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[With all the commotion of Konoha-nin showing up and then disgusting mind-controlling candy showing up directly after them, Sasuke has nearly forgotten about the other encounter he had on Empieza the day he met his former teammates -- but there's finally been a lull, and he's perched as high in the rigging as he can go without the journal blowing out of his hands when he remembers.]

Has anyone seen this?

[Believe it or not, he has actually put effort into this drawing, but a dragon is not a battle diagram.]

It was looking for a skinny kid with brown hair.

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Oh. Okay. That captain sounds like he could've been a good Viking.

...I'm not kidding when I say I'm Hiccup.

What exactly is a Viking?

... and what kind of a name is Hiccup?

You know – they're huge, burly, hairy men with attitudes as terrible as their bite. [Pause.] Most of them, anyway. The women are just as tough.

[You can just hear the rolling of his eyes in this part.]

It was chosen to frighten any evil spirits and trolls! And gnomes! Can't forget the gnomes.

That's a very specific list of skills. These are the soldiers of your world?

[In a tone of deep skepticism:]

... and they named you to frighten creatures from children's stories away?

Are you kidding? It's practically a lifestyle and an occupational hazard! Every Viking in every generation was born to be a warrior.

[His lips putter a bit as he exhales.]

Yeah, basically. Never know when they might come in, so it's better safe than sorry.

I see. That makes sense. [Although 'warrior' isn't really the term Sasuke would use, he's never seen the point of the occasional scattered civilian militias where the men aren't born and bred to the life.]

... so they're ... frightened away by hiccups?

[Hiccup puffs out his cheeks, making up his mind on whether to answer this sarcastically or not.]

Maybe. Possibly! You never know with these kinds of creatures.

[He takes it completely seriously by now. There are people claiming they have aliens in their minds around here.]

... there are a lot of weird worlds people are from, but things never stop getting weirder.

Oh boy! Can't wait to see more of that.

[Hiccup sounds "thrilled." He then dials it back to a more serious note.]

Is there any pattern to it? Is there any reason behind it?

Pattern? Not that anyone has been able to tell.

As far as reason, it seems like we've been brought here to complete a task for some power here that can't do it himself. [Pause. More dubiously:] Itself.

Task? What task...

[He trails off as he asks this, mulling over whatever recent memories he had.]

To find the pieces of that jewel. Haven't you read the first page of the journal yet?

...I haven't.

[Rifling toward the front of the journal, Hiccup finds it.]

But now I see what you mean.

Yes. Apparently this Davy Jones has the power to bring us across worlds every month, but he can't find something in his own world.

That's pretty inconvenient for all of us.

Inconvenient is putting it lightly.

You know what I mean. This is going to take a lot of work if we actually follow the directions for this "ruby."

Yes. But it's all we have to go on until we find enough information to track down this Davy Jones and threaten him in person.

That sounds fun.

[Which it doesn't, but what choice do they have?]

How far have you gotten with all of this?

It'll be enjoyable, at least.

It's been ... [His voice grows reluctant here, because admitting it is still a sore point:] Slow going. There aren't many civilians who aren't scared of us, and the lands are spread out.

Sailing isn't usually very quick. I know how that goes.

[He understands it can be frustrating. Even with such little information, it runs similar to what he's use to dealing with.]

That, and people don't know anything. [There's deep frustration in his voice here.] The world itself screws with us and makes it impossible to focus.

I have a lot to look forward to. Hey, things will come along, right?

We'll have to force them to go along if we want any progress made. I suggest you find your dragon as soon as possible and be ready to fight.

Right. I'll work on that.

Um. Thanks again, though.

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