007 - Phone

[worstvikingever]

[He sounds nervous, as usual, but it's not as nervous as he's been in the past. Like when the angels were around, for instance. He's just... a little worried.]So hey, the new highway that... apparently just popped up. People have been checking it out, right? I wanted to go too but Klaus... uh. Wouldn't let me

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[electrowhipit]

[ someone sounds tired ] The exits aren't real. Or, at least, if they are, we can't use them.

[worstvikingever]

Okay you're going to have to explain to me what that means, because... well. We don't have highways where I come from.

[electrowhipit]

Exits... well, they're side roads that usually lead from the main highway to other towns. Sideswipe tried to drive off on one, but we ended up in a ditch.

[worstvikingever]

Okay, so... what does that mean? It's gotta lead somewhere.

[infinitemars]

I found out that the girl at the Diner along the highway doesn't seem like all the drones here in town. Also I heard something earlier about bears, but I never encountered one.

[worstvikingever]

What do you mean "doesn't seem like?" How's she different?

[He ignores the part about bears because. Well. His village had to deal with dragons for centuries. Bears are no big deal.]

[infinitemars]

Well, when I introduced myself, she didn't act like it was strange. Most the drones will act like you're a bit crazy because they think you've been here forever, right? She just introduced herself back.

[worstvikingever]

So... it wasn't weird that you showed up and didn't know her. Did she... [He hesitates, trying to figure out how to word this next part.] Did she... notice that the highway had just kind of... shown up out of nowhere?

[brb_inventing]

Hey, Hiccup! You wanna go check it out with me? I'm totally taking the car to see it for myself.

[Warning. She has never driven before.]

[worstvikingever]

Uh... I dunno, Klaus told me to stay put in a very specific tone of voice.

[It never stopped him when his real dad said it, but he wasn't scared of his dad. Klaus still kind of freaked him out. A lot.

Also what the angels did to him is never very far from his mind.]

[backseat_dragon]

I missed going because I had to work...

[worstvikingever]

That's too bad. Apparently it just goes in one big circle and doesn't lead anywhere.

[backseat_dragon]

A circle? Like around town?

[worstvikingever]

I guess? I dunno, that's what people are saying.

[hontobakabaka]

"I went with a few people from class, but it seemed fairly routine and uninteresting. There was a diner and a gas station and it looped back onto itself. It basically just gave us a slightly dangerous out of town area to explore for a bit."

[worstvikingever]

Huh. Nothing... super crazy? No... uh... [He tries to figure out fifties oddities.] Giant robots? Aliens?

...angels?

[hontobakabaka]

"Someone said there were psychic bears, but that seems a bit silly. There was very little out there."

[worstvikingever]

Psychic bears.

Really.

[Yeah that's Hiccup totally not believing a word of it.]