Hiccup & Toothless (
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outer_divide2013-06-01 12:25 pm
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[the video feed turns on, and a giant, curious yellow eye stares back, accompanied by a deep, rumbling noise that sounded a bit like a cat's purr. Off in the distance comes a young man's voice talking in Norse - although thanks to the communicator's translation, there's an easy English text version popping up]
Toothless, what are you doing with that…[there's a crash, as the voice has apparently just dropped something]...oh gods, it's a magic book.
[the giant eye twists away, as Toothless lifts his head up to look inquisitively off at something to the side - the source of the voice, presumably. The angle is strange, and all you can see is part of his head, but it's clear enough that Toothless is covered in black scales, and big.]
Okay, okay…Toothless, just come over here, okay buddy? [Toothless rumbles softly, but takes a step away from the book, and out of view.] That's it, come on…let's get away from the magic, probably cursed book…oh gods, why me…
Toothless, what are you doing with that…[there's a crash, as the voice has apparently just dropped something]...oh gods, it's a magic book.
[the giant eye twists away, as Toothless lifts his head up to look inquisitively off at something to the side - the source of the voice, presumably. The angle is strange, and all you can see is part of his head, but it's clear enough that Toothless is covered in black scales, and big.]
Okay, okay…Toothless, just come over here, okay buddy? [Toothless rumbles softly, but takes a step away from the book, and out of view.] That's it, come on…let's get away from the magic, probably cursed book…oh gods, why me…
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It's not magic. It is made of machines. Technology; very elaborate and advanced to you, no doubt. But entirely made by the hands of man.
And you might want to get your...pet, away from it. So that it doesn't get damaged.
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Are you sure about that? Technology is...you know, pulley systems, catapults, better ways of reigning down fire and destruction upon your enemies, etcera ectera.. This is a book with moving pictures. How could you make something like this without magic?
[he glances off to the side, where Toothless is presumably stashed out of view]
Toothless...Toothless isn't really a pet. He's my friend.
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And I understand your confusion; it sounds as if technology is at a similar state in your world as it was in mine. But there are a lot of things here to prove that invention has far advanced that which we know.
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Oh, don't worry. I won't let him break it. He's never torn my journal before, so I don't think this would be a problem. But - advanced inventions? [he looks very interested in this] What kind of inventions?
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I'm probably not the best person to ask about details, though. I don't pretend to understand much about how it works. It might as well be magic, it's only as a point of distinction that it's not.
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Do you know who does understand how they work? Do you think they'd mind if I asked them about it?
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