+ 20; accidental video
[The communicator clicks on when he hits the ground hard, switch facing the floor, rolls a few inch and lands in an angle that shows Hong Kong and England standing in front of each other.
The shorter nation looks up at the taller one with his usual distant calmness, but one of his arms is raised a little and from the low angle of the camera you can see that he holds something in his one hand The shadow of the sleeve hides the "what". England is calm, considering the situation. It's been a hell of month, and dealing with Hong Kong has been secondary, considering.]
...am independent now.
A declaration of independence isn't as simple as that. I won't recongise it, and unless the other nations do, your declaration has no backing.
No. You don't understand, England. This place doesn't work like that. We have no land here, no people and no bosses, and there are more people than just nations that count. What makes us different from humans?
Because we're countries, first and foremost. You ought to know that. I'll leave you to think it over yourself. You owe an obligation to your people first, and honestly, I'm beyond disappointed. I never expected this sort of action from you.
[England turns around and leaves, and Hong Kong's next words are spoken a few seconds too late to still be heard by him. ]
You won't remember it once you're back. Nobody will. And thus there are no consequences for our people.
[The feed fades out to Hong Kong still standing where he was when England turned around, motionless, silent, as if he was a statue.]
The shorter nation looks up at the taller one with his usual distant calmness, but one of his arms is raised a little and from the low angle of the camera you can see that he holds something in his one hand The shadow of the sleeve hides the "what". England is calm, considering the situation. It's been a hell of month, and dealing with Hong Kong has been secondary, considering.]
...am independent now.
A declaration of independence isn't as simple as that. I won't recongise it, and unless the other nations do, your declaration has no backing.
No. You don't understand, England. This place doesn't work like that. We have no land here, no people and no bosses, and there are more people than just nations that count. What makes us different from humans?
Because we're countries, first and foremost. You ought to know that. I'll leave you to think it over yourself. You owe an obligation to your people first, and honestly, I'm beyond disappointed. I never expected this sort of action from you.
[England turns around and leaves, and Hong Kong's next words are spoken a few seconds too late to still be heard by him. ]
You won't remember it once you're back. Nobody will. And thus there are no consequences for our people.
[The feed fades out to Hong Kong still standing where he was when England turned around, motionless, silent, as if he was a statue.]