Twenty-Three: In Which 729 Anderson Gets a Pet. Sort of.

[myblimpisbigger]

[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.]

Comments

[worstvikingever]

And that's what propels it forward, right? Otherwise it'd just keep floating up into the air and never stop.

[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

Yes! Very perceptive. That and a series of guiding rudders and propellers, for steering.

... 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.

[worstvikingever]

How big is it usually?

[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

Oh, about a kilometer long.

[nbd]

[worstvikingever]

[Hiccup frowns. They do not have the metric system in Berk. Nor do they have it in Mayfield. Only the good all-American English system (oh my god that is so ironic).]

Okay. Approximately how long is a kilometer.

[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[Glorious irony. It's like we're suddenly part of the Strider family.]

Ah.

Approximately three-thousand feet, give or take.

[worstvikingever]

[Dave Strider would make an excellent addition to this family don't even try to deny it.]

...that's a lot of feet.

[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[But then he'd be Hiccup's brother and not eligible to be part of his harem!]

Yes. Yes it is. Imagine about a hundred of ones this size, end to end, and that's the approximate length.

[worstvikingever]

[ :| oh yeah there's that.

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.

[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

Mm. Well. It had to house thousands of people, over forty labs, kitchens, libraries... It had to be large. I designed it for functionality.

[worstvikingever]

Okay, sure. That makes sense. But why'd you decide to make it fly? Wouldn't it have been easier to make an actual castle on the ground or something?