二十五 ❀

[naicha]

✿ action

[ Tiny Taiwan is walking around or on top of a ladder covered in Christmas lights and tinsel as attempts to hang them on the front of her house at 1245 Williams Road. On one hand, she looks like she could use some help! On the other, she looks like she's having so much fun... She doesn't celebrate Christmas, not like this, but cold weather and recent events have gotten her in a Christmas mood.

The cafe isn't open around this time yet, but passerby may notice the sudden addition of a pair of plum blossom trees in her front yard. ]

Look, I'm a Christmas tree!

[ Chances are she's talking to Pops, Nadeko or Homura, who are inside the house, but feel free to approach her while she's decorating, too. ]

✿ phone

Hi, um, I have a question!

[ You can just tell this isn't important. She is all about the trivial things today. Oh well, they easily take her mind off the events of last week! ]

Are nations allowed to kiss each other? Is that okay? If your nation kissed another nation, would that be okay with you? [ A beat. ] What if they weren't a nation?

I really want to know! Because I don't want to not be a nation if it's not allowed... Thank you!

[ TAIWAN WHY DIDN'T YOU FILTER THIS SCREAMS ]

Comments

[encored]

Is it? Still, I don't believe anyone would care about the personal affairs of their country to that extent. [no that's a lie]

[naicha]

But what if they kissed someone some other country didn't want them to kiss? It could cause an international incident, you know! [ You're just making things difficult... ]

[encored]

That would only be a problem if one or both of the parties involved decided to make it public knowledge. Most don't do that, correct?

[naicha]

Ah. No... Oh...

Please don't tell anyone, Charles! I'll give you money! [ why does she assume he already knows why ]

[encored]

[oh no Taiwan.... even if it was pretty easy to assume she was talking about herself, don't just give it away!!]

I don't recall ever saying that I would tell anyone. In fact, I don't recall saying that you were involved in this hypothetical situation.

[naicha]

But Charles is used to this, right? Because Vietnam also kissed the Doctor a lot, that sort of thing...

[encored]

[makes a weird angry choking noise... that is not a topic he wants to touch]

That's an entirely different matter, it has nothing to do with whatever mess you've found yourself in.

[naicha]

Aiya, I don't want to cause an international incident! I've never thought about it before. [ really Taiwan really ]

[encored]

How could you start an international incident in a place like this over something like that?

[naicha]

International means "between nations"! [ Duh Charles!!! ]

[encored]

[gosh Taiwan how dumb do you think he is!!] I was under the impression that more would need to be involved for something to be considered an international incident. The citizens, perhaps, or an act truly worthy of widespread panic.

[naicha]

Hmm...

What if you've kissed a nation lots of times? Is that enough for it to count?

[encored]

I don't believe it would, no. Don't you think most people have better things to do than obsess over the personal lives of their country? [that's not hypocritical at all and oh he's using his 'talking to dumb little kids' voice again...]

[naicha]

I check 2NE1's cyworlds all the time... Korea helps me read it, though.

But it's really bad if some people find out, you know! Like really bad, you know! I might die, you know!

[encored]

...What? [2NE1 cyworlds???]

How has this elevated from a possible international incident to something deadly? I'm certain it's not as dire as you believe.

[naicha]

She's a Gundam pilot, Charles! A Gundam pilot!

[encored]

[SOUNDS

KIND OF CONFUSED where has he heard the term gundam before hmmm...]

...The pink person?

[naicha]

Yes! So it should be a secret or I'll be super dead! Then he and I can't be best friends anymore! And that'll be really bad!

[encored]

[give him a second he can't decide whether to laugh or not...

yep he's laughing]

Was it honestly Hong Kong?

[naicha]

[ her problems are real!!! ]

Ooh, shut up! He started it!

[encored]

[he is trying and failing to contain his laughter why is this so funny to him]

Does it really matter who started it in a situation like this?

[naicha]

[ because it kind of is ]

W-we really thought we were both gonna be goners, you know! I thought he didn't like me, too!

[ taiwan you're making it worse ]

[encored]

[oh hold on he's had to put the phone down so he can get all the laughs out of his system....]

Ah, is that your excuse? You ought to know by now that any and all catastrophe here will come to an end.

[naicha]

Don't act like you weren't there too! Ooh... stop laughing! I'm gonna get mad!

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[encored]

You sound like you're already angry. [at least he isn't outright laughing anymore!] Really, though. Hong Kong?