[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/200123/bcaa8b3399dd09b06e4e4e08dac499e3.png[/img][/center][hr][hr][center][b]LOCATION: New Berk[/b][/center][hr] [indent]Steven, unable to muster up the gall to speak over the obviously-excited Hiccup, nodded and listened as the Chief of Berk gently nudged him forward and started a little tour of the village. It wasn't even that Steven was afraid of talking over him, more just.. He didn't want to. It was rude, and.. Hiccup apparently had even less of an idea as Steven did. He didn't want to burst Hiccup's bubble just yet, cause it felt.. [i]Mean.[/i] At the same time though, maybe Hiccup [i]did[/i] know, and maybe he was just in denial? This little village, as cute and cozy as it seemed, it felt.. Dead. Not like the [i]people[/i] were lying around dead or dying or anything, but there was nothing going on. The air was eerily still, and it looked like everyone had to leave in a hurry. It was like they didn't even have time to pack their things. Candles looked like they were still burning in some windows, but there was no movement beyond the flickers of candlelight, no noise aside from himself, Hiccup, and Toothless the dragon here. Like, how did Hiccup not feel it too? It was as quiet here as it was in that that little patch of forest he woke up in- Well, until the silence was torn to shreds by an absolutely horrible, crying sort of roar. It sounded far away but entirely too close all at once, and the ground felt like it [i]trembled[/i] from the sound. He looked at Hiccup and Toothless, who both looked just as shocked as Steven did - maybe even more so, somehow. Once again using his powers without trying to explaining himself first, Steven jumped up much higher than a regular human should be capable of, zipping up and over the tree line in an attempt to spot what giant beast might've made that noise.. Instead, he was greeted with the onset of night and a light snowfall. Wherever the source of that sound was, it was far enough away to not be of [i]immediate[/i] concern... Not that Steven wasn't concerned anyway, but.. It wasn't as pressing. He let himself drop down a bit faster, landing with a bit of a huff and a wince - that was a bit too fast. He righted himself, and then looked back to Hiccup and Toothless. No matter their expressions, Steven's words were the same. [color=ed145b][b]"Well, uh, at least whatever made that noise isn't anywhere close, right?"[/b][/color] [/indent] [hr][hr][right][@LouisTheDummy][/right]