This is not going to end well...

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Characters: Astrid Hofferson, OPEN

Setting/Location: District 1

Date & Time: Day 0, after most of the other people have woken up

Warnings: Anyone that Astrid stumbles across is probably getting attacked and held hostage for info, sorry.

Summary: Astrid wakes up, doesn't bother with her Junogram, and waits to ambush someone for information.

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Sweet relief.

"HICCUP!"

Before he even had the chance to look the way of that familiar voice, there was a blonde dropping her axe and barreling into him almost hard enough to knock him down, both arms wrapping around him and hugging him tightly.

She totally wasn't freaked at all by waking up here in this strange place, no, nor was she worried about him, nope nope. Never. Not in a million years.

"...What happened to Toothless?"

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Thanks for reminding her, Hiccup. Here, have a punch to the shoulder. It'll help restore her Viking stoic-ness after all that un-Vikingly hugging. Also, after getting beat to hell. With her pulling away from the hug, he'd notice that she was a complete bloody mess. Not that she seemed to mind.

"I know he's smaller. I'm asking how it happened. Dragons don't just...shrink."

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"What do you mean he just shrunk? Dragons don't just shrink! Is he okay?"

Seriously, that was not normal. A hand went to scritch Toothless' head comfortingly.

Yeah, what? Oh, the blood? What, no big deal, she won't even answer to that.

"And I don't know what happened to him, that's what I was asking you."

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"What? Oh. I got into a fight," she said, like it was nothing.

In the middle of the street. An innocent fruit stand, a wagon hitch, a lamp post, and various melons and tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables had suffered.

"I think I got a few good scars out of it."

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"Why? I don't need one."

You only needed a doctor when you were almost dead.

"You think I can't take one little fight?"

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"He's tall, has blond hair, and wears weird things over his eyes."

Spectacles: Simple, elegant, useful--and not yet invented in their culture.

"If you see him, let me know. The coward ran away from me."

Looking sidelong at Hiccup, however, and seeing his expression, she said, "But if a little blood bothers you that much, I guess I can go back to one of the inns and clean up. You know, so you don't faint or anything."