we go where no one goes

[no_eels]

Who: Toothless and you! (open!)
Where: Outside the mansion... and against the side of it.
When: October 29th
Rating: G
Summary: Toothless is back from his canon update. And confused, very confused. Also, the side of the mansion might have a dragon imprint for a short while.
The Story:

It's a fairly sunny early afternoon. Inconspicuous, almost, aside from Storybrooke making way to Wonderland. Birds are singing, fish are happily living a dragon-free existence. But it isn't to last. A winged shadow swoops over the grounds of the mansion — sleek and graceful, at first, and then flailing as the shadow realizes he doesn't have a rider anymore. Toothless stares around at Wonderland as memories come back to him, willy-nilly, and even his new back fins aren't enough to stop the rapid approach of the mansion itself. There's just not enough time.

The Nightfury gives a very loud, almost long-suffering roar as he collides with the side of the mansion, scrambling with his legs — unsuccessfully — to find purchase. He slides down past, and over, several windows, still rumbling loudly as he ends up in a black, leathery heap at the side of the mansion.

For a long moment, the heap is still, and then slowly Toothless rights himself. He examines himself for a moment before licking a paw and raising it to his face, wiping off the dust that he collected from the side of the mansion itself. His side that hit the mansion is sore, but nothing serious has been done. Dragons have to be tough to do what they do.

And now that he's probably scared someone to death inside, he's back. Though his feelings are mixed, given the lack of Hiccup in the vicinity. It could be like the first time, he supposes — ending up on the wrong sides of the mansion. Toothless cleans himself up a bit more before he gets to his feet, making a noise in the back of his throat that distinctly sounds like grumbling.

Comments

[seekinghome]

Know what Ed wasn't expecting to have added to his day? A dragon sliding down his window. He jumps at the noise and stares at the window as Toothless goes down it before going over to the window to open it and stick his head out. At least since his room is on the second floor, he doesn't really have to yell. "Uh, are you okay?"

[no_eels]

Very slowly, the black pile of dragon begins to move again. He shifts his head upward, toward Ed. He wasn't expecting this, either, and grumbles loudly in complaint. Why do mansions have to come out of nowhere and slam against him? It's not fair. Just no fair at all.

That's his story and he's sticking to it.

[seekinghome]

"I'm taking that as a 'yes'. Why'd you smack into the building, anyway?" Ed sits on the edge of the windowsill, balancing himself carefully so he doesn't fall out.

[no_eels]

Toothless' answer is another, louder grumble in the air; the dragon is annoyed he slammed into it at all. He shouldn't have. But losing your rider will do that to you, when you don't realize you're out of one world and into another until it's too late.

Thanks, Wonderland.

He shakes some dust off of him, disturbed from the building, and looks up at Ed curiously. Around his body is a very different harness from the one he was wearing before, and along his back is a double row of dark fins that weren't there before.

[seekinghome]

Yeah, Ed's noticing that, squinting a little to make out details. It's a little hard to see with the distance. "Got some time off back home?"

Then a light goes on in his head. "You got dropped here mid-flight back home, didn't you?"

[no_eels]

Rumbling after a minute, the Nightfury looks up and makes a long-suffering sound in the back of his throat. He certainly hadn't planned to show back up in Wonderland without his rider. Heck, he hadn't remembered Wonderland until a moment ago, and the dragon starts looking about him, as if a little dazed.

Wonderland. He'd forgotten.

How had he forgotten?

[seekinghome]

Ed's taking Toothless' response as a 'yes'. "I've yet to get dropped off back home and returned. Dunno if that's a good or bad thing. Gonna reacquaint yourself with the place? I'm guessing you weren't gone too long, since I might notice if you've been gone for an age. Shouldn't be too many changes of people around, I think."

[onsilksheets]

Bela was outside the mansion when she heard the crashing sound; thanks for disturbing a leisurely walk, whoever or whatever you are. She makes her way towards the source of the noise as she wants to know what caused it. Might be dangerous but there was only one way to find out.

She spots a familiar looking dragon when she rounds the corner, stopping in her tracks. "Oh. Hey." There's a smile from Bela as she approaches Toothless, checking him over briefly before her gaze is drawn upwards. She can see where he hit the mansion, but it doesn't look too damaged.

"Are you all right? Did you hurt yourself?"

[no_eels]

Very slowly, Toothless rises to his feet and shakes his head to get the dust off of it. He looks, curiously, to Bela before giving a high trill in response, in the back of his throat. He's perfectly fine. The thing about being a flying creature is that you have to be prepared for a few crashes here and there. Minor crashes, of course.

This doesn't exactly qualify, but the Nightfury is especially resilient; he's survived worse than this.

(Though, on one of those occasions, he'd lost his tail fin.)

Toothless shakes his body to get rid of the new debris, shaking his new harness — to Wonderland, at least — and the new, mysterious fins on his back in the process.

[onsilksheets]

She'll take that sound and the fact that he was moving around to be a sign that Toothless was just fine. "Thank God you're all right." Bela sighs with relief, giving him the room he needs to shake off whatever he needed to.

It didn't take her long to notice the harness and fins that were on his back; she steps forward, reaching out with a hand to pat Toothless gently on the head. Bela doesn't know if he remembers her, but she's friendly and she wants to show the dragon that.

"Those are new. I don't remember you having them before." Interesting. She makes a 'hm' noise as she inspects them closely. "Did you go home?"

[no_eels]

With a low rumble, the Nightfury at first looks at Bela in a confused sort of way. But then he remembers. He hadn't recalled Wonderland until this point, but yes, he's certainly been here before, and he knows Bela's face and her scent.

Weird.

That sounds like it's the only explanation, although the dragon is still rather confused as he lets Bela pet him; his eyes are wide.

How had he forgotten all of the vikings here?

[onsilksheets]

The wide eyes has her worried. What if he had forgotten everything about this place? About everyone? It's a cause for concern, especially for a dragon as strong as him. If he was confused, then he might act out.

"Hey, it's all right." Bela says softly, trying to reassure him. If anyone told her a while ago that she would be comforting a dragon, Bela would have laughed. "You're okay. I'm a friend."

She scratches beneath his chin with her other hand, continuing to pet him gently. "I'll look after you."

[no_eels]

Toothless slowly relaxes, which is definitely helped by a scratch under the chin. The fact that Bela seems to recognize him helps the somewhat chaotic mess in his brain try to wrap itself around the situation. He trills quietly, looking up at her curiously as memories start to come back.

Oh, right, yes.

Maybe magic is to blame for all of this. That's what the vikings had said last time, isn't it?

[onsilksheets]

Bela smiles down at Toothless when he looks up at her, keeping her hands where they were. She would only pull them away if it seemed like it was getting too much for him.

"I didn't remember anything at first either. Your memories will come back eventually." She hopes that Toothless could understand what she was saying to him.

But she knew that he was intelligent and responsive, so there wasn't much of a communication issue between them.

[mamasgirl]

Lilly is actually near the mansion for once. Not inside the mansion - it's still a little too confining for her unless she has to be inside - but she's close by it. She's been exploring nooks and crannies around it, in search of new things to take back to her makeshift fort in the woods. A bit of string here, a piece of discarded material there - it's all junk, really, but she can find uses for most of it. She's just set her eyes on something shiny in the distance when a loud noise, followed by a dark shape overhead that temporarily blocks out the sun, draws her gaze.

At the side of the plummeting dragon, she's so captivated that she simply watches, mouth agape, as the creature soars past - making her hair blow about in all directions and kicking up a fair bit of dirt around her bare feet - before crashing into the mansion. Less than three seconds later, Lilly is on all fours, feet flat on the ground, and scurrying toward the site as quickly as she can manage.

By the time she gets there, the dragon is standing up and seems to be cleaning himself. Lilly pauses in her pursuit as she draws near and finally hesitates near a scattering of bushes. It's an animal. She's far more animal in nature than human and more than recognizes the danger in rushing, full-speed, at a creature you don't know. Crouching down low to the ground, she stares with wide-eyed wonder at Toothless for several lengthy seconds instead. Then she offers a small, hesitant smile and makes a soft, non-threating sound in the back of her throat like Mama taught her to use.

When she does speak, the word comes out softly and is murmured more to herself than meant for anyone else to hear.

"Bootiful..."

[no_eels]

Toothless rubs a paw over his head to disturb the remainder of the debris from the side of the mansion, before a scent catches in his nose. Something unfamiliar. He rumbles quietly in the back of his throat, all four paws back on the ground, as he turns his head to look.

Young vikings have a slightly different scent than adult vikings, and what he can smell is definitely young.

Relaxing a little, the Nightfury trills quietly in the general direction of the scent. His eyes are wide and his ears back, shoulders slumped; this is his most relaxed position, aside from lying on the ground. He hopes he hasn't scared anyone by mistake. Much like colliding with the mansion, that certainly wasn't his intention.

[mamasgirl]

Once sure she isn't going to get attacked on sight, Lilly slowly makes her way from the bushes. She isn't walking upright but is instead in her most comfortable of stances - feet and palms both flat on the ground with knees and elbows bent at sharp, odd angles. She's still smiling lightly but she's also keeping close watch on the dragon, just in case something comes along to spook it.

"'lo," she says quietly as she draws near, finally pausing when a few feet away. Resting into a crouch, she slowly offers her hand out, palm facing up, and makes a reassuring sound in the back of her throat.

[no_eels]

A greeting is something that the Nightfury, generally, takes as a good sign when interacting with new vikings. Usually the bad signs are weapons being drawn, bodies being frozen, or strange yells. Toothless brightens a little, ears perking all the way forward as he very slowly starts to close the distance between them.

Toothless' stride is a great deal lengthier, and so it only takes two or three of his own. His body language is still relaxed, as he very slowly presses his snout against Lilly's hand and offers her a soft rumble of a greeting.

Hi!

[kickassqueen]

The whole other life thing that happened has her all turned around. It was weird to go from being convinced of living one life, only to find out it was a total fabrication. This event in particular even has her a little broody, though not enough that she doesn't brighten when she spots a familiar dragon nearby.

She missed his collision with the mansion, finding him a little bit after the fact.

"Hey hey, how's my favorite dragon?" She approaches him, hands in pockets and a smile at the ready. "Haven't seen you around lately, have you been hiding?"

[no_eels]

Toothless' memories have been coming back in an inconsistent manner, but most of them are back in the dragon's head now. Still, that doesn't make things any less confusing. He's pretty sure that, before now, he didn't know a viking with red hair named Charlie. But now, as one walks toward him, he remembers that he does know a viking by the name of Charlie, and that she's a lot of fun.

Weird. This must be some fault of magic, he thinks.

He trills quietly, greeting Charlie and getting up to close the distance between them at an easy trot. Once close enough, he rubs the side of his head against Charlie's hands. Some time has passed since they've last seen each other — more for him than her — but Toothless hasn't gotten any more subtle.

Though he has gained a new double row of fins on his back, courtesy of Valka, as well as a new harness.

[kickassqueen]

Charlie laughs, giving him a good scratch. "Good to see you too, buddy."

That's when she notices the changes, her hand pausing for a moment before gliding down to his back, where the harness rested. "This is different. And this!" She lightly pokes one of the ridges, leaning back to look at his face. "Did you level up or something?"

[no_eels]

Ears raising and then swiveling to the side, Toothless makes a soft noise which definitely sounds like a "huh?" as he tries to puzzle that out. Leveling up. It makes no sense. Why would he need to level off if he's standing on the ground? His wings aren't even raised!

Vikings and their phrases. He gives her a little nudge. What does she mean?

[kickassqueen]

Right - her slang can be confusing, one of those things that happens way more often lately. She pats him on the head, ready to explain.

"Leveling up usually involves gaining new abilities, or new armor. Just an upgrade to your already existing awesome."

So she figures he's hit about level 70 and hitting his stride.

"I like this." Charlie pokes the hardness a little, eyes trailing down to where it attaches on his tail. "Seems like someone takes good care of you, huh?"

[no_eels]

He appears to think over that for a long moment, before he trills and puffs out his chest. Why, yes, he is awesome. Extremely awesome. He can handle just about anything. Especially now that he watches over the rest of the dragons in Berk.

Well, when he's not... here.

That's a problem.

Toothless pauses for just a moment before he starts showing off again — he starts flicking the new fins on his back side to side, in quick little motions. Someone's been taking very good care of him, with the help of a dragon expert.

[kickassqueen]

Charlie takes a step back to watch his display, nodding with an impressed look on her face.

"Not bad, not bad. Bet your milkshake brings all the dragon ladies to the yard, huh?" As she says this, a thought occurs - does he have a special dragon lady friend?

"Do dragons have girlfriends? Or boyfriends." If he knows what that is...which is why she kinda hurries to explain. "A dragon you mate with forever, that kind of thing."