Retribution [2/??]
anonymous
July 8 2009, 15:22:41 UTC
Everyone’s heads flipped to the table. There had been so little movement that none of them had noticed that someone was sitting there.
The voice was familiar enough to send a chill through Arthur’s spine, and when the figure raised his arm to flick the lights on, he was almost not surprised to see that it was Alfred.
He was sitting in the chair with an odd look on his face. His gaze moved around the room, giving his fellow Nations a glance before settling on Arthur and Kiku. His eyes seemed to narrow in an expression that none of them had ever seen before.
Kiku himself wasn’t sure if his involuntary shudder was out of anticipation or fear.
Francis huffed, and Alfred’s eyes moved to him.
“Well, speak of the devil!” Francis seemed to chuckle. “You’re already here!” “I’ve been here.” Alfred said calmly. “I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”
“Well, we’re awake.” Romano scoffed. “Now hurry and figure out how to get us out of these chains, dammit!” “No.”
The reply caused the whole room to go silent, but only for a moment.
“What did you say?” Romano demanded. “You heard me.” Alfred replied.
“Why the hell not!?” Gilbert demanded, furious. “In case you haven’t noticed, we’re being held captive by some lunatic! Unless you’re chained to that chair of yours, get up and get us out of here!”
Alfred gave Gilbert a puzzled look. Then he gazed at the others with the same disbelieving look.
“You…” He began. “You really don’t understand what’s going on, do you?” “What do you mean?” Ludwig asked, his tone slightly uneasy.
Alfred sighed in irritation and leaned back in his chair.
“Tell me, what’s the last thing you remember before you passed out?” He asked.
Everyone paused and searched through their memories.
Alfred had invited them to Las Vegas for a couple days. Things had gone smoothly. He’d greeted them with his trademark smile.
The Italy and German brothers last recalled eating dinner. Roderich had joined them. Ivan had been drinking alone in his room. Arthur had greeted the others before going to meet Alfred.
And then… nothing.
“What does this have to do with you not trying to get us out of here?” Mathias asked impatiently.
Alfred sighed again, more irritated than before.
“Not very bright, are we?” He said, sounding almost bored. “Then again… maybe the taser was set too high and it fried your brain.”
“What taser!?” Arthur demanded, trying to lift his head.
Alfred pulled something out of his pocket and held it up for them to see. It looked like a gun with two tiny metal rods sticking out of the barrel.
“Where did you get that-aru?” Yao asked in a tone that suggested that he didn’t want to know the answer.
Alfred slammed the taser on the table and stood up.
“You still don’t get it, do you?” He asked as he walked over to where Yao was chained to the wall. “Let me ask you something.”
He leaned in so that their faces were only inches apart.
“Has it not occurred to you that maybe I’m not helping you escape because I’m the one who brought you here in the first place?”
Everyone fell silent as it sunk in. It was rather shocking, to say the least. America was always going on about how he was a hero. Obviously, heroes didn’t abduct people and chain them up. Kiku was the only one who didn’t look too terribly surprised.
Retribution [3/??]
anonymous
July 8 2009, 15:24:35 UTC
“Why would you…” Yao began, trying to understand what was going on. “Take a guess, jackass!” Alfred scoffed. “Flashback: Six months ago. Ring any bells?”
Yao opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. He wasn’t the only one.
“That was…” “We…” “You…”
“I’m listening.” Alfred turned away from Yao to face the others. “If you can come up with even one reasonable justification for your actions, I’ll let you go right now and we can forget this entire incident.”
“The whole mess was your fault!” Romano said before anyone else could say anything.
Alfred turned his glare to him. Romano flinched.
“Really? The entire recession was completely and utterly my fault?” He asked. “Just little old me?” “You’re the world superpower.” Ludwig scoffed. “You’re the one responsible for most of the world spending.” “And that’s grounds for rape…how?” Alfred asked.
“It was the only way for you to learn-aru!” Yao protested. “It was the only way for you to get it through your thick skull how serious the crisis was!” “Mass layoffs, inflation, and various other economic problems wouldn’t have shown me?”
“It was the only way to give you incentive to fix it, America-kun.” Ivan spoke calmly. “If I recall, we had a meeting earlier that day. One that actually entailed talking.” Alfred gave Arthur a swift glare before looking at Ivan. “After you dumped all the responsibility on me, I actually talked about what I planned to do. But then, maybe you weren’t even listening.”
“I told you that your little solution wasn’t going to fix things overnight!” Arthur shouted, furious that Alfred remembered that much.
Alfred turned to look at Arthur. The look on his face was calm, but hiding a fury that Alfred was barely trying to hold back.
“Obviously, Arthur.” He said as he stepped toward the cell holding Arthur and Kiku. “I knew that before you told me. You’re the one who seemed to want me to magically fix things overnight. You guys are the ones who decided to lash out at me like a bunch of hormone-driven teenagers. Wasn’t it you who taught me about patience, Arthur?”
No one seemed to be able to think of a response to that, not for lack of trying.
“Your brother knew about it!” Romano finally exclaimed. “Your brother knew about the plan, and he didn’t tell you! Why don’t you have him chained up!?”
Alfred turned his steely gaze to Romano.
“Matthew is already being punished. As we speak, in fact.”
This got the attention of Arthur and Francis. “What are you doing to Matthew!?”
Alfred did not appear to be listening to Francis as he walked to the cell holding Romano and Feliciano. He pulled out the keys and opened it. He grabbed Romano and Feliciano by their collars and dragged them out. He leaned Feliciano against a wall and dragged Romano across the room.
“You liked hearing me scream, did you Romano?” Alfred asked as he propped Romano up in a chair. “Well, guess what?”
The smile on Alfred’s face was positively devilish.
Re: Retribution [3/??]
anonymous
July 8 2009, 15:38:03 UTC
oh goooood, I'm going to hell. I thought I liked bottoming-America - so why is this yandere, dark, violent America turning me on so much? That last line..... *shivers happily* And now I'm all curious, what's happening to Matthew.
So, I'm not quite sure. When he dragged the Italian brothers out, does that mean the other countries can't see them anymore? Is Feliciano tied up or free? And - just six months, it's been only six months since they gangraped America? I love the bit when he's calling them out for their reaction though - and how they tried to justify it.
Re: Retribution [3/??]
anonymous
July 8 2009, 16:58:33 UTC
He dragged the Italian brothers out of their cell. They haven't left the room, so the other countries can see them. Everyone who isn't America is chained up.
Don't worry anon. If you're going to hell for enjoying this, I'm surely going to hell for writing it. As far as what's happening to Matthew, the key phrase is "did not appear to be listening". Meaning, you're about to find out.
reCAPTCHA: president suckles. I agree, CAPTCHA. Our current president DOES suck.
Re: Retribution [3/??]
anonymous
July 8 2009, 19:29:37 UTC
holy CRAP comic!anon wants to express how awesome this is but can't seem to find the words to say it so... I'm just gonna say "MOAR PLEASE" I'm sad that there won't be any rape but I do look forward to some trauma!
fdskfjkdslj I. I feel so sick, but I really really wanna see what America's gonna do to them. ;____;''' LOL BAWWW fjdkfgjks i feel so wrong but. JGFKDGJKD FFFFF.
Retribution [4/??]
anonymous
July 9 2009, 16:40:39 UTC
“What are you-” Before Romano could finish, Alfred pulled out a gun and aimed it at his temple.
Romano screamed. He wasn’t the only one.
“What are you going to do?” Romano asked, trying to focus on the gun in front of him. “It’s not obvious?” Alfred sounded mockingly bewildered. “I’m going to shoot you.”
“So that’s your plan, then?” Ludwig scoffed. “You’re going to shoot us all execution-style?”
Alfred ignored Ludwig and glanced at Feliciano, who was crying by this point.
“Nii-chan…” He kept sobbing.
Alfred paused, and lowered the gun.
“Tell you what, Italy.” He said gently, but with a smile that wasn’t the least bit reassuring. “I won’t shoot your brother.”
Feliciano sniffed and looked up at Alfred.
“You won’t?”
Alfred’s smile widened. Then he raised his gun and aimed it at Feliciano.
“How about I shoot you, instead?”
Alfred can hear Ludwig screaming in strange mix of fear and protest. He isn’t surprised. You’d have to be blind and deaf not to see that they were involved. In a way, he’s killing two birds with one stone. He almost giggles at that thought.
“You went along with what everyone else was doing, which is why you’re in this position in the first place.“ He said calmly, ignoring Ludwig’s screams and threats to dismember him. “Of course, you weren’t as eager to make me scream as your brother, which is why I’m giving you the option to choose rather than him.
“Plus, it’s usually the older brother who makes the decisions, so why not let the younger brother choose for once?”
Everyone fell silent as they watched Feliciano stutter through his tears. Everyone knew that he was quick to give up information when faced with the barrel of a gun. But here, his only options were death or watching his brother die in front of him.
When Feliciano was still unable to give a coherent answer, Alfred sighed in irritation.
“Alright, Italy. I’m going to give you your options again, and then you have three seconds.” He said, positioning the gun at Feliciano’s temple. “You can have me shoot you in your brother’s place, and your brother will be unharmed. Otherwise, I’m going to shoot him. And just to make sure you understand, I’ll tell you one more time.
“You can sacrifice yourself for Romano, or…”
He moved the gun to Romano’s forehead.
“You can spend the rest of your life knowing that you could have saved your brother.”
“I…” Feliciano began. 3...
At this point, Feliciano was sobbing in incoherent Italian.
2...
Romano closed his eyes and braced himself.
1...
Alfred sighed, and pulled the trigger.
Romano froze, and waited for the bullet to enter his head. This was not how he had imagined he’d die. He didn’t think he’d die before he’d told his brother and Spain how much he really appreciated them. He didn’t think being shot would be so wet.
He slowly opened his eyes. Alfred was standing in front of him, lowering the gun. Everyone was staring at him from inside their cells. He felt something cold and damp slide down his face. He licked it as it reached his lips.
“Water…?”
Alfred smiled again.
“Why do you look so surprised?” He asked playfully. “I did say “shoot”. I never said I’d “kill” you.”
“You…” Romano tried to find words that would do his fury justice. “You bastard!” “What?” Alfred scoffed. “I give you a little scare and I’m a bastard?”
“I thought you were…” Feliciano panted, still not over the shock. “I thought you were really…”
“That’s funny.” Alfred shrugged. “Back then, I actually thought you were going to kill me, too, for a moment. Perhaps I should have saved this for Russia?”
Alfred disregarded Romano’s curses and dragged the Italy brothers back to their cell.
“My grudge is against the ones who actually put their dicks in me.” He said calmly. “I’m not going to kill off an entire group of people based on the actions of their country’s personification. Then again…”
He paused, looking thoughtful as he shoved them in.
“When you consider that we represent our people as a whole, your actions say quite a bit about your people.”
Okay I laughed when I realized it was a water gun. I REALLY HAD NO IDEA LOLOL;;;.
But still! That was really good. I really loved how Alfred gave Feliciano the choice to choose and Ludwig freaked out. And that bit about saving the killing for Russia, oh MAN. Alfred. ♥
I want Part 5 so bad now! ;AA; When he said “My grudge is against the ones who actually put their dicks in me.” He said calmly. I was like, "fdgjkfjfkk" cause. ARTHUR, FRANCIS, AND THE OTHERS kfjgkjds. Man, now I really really wanna see what'll happen when I think more cause I mean! Arthur had the most faith in Alfred, and looks what's happening and what just might happen to him.
-sobbbb- GREAT JOB. ;A; -gives you baskets of interwebz and hugs- Will be F5ing until the next part(s) come up!
$11-billion qualms 8U Sounds like the world right now, in a nutshell.
Re: Retribution [4/??]
anonymous
July 9 2009, 18:29:06 UTC
..that was epic. I love this part so much because Al is being so --- coolly, frighteningly intelligent about it. The torture here is going to LINGER isn't it. This was like -- Joker in TDK. It was mindgames and it was forcing a Sophie's Choice (of sorts) and now everyone, especially the Italy brothers, has to live with the knowledge that Feli wouldn't have saved Romano. He wouldn't have sacrificed himself. I mean, it's one thing to not expect it, it's another thing to KNOW your brother wouldn't.
This is a THRILLER and that last line makes me shiver. The nation-personifications yes -- but what is America, as a Nation and as his people, wielding the full economic and military power of the last superpower on earth, what is he going to do to their people? What is he NOT going to do? Is he withdrawing support?
Writer!anon here
anonymous
July 9 2009, 21:50:02 UTC
Haha... I actually haven't even seen TDK. Feliciano was freaking out. I think that had he been given a few hours to think, he would have sacrificed himself for his brother. At least, I'd like to think that.
This is a THRILLER
...I'm sad, now. As for the comment about the people of a Nation, to be perfectly honest, I really just intended it to be an insult. Your interpretation is very... delicious, and one that I'll have to take into consideration.
Re: Writer!anon here
anonymous
July 9 2009, 21:52:30 UTC
ahahah. Your fill is really good at making people think. I like it. I was imagining all over the world, Americans are suddenly really mistrustful and hostile towards foreigners....
The voice was familiar enough to send a chill through Arthur’s spine, and when the figure raised his arm to flick the lights on, he was almost not surprised to see that it was Alfred.
He was sitting in the chair with an odd look on his face. His gaze moved around the room, giving his fellow Nations a glance before settling on Arthur and Kiku. His eyes seemed to narrow in an expression that none of them had ever seen before.
Kiku himself wasn’t sure if his involuntary shudder was out of anticipation or fear.
Francis huffed, and Alfred’s eyes moved to him.
“Well, speak of the devil!” Francis seemed to chuckle. “You’re already here!”
“I’ve been here.” Alfred said calmly. “I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”
“Well, we’re awake.” Romano scoffed. “Now hurry and figure out how to get us out of these chains, dammit!”
“No.”
The reply caused the whole room to go silent, but only for a moment.
“What did you say?” Romano demanded.
“You heard me.” Alfred replied.
“Why the hell not!?” Gilbert demanded, furious. “In case you haven’t noticed, we’re being held captive by some lunatic! Unless you’re chained to that chair of yours, get up and get us out of here!”
Alfred gave Gilbert a puzzled look. Then he gazed at the others with the same disbelieving look.
“You…” He began. “You really don’t understand what’s going on, do you?”
“What do you mean?” Ludwig asked, his tone slightly uneasy.
Alfred sighed in irritation and leaned back in his chair.
“Tell me, what’s the last thing you remember before you passed out?” He asked.
Everyone paused and searched through their memories.
Alfred had invited them to Las Vegas for a couple days. Things had gone smoothly. He’d greeted them with his trademark smile.
The Italy and German brothers last recalled eating dinner. Roderich had joined them. Ivan had been drinking alone in his room. Arthur had greeted the others before going to meet Alfred.
And then… nothing.
“What does this have to do with you not trying to get us out of here?” Mathias asked impatiently.
Alfred sighed again, more irritated than before.
“Not very bright, are we?” He said, sounding almost bored. “Then again… maybe the taser was set too high and it fried your brain.”
“What taser!?” Arthur demanded, trying to lift his head.
Alfred pulled something out of his pocket and held it up for them to see. It looked like a gun with two tiny metal rods sticking out of the barrel.
“Where did you get that-aru?” Yao asked in a tone that suggested that he didn’t want to know the answer.
Alfred slammed the taser on the table and stood up.
“You still don’t get it, do you?” He asked as he walked over to where Yao was chained to the wall. “Let me ask you something.”
He leaned in so that their faces were only inches apart.
“Has it not occurred to you that maybe I’m not helping you escape because I’m the one who brought you here in the first place?”
Everyone fell silent as it sunk in. It was rather shocking, to say the least. America was always going on about how he was a hero. Obviously, heroes didn’t abduct people and chain them up. Kiku was the only one who didn’t look too terribly surprised.
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“Take a guess, jackass!” Alfred scoffed. “Flashback: Six months ago. Ring any bells?”
Yao opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. He wasn’t the only one.
“That was…”
“We…”
“You…”
“I’m listening.” Alfred turned away from Yao to face the others. “If you can come up with even one reasonable justification for your actions, I’ll let you go right now and we can forget this entire incident.”
“The whole mess was your fault!” Romano said before anyone else could say anything.
Alfred turned his glare to him. Romano flinched.
“Really? The entire recession was completely and utterly my fault?” He asked. “Just little old me?”
“You’re the world superpower.” Ludwig scoffed. “You’re the one responsible for most of the world spending.”
“And that’s grounds for rape…how?” Alfred asked.
“It was the only way for you to learn-aru!” Yao protested. “It was the only way for you to get it through your thick skull how serious the crisis was!”
“Mass layoffs, inflation, and various other economic problems wouldn’t have shown me?”
“It was the only way to give you incentive to fix it, America-kun.” Ivan spoke calmly.
“If I recall, we had a meeting earlier that day. One that actually entailed talking.” Alfred gave Arthur a swift glare before looking at Ivan. “After you dumped all the responsibility on me, I actually talked about what I planned to do. But then, maybe you weren’t even listening.”
“I told you that your little solution wasn’t going to fix things overnight!” Arthur shouted, furious that Alfred remembered that much.
Alfred turned to look at Arthur. The look on his face was calm, but hiding a fury that Alfred was barely trying to hold back.
“Obviously, Arthur.” He said as he stepped toward the cell holding Arthur and Kiku. “I knew that before you told me. You’re the one who seemed to want me to magically fix things overnight. You guys are the ones who decided to lash out at me like a bunch of hormone-driven teenagers. Wasn’t it you who taught me about patience, Arthur?”
No one seemed to be able to think of a response to that, not for lack of trying.
“Your brother knew about it!” Romano finally exclaimed. “Your brother knew about the plan, and he didn’t tell you! Why don’t you have him chained up!?”
Alfred turned his steely gaze to Romano.
“Matthew is already being punished. As we speak, in fact.”
This got the attention of Arthur and Francis.
“What are you doing to Matthew!?”
Alfred did not appear to be listening to Francis as he walked to the cell holding Romano and Feliciano. He pulled out the keys and opened it. He grabbed Romano and Feliciano by their collars and dragged them out. He leaned Feliciano against a wall and dragged Romano across the room.
“You liked hearing me scream, did you Romano?” Alfred asked as he propped Romano up in a chair. “Well, guess what?”
The smile on Alfred’s face was positively devilish.
“I like hearing screams, too.”
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So, I'm not quite sure. When he dragged the Italian brothers out, does that mean the other countries can't see them anymore? Is Feliciano tied up or free? And - just six months, it's been only six months since they gangraped America? I love the bit when he's calling them out for their reaction though - and how they tried to justify it.
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Don't worry anon. If you're going to hell for enjoying this, I'm surely going to hell for writing it. As far as what's happening to Matthew, the key phrase is "did not appear to be listening". Meaning, you're about to find out.
reCAPTCHA: president suckles. I agree, CAPTCHA. Our current president DOES suck.
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oh god, recaptcha is reading your work. "Services pawns"
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No, Feliciano can't move. Everyone is chained up.
Oh, CAPTCHA. You so crazy.
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comic!anon wants to express how awesome this is but can't seem to find the words to say it so... I'm just gonna say "MOAR PLEASE"
I'm sad that there won't be any rape but I do look forward to some trauma!
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W-WHY DO YOU LEAVE ME HERE, BEGGING FOR MORE. D8
fdskfjkdslj I. I feel so sick, but I really really wanna see what America's gonna do to them. ;____;''' LOL BAWWW fjdkfgjks i feel so wrong but. JGFKDGJKD FFFFF.
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I figured he would get screwed over by Alfred too since he didn't do anything to save him.
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Romano screamed. He wasn’t the only one.
“What are you going to do?” Romano asked, trying to focus on the gun in front of him.
“It’s not obvious?” Alfred sounded mockingly bewildered. “I’m going to shoot you.”
“So that’s your plan, then?” Ludwig scoffed. “You’re going to shoot us all execution-style?”
Alfred ignored Ludwig and glanced at Feliciano, who was crying by this point.
“Nii-chan…” He kept sobbing.
Alfred paused, and lowered the gun.
“Tell you what, Italy.” He said gently, but with a smile that wasn’t the least bit reassuring. “I won’t shoot your brother.”
Feliciano sniffed and looked up at Alfred.
“You won’t?”
Alfred’s smile widened. Then he raised his gun and aimed it at Feliciano.
“How about I shoot you, instead?”
Alfred can hear Ludwig screaming in strange mix of fear and protest. He isn’t surprised. You’d have to be blind and deaf not to see that they were involved. In a way, he’s killing two birds with one stone. He almost giggles at that thought.
“You went along with what everyone else was doing, which is why you’re in this position in the first place.“ He said calmly, ignoring Ludwig’s screams and threats to dismember him. “Of course, you weren’t as eager to make me scream as your brother, which is why I’m giving you the option to choose rather than him.
“Plus, it’s usually the older brother who makes the decisions, so why not let the younger brother choose for once?”
Everyone fell silent as they watched Feliciano stutter through his tears. Everyone knew that he was quick to give up information when faced with the barrel of a gun. But here, his only options were death or watching his brother die in front of him.
When Feliciano was still unable to give a coherent answer, Alfred sighed in irritation.
“Alright, Italy. I’m going to give you your options again, and then you have three seconds.” He said, positioning the gun at Feliciano’s temple. “You can have me shoot you in your brother’s place, and your brother will be unharmed. Otherwise, I’m going to shoot him. And just to make sure you understand, I’ll tell you one more time.
“You can sacrifice yourself for Romano, or…”
He moved the gun to Romano’s forehead.
“You can spend the rest of your life knowing that you could have saved your brother.”
“I…” Feliciano began.
3...
At this point, Feliciano was sobbing in incoherent Italian.
2...
Romano closed his eyes and braced himself.
1...
Alfred sighed, and pulled the trigger.
Romano froze, and waited for the bullet to enter his head. This was not how he had imagined he’d die. He didn’t think he’d die before he’d told his brother and Spain how much he really appreciated them. He didn’t think being shot would be so wet.
He slowly opened his eyes. Alfred was standing in front of him, lowering the gun. Everyone was staring at him from inside their cells. He felt something cold and damp slide down his face. He licked it as it reached his lips.
“Water…?”
Alfred smiled again.
“Why do you look so surprised?” He asked playfully. “I did say “shoot”. I never said I’d “kill” you.”
“You…” Romano tried to find words that would do his fury justice. “You bastard!”
“What?” Alfred scoffed. “I give you a little scare and I’m a bastard?”
“I thought you were…” Feliciano panted, still not over the shock. “I thought you were really…”
“That’s funny.” Alfred shrugged. “Back then, I actually thought you were going to kill me, too, for a moment. Perhaps I should have saved this for Russia?”
Alfred disregarded Romano’s curses and dragged the Italy brothers back to their cell.
“My grudge is against the ones who actually put their dicks in me.” He said calmly. “I’m not going to kill off an entire group of people based on the actions of their country’s personification. Then again…”
He paused, looking thoughtful as he shoved them in.
“When you consider that we represent our people as a whole, your actions say quite a bit about your people.”
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Okay I laughed when I realized it was a water gun.
I REALLY HAD NO IDEA LOLOL;;;.
But still! That was really good. I really loved how Alfred gave Feliciano the choice to choose and Ludwig freaked out. And that bit about saving the killing for Russia, oh MAN. Alfred. ♥
I want Part 5 so bad now! ;AA; When he said “My grudge is against the ones who actually put their dicks in me.” He said calmly. I was like, "fdgjkfjfkk" cause. ARTHUR, FRANCIS, AND THE OTHERS kfjgkjds. Man, now I really really wanna see what'll happen when I think more cause I mean! Arthur had the most faith in Alfred, and looks what's happening and what just might happen to him.
-sobbbb- GREAT JOB. ;A; -gives you baskets of interwebz and hugs- Will be F5ing until the next part(s) come up!
$11-billion qualms 8U Sounds like the world right now, in a nutshell.
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This is a THRILLER and that last line makes me shiver. The nation-personifications yes -- but what is America, as a Nation and as his people, wielding the full economic and military power of the last superpower on earth, what is he going to do to their people? What is he NOT going to do? Is he withdrawing support?
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This is a THRILLER
...I'm sad, now. As for the comment about the people of a Nation, to be perfectly honest, I really just intended it to be an insult. Your interpretation is very... delicious, and one that I'll have to take into consideration.
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