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[newberktown]

"Er... Hi, you've reached Hiccup Haddock. Or not, I guess. Leave a message and I'll get back to you when I can? I think I d--"

[Feel free to have pokemon battles with Hiccup played out here, too!]

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[audio]

[newberktown]

Hmn.

[Really, Hiccup didn't think Albert was so bad--until Carmen had been brought up, the conversation had been surprisingly civil. Maybe friendly. Even now, he didn't hate Albert, just kind of...thought he was incredibly wrong.]

It's not that I can't get along with him... It's that Carmen can't. [He sighs, because all the other adults are dumb, Coop. =c] I just want them to at least see there's another side to both of them.

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[tapestodiane]

_{[Adults are kind of ridiculous aren't they ... and Coop has to smile a bit on his end because you're right on the money there, Hiccup. That, and aw.]}

I'm sure they will, in time. But until then we'll just have to keep working on them.

_{[Sounding probably surprisingly cheerful about that.]}

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[newberktown]

[Cooper might be cheered by that prospect, but Hiccup most definitely is not.]

Yeah, because that sounds like fun. I doubt Mr. Rosenfield would even listen to me, now.

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[tapestodiane]

_{[It's not that he's cheered, precisely, more that he's being optimistic. He believes in the goodness of people! And so on.]}

Don't be too sure about that. He already did listen to you, after all.

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[newberktown]

[Yeah, optimism is just something Hiccup lacks most of the time.

He does seem to perk up a little (mostly out of curiosity) at that, though.]

...Yeah? [Hmmn.] Then I guess maybe it won't be too bad...

[Gotta think how to reconcile with Albert now, hmmn.]

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[tapestodiane]

In my experience things don't always turn out to be as bad as they first appear.

_{[A piece of advice there. ...you know, other times things are a lot WORSE than they appear, but we don't have to talk about that right now, it doesn't seem relevant.]}

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[newberktown]

[Hiccup takes a deep breath, as if to prepare himself.]

Alright. Thanks, Cooper.

[Time to try this optimism thing, maybe.]