✤ seventeen; (it's the only noise i have of yours)
[✤FILTERED: ◤Belgium.◢]
Yesterday... was your-- [cuts himself off, quickly] I just wanted to know if you maybe wanted to-...
[He trails off, sounding incredibly uncomfortable. April 19th, 1839 was when the Treaty of London was signed, forcing the Netherlands to finally- after 9 years of self-denial following the Belgian Revolution- acknowledge his sister's independence.
Whenever the date comes, he usually doesn't acknowledge it much- if at all- but all that's happened in the last few days has him feeling a little differently. Hollow echoes of old memories. They're human here, he has to remind himself. It changes things.
But he can't go through with it all the way.] ...Vergeet het maar. [He hangs up.]
[✤FILTERED: ◤China.◢]
[A long pause, like he's trying to figure out what to say, before he sighs and speaks reluctantly. What happened is partially- no, mostly his fault, and while he's talked to England and Roshia both after the fact, he hasn't spoken with China at all.]
Have you had your hand looked after? [And that's all he has to say.]
[✤FILTERED: ◤Margot.◢]
I want to talk with you about some stuff coming up at the end of the month... [the wince at adding this next part is almost audible:] and the beginning of May. Whenever you can.
[ACTION]
[It's 4:20 PM on 4/20, Mayfield. Do you know where your Netherlands is?
He's out in the garage of his home- which is open- sitting on the hood of his car, phone planted right next to him on the hood, joint in hand. He's heavily bandaged- across his shoulder, chest, waist, and leg- and looks like he should be in an excruciating amount of pain just from the injuries, but he's not. This would be because he is stoned out of his mind, insert medicinal usage argument here. Though it's almost like he's been celebrating 4/20 for the fast few days, ever since the chaos with the regains ended.
He'd normally celebrate today with others, but this is the first year in a long time he's alone. And he has, in fact, been pretty antisocial since the event ended, going against the wishes of his 'family' by refusing to lay down and rest. He wants to apologize to everyone that the Hello Kitty/Miffy abomination ran into and injured, but the idea of doing it is so overwhelming that he's avoiding doing it at all- that, and everyone just seems to be happy enough that all the weirdness of the past few days is finally over. He's been attending his job as normal and going about town doing errands- he just hasn't been talking much. And has also been ridiculously high the entire time. Shut up, it's gezellig.
Netherlands looks back down to the phone, then back at the joint, and then just looks pissed off in general.] It's fucking 4/20 and it's not the same here! Ik haat dit. [It's not really the day he's angry at, though. It's pretty much everything, THANKS MAYFIELD.
Ask nicely enough, though, and he'll be all too happy to share his weed with you. And it's free today, holy shit. You should probably take him up on it if you're interested, or you'll have to wait another 364 days for the next opportunity.]
Yesterday... was your-- [cuts himself off, quickly] I just wanted to know if you maybe wanted to-...
[He trails off, sounding incredibly uncomfortable. April 19th, 1839 was when the Treaty of London was signed, forcing the Netherlands to finally- after 9 years of self-denial following the Belgian Revolution- acknowledge his sister's independence.
Whenever the date comes, he usually doesn't acknowledge it much- if at all- but all that's happened in the last few days has him feeling a little differently. Hollow echoes of old memories. They're human here, he has to remind himself. It changes things.
But he can't go through with it all the way.] ...Vergeet het maar. [He hangs up.]
[✤FILTERED: ◤China.◢]
[A long pause, like he's trying to figure out what to say, before he sighs and speaks reluctantly. What happened is partially- no, mostly his fault, and while he's talked to England and Roshia both after the fact, he hasn't spoken with China at all.]
Have you had your hand looked after? [And that's all he has to say.]
[✤FILTERED: ◤Margot.◢]
I want to talk with you about some stuff coming up at the end of the month... [the wince at adding this next part is almost audible:] and the beginning of May. Whenever you can.
[ACTION]
[It's 4:20 PM on 4/20, Mayfield. Do you know where your Netherlands is?
He's out in the garage of his home- which is open- sitting on the hood of his car, phone planted right next to him on the hood, joint in hand. He's heavily bandaged- across his shoulder, chest, waist, and leg- and looks like he should be in an excruciating amount of pain just from the injuries, but he's not. This would be because he is stoned out of his mind, insert medicinal usage argument here. Though it's almost like he's been celebrating 4/20 for the fast few days, ever since the chaos with the regains ended.
He'd normally celebrate today with others, but this is the first year in a long time he's alone. And he has, in fact, been pretty antisocial since the event ended, going against the wishes of his 'family' by refusing to lay down and rest. He wants to apologize to everyone that the Hello Kitty/Miffy abomination ran into and injured, but the idea of doing it is so overwhelming that he's avoiding doing it at all- that, and everyone just seems to be happy enough that all the weirdness of the past few days is finally over. He's been attending his job as normal and going about town doing errands- he just hasn't been talking much. And has also been ridiculously high the entire time. Shut up, it's gezellig.
Netherlands looks back down to the phone, then back at the joint, and then just looks pissed off in general.] It's fucking 4/20 and it's not the same here! Ik haat dit. [It's not really the day he's angry at, though. It's pretty much everything, THANKS MAYFIELD.
Ask nicely enough, though, and he'll be all too happy to share his weed with you. And it's free today, holy shit. You should probably take him up on it if you're interested, or you'll have to wait another 364 days for the next opportunity.]