Hiccup and Toothless exchange glances. Toothless is rather of the opinion that he should just burn the tree down, but forest fires may be frowned upon and Hiccup doesn't really favor such an option.]
H-hang on. Toothless can chew you out.
[He promises he won't accidentally eat your foot.]
Beat shakes his head vigorously, waving his arms for Toothless to stop and he would hug his leg if he were that flexible. He sits up and covers his ankle with his hands instead, desperate to hide it.]
[Eh, Neku's a twig, too. He never underestimates the power of twig people. For all he knows you merge with your dragon to attain ultimate form.
Beat looks down at the dragon and then to Hiccup, and gives them both a thumbs up. Sounds like a plan. And any plan that gets him away from the squirrels that are chittering away up in the branches is a good plan.]
[Hey, Cat, look, Beat will get you a fish too, but only if you get him out of this.
He leans down and grabs the rope, wrapping it around his middle and holding both ends. Stupid trees are stubborn and he isn't going to give it any leeway to get him!!
Bracing his free foot against the tree trunk, Beat nods to Hiccup and Toothless. Ready when you are, bros.]
Beat pushes against the trunk with one foot as the rope begins to go taunt and pull. This is a lot harder than he thought and whoops, that is...really tight. He huffs and pushes a little harder, fists tightening on the end of the rope he has.
Keep pulling!!!]
....
...!!
[HRK with a sudden jolt his foot pops free and...He begins to roll off the branch.]
[Nope, don't worry about it because his hands choose just that moment to faze out of existence and he drops like a rock to the ground, landing in a big puff of dust and dirt.
...
Only to pop up a minute later, shaking the hazy stumps of what should have been his hands until they start to reappear. Being dead is hard work.]
[YUP. JUST...give him a minute here. He clenches his jaw and concentrates, taking a moment to stare at the hazy outlines of his hands until they suddenly fill back in like someone hit the opacity back up to 100%.
There! Okay, cool. He turns to Hiccup and gives him a thumbs up. His butt hurts, but hey! He got his hands back. This is totally normal to him now, by the way.]
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Hiccup and Toothless exchange glances. Toothless is rather of the opinion that he should just burn the tree down, but forest fires may be frowned upon and Hiccup doesn't really favor such an option.]
H-hang on. Toothless can chew you out.
[He promises he won't accidentally eat your foot.]
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Chew? Chew?!
But he needs his fooooooot!!!!!
Beat shakes his head vigorously, waving his arms for Toothless to stop and he would hug his leg if he were that flexible. He sits up and covers his ankle with his hands instead, desperate to hide it.]
!!
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Iiiii'm not going to let him eat you!
[...Should he be worried about this vow of silence, or...what had Beat been doing out here in the first place?]
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[Yeah, probably best not to worry since Beat can answer, but Hiccup might not be able to read it.
Beat grabs his journal, thankful that Toothless' presence seems to have chased the squirrels off for a bit and writes]
wuts he gunna chU then?
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The wood. Of the tree. Uh - did you lose your voice, or something?
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[He motions to his neck and shrugs before writing]
naw bro u cant loose dat. it aint lik ur wallit. bt i cant talk no mor so i gota rite evryting. it sux
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Well, uh...do you have any ideas?
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bro i aint gud @ ideas... i tryd punchin it but tha didnt werk
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Welllll, maybe if we think backwards - how'd you get your foot stuck in there in the first place?
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[Okay, time to think again. He is. Not good at this. He stares at the tree for a moment and then looks to Hiccup. Back to the tree. Back to Hiccup.
And he shrugs.]
waked up lik dis. mallyno-sos put me heer i gess?
cant ur cat burn teh trE down?
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What about the squirrels? And how would we stop it? He might accidentally start the whole forest on fire.
[Toothless snorts. GIVE HIM MORE CREDIT, MAN.]
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[Whoa, he did not think about that. After staring at Toothless for a second, Beat scribbles something in his journal.]
ask him not 2??
uhhhh mayB jus pull me out?
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Uh. Iii don't know that I could, on my own, buuut maybe that would work, with Toothless' help.
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Beat looks down at the dragon and then to Hiccup, and gives them both a thumbs up. Sounds like a plan. And any plan that gets him away from the squirrels that are chittering away up in the branches is a good plan.]
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[The dragon extremely unenthused, but he nods. Hiccup owes him a really big fish after all this, man.
Hiccup pulls a piece of rope from Toothless' saddle and hands it to Beat. Normally he uses it as a harness, but it should work for this purpose, too.]
Hold onto that, and we'll back up to try and pull you out.
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He leans down and grabs the rope, wrapping it around his middle and holding both ends. Stupid trees are stubborn and he isn't going to give it any leeway to get him!!
Bracing his free foot against the tree trunk, Beat nods to Hiccup and Toothless. Ready when you are, bros.]
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[Something. This was certainly one of the stranger rescues he'd conducted.
Hiccup loops the rope tightly around Toothless, and they start to slowly pull backwards.]
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Beat pushes against the trunk with one foot as the rope begins to go taunt and pull. This is a lot harder than he thought and whoops, that is...really tight. He huffs and pushes a little harder, fists tightening on the end of the rope he has.
Keep pulling!!!]
....
...!!
[HRK with a sudden jolt his foot pops free and...He begins to roll off the branch.]
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He should have thought about this next part sooner.]
Toothless, let's -
[He urges the dragon forward, trying to at least somewhat be there to break his fall.]
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...
Only to pop up a minute later, shaking the hazy stumps of what should have been his hands until they start to reappear. Being dead is hard work.]
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What.
What just happened.]
Uhhhhhhh - are you...o-okay?
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There! Okay, cool. He turns to Hiccup and gives him a thumbs up. His butt hurts, but hey! He got his hands back. This is totally normal to him now, by the way.]
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And at least he doesn't seem to be freaking out. That...was good, right?]
G-good. Do you...want a ride home?
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Beat looks from Hiccup to the big black, firebreathing cat thing, and back again. Ride? He points to Toothless.
On that?]