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[duchy]

SHION vs. LITHUANIA

Weapons: Marisa Kirisame and Estonia
Location: in town, by the woods
Time of day: Tuesday afternoon

Lithuania, enthusiastic as he had been to explore the school and the town and everything in it, wasn't completely immune to being entirely overwhelmed by the modernity of everything. It was that, therefore, that drew him to the woods for a break. Not that he would admit to it being a break, and not that his break didn't involve running around anyway--just running around through trees and not through streets. He was attempting to drag Estonia along with him, in spite of the size difference making doing any real dragging difficult.

"It's probably not as big as a proper forest at home, is it?"

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[independencesong]

"No, and not nearly as nice, either." The dragging's not entirely necessary, because as much as she's been loving the library and computer lab, there will never be anything wrong with a retreat into the woods, at least in her eyes. Even if the woods are inferior to her own, as these are.

"You don't have to haul me along, you know, I'll just follow."

[savedbyasong]

Shion was also exploring, he was amazed by the forest, he had never seen a wild wood before. There had been trees in No. 6, in the park where he had worked but not wild like this. They had been perfect shrubs cut and designed to be pleasing.

Outside of No. 6 nothing grew, the West Town was devoid of trees. So seeing lots like this, and so wild and untamed. Shion was amazed and was barely listening to what Marisa was saying.

[lovesignmasterspark]

Marisa was trying to talk to Shion, but growing annoyed that he wasn't listening. "Oi! Shion! Are you even listening to me, ze?!" The forest was cool and all, but she hated it more than anything when she wasn't being listened to.

[duchy]

Lithuania paused at the sound of other voices in the forest; he didn't recognize them, but there were a lot of people here. Running forward--and this time actually trusting Estonia to follow or at least not be too far away--he eventually spotted a boy and a girl in the outfit of the other school. Fortitude, right?

And, struck by sudden shyness, he didn't bound up to them but instead just lingered nearby. He wasn't attempting to hide, though, just watching warily.

[independencesong]

Estonia jogged to catch up with Lithuania, stopping beside him and likewise watching the other two. An argument in the forest? The perfect thing for her to interrupt, so she'll raise her hand in a wave and call out a greeting to the pair from the other school.

"Hello! Nice day for a walk, isn't it?"

[savedbyasong]

"Sorry Marisa!" Shion blushed and turned back to the girl, "I have never seen a forest before, what were you saying?"

He smiled at the other girl as she came up to them, she was in the Conquest uniform. Shion was still upset that this place was trying to turn them against each other. He greeted her cheerfully. "Hello!"

[lovesignmasterspark]

"I'm saying that you need to battle some people." And that's when she noticed two people she'd never seen before. "Like them. Challenge them, ze." She gave a wave of her own to the people who were jogging towards them. "They'd be perfect practice."

[duchy]

Lithuania, lagging slightly behind Estonia but following, looked between the two of them.

"Challenge us?"

Estonia was the only weapon he had with him right now; if he lost her to another school, that would be really bad. But if the girl was telling the boy to challenge, then that meant he was the player, right? Lithuania watched him.

[independencesong]

Although she was entirely ready to be less friendly at the thought of fighting, Estonia knew that ultimately, it was Lithuania's call to make. She trusted him, at any rate, to make good decisions. She hoped.

Stopping a ways away, she looked to the younger nation, then again at the strangers. "You need fighting practice, do you?"

[savedbyasong]

Shion shook his head quickly, "No... I don't want to fight anybody!" He looked at the two people who had approached them, one of them was just a little kid. He couldn't fight a little kid it was wrong.

He looked back to Marisa and shook his head "I don't want to practice, we shouldn't be forced to fight each other like we are enemies!"

[lovesignmasterspark]

"Who says fighting makes it seem like you're enemies?" Marisa at least had gotten the others' attention. Now she just had to coerce Shion into it. "We're battling for fun. If you don't do it, you lose raks. Haven't you read the manual?" And she definitely didn't want to be left out of the fun.

[duchy]

Shion might not be so bad for a first fight, the way he was acting.

"If you don't fight every few days, you and all your weapons get punished."

Lithuania is still quiet; he's not used to being around a lot of people he doesn't know, still. Instead, keeps close to Estonia.

[independencesong]

"All and all, it is a logical thing to fight here, although I doube anyone would blame you for trying to cheat the system." Estonia adjusted her glasses, looking at the others, then dropped her hand to give an absent pat to the top of Lithuania's head.

"Of course, agreeing to set up a fight may be the best situation in the long run. Your friend there may be right... er, Shion, was it?"

[savedbyasong]

"I read it but it doesn't seem right..." He frowned at Lithuania's words though, he didn't care about being punished himself but he wouldn't want Marisa to be punished as well. Especially if she wanted to fight and it was just him that was against it.

He nodded, "Shion yes, sorry I never got your names?" Because if he was going to fight them he should know their names first.

[duchy]

"I'm Lithuania." His voice is a bit more confident than it was before, though still shy. He looks up at Estonia curiously, half simply because it was her turn to introduce herself and half because he was trying to gauge her opinions on the idea of a fight.

[independencesong]

The other nation gave a little incline of her head in greeting towards the students from the other school, not straying from Lithuania's side. Good luck trying to read any sort of emotional opinion off of her, though. If things were to happen, they would happen.

"Estonia. Saying it's a pleasure to meet you seems bizarre in the circumstances, but I'm sure there's nothing wrong with you."

[savedbyasong]

"It is nice to meet you, Lithuania, Estonia." He blinked at the second name, "Oh Latvia was looking for you," though he had called her his brother...

"Have you seen him yet?"