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[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

Aaaahhh! [Hiccup appears on the Plane, as if running from something and... his hair is full with coal.] The dragons are back again, go and hide the ship if you don't want t-Whoah alright. Alright, this is pretty much... not what I was expecting. [Looking around and trying to catch his breath, pretty shocked by the sudden sky all around. His hair is still smoldering.]

[But after a moment, it dawns on him.]

I must have died, I'm sure, and this is Hel... and that lady was the mighty goddess Hel, sure thing. Dad will be so happy when he gets to Valhalla and I'm not there. Oh hi, dad I could only get into the place where no name people go after their deaths, see you at the end of the world...  [Blinking around as if he is searching for something, dusting the coal out of his hair.] At least they could have buried me with an axe, or... something. Thanks for nothing!
 
So now that I am dead what should I do? Is there anything to do around here...? Some impossible task for eternity, or something...?

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[lamb_of_gold]

[Wtg, you catch Mu actually WEARING his cloth for once]

You may return for your axe if you wish, since you are most certainly not dead.

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

[!! What an honor! It just makes Hiccup more convinced he is in Hel.]

Uuuh, excuse me? I-I don't think I understood that mister--- god, you were saying something about me not being dead? Or was it someone else...? [If it's his luck it's indeed probably someone different who get to live more.]

[asmallamoroso.livejournal.com]

[ Have a little kid happening to pass by during your little spazz out with the usual armload of books and a little Eevee trotting along beside her. ]

You aren't dead, you know.

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

[Gasp those are books! Hiccup stares for a few minutes before he realizes that the girl is talking to him. Or is she?]

Why... are you so sure?

[asmallamoroso.livejournal.com]

[ Yes, Hiccup, she is talking you. :| ]

Because this isn't the afterlife. You do have a pulse, don't you?

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

[Girls never talk to him, so Hiccup is kinda convinced he is dead. D: Or hallucinating.]

A pulse, yes I- think I just pretend what are you talking about. Sooo what is this place, if not the underworld?

[lamb_of_gold]

Hm? I am certainly no god, and you are not dead.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

Believe me, you are not dead.

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

I'm not dead and this is Rome, right. [Hiccup laughs nervously.] Well everything shows I'm somewhere where I've never been, maybe once in a dream, so that pretty much proves my idea. Who are you?

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

[Oh, he's addressing Hiccup. What a surprise!] Not a god? Uuuh. But you look like one nonetheless. Anyway, so what is this place then? It couldn't be the shop...

[youidiots.livejournal.com]

It'll take a little while to get accustomed to things.

[lamb_of_gold]

I'm honoured that you think so. This is the Astral Plane - not quite the shop, but certainly linked to it.

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

Aa- yeah, good. Great. Best... So have I stuck here forever orrr...?

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

[Hiccup has to look behind his back to see if she is talking to him or not. But looks like it's indeed him.] Thank you for, well, stating the obvious, lady...

[lamb_of_gold]

A thought will take you home, should you wish it.

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, right. [Snorts in disbelief.] So I just have to think of home and I will be back? [Hiccup is suspicious about this, but, well tries it, and disappears for a few minutes. When he is back he is maybe more confused than before.]

Oookay, I- have no words for what just happened.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

[Sighs] I am Shion of Aries, and this is the Astral Plane. You can leave by thinking about it.

[lamb_of_gold]

Oh?

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

You neither, huh? [Nervous laugh, but then clears his throat.] Anyway, if this is not the underworld, or some place my father doesn't want to see me, then I guess I-I should um, well start some diplomacy here then. Huhh, okay-- uuuh, I'm Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and it's nice to... meet you. [Usually this would go on much louder voice, swinging an axe around, but Hiccup was never fond of that method.]

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

Wow, you sound like you were saying that a lot.

[lamb_of_gold]

You're still a tad young to be a diplomat, I think. But it is good to meet you nonetheless. I am Mu.

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

Yyyeah, well we don't really have diplomats, sooo I don't think it's my age that is really matters here. I'll be a man soon anyway. Mu, great name! Short and... simple.

[lamb_of_gold]

With age comes confidence, though.

[A chuckle] It sounds strange to many ears, don't worry.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

You are not the first to be confused upon your arrival. [And Shion's not in the best mood at the moment either.]

[dragonnerd.livejournal.com]

Oh I already have plenty of confidence.

I would rather have a name like that too, but it would just bring bad luck and gnomes after me, according to some people.

So, uh... then what... is this place? What was it 'Astral Plane'?