video; how not to make an entrance

[accidents]

[ and here we have (1) count 'em one tiny tiny viking clutching like his life depended on it and standing in front of the hospital looking more or less in a state of shock.

Just mumbling to himself. Yeah, the turning-it-on part was an obvious accident ]

Wow. This is totally an okay situation.

Hand me a thing and send me off. I'm fine by the way. I'm not freaking out or anything. Thanks for the mental health consideration. Your pep talk was absolutely no help at all but I appreciate your effort which was not really an effort at all. I can contact a network. Odin help whoever thought this one up. What's a network? Gee, I don't know. You know who's fictional? You're fictional. You freaky white-wearing freak. [ something makes a sound and he jumps a little ]

That's it. I've died. It's not even Valhalla because the world is way too hot heat-wise and things are probably on fire. I'm melting. Lucky me. Fire and brimstone for you, Hiccup. It's okay we upgraded the afterlife to have odorless fire and brimstone for maximum comfort while you suffer a hysterical breakdown. Have fun with your metal abominations. We'll miss you in Berk.

I feel so honored to have this experience.

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[miniholmes]

It's not that hard. I'm only seven and I didn't freak out. [ Also used to modern day technology for the most part. ]

[accidents]

Rub it in why don'tcha? ...I'm calmer now.

[miniholmes]

I'm Good. And for the record I wasn't rubbing it in. [ Except that he was. ]

[accidents]

If you say so. [ you totally were ]

[miniholmes]

Anyways. So you're new too. I'm Shinichi.

[accidents]

Shinichi...? Nice to meet you, I suppose.
I'm Hiccup.

[miniholmes]

Hiccup? What kind of name is that?

[ What are manners? ]

[accidents]

The kind of name where the guy who has it has no idea what anyone was thinking at his birth.

But we're off to a good start here. Nice and polite.

[miniholmes]

Oh . I thought you were going to tell me some lame story about being born hiccuping. Still, I guess that's better than "new one."

[ Yesss. He's so proud of himself. He's got this socialization thing down! ...doesn't he? ]

[accidents]

That's probably how it went but I'm aware of how lame that story is. Born lame and now we have a name people question. This is a good ego boost.

[ you nailed it. not really. not at all. ]

[miniholmes]

Don't you mean the opposite of an ego boost?

[ sarcasm is not yet a thing he's mastered. And now he thinks he's doing a good job with this conversation thing. ]

[accidents]

Yes. Sometimes I say the opposite of what I mean with a dull tone for kicks.

[miniholmes]

Well that's just confusing. Don't do that.

[accidents]

You got it, kid I just met.

[miniholmes]

I gave you my name, you know. The least you could do is use it.

[accidents]

Shinichi. There we go.

[miniholmes]

See? That's not so hard.

[accidents]

It's not.