Eighth Flight. [video/action for violet city.]

[newberktown]

[Look! For once, Hiccup isn't getting himself injured on camera! In fact, he's looking pretty cheerful.]

Sure took me long enough, didn't it? I got here in December, but this is my first one.

[That's right, the little viking is holding up this little gem:

He slips it back into his bag, then adjusts his stance to lean weight off of his bad leg. The prosthetic is a little damaged from his journey to Violet and the misadventures on the way.]

If I want to fly, Cianwood's next, right? Anyone got any tips for the leader there?

[Hiccup's grin goes a little sad, then.]

...Just wish Toothless were here.

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[Video]

[subtlecoruscate]

Congratulations. [Heading to Cianwood too! No tips though...]

Who's Toothless?

[Video]

[newberktown]

Thanks!

And, uh. Remember how I said I flew a dragon back home? That was Toothless.

[Video]

[subtlecoruscate]

But he'd be human even if he was here, right?

[Video]

[newberktown]

[Huh. She must've met non-humans in Johto before. Hiccup often had to explain about his best-dragon-friend-turned-human.]

Yeah. And he was human, while he was here. Toothless was half the reason I wanted to get fly, really, since he couldn't, in Johto.

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

Congrats! [From one trainer who took ages to another~.] Who was on your team?

[video]

[newberktown]

Thanks! And...

[The feed jostles a bit as he digs out two pokeballs--Adder already being out and about. Hiccup points to each in turn.]

I had Dinkfin, my Seadra, do most of it, and then my Shelgon and Noctowl were back-up.

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

They're really cool!

[Rin's already impressed. He turns the camera to show the team behind him. They're happily louging around, enjoying the fruits of their labor.]

Birdie, Blue, and Quil fought against Falkner's team. [That's Pidgeot, Lapras, and Quilava respectively.] It was a tough match for us.

[video]

[newberktown]

[Hiccup's pretty proud of these three. He also appreciates the fact that two of them were from friends who'd gone home.]

Yeah? What were their levels at, when you challenged him?

[Video]

[babel_hacker]

Congrats on the badge! [Can't comment on doing the badges out of order. Atsuro did it, too.]

Cianwood's leader use fighting types, so flying and psychic types are your best bet. He have a Poliwrath, so I suggest electric or grass types against it as well.

[Video]

[newberktown]

Thanks!

[He just wants to fly, okay. Then maybe he'll go ahead and get the other badges.]

Great! Laila's a Noctowl, so she should have no problem with that. Maybe I should start training my Tropius or Dratini more for that Poliwrath, though.

[Video]

[babel_hacker]

Yeah, you should. It'd be no problem after enough training and your levels match up closely.

[Video]

[newberktown]

Hmn... What sort of levels should I be expecting?

[video]

[quickattackjack]

_{[Maaan it feels like ages since Jack has seen anything of Violet City!]}

That's fantastic! That Pidgeot give you any trouble?

[video]

[newberktown]

A little bit! Dinkfin's Hail attack had run out by then, but my Shelgon was able to handle herself.

[video]

[quickattackjack]

Great! Great...haven't checked out that haunted tower, have you?

[video]

[newberktown]

Haunted tower?

[It's the first he's heard of it.]

video; sob i owe you so many backtags

[broomwithaview]

Congrats, Hiccup! And I think Cianwood is the place to get the flying badge...

video; nah i let a whole bunch of threads drop, so it's okay!

[newberktown]

No one's been telling me otherwise, so I think that's right, too.

[Then Hiccup remembers something.]

Oh, hey! You know Adder, right? From the Beltane festival? She evolved.

video;

[broomwithaview]

Really? Show, show!

video;

[comeatmibro]

You've been here six months and that's your first badge? You're really slow, dude. I got my first badge, like, two months after I showed up in September. I've already got all eight Johto badges.

[ Critical or not, she seems to be willing to impart some wisdom on poor Hiccup. ] Cianwood's a Fighting-type gym, so Flying and Psychic are your best bet. The old dude who runs it has a Poliwrath, too, so you might want a good Electric or Grass move just in case.

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[newberktown]

[You remind him of a certain blonde viking girl.]

I wasn't actually trying to get the badges at first. [He was busy being a freeloader and language teacher.] How long have you been here, anyway?

[Hiccup nods, having already gotten that information from Atsuro.]

I've got the flying and psychic covered, so I just need to decide whether to go with Midgardsormr or Littlefoot for the Poliwrath.

video;

[comeatmibro]

Eight and a half months. [ She answers quickly and dismissively. Someone doesn't really want to talk about being away from home and her family for over half a year. ] What're Littlefoot and Midgar-bro?

[ Someone also isn't going to do well with Norse names. ]

[video]

[usedquack]

We can learn how to fly?

[video]

[newberktown]

Not us specifically, but our pokemon can, yeah! You need two badges to do it, though.

[video]

[usedquack]

But I've got two bird pokémon, and they already know how to fly.