UN: Akhet

[ahew_kha]

I... suppose I should introduce myself if I'm new, right? That'd be the polite thing to do.

My name is Kisara and I'm not that interesting, I promise. I also apologize if we meet in person and my English is a bit... rusty, it's not my first language and I'm still working on some words and phrases that are a little strange when translated. Not that... we don't have anything weird when translated from my native language, too.

With... that out of the way, is there any particular languages that are spoken here frequently other than obviously French and English? I didn't get to travel much before here so I'm always curious about how other countries are?

I'm rambling, sorry. Just wanted to do that introduction and apologize in advance?

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[wherenoonegoes]

[Hiccup showing up is pure luck. He'd been patrolling the general area on Toothless when they'd heard Kisara's roar. Keith gets another large, flying reptile landing in front of him, although at least this one isn't pissed off.]

Thaaat's not good.

[ahew_kha]

[At least the enraged flying dragon still has her focus on the fog ahead of them and if there's no more magical garbage or weapons coming at her, will just land again and turn her attention back towards Keith.

Except that there's now someone else there who's pinging some familiarity in her mind, not that it's stopping the low warning rumble. If they're going to mess with her, then she's ready to fight at a moment's notice.

Or just nuke the place, she hadn't quite decided on that decision just yet.]

[marmoron]

[Okay. So now there are TWO fucking dragons, and you can just tell how excited he is about this new development. Read: not excited in the least. He still has a flame-sword in his hands and doesn't appear to be letting that go any time soon, but new!dragon starts talking and you know what? That's an improvement over electric attacks any day.]

No shit.

[PEAK ELOQUENCE. Though he does add rather quickly:]

She's a student. Not an Outlander. Can you calm her or do you need reinforcements?

[wherenoonegoes]

[Hiccup dismounts slowly and walls forward, not making any sudden movements.]

Yeah, I know. Not the first time I've run into her like this. Drop the sword, it's only going to make things worse.

Kisara? it's Hiccup. You know me. You can calm down, I won't hurt you.

[ahew_kha]

[For the moment her attention remains on Hiccup until she's looking back towards Keith with that sword in his hands. Which, uh, has her lowering her head to huff in his direction, not the nicest of things, but it's more of her questioning why the hell he has a sword, then, if they're not going to hurt her.

At least the electricity has mostly stopped and the only real present danger is her tail swiping from side to side behind her. Not out of real malice, but hard enough to where a hit from it would probably cause someone some harm.

But she's not actively being hostile still, so that's a plus.]

[marmoron]

[Yeah. "Drop the sword." Like that's at all a natural instinct with two dragons around, and one of them is huffing at you. But seeing as Kisara does seem to be responding to Hiccup's request to chill, he gives each of them in turn a look.]

Fine.

[He raises the sword and runs his left hand over the blade. Then, like he'd been holding an invisible sheath, the sword disappears.]

If she trusts you, then I'll leave the two of you alone.

[God knows how complicated dragon whispering is. Either way, he doesn't think his presence as a stranger is gonna be of much help. In Kisara's direction, he holds his hands up so she can clearly see that they're empty.]

It's gonna be okay. Sorry. Let's talk later.

[And tentatively, he'll take a few steps back, checking for her reaction there. Definitely not interested in sparking another show of electricity with anything unexpected.]

[wherenoonegoes]

So should we. In my office, as soon as I get back.

[Hiccup's actually mad at Kieth, as he has avery good idea of his role in all this. He keeps his voice and posture even, however. No sense in doing anything that might set Kisara off. He waits until Keith leaves.]

No weapons, no threats. Kisara. It's just you, me, and Toothless. Nothing to worry about.

[ahew_kha]

[Keith's stepping away and the sword disappearing seems to be enough to calm her down where she's merely watching and waiting. And, really, it doesn't take too much to get her to completely chill out once Hiccup's talking again.

Right. Just them. She can trust them, she knows this.

Which is the exact reason she's lowering herself to lay on the ground properly before the switch is hit again to where it's right back to human form. Luckily with some nonsense where she doesn't have to worry about clothing after the fact.

Her normal being out of it for a bit isn't present this time and instead she's just sitting on the ground and narrowing her eyes a bit at the two. Someone has gained some sort of control over this mess.]

What was that?

[wherenoonegoes]

You turned into a dragon. And before you ask, yes, Toothless and I both knew it was a thing that could happen.

[Even disregarding having known Kisara in a previous incarnation, Toothless could smell the fact that she was a dragon a mile away.]

I was planning on telling you once you got settled in and had more of a reason to believe me. I just didn't expect this.

[ahew_kha]

[So he knew. Which isn't really all that surprising in the long run, but going into all of this blind didn't really help her too terribly much.

Nor is it making her look any less irritated by all of it.]

Turned into a dragon. How would you know that? Do I smell like one or something? [Kisara, Kisara no.]

[wherenoonegoes]

Yes, actually. Although that's not the only reason. This isn't the first time I've seen something like this.

The last time was almost a millennium ago, and the girl it happened to looked, sounded, and according to Toothless smelled exactly like you.

[Toothless gives an affirmative growl. Exactly like her. It was weird.]

[ahew_kha]

[That's not remotely what she expected to here. As far as she knows, this is the only time she's been around and there's no way in hell that she could have been around that long, right?

She's chewing on her lower lip while her mind goes into five million different places and possibilities...]

I don't... know how that's possible. Also, um, if I'm just a shifter then I'd just smell like a normal human, wouldn't I?

[wherenoonegoes]

Reincarnation, probably. There's other answers, but that's actually the simplest.

And normally you would. If you turned into drake, which you don't. You turn into an actual, godsdamned dragon. Everything gets a little weird when dragons get involved.

[There'd been a theory tossed around the Berk that the reason she smelled like a dragon instead of a human was because she was a dragon that had turned into a human rather than the other way around, but considering the sources of that particular idea Hiccup had mostly ignored it.]