Fifteen Sickles

[vodkadrinksyou]

[America's gone. Japan's gone. Hikaru's gone. A lot of other people who would have stopped him are gone. But he's smiling. Oh, is he ever smiling. And he's sitting behind a desk, just an ordinary looking desk in an office building. There's vodka on it, and a globe, and some communist flags. But other than that, it's just another desk. And it's got

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[stained_wing]

... what kind of game

[vodkadrinksyou]

[He almost manages a smile. Almost, but not quite.]

Oh, any game would work. I'm sure you'd like it. Everyone's gone. No one would care what games you'd play.

[stained_wing]

You seem rather... different.

[vodkadrinksyou]

[That same smile. He's very good at it.]

Winter's here. They're all gone. That's all.

[Winter makes him cold.]

[stained_wing]

I do not like the human susceptibility to the cold. It's quite annoying. Although I fail to see why people leaving is cause for any sort of distress.

[vodkadrinksyou]

It is. That's why I have ways to keep warm.

[He shakes his head, and he laughs.]

Nothing important. The city's empty, that's all. Except for us.

[And Lithuania. And he'll make sure it stays that way. It isn't fun playing games by yourself after all. With no one to play against.]

[stained_wing]

It's not empty enough for my liking. [Pushes up her glasses.] As for the cold, wearing more articles severely limits one's ability to move, which is rather detrimental.

[vodkadrinksyou]

Oh, that can be taken care of now. [Grin.] It's important, though. Or everyone would freeze to death, and that'd be a shame.

[stained_wing]

Hmph. Normally temperature is not a deterrent. Although humans freezing to death is a rather pleasant thought...

[vodkadrinksyou]

It can be. Sometimes they starve, too. When food doesn't grow.

[stained_wing]

It's not quite the same thing as destroying them, but it does get the job done.

[vodkadrinksyou]

They die on their own, easily enough. Oh, I can't wait to see their suffering.

[stained_wing]

[Huh, this is a new wavelength for him - but a wholly respectable one. She adjusts her glasses.] It's true... they're rather fragile in the right circumstances.

[vodkadrinksyou]

They break, and bend, and collapse in the face of the General. It's very entertaining to watch.

[stained_wing]

The General? They break and bend in general, it's true...

[vodkadrinksyou]

[He laughs. It's not a very pleasant laugh.]

That's how it ought to be. They should know better by now than to try and invade me.