Accidental Video

[rainbowpalette]

[The video feed clicks on, showing the interior of a small, cozy-looking cottage. A young woman with gray skin and black hair is trotting back and forth in the space, a smile on her lips as she gathers a variety of things and puts them on a coffeetable... a spool of thread, a needle, a basket full of feathers

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[gesangvoll]

[PINGED BY MOZART]

A fan of Mozart, are you?

[rainbowpalette]

[Hello, who's this? And dammit, she was humming something by Mozart, wasn't she? How embarrassing.]

I suppose so, yes.

The original, though, not the clone.

[It's important to specify that.]

[gesangvoll]

[so she had met Clonezart. Well. Clonezart wasn't all bad in Austria's opinion when he wasn't rewriting Mozart's operas, but he won't say that.]

Understandable. The Clone can be... difficult at times. [NOT THAT MOZART WASN'T, he just got a free pass because he's Mozart.]

[rainbowpalette]

He certainly can.

[Okay, enough grousing about Mozart. Kanaya eyes the man on her Dreamberry.]

And who are you, if I might ask? Are you another composer?

[gesangvoll]

Ah, no. I believe we've spoken before, though perhaps I am mistaken. You are Ms. Maryam, are you not?

Oh, derrrrrp...

[rainbowpalette]

[Kanaya looks a little closer, and her memory suddenly makes the connection.]

Oh, my apologies! I do remember you now; we met when I first arrived here, correct?

LOL It's fine <3

[gesangvoll]

Yes, that's correct. My name is Austria, in case you've forgotten.

[rainbowpalette]

Austria...

[The name suddenly makes a connection.]

You're a country, are you not? Like Russia?

[gesangvoll]

I am, yes, but I am quite different from that barbarian. [since Russians are creepy and gross]

[rainbowpalette]

[Barbarian? What?]

Excuse me, but are we talking about the same country? The Russia I know is quite pleasant and friendly.

Sorry for late!

[gesangvoll]

He may seem pleasant and friendly, but he is hardly just that. He is uncivilized, makes other people's business his own, and is hardly a pleasant nation to be around.

no problem!

[rainbowpalette]

[She's going to disagree with you on that one, but she's too polite to say anything.]

I will certainly keep that in mind.

[gesangvoll]

See to it that you do. I would not want Russia harming people that did not know his true self here.

[rainbowpalette]

[Now you've piqued her curiousity, since the last time she trusted someone new here, it didn't end so well.]

Now why do you say that? Has Russia harmed you in the past?

[gesangvoll]

Of course. He has also been an ally of mine in the past, as well, however. Even then he was hardly worth relying on, though.

[rainbowpalette]

[Kanaya can appreciate having unreliable allies. Boy, can she ever, Austria.]

I suppose I will need to read more about Earth history to really understand the relationships between the countries. Do you have any famous authors that you would recommend?