dictated

[mildcalibrationissue]

--whoah whoah whoah whoah!

[Hiccup sounds mildly panicked. Again. I sincerely hope no one is surprised.]

Uhh - I think I broke the computer Alan let me borrow.

[A pause.]

Odin. [It's spoken like a curse, and then, muttered:] I meant to filter that from him.




Okay, so - um. The screen keeps turning blue. Does anyone know how to fix this? Because, seriously, I'd appreciate it a lot.

[And anyone in the lobby may see him tinkering with said laptop, at a complete loss. When it's not bluescreening, it's filled with popups, because Hiccup of course is the only person in the castle who could infect his machine with spyware without ever connecting to a network.]



[And then, added later:]

Soooo. Hey.

Comments

[notanthea]

[She's walking by when she hears this. She pauses, a tiny smile flitting about her lips. Poor kid. Technology doesn't seem to agree with a lot of people here.]

Here. Let me see.

[mildcalibrationissue]

[Yep. He definitely looks a little relieved. His hero.]

Iiif you're sure you don't mind, go ahead.

[notanthea]

Computers agree with me.

[mildcalibrationissue]

Must be nice.

[He is not being sarcastic. :T]

Dictated

[is0latedthinker]

[Alan's a little worried at first. All those 'whoas' paired with his memory of the explosion in Hiccup's room generally mean Hiccup's 'broken' is a little different from Alan's. At least there was no bang over the journal...

He's not quite sure how he feels about Hiccup wanting to filter it away from him. It's a response he's seen before in Sam - when something goes wrong, kids get scared and try to cover it up.]

Everything alright? Nothing's exploded?

Dictated

[mildcalibrationissue]

Ahaha, yes, things are fine. I mean - not perfect, but fine. I just kind of wanted to get it fixed before telling you I broke it.

Dictated

[is0latedthinker]

Good.

Yes, Sam would've done the same thing. I'm not angry.

That sounds like the blue screen of death - a stop error. You've probably picked up a virus.

Dictated

[mildcalibrationissue]

[He wasn't angry. Whew. That was actually a bigger relief than Hiccup had realized it would be.]

-- I made the computer sick?

[ex_battleaxe109]

[ She didn't know what a computer was, so she definitely wasn't going to comment on that. Nope. And she didn't know how to filter anything, he should have just been proud of her because she knew how to do the dictation. ]

Just hey?

[mildcalibrationissue]

[Well, she's getting there, at least.]

Yeah? Er - is that bad? Hello? Greetings, fair maiden?

[ex_battleaxe109]

[ She winces, shaking her head with a soft laugh. ]

Just hey is fine. Did you need something?

[mildcalibrationissue]

It's a device that someone leant to me. It's.. really technical and complicated, and I was sort of afraid that I destroyed it by accident.

Dictated

[technohap]

[There's just some growling from this journal. Henry is trying to explain about the blue screen but as he's currently stuck as a HAP he can't talk!]

Dictated

[mildcalibrationissue]

[And Hiccup will...

growl right back.

He's used to dragons, okay. :T]

Dictated

[technohap]

[That makes Henry pause in his speech. He doesn't understand dragon growling.]

Dictated

[mildcalibrationissue]

[It's okay. Hiccup isn't actually speaking any dragon language-- he's just playfully mimicking the snarls.]

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[jammin_with_ed]

Edward can help! Where? Wheeeeere?

[mildcalibrationissue]

I'm in the lobby right now. Who in the world is Edward?

[jammin_with_ed]

Edward is Edward!

[In a few minutes this crazy kid comes dancing into the lobby, humming as she goes]

[forbiddenfriend]

[Suddenly, there is a nightfury head in between Hiccup's face and the computer screen, as Toothless stands behind the computer and looks at it upside down with a wondering croon.]

[mildcalibrationissue]

[Hiccup will geeeently nudge Toothless's face away.]

Hey, buddy. I don't think you can help me out with this one.

[forbiddenfriend]

[Toothless' head is pushed away as easily as though Hiccup had any strength behind his toothpick arms. He walks around and sits next to Hiccup and sits down, staring at the blue screen for awhile.

...and then looking at Hiccup.

Is... something supposed to happen....]

Hiccup

[ectobabble]

It doesn't sound broken, it sounds like it might be a programming issue. I wouldn't get too upset, we should be able to fix it.

[if someone else hasn't already helped, that is!]

Ray

[mildcalibrationissue]

[Someone has, but Hiccup will never turn down another set of eyes.]

I think it's okay now, but if you wanna take a look at it..

Hiccup

[ectobabble]

Arright, I'll be up in a minute...

[and sure enough, he is. ... and ... well ... Alan gave him that computer, so it's from 2010ish, yes? pardon him while he stares at it a little]

... It's so small. Wow.