Just a nice day at a mall

With the exception of Marik, we went to some random local mall to get stuff, only to start another freak craze session. If we learn something new every day, I learned that Snotlout has an obsession with escalators.

He first tried to ride up the escalator while sitting on the handrail, but only managed to get his baggy jeans stuck between the steps, ripping one side to bermuda length. I tried to convince him to go up in a legit way, but he didn't listen. He jumped onto the handrail and tried to walk up without falling. He failed miserably, and fell off halfway through, landing into an aquarium. Elsa tried to take a picture, but a security guard showed up and confiscated the memory card for reasons I don't know. He also told Snotlout to climb out of the tank and stop acting like a total baby. Leaving Snotlout below with the guard, the remaining 7 of us went upstairs to a collectible shop, where I found an exact replica of Marik's stick (albeit a little greenish looking compared to the original). I asked the fat guy sitting at the counter how much it cost, and he replied, "You mean the Millennium Rod? I'm not lettin' some random shrimp like you come in here an' geddit just yet! You're gon' haveta duel me!"

I didn't exactly know what he meant by that. Thankfully, I had Inferno hidden in my sling bag, under a pile of textbooks. I asked him if he could lend me a sword, only to have him say, "No! I challenge you to a card game!" Before I could reply, Obi-Wan yelled from the heavy metal shop across the level, "YOU MEAN YU-GI-OH?" Ignoring the dozens of other shoppers staring at him, he ran over and showed him a stack of brown-coloured cards. "Hiccup here doesn't know about this game, so I'll duel you instead!"

Throughout the game (or "duel" as Obi-Wan and the fat guy called it), they were talking in highly exaggerated voices, and Tuffnut kept cracking dirty jokes every time something remotely suggestive was said. I made a recording on my iPhone. It went something like this:

"Now I summon 'Lord of D.' !"

"If you know what I mean..."

"Ha! You just activated my 'Trap Hole'!"

"That's what she said..."

"Now, I activate '7 Tools of the Bandit'. Your Hole is destroyed."

"I wonder what that means..."

"How could you? The plan was foolproof!"

"That's what she said..."

"And now, I activate the 'Flute of Summoning Dragon'. This allows me to summon a dragon!"

"Flute?... I see what you did there, Obi-Wan!"

I had to stop watching, however, as Mum called and asked me to send her some caviar from where I was staying. "I heard caviar's real cheap there, and Cloudjumper loves caviar as a little treat!" I told her that I would send some over, if I could find a big enough bottle that still wouldn't rip holes in my wallet.

I left them to play their children's card games, and went to watch Snotlout explain to the guard why he jumped into a tank with rare marine fish inside. Hilarious explanations, really.

I ended up buying a little bottle of caviar from the supermarket and a tuna for Toothless. The fish stank up my rental car boot. Hopefully, I can clean it up before I return it.