rakuen | 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."

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I've never heard of one before I got here. ...Wherever here is.

I-inside the car of a train. I can sh-show you around if you w...ant.

[Maybe that will prove the time to the little big not!brother?]

Around the train?

Y-yes. If you need to use the bath- i-if you need to take a piss, I can show you w...here, too.

[Lithuania tilts his head.]

Well, I don't need to right now... You could show me around the rest of the train?

[Lithuania has no idea what else is in a train.]

Y-yes, sure.

[He takes a step back towards the aisle.]

[Following!]

You're really Latvia?

[Yeah he's still been thinking about that.]

Y-yes. I d-didn't grow nearly as much as everyone else.

How big do I get?

[If Latvia didn't grow as much...]

Y-you are 19 a-and two heads taller th...an me.

[Lithuania looks quite pleased with that.]

I wonder why I got brought here so small if they could have brought me from when you know me.

M...aybe you were to b-big?

[That sounds ridiculous even to him, but he just has no idea.]

There are people here who look like adults, though.

M...aybe they wanted t-to make it easier f-for you?

What's easier when I'm like this?

[Curious!]

"Y-you don't have to worry about a..s many people." Like for example Russia and Poland and really everyone.

Lithuania manages to completely misinterpret the reply. "I have less people when I get older?"

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."

"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?"

"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...

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?"

"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."

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?"

[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.

Oh...

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

How long am I occupied?

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