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[Borrowing Carmen's Slugma to hatch the eggs faster had seemed like a brilliant idea at the time. Then, he reasoned, he shouldn't have to lug any of them around by the time they all left the city to go off exploring again. Genius!

Not so much.

See, Hiccup hadn't exactly realized just how soon Ringo would make the little bundles of joy kick off their shells to greet the sunshine, and the resulting five new babies is proving to be a little much for this unsuspecting noodle-viking.]

Kite, please come down from th-- Night Fury, no!

[A tiny purple feline makes a leap, sights set on the Starly perched high on a shelf. It seems his stringy kitten limbs aren't quite enough for this task, though, and the crash not only startles the bird off, but sends several items in every direction.

The mess on the floor suggests this isn't the first time it's happened.

Hiccup moves to set down the brown and white bundle he'd been cradling so he can sort out this new altercation, and finds that he instantly regrets it. The Cubone, previously somehow able to sleep through the wreckage, stirs with a wail shrill enough to drown out all his other concerns.]

No, Val, it's okay! I'm right here, see? Oh man, this was my greatest idea yet. Wow. [Once again, the Cubone is scooped up, and Hiccup takes a headcount over her crying to make sure the hyperactive hatchlings haven't knocked themselves out.] Okay, here's Val, Laila's got Kite, Night Fury's there, Key's eating Dinkfin's food, oh joy. Where's--

[And then his eyes land on the 'gear.]

Atom, what are you doing? Get out of--

[The video abruptly cuts off to be replaced by a text to the network.]

NOT ADAM ! EVE !
HEE HEE

[...Hiccup's going to be a little tied up, so feel free to talk to the newborn Rotom, Atom--er, Eve--in the meantime!]

Threaded | Flat

[That is all sorts of way too hilarious.]

Did they all hatch at once or something?

[The chaos looks like what happened to her last night, only... this looks a little worse.]

Do you... need a hand? I suppose I should ask where you are first.

[The nice thing about having a Porygon who continually monitors the network is that occasionally, amid the usual bits and bytes of earned badges and evolutions and friendly requests, there will come a post like this one — one that speaks of a hero in desperate need of rescue, be it from mutated trash or hideous mutations or simply an egregious miscalculation of how difficult it is to watch five newborn hatchlings at once.

And the nice thing about having this Porygon in particular on vigil is that Carmen has already long since trained her roster how to respond independent of her in times of crisis.

One insistently beeped and booped alarm later, a tiny cluster of Pokemon deploys in neat formation, bounding rapidly down the hall toward the chaos of Hiccup's room: an Ivysaur, a Liepard, a Zorua, and a Spinarak (hitching a ride on the Liepard's back) all come running, and descend as one into the fray.

Macavity the Liepard, recognizing her own progeny, immediately trots over to snatch up the Purrloin by the scruff of its neck; Agent Cooper the Spinarak begins his climb up the wall toward the relocated Starly and Laila to provide assistance and support, as well as to coordinate the team movements from above. Sly the Zorua opts to take a shot at distracting the Very Hungry Totodile with a Totodile illusion of his own, and Ivy the Ivysaur, ever helpful, extends two long vines and waves them at Hiccup, gesturing pointedly at the baby Cubone before making a rocking motion.

HELLO, HICCUP, THE CAVALRY IS HERE. Enjoy?

Meanwhile, Zack will be investigating the newcomer to the network, considering his promise to befriend the Rotom from a few days ago.]

Dude. Get it together.

[ She actually looks embarrassed for you, Hiccup. ]

_{[--OH WOW, HICCUP IS BACK.]

[IN THIS VIDEO: things Heather totally missed while she was dealing with all her Drama From Home.]}

Dude-- you're back? I didn't even--

... Oh, wow.

Your Pokemon are little hellions, ain't they.

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