EVERYBODY! EVERYBODY!

[lucetimods]

Who: Everybody! Everybody!
What: It's a beach! There's fruit! Love in the air! Classy private rooms in the mountains!
When: From sunrise to midnight! (AND IT'S TODAY! FEBRUARY 18th!)
Where: Out on the beach, centered around the teleporter/tunnel exit area. But it feels like July out there! Ain't that just the shit?
Summary: Summary? Why does this need a summary. I said everything up there. And then I'm gonna say even more after this. Why do we need this field? Seriously, anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Rating: KEEP IT CLEAN, KIDS. Take your dirty smut to an appointments post!

Long Ago In A Distant Land, Akai, the fully functional fonbot, unleashed a fairly standard mod post. But a foolish player kept asking questions and come on, do you really need to know that much? Now everyone wants to play out their ships and get into fruit shenanigans and undo to evil that is AKAI.

((No, but seriously guys, look at the mod post, you know what to do. Everything you need is there. Mass log post, remember to tag your characters name here, and do your thing.))

OH YEAH! So like, assume there is stands (or you know, beach-appropriate huts) here and there that are stocked up on bathing suits (and curtains you can change behind), stands with beverages, and snacks. Nobody's really operating them, new stuff just gets Shifted there (BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE NOT WATCHING). The Malnosso are the most considerate bro-ginization ever.

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[dragoneer]

[Hiccup is too absorbed into his book--The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the cover reads--to notice her at first. But Toothless notices her, and nudges Hiccup sharply in the shoulder as he gives Astrid an even stare.]

Hey, what was that f--[...Oh. Hiccup abruptly snaps his book shut and scrambles to his feet.]

A-Astrid! It's...uh. Good to...see you...

[betterviking]

[Oh. It's you.

To glare or ignore, that is the question.]

... Right. [AND GLARE WINS.]

[dragoneer]

[Astrid, why you gotta be like that.]

Um, I--I wasn't expecting to see you out here. Um...how've...how're you settling in?

[betterviking]

[Because SHUT UP, that's why.]

I've been fine. Like I said, this place is nothing I can't handle. [Not entirely true. So many things she's never seen before and doesn't understand and CULTURE SHOCK but she's not going to let Hiccup know about any of that.]

[dragoneer]

[Well, that's a pretty good reason...]

Right. Yeah. Um. Still. I didn't think you'd come to the beach. [Side glance. How to get her to stay and actually talk to him? His eyes fall on the fruit. Start with...something simple, Hiccup.]

Have you tried the fruit yet? I've heard it's good.

[betterviking]

I got tired of staying inside. [Is that a good enough reason for you, Hiccup? Because it's the only one you're getting.]

I haven't. [She's not sure she trusts it yet.]

Didn't you tell me this was around the time the Malnosso start forcing people to fall for each other?

[dragoneer]

[Yes, yes, it's a good enough reason. Sure. Not like he wasn't drawn out here himself.]

...It started happening earlier in the week. People acting all...you know. Fond. Of each other. I'm not sure what the whole...warm...beach thing is about though, it's, uh...

[He gulps, looking sheepish.]

Iiii guess you didn't get affected then, huh?

[betterviking]

No. I didn't. [There's no way she's going to let the Malnosso pull something like this on her. N O P E.]

Do you know when it's supposed to end?

[dragoneer]

[He just shakes his head, suddenly looking more tired than a moment before.]

Shifts like this--they usually last a week or two. So...hopefully we're getting close to the end. [He absently starts peeling the fruit.]

[betterviking]

You're really going to eat that. [The suspicious fruit that the Malnosso put out during the week where they force people to fall in love.]

[dragoneer]

[...What. Don't give him that look. It looks really good, okay? And he knows it's suspicious, but...he just wants to try it. A little piece. What harm could that do?]

I might just...try a piece. They've already done all their brainwashing for this week, anyway.

[betterviking]

[SHE'LL LOOK AT HIM HOWEVER SHE WANTS. DEAL WITH IT.]

And you have a way of knowing that for sure? [You are not paranoid enough, Hiccup.]

[dragoneer]

[/shades]

Well...not...for sure. Just--that's typically how things go. If you aren't affected in the first few days, they don't get you later on, or anything. I guess they want you experimented on for the duration or not at all.

[What a cheery thought. :|]

[betterviking]

And you know that for sure? Just because it hasn't happened to you before doesn't mean it can't happen now. [YOU ARE BAD AT THIS.]

[dragoneer]

[Yeah, he totally is, because while she is saying this, he absentmindedly takes a piece and puts it in his mouth.

...Oh. Whoops. Well. Too late for take-backs now.]

[betterviking]

[You are an idiot, Hiccup. But fine, he'll be the guinea pig.]

Well? Feel any different?

i love you.

[dragoneer]

[He chews for a moment. Swallows. Considers.]

...No, not at all. I feel completely fine.

i love you, too

[betterviking]

You're sure? [She needs to make sure. YOU'RE NOT IN LOVE WITH HER, ARE YOU HICCUP. BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE GROSS. 8|]

[dragoneer]

[NO, NO, HE ISN'T, HONEST. N-not anymore than usual, anyway...:|]

...Yeah. I don't feel different at all. No weird urges to do anything...questionable. Or...yeah. Nothing.

[He holds the fruit out to her.] It is good, though. If you want to try it.

[betterviking]

[SUSPICIOUS. SO VERY SUSPICIOUS, BUT... Hiccup isn't acting weird.

... Well. Weirder. So, she'll hesitantly take a bit of the fruit and give it a try.]

Thanks.[And yeah, that's a smile she's giving you, Hiccup. Somehow, you're a lot less annoying than usual.]

[dragoneer]

[And that doesn't seem strange. At all. Because they're friends. And they'd made it through a rough week unscathed. Certainly that was something to smile about.]

...You can come sit down, you know. Toothless won't mind. That is if...you want to, um. Get to know him again.

[He'll understand if that's still not something she's willing to do.]

[betterviking]

[Of course they're friends. Why wouldn't they be?

Though she isn't entirely sure how to answer that question. Even with everything Hiccup told her, she's still feeling apprehensive about the whole dragon issue. But at the same time, she does trust Hiccup, so... ]

Sure. I guess I could [Um.] do that.

[And she'll just take a seat.]

[dragoneer]

[Toothless watches her closely as she takes a seat. You guys are acting weeeeeeeird. He isn't really sure what's going on here, but Astrid seems to be being nicer and she isn't threatening them, so...]

Astrid, meet Toothless. Um...again. More formally this time.

[betterviking]

[...]

Nice to meet you. [Wow, okay, it feels weird talking to a dragon.]

[dragoneer]

[Toothless rumbles low and deep, watching her closely. She isn't going to pull a fast one on them, is she? But she does seem pretty sincere, so he lowers his head to her level.]

Y-you can touch him, if you want to. He really likes to be scratched--just under his jaw, there.