~!
When: Tuesday morning to afternoon or whenever he's dragged home or something
Where: Sector 4, generally around the apartment building Hiccup & Astrid are staying
Summary: Bored dragon + cramped quarters = TIME TO EXPLORE! 8D
Warnings: --
Notes: Separate threads if you please~!


     Stay, Toothless.

     It was always the same since he'd gotten here and been herded to the little space that Hiccup and Astrid apparently lived in. Sure, it was fine for a while. The bed was nice and comfortable, but he wasn't allowed on it when they were around. There wasn't much room to move about otherwise, and after a week it was probably a miracle anything in the apartment was still in one piece between dragon and the viking girl.

     But when no one was home, what was he to keep himself occupied with?

     The door had given way with only a bit of applied pressure. It now lay perpendicular to the door frame, hinges hanging uselessly in place. Beyond, the lonely hallway with its weird, musty smells. Figuring his way around the building's hallways was an adventure in itself, and perhaps not without startling a few residents, Toothless finally found an open window that promised an escape- if only it had been wide enough for him to fit through.

     He'd tried his best, but small as he was, he was still too large to get out. Having a saddle strapped to your back didn't help to slim you down much, either. Eventually he had to resort to finding that cramped passageway that Astrid had used to lead him up in the first place. It certainly beat going inside the cage-room with the sliding metal doors, though.

     After so much work, it was well worth it for the dragon to be outside where he could stretch his wings out, and while the air wasn't necessarily fresh as he knew, it was better than nothing. But now that he was outside, what should he do?

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[gavesugar]

There is the softest of gasps echoing in the air as Sheila - turning the corner, fresh from a shopping trip, her arms overladen with groceries - sees the dragon emerging into the sunlight.

She has only recently acclimated to such magic existing.

[b2_dragon]

     He's probably a lot smaller than one would expect of a dragon, perhaps comparable to the size of an automobile. Leather bands are strapped around his chest and stomach, fastening some kind of saddle to his back, from which are also attached some strange bits that lead along to his tail. Said tail seems to sport a strange device to compensate for the lacking half a fin. Obviously someone's tamed this creature, to some degree at least.

     The gasp draws Toothless' attention, his ear flaps perking as he turns his head to look over towards the woman. She looks familiar...

[gavesugar]

He might be smaller than the first dragon she saw, and tame to boot, but he's still a dragon - and more impressive than on the tiny screen of her nv.

She smiles and clicks her tongue at the creature, approaching slowly with caution but not fear, her palm out. "Ye've found yourself homebound with Astrid, I see." She hasn't met Hiccup yet, but knows the girl.

[b2_dragon]

     Head tilting, Toothless remains where he is, attention completely upon the woman. Astrid- oh, that's the name of the loud-girl, yes. One of her friends, then?

     There's a familiar gesture. His eyes fix on her hand, then flick up to glance at her face and back again.

[gavesugar]

"Mayst I?" He's a good dragon - and she does have a can of sardines in her bag. Perhaps she, Hattie and Ella will just eat something ELSE during their movie night...

[b2_dragon]

     The dragon remained perfectly still, seeming almost expectant of her to do something. He sniffed at her hand, then finally bridged the small space left between them to give it a nudge.

[icy_heavens]

He'd had a few things to drop off in this sector, and now that it was done, Hitsugaya was about to shunpo back to the house; the day was getting too hot for his tastes, and he would much rather be inside.

But then, just a few feet ahead of him, what wandered into his view but a familiar dragony form. Well. He could spare a few moments for a dragon, right? That wouldn't hurt anything. It wasn't like he was in a hurry.

A quiet clearing of his throat to get the dragon's attention. A calm and relaxed stance to assure the dragon that he had no threatening intent. One didn't just up and offend such a creature. That would have been supremely disrespectful.

[b2_dragon]

     The black dragon tilted his head at the sound, swiveling his gaze about to look towards the little captain. Seeing as Hitsugaya didn't seem to be trying to threaten him (or perhaps it was also due to his size), Toothless relaxed a little.

     Ah, another of the faces he'd seen on his little fish. This one hadn't been loud and obnoxious either.

     Very slowly, he started to slink towards Hitsugaya, curious.

[icy_heavens]

He tried to keep himself from smiling. There might be people around. Heaven forbid he have a happy facial expression where people could see him. He let Toothless approach him, making no gesture of any kind, but still as relaxed as could be.

"It's okay." Meaning both that he had no intention of being a threat, and that Toothless was allowed to examine him to satisfy his curiosity.

Hitsugaya didn't have this much patience with a lot of creatures, but dragons were one of them. He'd held a fascination with them even before his zanpakutou spirit had proven to be one.

[b2_dragon]

     Step by step, Toothless eventually closed the distance between them. He circled Hitsugaya, the clips of his harness jingling as he does so.

     Although small, the dragon got the impression that the little human wasn't some pushover. There was something about him, definitely. But he wasn't trying to be imposing or anything. His strangely expressive face seemed to settle into something less cautious as he came around Hitsugaya's front again, pausing within easy reach to see what he'd do.

[icy_heavens]

He let Toothless circle him, secure in the belief that he wouldn't attack without being directly threatened in some way. Not everybody was like that. People could be such incredible idiots about dragons, assuming they're always looking for the kill. But a dragon was no more inherently evil than a human.

When Toothless came back around to his front, he carefully reached out his hand, palm turned upward to further show a lack of aggression on his part. He would leave where things went next up to the dragon; he certainly wasn't going to touch him without permission. That was rude.

Shortest Thread Ever?

[blondandperfect]

Hattie just so happened to be jogging through the area, and it was the one day she had decided not to use the treadmill. This way was.. Different, it was interesting! The Spring air, the people, the dragons, the-

The dragons??

Hattie came to an abrupt stop upon seeing Toothless. Her lower lip quivered. Finally, she took a deep breath, shrieked at the top of her lungs, then raced off in the opposite direction!

Never. Jogging. Outside. Again. EVER.

XD;

[b2_dragon]

     ....

     Toothless watched as the woman ran off. Humans. Huh.

Hattie is such an embarrassment. :D

[ella_of_frell]

It was rare that Ella was able to go outside for simple luxury lately, but she was taking advantage of it by leaps and bounds. She was restringing her mandolin when she caught sight of .... of something she hadn't expected to see, quite frankly.

It... is a dragon isn't it? She'd heard about them, but never seen one ... and what she heard about them wasn't always complimentary. Still, she paused her motions, turning her gaze to watch the escapee enjoy his own freedom.

Hehehe

[b2_dragon]

     How nice it was, not to be cramped within such tiny walls. Wings unfurled, Toothless flapped them about a few times, giving a wide yawn before shaking himself out from head to tail. The motion set his harness jingling.

     And then quite abruptly, the dragon paused. That feeling, it was hard to ignore. He turned his head, staring right over at the girl with wide, curious eyes.

[ella_of_frell]

Fortunately, Ella was braver than her stepsister. She didn't scream and run away...even though her lessons in womanly etiquette back home said she cought to scream and flee, seek out a brave knight to slay the terrifying beast. Or faint since dragons were said to spirit away maidens.

But those stories were silly...and he had a saddle. Or harness at least. "You ...must have a rider." She mused, partially to herself. That or someone tried to ride him and got un-dragoned. But...let's not consider that possibility.

[b2_dragon]

     Watching Ella expectantly, the dragon simply tilted his head as she spoke to herself. Hiccup did that a lot. Toothless wasn't interested in one-sided conversations.

     He was, however, somewhat curious as to the thing the girl held. Ella hardly seemed a threat, and it wasn't long before the dragon began to approach, his eyes shifting between the mandolin and the girl as though he were gauging if she would run or not.

[ella_of_frell]

Oh. Oh. Okay. It--he? She? was...coming closer. That was okay, the dragon wasn't... looking particularly menacine. Curious if anything. Though she tensed at the approach, she smiled cautiously.

"... Hey there." The dragon seemed kind of interested in the instrument in her lap, and Ella glanced down at it. "... do you like music?" Nice dragon, good dragon.

Watching Toothless as much as he watched her, she placed her fingers across the strings of the mandolin and plucked a few chords.

[kryptonianclone]

Conner had a pet superdog, and that dog needed exercise, so Conner was currently out taking Krypto for a walk/fly when the dog picked up on the scent of something. In midair, Krypto's ears pricked up as he looked intently off into the distance before zipping off, barking.

"Wh - Krypto!" Conner followed after his dog and it really shouldn't have surprised him when he saw Krypto hovering over and barking at a dragon. Well, at least it looked like a dragon.

[b2_dragon]

     Well, that was a fine greeting! Toothless hissed, lowering his body in an almost defensive stance as he glared at the flying dog. Nevermind that it was a dog and that it could fly, the nerve of it to be barking at him!

     A low growl rumbled from his throat, a warning sound. Back off, pup, if you know what's good for you!

[kryptonianclone]

"Krypto!" Conner put himself in between his dog and the dragon, holding up his hands in surrender. "Whoa, it's okay, big guy. Please don't eat my dog, okay? He's probably hard to chew anyway."

[b2_dragon]

     The dragon pulled back at the appearance of Conner. His ear flaps still flattened against his head, he eyed this new person warily. Finally he seemed to back down a bit, although still looking annoyed at the dog.

[kryptonianclone]

"Thaaat's it. Niiiice dragon. Krypto, sit your butt down on the ground and stop growling right now," he ordered. Krypto let out a whine but did at Conner ask, although he kept on glaring at Toothless and sniffing the air experimentally, trying to judge if he was a threat or not.

[rewritethesky]

She was out only for a moment, heading back to the apartment after a quick stop at a local cafe. The cool and frothy drinks that they were now selling were quickly becoming a favourite of Namine's.

She didn't expect to find an escapee dragon on her way home though. Only a few blocks away and in the bright daylight, it was hard to not notice the dark scales. The only dragon she knew about was Mushu (and Maleficent's dragon form, but she was more witch than dragon), but that was barely a fair comparison given how big Toothless is.

She's startled, but not enough to drop her drink. Instead, she's glued to her spot, just cautiously watching the creature.

[b2_dragon]

     At that particular moment, Toothless had his attention on a bird. He watched as it flitted back and forth, then alighted upon a the branch of a little nearby tree. It wasn't exactly a hungry look, as the dragon had no intentions of hunting down something so tiny.

     His ear flaps perk then, and he turns his head, looking at the blond girl some distance away. No, it wasn't Astrid, he realized with mild disappointment.