Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [2/?]
anonymous
April 25 2009, 18:58:52 UTC
England sighed and pushed himself away from the table as he heard yet another thump. “What in the world are those kids up to?” He grumbled, standing and stretching before making his way towards Canada’s room. He stood outside the door, listening for a moment to the two inside. It was odd how quiet they were. Yes, there was that thumping that had originally pulled him away from his work, but there was no laughing, no endless chatter. Just a thump and then a word or two in a language England didn’t understand. Furrowing his prominent brows, England opened the door, carefully taking in the sight of America and Canada sitting cross-legged on the floor. There was a bowl with flat dice in between them, each of the boys had a small pile of sticks, and there was a rather large pile of sticks off to the side, a few looking different from the others. The two boys kept playing, not noticing the intruder, and England watched as America carefully raised the bowl and brought it down on the floor, causing the thump that England had been hearing. The dice in the bowl all had a marked face showing up and America let out a yell of triumph. “Asukom!”
England watched with a growing feeling of dread in his stomach as Canada frowned and told his brother, “Asukom means six. You got five points. That’s Na’n.” They were playing a Native game and speaking a Native language, and not just any game…they were gambling!
Taking in a deep breath, England leaned against the doorway, arms crossed as he finally made his presence known. “What are you doing?” He asked coldly, holding back a smirk as he saw the timid Canada tense up.
“We were just playing a game, England,” America said brightly, oblivious to the brewing anger of his older brother. “It turns out that Canada and I have some of the same people and we both knew this game! It’s kind of boring, but it beats sitting around doing nothing! Do you want to play?”
The cheerful obliviousness of the American caused England to relax slightly. They didn’t know that what they were doing was wrong, after all, though they should have at least realized that they should have been speaking English. “No,” He said finally, striding into the room and picking up the materials quickly, ignoring the sounds of protest from the two boys. “You two should know that gambling is wrong. Don’t ever let me catch you two gambling again.” Canada was nodding, and though America had started fuming, he finally gave a reluctant nod.
“England, since you took our game, can we please please please go outside?” America whined, nudging Canada who seemed to get an unspoken hint and joined America in giving England puppy dog eyes.
England thought seriously about it for a moment. On one hand, if he said no, that would leave America and Canada free to roam the house, and who knew how long it would be before they decided that his study would be a fun place to play? On the other hand, France was on the loose still. However, surely if that wino had been in the area, he’d have already popped in by now, right? And if he told America and Canada to stay in the yard, he would be able to see them through the window of his study. Distracting, yes, but it could save his sanity. “Fine,” He grumbled as he turned towards the door. “Just stay in the yard where I can see you by the window. There are perverts out there.” He left the room, letting himself smile at the shouts of joy he heard behind him. The smile left quickly, though, when he felt America tackle him in his rush to get outside, poor Canada being dragged along behind him. England watched the two blonds make their way down the hall and out of the house before sighing and returning to his study.
--- That's still not the end, but 'tis for now. I've a few ideas for their play outside, but my muse has decided to let my brain go for the time being. Does OP have any requests for specific games? I have a few in mind, but if there is anything you absolutely have to see, just let me know ♥ Links! Information about the Mi'kmaq Information about Waltes It also has a lot of information about the Mi'kmaq, and is where I found the numbers in their language :)
Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [2/?]
anonymous
April 26 2009, 02:23:12 UTC
OP here! *squeezes and squees* Oh, this was awesome! (Sorry Newton...) I especially loved their counting in the Native tongue, and England being so pissed about it.
(And now, I have this mental image of Canada and America curled up in bed together, whispering to each other in their Native languages so that they can remember them without getting in trouble with England. *sweatdrops*)
I'm not picky about games. Hoops would be fun, or shuttlecock, or stilts, or another Native game, but really, it's up to you! Nothing I 'have to see'; I'm just enjoying the twins having some old-fashioned (literally) fun. ♥
Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [2/?]
anonymous
April 26 2009, 03:51:24 UTC
author!anon has the same image of Canada and America secretly keeping their Native languages alive. Alas, they didn't succeed :(
I'm not too sure what you mean by hoops or shuttlecock. Would you mind explaining? If not, that's fine, I do have plenty of other ideas (including one or two other Native games) ♥
For the record, I'm having way more fun writing this than I should, and poor Newton and Galileo are suffering XD
Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [2/?]
anonymous
April 26 2009, 07:17:04 UTC
Poor boys. :( At least they managed to keep a few words and place names.
Here's some colonial games. Hoops is pretty much what it sounds like - they'd use stuff like barrel rims and long sticks, and then either use the sticks to roll them (like in a race) or toss them back and forth (though the ones tossed were usually smaller). Actually, there's a Native game kinda like that, but the boys would try to throw the sticks (or arrows or darts) though the hoop as it rolled for points (http://www.nativetech.org/games/hoop&pole.html).
Hey, I didn't know Pick-up-Sticks was originally a Native game! (http://www.nativetech.org/games/othergames.html) Clearly, I too, am having way too much fun with this. ^___^ Many apologies to Mr. Newton and Mr. Galileo. Uh... Have an apple?
Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [2/?]
anonymous
April 26 2009, 10:07:48 UTC
Thanks so much :)
nativetech.org has been a big help in my research for the fic. It's very interesting ^_^ And I was debating about using pick-up-sticks for when Canada and America were inside, but I wasn't all too confident that I could describe it well enough haha (I have to admit, this fic is kind of turning into a "Let's practice descriptions!" since I'm usually more dialogue heavy).
England watched with a growing feeling of dread in his stomach as Canada frowned and told his brother, “Asukom means six. You got five points. That’s Na’n.” They were playing a Native game and speaking a Native language, and not just any game…they were gambling!
Taking in a deep breath, England leaned against the doorway, arms crossed as he finally made his presence known. “What are you doing?” He asked coldly, holding back a smirk as he saw the timid Canada tense up.
“We were just playing a game, England,” America said brightly, oblivious to the brewing anger of his older brother. “It turns out that Canada and I have some of the same people and we both knew this game! It’s kind of boring, but it beats sitting around doing nothing! Do you want to play?”
The cheerful obliviousness of the American caused England to relax slightly. They didn’t know that what they were doing was wrong, after all, though they should have at least realized that they should have been speaking English. “No,” He said finally, striding into the room and picking up the materials quickly, ignoring the sounds of protest from the two boys. “You two should know that gambling is wrong. Don’t ever let me catch you two gambling again.” Canada was nodding, and though America had started fuming, he finally gave a reluctant nod.
“England, since you took our game, can we please please please go outside?” America whined, nudging Canada who seemed to get an unspoken hint and joined America in giving England puppy dog eyes.
England thought seriously about it for a moment. On one hand, if he said no, that would leave America and Canada free to roam the house, and who knew how long it would be before they decided that his study would be a fun place to play? On the other hand, France was on the loose still. However, surely if that wino had been in the area, he’d have already popped in by now, right? And if he told America and Canada to stay in the yard, he would be able to see them through the window of his study. Distracting, yes, but it could save his sanity. “Fine,” He grumbled as he turned towards the door. “Just stay in the yard where I can see you by the window. There are perverts out there.” He left the room, letting himself smile at the shouts of joy he heard behind him. The smile left quickly, though, when he felt America tackle him in his rush to get outside, poor Canada being dragged along behind him. England watched the two blonds make their way down the hall and out of the house before sighing and returning to his study.
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That's still not the end, but 'tis for now. I've a few ideas for their play outside, but my muse has decided to let my brain go for the time being.
Does OP have any requests for specific games? I have a few in mind, but if there is anything you absolutely have to see, just let me know ♥
Links!
Information about the Mi'kmaq
Information about Waltes It also has a lot of information about the Mi'kmaq, and is where I found the numbers in their language :)
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(And now, I have this mental image of Canada and America curled up in bed together, whispering to each other in their Native languages so that they can remember them without getting in trouble with England. *sweatdrops*)
I'm not picky about games. Hoops would be fun, or shuttlecock, or stilts, or another Native game, but really, it's up to you! Nothing I 'have to see'; I'm just enjoying the twins having some old-fashioned (literally) fun. ♥
Thank you so much for writing this!
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I'm not too sure what you mean by hoops or shuttlecock. Would you mind explaining? If not, that's fine, I do have plenty of other ideas (including one or two other Native games) ♥
For the record, I'm having way more fun writing this than I should, and poor Newton and Galileo are suffering XD
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Here's some colonial games. Hoops is pretty much what it sounds like - they'd use stuff like barrel rims and long sticks, and then either use the sticks to roll them (like in a race) or toss them back and forth (though the ones tossed were usually smaller). Actually, there's a Native game kinda like that, but the boys would try to throw the sticks (or arrows or darts) though the hoop as it rolled for points (http://www.nativetech.org/games/hoop&pole.html).
Quoits is like lawn darts. Shuttlecock/battledoor is like the precursor to badminton (and was actually a Native game originally - http://www.nativetech.org/games/shuttlecock.html).
Hey, I didn't know Pick-up-Sticks was originally a Native game! (http://www.nativetech.org/games/othergames.html) Clearly, I too, am having way too much fun with this. ^___^ Many apologies to Mr. Newton and Mr. Galileo. Uh... Have an apple?
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nativetech.org has been a big help in my research for the fic. It's very interesting ^_^ And I was debating about using pick-up-sticks for when Canada and America were inside, but I wasn't all too confident that I could describe it well enough haha (I have to admit, this fic is kind of turning into a "Let's practice descriptions!" since I'm usually more dialogue heavy).
More should be up in a day or two ♥
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Looking forward to it!
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