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[spiffingtea]

[A whimper can be heard off-screen as the communicator flickers on, but there's a heavy breath before England flickers onto screen. He's actually topless, but he looks pale as anything and actually looks a bit clammy, if the lighting shows it off enough.

You might see the reason of this one he steps to the side a little, showing his arm; it looks

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[fierybluebird]

Do you have Klunk? [He was really worried that Mikey half wanted to kill him.]

And yeah... tons of people are off... what the fuck happened to you mate?

[spiffingtea]

[England just looks a bit blankly at Marco; was he not paying attention to what he said?]

Michelangelo-- well, not him, you know what I mean -- went for me after I became a threat after becoming too suspicious. He managed to get ahold of me once and bite a nice big chunk of my arm out. [he winces involuntarily.

But at the name of the Chocobo, he smiles.]

... Yeah, I do. We escaped together. That blooming Chocobo saved my life. He was the one to originally make me suspicious.

Though now I'm getting private notes from him threatening to I don't know -- gut me or something.

[fierybluebird]

He's not being himself. I told Klunk to get away, but I have no idea how widespread this... mass outbreak is.

I'm not sure Klunk is all healed up yet or he could carry you. [Strokes his chin thinking fast.] Even if I fly out there it might be too late and I don't know Michelangelo well enough to tell you his weaknesses. Do you have your chip out?

[spiffingtea]

[He shakes his head.]

I wouldn't want to put anymore strain on the guy anyway. Don't worry about it. No, I don't have my chip out, otherwise I'd have had something better to defend myself with. And maybe heal myself, but I'm not practised amazingly well in Healing magic.

[fierybluebird]

You can do magic?

[spiffingtea]

[England blushes, and looks to the side.]

... Ah, Yes... B-But not a lot of people from my home are aware of this, n-nor do I make it known. They.. don't tend to believe me.

[He can't see the creatures he's known all his life. It threw him off hell of a lot when he first came here -- and he doesn't even know if he'll be able to, the whole time he's here.]

[fierybluebird]

Ah that explains it. I was a bit surprised, most of the other countries seem to take a lot longer to adjust to the idea of such a thing.

Well, if you get your chip out, I'm sure Seifer can always help you, eh.

[When he's back to normal, gets HIS chip removed, and so on. Heh aw... if he mentions it to Marco, he'll turn into a phoenix to reassure him.]

[spiffingtea]

[He raises an eyebrow.]

Help me? With what?

[I didn't even consider whether Marco is a doppel or not. England's talking normally with people unless he has reason to believe otherwise. He already has two doppels out to get him. He doesn't need the whole population.]

[fierybluebird]

Learning healing magic. Such a thing is pretty common in his world.

[Heh, well Marco isn't doppled. Seifer is though, so no magic for him right now.]

[spiffingtea]

Hm, well, you have to understand the concept of a nation. -- We don't get mortally wounded by physical fighting and harm to our skin. It's more political things that put us weak -- and other nations. Generally, we're immortal in the sense that humans aren't.

But having this chip in makes me just like anyone else. I can't do magic -- I can't see what I'd usually be able to see, and I can feel it, mentally. It's like bearing the weight of two millenia's worth of memories on your shoulders. It should drive someone insane. I bloody hope I get this chip out soon.

[fierybluebird]

I... actually have a good idea of what that's like. Two weeks and I start going nuts... although in my world I wouldn't last two hours without my other side... of course to cut me off like that requires special handcuffs.

The healing... How do I explain this...?

You've heard of phoenixes, right?

[spiffingtea]

[After a moment, England blushes.]

I... I love pheonixes. Why do you ask?...

1/2

[fierybluebird]

L-love?

Oh...

[Now it's Marco's turn to blush. This shouldn't be so hard! How do you tell a thing after that. So he's just going to turn away from the camera, but still in shot first.]

2/3 I lied

[fierybluebird]

[And transforms into a phoenix with a ridiculous tail.]

[fierybluebird]

[A blue one of course, and then switches back, still trailing blue flames.]

I'm sure your friends and magic are here, whether it's cut off for now or not, eh? You'll get them back soon. I'm sure of it.

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[spiffingtea]

[England watches all this, awed with the same childish admiration on his face. He keeps it right until he realises he's looking back at a normal looking Marco again, and he looks away from the camera.

He misses home.]