Remember Remember the Fifth of November

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Who: Sam Yao and YOU!
Where: Out on the beach
When: The evening of November 5th
Rating: PG-13 (I imagine so anyway)
Summary: It's Bonfire Night! There's a firework and bonfire party on the beach to celebrate with fireworks and drinks and food.
The Story:

Sam has spent most of the last couple of days down on the beach getting ready for the party; there's firewood to collect and he's got enough to build a fairly large bonfire out on the beach which is burning merrily as soon as the sun goes down. A large table has been dragged out there and set up with food; potatoes and burgers and pork pies, as well as sweeter treats, and there's a selection of drinks available in a cooler next to it.

And of course, in a metal box a little way along the beach, are the fireworks, as many as he could find in all different sizes and shapes.

Comments

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[Toothless likes to come to the beach for a variety of reasons. One, there are almost always vikings on it. Two, there's fish in the water, and sometimes he gets daring and goes for a swim. And three, he likes how warm the sand gets. Even with the changing weather, the sun still heats the sand delightfully during the day.

It's evening, now, but there's still a bit of warmth to the sand under his paws as the Nightfury walks down the beach. Noticing that there are objects gathered on it — which weren't here the last time Toothless was — the dragon's ears perk up, and he presses forward with a long, easy stride to see what's going on.]

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[Sam has seen a lot of strange things in the last couple of years, not all of them in Wonderland. But one thing he'd never expected to see what a- well, he knows what he thinks Toothless looks like, but really? A dragon?

He is probably mad, but the dragon (is it a dragon?) hasn't attacked them, seems more interested than anything, like a cat. And it's big enough that it could probably have eaten a couple of them by now if it really wanted to.

He hopes he's right.

There's a block of parkin, sticky ginger-syrup cake on the table, and Sam picks it up and heads over.]

Hungry?

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[Hungry. That's the magic word — Toothless is always hungry.

It doesn't matter why the vikings are eating, only that he sniff and inspect it. And try to make off with some, if he can. But this viking coming toward him with food seems to be offering it, and that's even better. Toothless trills quietly, ears perking forward, looking not so much like a dragon so much as a cat as he sniffs at what Sam's carrying.

Then he opens his mouth, licking his chops. Yes, he'll take some of that. Toothless has been relatively fearless about trying new food while in Wonderland.]

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[Sam swallows, a bit nervous when the dragon (giant scaly cat?) licks it's lips. He's not sure whether it's interested in the cake or in him.

Then again, it could have eaten him already. It could have just snatched it, Sam's hand and all.

He holds it out again.]

Go on then. This is for you.

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[Toothless closes the last of the distance between them and sniffs, gently, at the cake in Sam's hand as he holds it out. All of his movements are slow, easy, relaxed — he's making a conscious effort not to be alarming. He does, after all, have a natural disadvantage in that people are usually quite nervous about him. It comes with being a dragon in Wonderland.

With one smooth, slow movement, the Nightfury licks the cake out of Sam's hand and into his mouth. His tongue is smooth and warm. His saliva is a lot less appealing, in that it has seemingly supernatural abilities to cling to someone's hand. Luckily, it's only clinging to a part of Sam's hand.

With a very conflicted expression — delight and confusion — Toothless begins to chew the cake.]

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[It's a little like feeding a very large dog. A dog that is quite capable of eating him if it wants. Sam is obviously insane. He is going to die and his first death will be by 'stupidity with dragons'. At least it will be a pretty interesting way to go?

Except the dragon is being careful. He thinks. And then it moves all at once, tongue shooting out and licking the cake right out of his hand and...

He got drooled on by a dragon.]

[no_eels]

[It's a very interesting viking creation. He'll give it that. Toothless doesn't think he really wants to give it another go, but he's glad to put this much in his stomach. Now he'll know, for next time. If there's a next time.

Both of his ears go straight up, and then he gives Sam a soft trill in the back of his throat. It seems to be a thank-you.

Shortly before he sniffs Sam's hand again, getting the viking's own scent down to memory.]

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[It seems happy? He thinks that's a happy noise. He smiles anyway, still a little nervous but trying to be friendly all the same.

He lets the dragon sniff at his hand, holding it out to the dragon again. It's sort of like a big dog when it's like this.]

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[Toothless has quite warm breath, given his fire-breathing tendencies, but nothing unbearable. He does one more snuffling sweep of Sam's hand before he leans his head forward slightly and rubs his head against it, making the not-very-subtle suggestion that Sam pet him.

He can feel that the viking is nervous, and petting him usually solves that problem.]

[voiceinthedark]

[Oh. The dragon rubs against his hand and it is like a cat. The action doesn't exactly take much explaining. and when it's put that way, it also doesn't take much encouraging.

He gets to pet a dragon!

Sam pauses for a moment before starting to stroke the dragon's head, watching carefully to see what it likes. It feels strange. Softer than he'd expected, still scaly, but not hard or cold.]

[no_eels]

[While the Nightfury definitely seems to like any and all attention, he especially loves the patches over his eyes to be rubbed, along with the spiny ridge extending down his back, which now fades into a double line of leathery fins allowing for greater dexterity in the air.

Toothless trills softly, his giant green eyes sliding shut.]