XXIV [Text]

[2cool4europe]

Hey, you idiots! Listen here, and listen well!

No, the ash isn’t “magic.” Nor will wallowing in it going to help you fools. It’ll stop eventually, and you’ll all find something else to whine about. However, I can assure you, the ash rain is the least of your worries.

In 1816, the year after I kicked Napoleon’s French ass back to exile (with

Comments

[lovesauerkraut]

I agree, everyone needs to do their part in making this city the best it can be.

1/2

[2cool4europe]

Exactly.

[2cool4europe]

Oh, hey, I acquired Bohemia for you!

[lovesauerkraut]

I didn't particularly want Bohemia.

Doesn't Austria need that to see?

[2cool4europe]

What?! Of course you do! If you're going to be a proper empire, you need as much land as possible!

He'll survive.

[lovesauerkraut]

He's not an enemy of mine. He needs Bohemia back.

[2cool4europe]

His empire is crumbling anyways! Either we take Bohemia now, or it becomes its own sovereign state!

No, he doesn't.

[lovesauerkraut]

Is it really crumbling, or do you just think it is?

[2cool4europe]

It's crumbling. Why do you think he married Hungary?

[lovesauerkraut]

Hungary's not all that bad, you know.

[2cool4europe]

Yeah, but he wanted her government's support before they could declare independence for themselves. If Hungary became independent, then all of Austria's other vital regions could easily do the same.