<sub>[ Okay! Okay! Valentine's Day might be approaching, but forget that, it's almost the Chinese New Year! Do you know what that means?

A Residents of 1245 will see Taiwan up earlier than usual, cleaning everything in a red maid outfit. Why is she wearing a maid outfit? Did Japan put her up to this? No, she just thinks it's cute... Oh, but she remembered that she was supposed to do the same thing at Taiga's house, first! So you might see her walking with some cleaning materials and a bag full of brushes, ink and red paper, without bothering to change out of her maid outfit... Yes, it's cold, but she is going to clean Taiga's house no matter what gdi!! But she might knock on your door or stop you on the street to ask, ]</sub>

Excuse me, um, do you where Taiga lives?

<sub>[ B But then she also remembered something else! She got distracted by the shop selling chocolates, though... Oh gosh, those look good...

She might be drooling. ]

[ C Okay, she's running off for real this time! brb going to China's and Hong Kong's houses, tapping on their windows with her mop like a boss. ]</sub>

Hey! Hey, hey! _{[ sometimes she will throw a shoe ]} Heeeeeey!

<sub>[ She has important things to nag about!

D It's evening and she's at home again, writing calligraphy on red paper. It's mostly auspicious phrases no one in this Japanese house can understand... oh but sometimes she draws a bunny or two. Later on, she makes a phone call. ]</sub>

Weiiii. So I was wondering if we have any drums lying around? Ah, or anything that makes a nice don sound. Or, or a boom sound, yeah. I'd really appreciate it! What else? Hmm... oh!

_{[ filtered to famiry ]}

Who's cooking this year's dinner?


_{( ooc: tags later in the evening! )}

<sub>[ After going upstairs to her room and seeing this, residents of 1245 Williams Road will notice that Taiwan is nowhere to be found. Her cat will be there, though, with only half the ribbons she usually has on. It looks like she left through the back door. You can find her:

A Sitting in the same tire swing she got stuck in before in the morning. She's not stuck now, but she plans on sitting there all day, humming sad songs. ]

[ B Okay, no, this sudden bout of depression is getting her hungry. At around lunchtime, you'll find Taiwan standing in front of the Malt Shop. Oh, it's closed... She wanted to stuff herself silly with sweets, but it looks like that's not happening. She'll just stare at the front door. ]</sub>

I wanted the ice cream with the sparkles on it...

<sub>[ C Taiwan knows she'll get droned if she doesn't return in three days, but maybe that's for the best. She'll be kicking your mailbox, throwing rocks at your windows, drawing Hello Kitty on your property... I mean, ruining your Christmas. It's not much worse staying at home, but at least she'll be out of everyone's lives here in Mayfield if she leaves for good.

If anyone tries to confront her or call her out on it, she'll try to run away.

If anyone she's made friends with catches her eye, she'll run, too, but faster, and go great lengths just to hide from them. ]

[ OOC I'll be out of town from the 26th to the 29th! I'll be backtagging like crazy once I get back from the land of tarsiers and chocolate hills yesss. Merry Christmas! ]</sub>

<sub>[ Good morning, Mayfield. It's a beautiful day, isn't it? The sun is shining, the birds are singing, Japan's in her bed...






Japan's... in her bed...

Maybe if she closes her eyes, it'll go away. ...oh god he's still there insert every swear word in the Chinese language here oh my god OH MY GOD this. This is not happening, okay. She is dreaming and when she rolls off the bed, she will hurt her head so hard and she'll wake u ― THUD OW MAN OW ffffffuu ― Japan, you might have heard that. She quickly sits up. Okay, Taiwan, breathe. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

brb calling up the only other female nation she knows personally. She'll understand. Oh, there's one thing, though ― she forgot to tell the operator to make this call private. ]</sub>

Jiejie! Ei, jiejie! Japan... Japan did something really bad. You can't tell anyone, okay? Um, he's. He's on my bed.

_{[ ... kjgsdfg ]}

He's on my ― i-i-i-it's a breach of national security!

<sub>[ Don't worry, she'll punch him soon. ]

[ ooc: that was worst hiatus ever... Anyway! Taiwan's been moved from 1488 Kramden Road to 1245 Williams Road! All calls will be ICly answered a few minutes after the action thread with Japan. ]</sub>