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Who: Hiccup and whoever wants to come!
What: Camping!
When: November 10th-11th
Where: Southern Lake
Summary: Hiccup invited anyone who was interested to the lake for a little camping trip. Hijinks ensue!
Rating: Shenanigans

Early on the ninth, Hiccup broadcast a short message to the journal reminding everyone about the camping trip he had planned for the weekend. The message was simple: pack your things, meet at noon in the plaza, and then they'd trek to the southern lake where they would make camp for the night. It would be chilly, but with a dragon in tow and clear skies, how bad could it be? Hiccup flies out to the lake early on the tenth to transport some camping supplies including extra tents, blankets, sleeping bags and tarps, as well as some food, before heading back to meet his fellow campers.

At the campsite itself, campers can expect to find such things including (but not limited to): fishing poles, cooking equipment (and ingredients), marshmallows, board games, card games, various sports equipment, harmonicas, et cetera. And Hiccup will definitely be trying to round everyone up for at least one round of storytelling around the fire sometime during the evening. Basically, anything campy (pun intended) can go on here. Have fun with it!

Here goes one of Hiccup's rare attempts to be a social planner. Let's see if it sinks or swims!

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Right. I imagine opposable thumbs make for better tent-building.

[It was a little bit of a joke at Toothless' expense, but Green is not the greatest at carrying a joking tone.]

[The joke gets Green an eyeroll from Toothless, even if it takes Hiccup a moment to connect the dots. Opposable th--ohhh.]

Ha, yeah, it would. Claws aren't ready handy at this kind of thing.

At the very least, he can help you with the campfire.

[Green sets down the bag he was carrying, getting out the supplies he brought. Lots of camping stuff, particularly a few extra bed rolls and tent canvases and poles.

He was somewhat expecting most of the people arriving to camp to not be properly prepared.]

That's true. We won't find a better fire-starter than him.

[No offense, Ace.

Hiccup eyes the bundle of stuff - wow, he's really got the works there.]

Looks like you're ready for anything.

I'd rather be prepared for anything than ready for nothing. I like to have plans well in advance.

When do you plan on training with me?

Oh - uh. Well? Whenever you'll have me, really. I'm flexible.

You're going to get the others, right? Once you have them here and settled, we'll start training.

But don't expect me to ease you into it. Be ready to jump right in.

[He nods.] Yeah, but not until noon. So if you wanted to work a little first...

[Though. Uh. Jumping right in is a little intimidating.]

Alright, then. Let's get away from the campsite.

[Wouldn't want to completely trash it with training, right? Green just starts walking for a more craggy area of the mountain slope.]

Alright, so your Pokémon is a dragon type. What moves does it currently know?

[Fair point. Training probably wouldn't do any favors for their campground, would it? Hiccup follows after him.]

Uh, let's see...scratch, slash, scary face, dragon rage, dragon claw...and false swipe. I think that's it.

[Once the campsite is just over the hill and out of view, Green stops, tapping his chin with his finger as he scanned the area. Yes, yes this would do.]

Okay, so it's a physical fighter. How well do you say that it takes hits?

...So-so? I mean, I don't really have another Pokemon to compare her to, but I think she takes them pretty average.

Understood. Do you want to begin with strength training, or defense training?

...Probably defensive. [Considering Hiccup knows much less about it.]

Right. Let's get to it, then.

[He'll let out Rhydon! And Rhydon will pick up a rock. WELP.]

Let's see what your first instincts tell you to do.

[OH WELL UM. Hiccup fumbles for a second, calling Kyle out of her ball and pulling out his Pokedex to get the deets on Rhydon.]

F-first instinct? Find out everything I can about that Pokemon?

[Right, he forgot you had a PokéDex!]

Good first instinct, but you have to think quickly! Rhydon, throw it!

[It's not a Rock Throw attack, but that is a pretty big rock getting hurled!]

[asdfgh and now the rock is being hurled.]

Kyle, jump out of the way!

[Welcome to your first step into the deep end!

...No this isn't even close to deep end.]

That's speed training! Rhydon, again!

Err - r-right! [Don't think dodge or getting out of the way. O-kay. Even if it seems counter-intuitive, he'll do it.]

Kyle, use Dragon Rage! [Maaaaybe attacking the boulder is the way to go about this?]

[Well, that busted it into smaller rocks that were scorching hot from dragon fire, but hey, Green seems pleased!]

There you go! Take the hit!

[Rhydon slams its tail against the ground in a sweeping motion, flinging debris at Kyle.]

Now attack me!

[W-well, that's something!]

A-alright, use a Dragon Claw, Kyle!

[The claws slash through Rhydon's armor, and it roars, smacking the little dragon with its hefty tail.]

This is why training with other Pokémon is better. Even with going easy on it like this, it's learning what a fight's like more than it would otherwise.

You need to train yourself! When a trainer knows what their Pokémon experiences, and knows how to fight themselves, they can bond with their Pokémon. The trainer must be involved!

[Man look at all this shounen bullshit.]

[Kyle takes the brunt of that attack, but she manages to stand her ground, staggering back.]

Right! Right. I need to Battle more for sure.

[Rhydon pivots, swinging its tail to smack Kyle hard in a sweep.]

I'll train you, the way I was trained. You've got no chance of failing with that instruction!

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