[Upon 'waking up' again and checking the date, Vietnam calmly goes about doing absolutely nothing to alert anyone of her return. How strange... But she can be found breaking her drone routine in a few different ways today.]

[A | At the Mayfield Hospital, where she's been working as a nurse for the past little while ( Read more... )

|❀PHONE; public; failed filter from the Doctor and Charles Fei-Ong, because what is technology.|

...If a young maiden was, perhaps, seeing a... gentleman... One that she was exclusive to. One that, that she cared about... and has already been seeing for many months now- [Her voice falters as if choking around the simple term 'boyfriend'. It's not ( Read more... )

[The morning after Lucy's phone call across town, Vietnam is taking a page out of Russia's Fat Book of Communism. And by that, I mean she's doing what her comrade does when he's depressed: create propaganda, of course! It seems like a good idea. Why wouldn't it be a good idea. What she and all of Mayfield needs right now is a good infusion of the ( Read more... )

|❀PHONE; public.|

How does it ever get so cold here- t-trời ơi... It's really intolerable, isn't it?

Does it get worse than this? [Her voice drops, sounding somewhat distressed and annoyed.] I can't imagine that... [Mayfield's fairly mild early December weather is still too cold for Vietnam. She's a tropical country with a long monsoon season; ( Read more... )

[Vietnam sits in a quiet corner of the park with this on her lap. The lacquered instrument- a đàn bầu- would look completely unfamiliar to anyone who does not study traditional Asian music; it is a monochord, which means that it only has one string.

She's playing a song quite familiar to her, and singing so quietly to herself that the words can ( Read more... )

[A young girl- her age is ambiguous; she could be anywhere from fourteen to sixteen- clad in worn, archaic clothing can be seen around Mayfield today. Her tunic is made of a rough cloth, in a style only now seen in ancient art in history books, and she wears primitive protective gear on her legs. There is a long, slim spear strapped to her back. ( Read more... )

Xin chào, Mayfield. I hope you find yourselves well following the party which just occurred. [Well, not really. She doesn't actually care; she's just saying it to be polite- not that you can tell, as her tone is warm and placid. Onward to the actual point of this phone call:]

My anh- brother- China, has returned, as many of you may already know. ( Read more... )

( ❀BACKGROUND; a history lesson! )

( ❀ACTION; Charles Fei-Ong's house at 767 Bunker Street. )

( ❀BACKGROUND; dated to last night (August 8th, 11:24 PM). )