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[spiffingtea]

H-Hello? Is anyone there?

[He's awoken to a place not familiar - both in sense and sight and sound. The last thing he remembers is slumping into bed and having a fit of nightmares, and then he woke up into ... well, this. There's a frown as he looks about the place, before slowly backing up against a wall in order to observe the surroundings.]Oh,

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[volcanisms]

[ 'you have to be bloody joking' indeed. ]

Oh, great. You showed up.

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[spiffingtea]

[There's a hint at a confused frown.]

... Iceland? You're here too?

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[volcanisms]

Unfortunately.

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[spiffingtea]

..I.. see...

.. Is everything okay?

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[volcanisms]

...What? No. No, everything is not okay.

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[spiffingtea]

.... No, well. I guess not. Is there anyone else here apart from Japan and the yank? Where are you all?

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[volcanisms]

We're all over; we had to evacuate the city. But let's see... there's: [ he counts off on his fingers as he goes through the list ] Me, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Japan and America -- like you said -- Holland, South Korea... and... I'm missing a few, I think.

[ he takes a moment to contemplate who he missed, but shrugs it off before listing anyone else. ]

And I don't know where you are, but I'm in the woods with Norway and Denmark. And some other people.

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[spiffingtea]

[Arthur nods as Iceland goes through the countries, his finger resting on his chin as he thinks for a moment.]

Ah, right.. I see... Well. I can't say where I am either, but maybe you will? Here.

[He shifts the communicator and turns it around, showing Iceland the view of the street that it's on. It's decrepit, an looks more ruined than ever. He turns it back around, and it looks like he's trying to level his breathing for whatever reason.]

I do not know where I am... but I really don't think it's safe here. It feels like my lungs want to scream.

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[volcanisms]

You're in the city that we had to evacuate. Probably.

See if you can find other people around -- and watch out for monsters.

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[spiffingtea]

.... Ahaha, Monsters. Right.

[He suddenly frowns.]

... This is bullshit. I don't think I have any magic source on me, whatever. Bollocks.

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[volcanisms]

Oh, wait, that reminds me -- you're human now, I guess. Surprise.

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[spiffingtea]

.... Wait, excuse me? What do you mean by that?

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[volcanisms]

You know all the neat things you could do because you're a nation? Like, not dying? You can't do that anymore.

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[spiffingtea]

... Right.

... and I'm stuck in Discedo.

[his expression shifts, almost musing.]

... I never thought I'd say this. But I think I'd prefer just normal, miserable wet rain... or even your bloody ashclouds, right now.

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[volcanisms]

Shut up about Eyjafjallajökull. That wasn't my fault.

But anyway, yeah. You've been kidnapped and there isn't much you can do about it, except deal with it.

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[spiffingtea]

[Sigh.]

I could really do with a cup of tea.