Eighteen: In Which Klaus Trains His Adorable Gaggle Of Children To Be Ruthless Hunters

[myblimpisbigger]

[Later in the afternoon on Easter Sunday, after family time is over (whether that's church or just loafing around with chocolate bunnies), residents may notice a group of very tiny people scuttling frantically around Mayfield's park (which is where everything seems to happen, I mean, really). This is Klaus's kindergarten class, or at least, the

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[worstvikingever]

[He has just finished hiding the eggs and now he's standing, watching the kids, a couple of them hanging onto his legs. He's trying to stay balanced with his one fake leg.]

I can't believe I'm doing this.

[myblimpisbigger]

[Aw, but Hiccup, the kids love you so! You're so ~cool~ and ~mature~ and easy to beat at tag! Also, unlike your dad, your legs are skinny enough that they can get a really good grip on them.]

Oh? And what do you find so unbelievable about it?

[worstvikingever]

[He'd be constantly humiliated by the fact that he can't win at tag except the kids are just so darn cute he can't possibly be angry. Hiccup shrugs.]

I dunno, I just... hiding chocolate eggs? How is that a tradition?

[myblimpisbigger]

To be very honest? I myself am not sure. But the children insisted.

[And he just couldn't say no. How could you expect him to say no?!

One of the children clinging to Hiccup's legs (the one who is in possession of the normal one) flumps down into a sitting position atop Hiccup's foot and proclaims himself an irremovable tumor.

Klaus, what have you been teaching these children.]

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup stares down at the child.]

Oh. Well then I guess I'm an immovable... monster.

[And now, for no reason Hiccup himself can fathom, he is pretending to be a monster, going all "raaaawr" at the children's heads.]

[myblimpisbigger]

[The children, predictably, scatter, shrieking with laughter and cries of "Monster! Monster! He's going to steal our candy!". Klaus watches this with utter amusement.]

You do have a way with them. Were there many young children in your village, or are you just making it up as you go?

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup would chase after them, but he's kind of thankful for the moment of FREEDOOOOOM. Besides, he can't run very well.]

Not really. I mean yeah, there were kids, but I didn't really spend a whole lot of time with them.

[myblimpisbigger]

Too busy flying with dragons, I trust.

[Ignore him, he's just in a weirdly good mood today. Probably because today has been fairly 'nice' and 'normal' and that's always something to celebrate around here.]

I never spent much time around the students aboard Castle Wulfenbach... but you would be amazed at how much running an empire is like looking after a group of hyperactive, squabbling children.

[worstvikingever]

Well. Sometimes. Also I was in the forge a lot. And I'm pretty sure the parents didn't want my... unvikingness to rub off on their kids or something.

[He hasn't really heard a whole lot about the whole "running an empire" thing, so this piques his interest.]

Really? I mean, it's not like I have any experience with anything bigger than a small island, but I wouldn't have thought that it'd be like that.