016 - Phone call

[worstvikingever]

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[inababanchou]

Hiccup?

...

So you're okay...

[worstvikingever]

I'm alive, I'm still around, so yeah, I guess so.

[inababanchou]

... Who is Ples?

[worstvikingever]

Ples Tibenoch. He... we... had kind of. A showdown. During the... thing.

[inababanchou]

I'm... sorry to hear that, Hiccup. Want me to come over?

[worstvikingever]

Only... if you want to. I'll be okay.

Going to change this from [ Phone ] to [ Action ]. Sounds good?

[inababanchou]

I think I will. I'll be over in a bit, Hiccup.

That's fine!

[worstvikingever]

Okay, cool. See you soon.

[ Action ]

[inababanchou]

[ Souji comes to Hiccup's house, remembering from before conversations where he actually lives and not showing up to the forge. He knocks on the door. ]

It's Souji.

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup opens the door, nodding at Souji.]

Hi.

[inababanchou]

Hey.

[ Souji comes in. He has one of the swords that Hiccup lent to him a few weeks earlier wrapped up in a big yellow beach towel and tied. The hilt is sticking out but at least the blade is covered. ]

... I'm sorry. I couldn't get back the rest from my friends. Mine was the only one I could hang onto.

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup blinks, stepping back to let him in.]

Oh. No that's okay, don't worry about it. You can hang onto it. That's what they were made for.

[inababanchou]

[ Souji lets the brief exchange pause for a few moments. He sits down and unbinds the sword from its wrappings, and balances the flat of the blade on his thighs. He palms the hilt a little, otherwise admiring the polished-mirror sheen on the blade. ]

...What happened with Ples?

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup hesitates before slowly responding.]

He killed Klaus and then tried to kill me.

[inababanchou]

...

But you defended yourself.

[ His gaze shifts from the sword blade to Hiccup. ]

[worstvikingever]

[He's silent for a moment.]

Yeah.

I did.