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Rakuen Moderators ([personal profile] utopiamods) wrote in [community profile] rakuen2012-01-07 08:00 pm

and then they fell. [rakuen revolution opening post]

You're falling, and you can't remember why. It's a sickening feeling that makes your insides lurch; the darkness and the vertigo combine, and all you can think of is a story you heard once, somewhere.

Ah, I remember now. It's... a simple story that everyone knows. A legend of a Princess, the Demon Lord who kidnapped her, and the Knight who fought to save her. The Demon Lord had kidnapped the Princess countless times, but every time the Knight bested his challenges and rescued the Princess. No matter what tricks and ploys the Demon Lord used, the Knight would always triumph in the end. This was because--

The world tilts on its axis one last time, and the dream slips from your mind as easily as it arrived. A new voice intrudes on your sleep. Mechanical, monotonous.

"Next stop: Rakuen City. This train terminates here. The next stop is Rakuen. All change." The train rocks steadily as it winds its way through white drifts of now. Sunlight streams through the window, heating the air and making the seats almost uncomfortably warm. A puff of steam from the train winds its way lazily past the windows when the wind is right.

It's strangely difficult to shake off the sleep; the rhythm of the train seems to lull you back into slumber and the air is warm and heavy, making it hard to keep hold of a thought. Finally, though, the nausea settles, the last of the dream fades and you can take in your surroundings. And, perhaps more importantly, those around you in a similar state.

"We have arrived at Rakuen City. All passengers must leave the train. This train is terminating here. This is Rakuen."
duchy: (pic#1844019)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-14 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
There are people here who look like adults, though.
shakes: (uhm)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-14 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
M...aybe they wanted t-to make it easier f-for you?
subjugated: (hey)

[personal profile] subjugated 2012-01-14 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sits down.]

You wouldn't happen to have a snack with you?
shakes: (Default)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-14 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I...t looks like it.

D-do you know why?
duchy: (pic#1844015)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-14 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
What's easier when I'm like this?

[Curious!]
shakes: (ah...)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-14 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Y-you don't have to worry about a..s many people." Like for example Russia and Poland and really everyone.
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[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-14 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Lithuania manages to completely misinterpret the reply. "I have less people when I get older?"
shakes: (s-sorry!)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-14 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Latvia actually isn't sure about that, considering how many of their people they all have lost to Stalin and Hitler and the war and everything. "N-no! B...ut you worry about a l-lot of other nations."
duchy: (they don't know)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-14 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh."

Lithuania isn't entirely sure about how that works. His neighbors aren't exactly the peaceful sort.

"They're not trying to attack me?"
shakes: (uhm)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-14 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"O-one invaded and o-occupied you." He stares at his feet and then adds hastily: "B...ut one was also unified w-with you for a long time and th-the others- I th-think we are friends. K-kind of brothers." And then there is Belarus...
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[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-14 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Lithuania can only hear the first part of that. The rest is stored away, certainly, but some things are just more important to address immediately.

"Invaded and--Who? When?"
shakes: (ah...)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-14 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mr R...ussia. He got v-very strong and b-big." He winces at the other nation's reaction. "Y-you should not trust h...im if he comes h-here."
duchy: (they don't know)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-14 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Lithuania looks rather zoned out--Russia's one of his forgotten memories, and his mind immediately blocks out anything he did at home, even if it is from the future.

"...Huh?"
shakes: (ah...)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-14 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maybe Lithuania is from before he met the Slav? It's only for the better.]

H...e smiles a lot but he is big and can b-be very mean.
duchy: (pic#1844019)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-14 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh...

[Lithuania makes note of that description, at least.]

How long am I occupied?
countryofassholes: (your love will never return.)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-14 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm... well I don't think it really matters why as much as who. [Because seriously, who's powerful enough to capture and hold her?] And I don't think we have any mutual enemies.
shakes: (ah...)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-15 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
...N-not as long as me and E-Estonia.

[THAT IS NO FEAT.]
shakes: (uhm)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-15 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
M-maybe terrorists?
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[personal profile] koyo 2012-01-15 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
No, I'm afraid not. I am pretty hungry though. . . when was the last time you ate?

( Because he can't really remember the last time he ate. )
subjugated: (get the carrot)

[personal profile] subjugated 2012-01-15 11:32 am (UTC)(link)
I cannot remember. I must have been quite a while.
duchy: (pic#1844020)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-15 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
...How long is that?
shakes: (gloom)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-15 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
A-about seven hundred years.
duchy: (but they don't see inside of me)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-15 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
You've been occupied that long?

[Well, considering what Lithuania knows of Latvia from his time, if that just continued...]
shakes: (ah...)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-15 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I w-was independent in b-between!

[Not for a horribly long time in comparision, but still.]
duchy: (they don't know)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-15 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
For how long?

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