toofless | One Fish. [Video/Action for Route 29]

_{[What's on the screen? Why, it appears to be a beautiful, high-definition view of the interior of someone's nostril.]}

Mmmm? MMMM? Mmmmuhh? Mmmm mmm mm GRHHGHRGHRGH.

_{[The nose recedes, replaced by a crooked (and slightly blurry, because that is what happens when you rub your nose all over the screen) view of two enormous green eyes. ... And then the sky. And then the eyes again.]}

KK-KK-kkh-kh-kh-kh!

_{[Looks like somebody's getting used to his new mouth... and finally trying to use the weird contraption he'd been given now that he's all out of food (which didn't last long) ... Which of course includes putting the PokeGear into his mouth, giving viewers the lovely experience of viewing an uvula up close, in case they ever wanted to do that. Even if they did, they probably don't want to anymore.]

[Smeared with drool, the 'Gear is eventually pulled from his mouth again, this time showing his whole face. The burly black-haired teen smacks his lips a few times, looking down at the device with disgust. Hadn't really expected it to taste good, but it had been worth a try... He'd definitely heard it making noises and moving, though... and it's more complicated than anything he's ever seen before... Toothless knows only one person who can make things this complicated.]}

MMmmmng. Guh. Kht. Khp kuhp kuhp. Hhh. Hhkp. PLTH.

_{[After blowing a raspberry in his disgust at how hard it is to make even regular noises with this weird, small, toothy mouth, he decides he'll just have to express his worry at this startling new situation another way. The 'Gear is promptly dropped, giving a sideways view of a pair of stubby hands clumsily clawing around in the dirt. Moments later? It's picked up again, because Toothless is proudly showing it (and therefore anybody watching) his work, which is a large tangle of incomprehensible squiggly lines. Toothless makes a proud, satisfied noise.]}

Mhhrh.

_{[Now Hiccup will SURELY find him and find a way to make it all better again. c:]}

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_{[ANOTHER PERSON IN THE BOX. How many people were IN this thing?]

[Still looking reasonably astonished, Toothless squints at the screen. 'Hello'! He definitely knew that word. It sounded kind of scared, but then, Hiccup ALWAYS sounded kind of scared.]}

Grww?

[Okay, Midori, maybe this person was... mentally handicapped, or had never been taught to speak, or was from a species that communicated telepathically and was reeling from the newness of the situation! Let's try to figure this out!]

Um... Can you talk?

_{[She's got a pretty good idea of how to go about it!]

[The sad thing is, Toothless can pick up words fast, but he's never learned how to actually say anything. ... Being, you know, a dragon.]}

Tkh?

Okay, that sounds like a no... Hmm...

[Time to try the TALKING REALLY SLOWLY AND ASKING SIMPLE QUESTIONS STRATEGY!]

What's your name?

_{[Oddly, Toothless' response to THAT question is to smile broadly!]

[... And show off his distinctly-pointier-than-normal teeth.]}

[Blinkblink.]

Nice teeth you have there!

_{[... wait, what? ... Oh. That's right. 8( He couldn't withdraw his teeth. It felt so weird having them out all the time. He'd already bitten the insides of his cheeks twice. How did humans even DO this?]

[Wrinkling his nose, Toothless pauses, moving his lips like he's trying to rearrange his mouth somehow. When he stops, he's curled his upper lip up to show gums while still trying to keep his teeth covered with the bottom one.]

[It probably looks absurd. B-but he's trying to answer her question!]}

[Midori tries not to giggle and fails. No, bad girl, try to figure out what this boy is trying to say!]

Okay... So... Gums... Gummy?

[Good... try... But no.]

_{[No his name was not Gummy. :(]

[The boy rolls his eyes a little and lets out a frustrated chuff.]

[Then, carefully, he rolls his mouth around until he manages to get both lips over his teeth. He then opens his mouth, careful to keep them that way.]}

Mluuaaaaaagh!

[. . .]

No teeth? Toothless?

[BETTER.]

_{[CONGRATULATIONS, MIDORI.]

[YOU HAVE WON: A PLEASED CROON.]}

[Midori giggles and grins.]

Your name is Toothless! Cute! Nice to meet you, Toothless!

_{[His broad chest swells at the compliment.]

[You have made a friend, Midori. If he ever meets you in person, he may spit food into your lap. That's how much he likes you based on this one interaction.]}

Mmmm rrrrm!

[She pauses for a moment, then holds out a pokeball.]

Do you have one of these, Toothless?

_{[He pauses, noting the object in her hand, and then looks around himself a little bit. Opening his bag clumsily, he roots around a little bit before pulling out an identical one.]

[Eyes growing wide with curiosity, he holds it up, looking back and forth between it and the screen. He sniffs at it a couple of times, and then-- tentatively, tries to bite it.]}

[Midori winces a tiny bit. Careful with that!]

See the circle on it? Push it!

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