week 04. tuesday night, w/ astrid.

[muties]

tuesday night

[ It's late at night. Not stupid late, but late enough that not too many people are up and about. Roxy wouldn't even be if she hadn't decided "eh, it's tuesday. getting a snack won't get me murdered" and gone down to the kitchen to do just that.

After twenty minutes of "ugh there's nothing to eat", however, she gives up. She can't cook that well, so f it. She didn't really need a snack, anyway. Fuck you, kitchen, and your lack of easily microwavable snacks that she could easily find.

Roxy only pokes her head outside for a second when she hears something. Hopefully not murder. ]

Yo, who out there?

[ GO TO BED, RANDOM PERSON ]

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[brawlhalla]

[ NO??? ASTRID HOFFERSON KEEPS RANDOM HOURS WHEN SHE WANTS. And...randomly absconds to set up defensive perimeters in canon, apparently. Because that is a normal thing normal people do.

There's the sound of inhuman footsteps, and then there's a dragon in the moonlight, and a certain viking sliding off of Stormfly's back. ]

Just me. What the Hel are you doing up so late?

[ pot, kettle, black. but astrid doesn't sound hostile, nor does she look particularly murderous. ]

[muties]

[ What normal people they both are!!

Wow, that... sure is a dragon. So, Astrid. ]

Was just lookin' for snacks. What about you, miss rides dragons in the dead of night?

[ Which is good, tho Roxy could totally take Astrid in a fight (not). ]

[brawlhalla]

[ roxy, you'd be so super dead. LUCKILY FOR YOU, THIS MOTIVE, LIKE THE OTHER MOTIVES, is pretty much inspiring nothing but anger directed at the source of the game. Not the other participants. ]

I'm just...I think better on dragonback. Even though we can't fly as high or as long as usual.

[ Astrid gives a wry smile, patting Stormfly's neck. ]

...The others would be going even more stir crazy than I am right now.

[muties]

[ High five for anger at the source of the game! ]

Gotta love those power nerfs.

[ /sarcasm ]

... The others?

[brawlhalla]

My friends. Back home. We're all dragon riders - most of them wouldn't be able to stand being grounded like this.

[ ...ALSO, MOST OF THEM WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE MURDER GAME PORTION OF IT, though Astrid feels like the twins would get majorly into it and things would be Bad. ]

[muties]

Wow, that's cool. Is dragon riding like... a thing where you're from?

[ as someone who has played ruff Do Not let the twins into a murder game... THERE WOULD BE NO WINNERS ]

Man, all my friends and I got is stupid powers. Dragons are cooler.

[brawlhalla]

Yeah. It used to be that dragon-killing was a thing, but...that all changed a few years ago.

[ Astrid glances to her left, to Stormfly curling up on the ground beside the two girls. What would life be like if Hiccup Haddock hadn't ridden a dragon?

She hates to think of it. ]

You have powers other than flight?

[muties]

Welp, good thing you changed your minds.

[ How does that even happen. It'd be like looking at a moobeast and then deciding, "nah I'll ride these fuckers". ]

Oh yeah, just a few. We each have, like, different powers based on roles and aspects. Like, I'm the Rogue of Void, but my friend Dirk is the Prince of Heart.

[brawlhalla]

It's...a process. And it's more like one viking changed our minds.

[ ugh. the reason she has no crushes here: no guy can measure up to hiccup haddock tbh??????? not that she'd ever tell him that. ]

...Wait, what's a "Rogue of Void" do? Are you a thief or something?

[muties]

Must have been a rad viking.

[ until movie 2 when u two are dating but ok astrid ]

No. Well, a little? I'm like the non-asshole version of the Thief. Thief is like a more... active class, and Rogue is passive?? Or somethin', Callie told me all about it but I was blitzed af tbh. Basically, I steal nothingness and use nothingness. Like, if I had my dumb powers, I could make things appear by stealing the nothingness from them.

[brawlhalla]

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock. He's...amazing.

[ DON'T TELL HIM SHE SAID THAT???? ]

...Af? Tbh?

[ LET'S.

LET'S SLOW DOWN HERE ON THE TEXT SPEAK or explain it so astrid can do the lingo ]

[muties]

That's... quite a name. Very alliterate with that H, too. He your boyfriend?

[ SHE WOULD IF HE WERE HERE... ]

As fuck, to be honest.

[ SORRY ASTRID Roxy forgets some people just ain't about that text speak. ]

[brawlhalla]

What?! No! We're just friends.

[ WHO SOMETIMES MAKE OUT WHENEVER ASTRID FEELS THE URGE TO KISS HIM???? astrid hofferson why are you like this you're basically dating anyway??? ]

I mean, he's okay. If you like the brave, self-sacrificing, dragon-riding type.

[ Which. Astrid does? ]

[muties]

Reaaaally?

[ SUSPICIOUS. astrid pls. ]

Oh yeah, that sounds awful. Ugh, those noble types. He hot?

[brawlhalla]

[ OH MY GODS???? ]

He's - hey - w-well what about you!

[ POINTING A FINGER IN ROXY'S FACE. the hell kinda comeback is that, girl. ]

[muties]

What--? What about me?

[ WHAT'RE YOU POINTING THAT FINGER FOR, MISSY ]

[brawlhalla]

You think someone's hot!

[ ...

okay, fuck, that was a terrible comeback. astrid clearly recognizes that, as she stops pointing and buries her face in her hands. ]

[muties]

[ Laughs... ]

Really? And who do I think is hot, huh?

[ U tried, Astrid. ]

[brawlhalla]

[ ... ]

The nerd with dumb hair?

[muties]

Which one?

[ isn't there like five of those ]

[brawlhalla]

The most punchable one.

[ ASTRID... ]

Hinata. You're always giving him a hard time at trials.

[muties]

[ this is why hinata didn't want to rate u in hot or not ]

Ohhhh, riiiiiight. That guy. Hajime. [ slight pitch uptake ] I mean, he is rather tall and cute and nice and stuff, if you think that means I think he's hoooot or somethin' I supoooose.

[brawlhalla]

[ look she can't help that his face screams PUNCH ME I'M A WEENIE??????? but i guess roxy's into that

fuck i guess astrid's into that too damnit ]

...

[ ... ]

Eh. I've seen cuter. But if you think he's hot, why don't you just kiss him?

[muties]

[ yep, that sure is their type of man

the punchable weenie type ]

Why don't I just-- [ verbal keysmash, hurried response ] Cause the world would probably end and I'd die, or who even knows what. And he might be in love with Faize, so he's probs gay because that'd be a trend with me for sure.

Why don't you kiss triple-H, huh?

[brawlhalla]

I've done that.

[ MULTIPLE TIMES????????????? ]

The world didn't end and I didn't die. Mostly he looked super dazed and stammered.

[ and yet they're "just friends"

ok astrid ]

[muties]

Wh- "Just friends" my ass, then.

[ u lied to her SHE THOUGHT YOU WERE ON THE SAME PAGE AS HER ]

Yeah, but, he's probs already in love with you. Hajime probs thinks I'm just some crazy weird girl who harasses him. He'd be all [ v fake hinata voice ] "R-Roxy-chan, what are you doing! I don't like you like that and also you're creepy! You're even more of a not than Inaba!" And then what?

[ rambles slightly

look. the idea has occurred to her. ]

Aaaaanyway, lovely weather out tonight...