Klaus Wulfenbach (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
myblimpisbigger) wrote2011-08-24 12:01 pm
myblimpisbigger) wrote2011-08-24 12:01 pm
Twenty-Three: In Which 729 Anderson Gets a Pet. Sort of.
[The first thing Klaus notices this morning is that there doesn't seem to be any more compulsory need to drink the milk, which is exceptionally good news, because it means no more murderous smiling drones wandering around.
The second thing he notices is that there is an unusual shadow on his lawn. A long, cylindrical shadow with... but no. Surely Mayfield didn't give him back his Castle? It's far, far too large to fit here, isn't it...?
Apparently Mayfield thought of that.
Anyone who wants to come by and remark at the new lawn ornament at 729 Anderson Lane is welcome. Klaus will be standing on the lawn, looking up in wonder at the 30 foot long miniature of his kilometer long airship. It floats gently on the morning breeze, though it stays at 729 courtesy of a chain securing it to a metal stake in the lawn.
It's like a big floating inanimate pet. And that's adorable.]
The second thing he notices is that there is an unusual shadow on his lawn. A long, cylindrical shadow with... but no. Surely Mayfield didn't give him back his Castle? It's far, far too large to fit here, isn't it...?
Apparently Mayfield thought of that.
Anyone who wants to come by and remark at the new lawn ornament at 729 Anderson Lane is welcome. Klaus will be standing on the lawn, looking up in wonder at the 30 foot long miniature of his kilometer long airship. It floats gently on the morning breeze, though it stays at 729 courtesy of a chain securing it to a metal stake in the lawn.
It's like a big floating inanimate pet. And that's adorable.]
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A chemical? What kind of chemical?
[Really you'd think they'd have gone over this in science class at Mayfield High but maybe that was one of the things Hiccup missed when he suddenly arrived.]
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[BOY ARE YOU NOT PAYING ATTENTION IN SCHOOL
THIS MEANS YOU ONLY GET FOUR VARIETIES OF BERRIES WITH YOUR WAFFLES
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID]
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...generally? What about... whatever is not generally?
[WHAT
NO
BUT
AAAAAAAAAW C'MON, POP!]
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Ah, well. Any chemical can be used for bad as well as good. I haven't seen it myself but I assure you there is some spark out there whose life's work revolves around weaponizing helium.
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...right. Gotcha. So this... helium. It's so light it lifts whatever? Even if it's big?
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[He points to the miniature steamstacks on the back, which are currently belching ickle teeny clouds of hot steam.]
At its full size it is quite beyond the range of being lifted by helium alone, especially not to the heights it must reach. Thus, a steam engine to help it along, as well as coincidentally providing most of the internal power.
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... You know, we could likely reel it in and examine it at some point. The only worrying possibility is damaging it. It's been shrunk down to such a small size that I imagine any rough treatment would shatter the delicate components.
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[nbd]
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Okay. Approximately how long is a kilometer.
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Ah.
Approximately three-thousand feet, give or take.
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...that's a lot of feet.
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Yes. Yes it is. Imagine about a hundred of ones this size, end to end, and that's the approximate length.
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Hiccup stares at the blimp and tries to imagine, but kind of fails, lacking a reference point for anything bigger than the Green Death. Although to be fair the Green Death was very big. Just not as big as Klaus is talking about.]
Yikes.
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