1 ❦ ACTION + PHONE (WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON-ISH)

[macanese]

A) PHONE: [He picks up the phone, hesitant as he hasn't seen a phone, let alone a house like this in many years. He dials a number -- China's number from back home to be exact. A-ah, maybe something got mixed in his tea and this is all a dream. This couldn't be some new resort, and he's pretty sure tourists wouldn't care for something like this

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[gezellighe]

What a bad time to show up here.

[macanese]

[Oh.... that voice is for sure isn't China's. Maybe he got the wrong number? Or China lost his phone... again.]

I may have dialed the incorrect number, but is a Mister Wang Yao present?

[gezellighe]

. . . looking for China, Macau?

[Yeah, he heard Macau talking to Hong Kong earlier. Kind of a nosy guy. . .]

[macanese]

[He's caught off guard by such a statement, still not sure who the person speaking to him is.]

Yes, and may I ask who you are? It is only fair that I know who you are if you know who I am.

[gezellighe]

Hnn.

[Huff.]

Don't you know where you are?

[macanese]

[Ah, dodging his questions...]

Do you think I know? [he can be tricky too.]

[gezellighe]

I don't.

Hoi, it's Nederlands.

[Don't play those stupid games like Japan does, Macau.]

[macanese]

Mister Netherlands, I apologize for not realizing it was you sooner. [It's not a sarcastic at all, and he doesn't harbor a grudge from what happened in the past much these days. He just knows you won't spend much money at hist place...] Now that we know each other's name, I think we can have a proper conversation.

[gezellighe]

If you want.

But you're not going to find China, or your people or anybody really around.

[macanese]

[He doesn't answer right away, trying to think over what he said.]

Has something happened? It must be serious if you are involved, I would think. [And he means that as a compliment ;u; honestly!!]

[gezellighe]

[. . . whatever that means. Moving on. . .]

We've been kidnapped to this town. So far there's no way out.

[macanese]

Have the kidnappers stated a ransom? Have we been able to reach anyone able to assist us from back home?

[gezellighe]

It doesn't work that way at all, Macau.

[macanese]

Would you mind explaining what circumstances I am under then, Mister Netherlands?

[gezellighe]

They make us live in houses with fake families. And we're expected to act like it's normal, but who could.

[sigh.]

[macanese]

I will agree with that, but who is enforcing such rules?