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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."
countryofassholes: (how are you so resilient?)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-07 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least she's stopped leaning on you, that has to be a plus.]

Why are you looking for Ivan? Aren't you neutral? [A pause, she's apparently still a little sleepy.]
shakes: (hello)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-07 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
W-what do you mean?
countryofassholes: (in that desolate wasteland.)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-07 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You're one of the Baltics, right? The short one with a big mouth.
shakes: (noes!)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-07 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
M...my mouth is not very s-special!

[Flailing

almost punching Britannia int he face while doing that]
countryofassholes: (going higher and higher.)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-07 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[The hand that was coming at her face is swiftly seized by the wrist, the strength of her grip belying her pretty, slender appearance. True, she could have just dodged... but that's not her style. Better to take things head on than try to avoid them.]

Careful, I might take that the wrong way you know.
shakes: (s-sorry!)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-07 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I a-am sorry!

[And, as an afterthought]

P...lease let go o-of me.
countryofassholes: (your love will never return.)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-07 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
You haven't really answered my question, you know. Why are you looking for Ivan? He belongs to me now.
shakes: (curious)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-07 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know you.

[Nobody is strong enough to win against Russia right now. Why is this person bluffing that badly?]
countryofassholes: (in that desolate wasteland.)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-07 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a pause, then a laugh.]

You're pretty interesting.
shakes: (uhm)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-08 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head quickly and looks up at the woman nervously. While he likes being noticed by people, and "interesting" is a good attribute", it can always mean bad things.]
countryofassholes: (grant you the miracle you desire.)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-08 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
You really don't remember me? [She's a little insulted by that.]
shakes: (curious)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-08 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
Y-you look a bit like Mr America.

[Maybe it is a territory of the superpower that he hasn't met yet?]
countryofassholes: (how are you so resilient?)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-08 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[A pause because it has been so long since she heard that name. British America, another potential "big brother" lost over a century ago. Has he not been paying attention to the outside world? That's impossible, he should at least know who she is through the conquering of his neighbors... unless he's deliberately striving for self-destruction. Hmm...]

I'm Britannia.
shakes: (here)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-09 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
B-but Britannia died two millennia ago!

[At least that is what he heard - Britannia, one of the namings for the nation that was on the British island before the nations of today were bron with the Roman conquest.]
countryofassholes: (whichever you want to answer.)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-09 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Patient sigh.] She was different. I'm the Britannian Empire, one of the world's three superpowers?

[C'mon Latvia, you can't be this dense can you?]
Edited 2012-01-09 10:46 (UTC)
shakes: (ah...)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-09 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[And now Latvia looks at the other nation properly for the first time, and -

no. He'd have said America but the eyes are wrong, in more ways than the colour.]


I a-am sorry.
countryofassholes: (scattered like dried petals.)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-10 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm... well, whatever. [She'll pin it on Latvia being neutral and thus deliberately trying to pay no attention to the outside world whatsoever.] Where are we?

[And thus, she turns her attention to the train and glances around.]
shakes: (uhm)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-13 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
O...n a train, b-but I am not sure how I g-got here.
countryofassholes: (is definitely a sign of love.)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-14 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Do you think we were kidnapped? [Well she really means me, because who would kidnap Latvia?]
shakes: (Default)

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

D-do you know why?
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: (uhm)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-15 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
M-maybe terrorists?
countryofassholes: (is definitely a sign of love.)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-16 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. What do you think they'd want?