Ninja Theatrics? [Jokul/Spit]

[Spitnose]

Shuffling her feet a bit, Spit began to fiddle with her hair. The situation was far more serious than she was use to. "I... I don't know. I feel like just popping up and suddenly 'Hey guys, I have a Scauldron now' would be too much..." She wouldn't stop fidgeting now. "Besides... Fern kind of, sort of knows now." Her voice got quieter and less clear towards the end of that, as if not wanting to admit she had told some one already.

She turned back to Crystal again, frowning a bit. "Yeah.. I guess." Wild dragons didn't often frequent Berk, especially not wild tidal-class ones. So for this to happen... he was right. Even now she knew where it was going, and began to gnaw on her lip as she looked back to him. "She's a big deal, I get it, and... I mean as much to her as she does to me." She managed to tug out a small smile. "But I can't just... throw something this big at any one." Confrontation of that kind wasn't exactly her strongest attribute. "What if people don't like her?!" She made it sound more like she was bring home a date rather than a dragon.

Sniffling a bit, she smiled again. "Thanks..." The nudge from behind made her laugh a bit. She rested her arm on the nose pressed against her, looking at her feet as he mentioned the chief. "Yeah... I guess you're right." She swallowed, the thought of that made her tense. What would he say? What if she wasn't allowed to be friends with a Scauldron? Her mind raced, not sure where to go next. "I'll tell him..." She turned fully back to Crystal both hands patting the dragons snout. "Our world might change..." She closed her eyes and let her forehead rest on Crystal. "But I couldn't imagine it without you."

[Jokul & Starkad]

Jokul didn't have to see to know how unnerved Spit was. Her body was probably shaking as much as her voice. And after hearing the scauldron trying to soothe the girl, he smiled, knowing he'd made the right assumption.

Starkad shuffled on her feet, itching to be closer to her friend, but staying back because of the scauldron. She might be feeling brave, but she wasn't going to be that brave just yet. Plus, she still felt a bit of Crystal's nervousness, and she wasn't going to have a repeat of what had happened earlier.

"Besides... Fern kind of, sort of knows now."

Simultaneously, both dragon and rider perked up at the name. While Jokul might've been trying to play it off by quickly turning his head the other way, Starkad wiggled in her place further. "The Red Girl knows?" The teen next to her had to refrain from strangling his dragon, considering that wouldn't bode well in the scauldron's mind. Instead, he gave a short draconic-like growl at her. "Shut up."

"But I can't just... throw something this big at any one."

"Yeah... I think the other dragons would probably be more surprised than the vikings. I mean, sure, give em a day, and then the excitement will wear off. We're kind of used to dragons around here, if you haven't noticed." He patted the hobblegrunt beside him, who was still looking as antsy as ever.

"But I'm sure the dragons will be curious as to what a sea dragon could possibly want with an annoying little pest like you." He smirked, hiding his own curiosity in the statement. Scauldrons weren't exactly known to be friendly towards humans in wild encounters, so he wondered what Spit could've possibly done to get the dragon's attention.

"What if people don't like her?!"

With a roll of his eyes, he answered, "On an island full of dragon-loving vikings? Worst they'll do is overfeed her." Jokul wasn't one to comfort others, so that was all he had to help her. Luckily for him, Starkad was usually the one who did it for him. In fact, she'd already left his side and ventured closer to the duo across from them.

"I-I like her." The hobblegrunt's dark colors gave away her fear, but she kept inching closer. "You like everyone, Stark." Her rider reminded her. "In fact, I'm pretty sure you like the farmers that chase you away from their sheep." She ignored him, as usual, getting within arm's reach of Spit.

"And since she's your friend, s-she has to be mine, too!" She'd started off steady, but by the end, she was scared all over again. The young dragon's tail twitched to and fro timidly, kicking up some of the snow on the ground.

[Crystal the Scauldron]

Crystal only followed their conversation vaguely. She was far too busy trying to figure out the boy. It was clear he and Spit weren't exactly the best example of friends, but whether he outright hated her was still to be decided.

A short, almost inaudible warning growl came from her when he insulted the girl. "From my perspective, you're the pest." Jokul was right about the dragons being more surprised though. The scauldron was just more worried about being around too many humans and dragons at once. She only just got used to hanging around Spit alone.

"Our world might change... But I couldn't imagine it without you."

For that brief moment, Crystal forgot they weren't alone. She cooed and pushed her nose as hard as she dare to without hurting the viking in front of her. "Sometimes change is for the best."

When someone shifted forward, the scauldron's head cocked to the side to get a better view. The hobblegrunt might not have been trying to sneak up on her, but nonetheless, she pivoted her head to arc up and over Spit.

"I-I like her."

Crystal didn't have the heart to stop the youngling from coming closer. Besides, it's not like she would be much of a threat anyways.

"And since she's your friend, s-she has to be mine, too!"

The words had tumbled from her mouth almost forcefully. The sea dragon hummed at the hobblegrunt's second show of bravery, "Any friend of Spit's is mine as well, young one. You needn't worry about that."

[Spitnose]

Spit had taken to gnawing on her lip whenever she wasn't talking now, eyes shifting from one spot to the next. A heavy sigh escaped her as she glanced briefly at Jokul. "Well... yeah, dragons are everywhere but... " The more they said, the stupider she felt for hiding it. "Hey!" She grew defensive about the pest comment, but she couldn't contain a grin as Crystal called him a pest.

"Yeah... I guess so, and she's already so fat." She jested, glancing up at the Scauldron knowing full well it was majorativly massive air bladders and water weighing down her gut. But she could still pretend it was all fat. She didn't continue the joke however, as the dragon pushed her nose into her chest. Another sigh escaped her as she leaned in and pet along the flattened pouch of the sea dragons lower jaw. "I guess..." Her gaze began to wander once more.

Her attention however did manage to focus a moment on Starkad inching closer. Smiling a bit it was nice to see the much smaller dragon approaching, despite the fear that even Spit managed to pick up. "Yeah... all friends here." By now, most of the tension balled up in her gut had released and she was feeling significantly better about the situation. Turning to the Scauldron, wearing a slightly serious expression, she stood firm. "Okay!" Apparently that was where her confidence drew the line however, and she seemed to shrink a bit before continuing. "We'll try and visit people more, maybe start with the docks?"