Dragons: The Nine Realms

Alright. This one feels great.

Fire suit, version six.

Perfect for the overzealous explorer on the go.

So, how do I look?

The fire suit is cool.

The fact that you're flying into a fire realm is crazy.

-Oh, come on. I'm sure this version of the suit

will work perfectly.

Right, Alex?

I believe... that you believe.

-I should bring the spearhead with me

just in case I run into the person who dropped it.

You sure this is a good idea, Tom?

-This is proof that other people have been down here.

And if they're still here, they might be able to explain my connection to Thunder.

And anyway, someone has to be the fire suit tester.

Or the crash test dummy.

- Hit it, pal! - Wait!

Tom!

-Oh, he's made it farther than last time.

He's almost to the outcropping!

He might make it.

Oh! Ah! Ooh! Ow!

- He didn't make it. - Oh, the suit is starting to sizzle.

Ooh, so is Tom.

Kullersen!

Oh, I feel like a charred brisket.

Uh-oh! Still cooking.

Hot! Hot! Hot! Ah...

Oh... Thanks, Wu.

Dude, are you okay?

-It's a miracle you're still alive!

- Ah! - How did the suit hold up?

-Ow! Oh, that's tender. Ah! That, too!

Ugh. What isn't tender?

Ah!

Oh...

My right big toe.

-I hate to say it, but the suits don't seem to be working.

- Or we figure out what protected my right big toe.

Glass half full.

Maybe next time, if I fly faster...

-Or maybe the Fire Realm just isn't meant to be explored.

-No. Someone dropped that spearhead, Jun.

If it takes me burning through a hundred of Alex's prototype suits,

I'm gonna find out who.

A hundred more prototype suits?

If that's the case, you three better learn to sew.

-We don't need a hundred, Alex. We just need four suits that work.

Mm, can we start with one?

Just think about it.

That cool new world? New dragons to be discovered?

I'm with Tom. I want to see it all.

-We want to see it all, too, D, but safely.

-Pretty sure "Dragon Rider" and "safe"

is a contradiction in terms.

-Okay. Okay. Okay. Let's give this "safe" thing some thought

and get right back at it tomorrow.

-Alright. But also, let's give some thought to the fact

that just hanging out and relaxing in the lair

with the dragons is pretty cool.

Maybe we could be content with that.

- Nah! - Nah!

Ugh. No me digas.

Think fast!

Boom! Direct hit.

- Ugh! Really?! - Ah, come on.

You used to love water balloons.

-Not when I'm fully clothed and they hit me in the face!

- But, I'm bored! This place is so remote!

- Might as well be on Mars. - Wishful thinking.

-You could always let me into Dragon Club...

-You hit me with a water balloon,

then you ask to hang out with my friends?

You don't even like us!

What difference does that make?

This whole place is about science and knowledge

and other complicated stuff.

I hate it all.

Go away.

Come on, Jun Bug!

I'm your brother. That's got to count for something, right?

Go away. Even if I let you in,

you'd just wreck it like you wreck everything!

Wait! But, I...

Fine! I don't want to join your stupid club anyway.

This place sucks!

Please, let me join your stupid club!

Okay. So, here's what we're going to do.

We use a fire-breather from the Fire Realm

to test the new fire suits.

Are you crazy?! Wait.

I'm just going to record this so I can play it back on perpetual loop.

- Are you crazy?! - I don't think it's that crazy.

-Of course, you don't think it's crazy.

You're missing the self-preservation gene.

-It's not crazy if we train the dragon first.

Then, we can control how it blasts the suit.

If it gets too dicey, we stop. Simple.

-Okay, so you're talking about working with an untrained dragon,

breathing fire all over a suit, that you're wearing?

: Are you crazy?!

-D'Angelo's phone is right. I really don't think

you've thought through the inevitability of certain death .

-Hey, at least I'm telling you before I do stuff now.

-Telling us ahead of time that you're gonna barbecue yourself

isn't a big improvement.

You guys are such worriers.

You got to learn to trust my instincts. Come on.

Whoa!

Oh man.

Did I lose them?

Ah!

Don't hurt me! Please! Especially not my face!

I've been working on an idea similar to what the trainers taught us

when we were teaching my old dog.

There are no bad dogs, just scared ones.

These dragons don't know people,

so they have no reason to be afraid of us

if we're nice to them.

-And your theory is if you feed them...

They'll be your friend?

Worked on Thunder, right, pal?

Hm?

Uh...

That's all I got.

- Oh wow. - I got nothing.

Don't look at me.

Okay!

Okay, okay, alright, alright! Everybody calm down.

Let's all just take a deep breath and try to...

Heh. We, uh, we might need more fish.

What are you?

People call me Buzzsaw.

Oolong?

Uh, sure.

One lump or two?

No lumps. I don't lump.

So, why do people call you...

: Buzzsaw?

Because I tell them to!

Okay. What do you know about that station on the cliff?

- ICARUS? - Don't try to confuse me with code words!

-No, I'm not. It's just a research... ery place.

That's the cover story.

But, what's really going on there?

Experiments?

DNA manipulation? Animal hybrids?

Lightning birds?

Oh, man, don't I wish.

No. It's just rocks and tomatoes and fireflies.

Occasionally, I have to do laundry.

-Laundry? Is that what they call it?

-You know what? I'll go and ask them about the animal thing.

Yeah, I'm just going to go and make them tell me for you.

And I'll be right back. Okay.

-What do you know about the lightning bird?

-I think you kidnapped the wrong dude.

I don't know anything.

I flunked the entrance exam to kindergarten.

- A likely story, but I don't buy it.

You're lying to keep their secret!

-Believe me, I only lie to keep my own secrets.

Keeping track of all those lies is tough enough.

-: Lightning bird!

-Please don't carve me into some sort of human idol.