[hetachallenge] 1/Ultimate
Title: philosphically
Author: kahlanaisling
Claim: Romania/Norway
Character(s): Romania, Norway
Table/Prompt: 1/Ultimate
Word Count: 646
Rating: G
Summary: Romania's always been kind of a philosopher anyway, though.
The end is always at the end, except when it comes at the beginning. Romania likes to think of things that way - everything is infinite, yes? So there really is no ending. But it's impossible for things not to end, which means they end as soon as they begin.
The logic doesn't really make sense to anyone but himself. Bulgaria's argued it with him a few times but always gives up, Norway hasn't even tried, England wouldn't let him finish speaking.
Which gave him another point. No end. No beginning. It's all an endlessly repeating cycle of people and dates and wars and peace and people and dates and wars and peace and people and dates and wars and peace and people and dates and wars and
love
is a new factor in Romania's equation. That's a lie. Love is not new. Love is old and quite possibly the very first thing to exist, because why would someone create an entire world if not out of love for something?
Romania is not high. He doesn't do recreational drugs, not after a few mishaps that had unfortunate results (but those are all stories for another time, another place).
So, what then?
Merely thinking. Thinking is something he's good at, twisting situations in every which way possible to see which is right, which is advantageous, and when the two sometimes overlap. His only problem is that he thinks too fast, see? So he's trying to think a little more slowly than usual.
Thinking about life and love and Norway and how the three connect and intertwine and clash and whether or not he, as a nation, is entitled to any of the three.
Romania thinks about that a lot, too. Not whether he deserves any of them - because undoubtedly, he does. All of them do after what they go through for their people. No, in his book entitlement is a completely different issue that has to do with their place in the universe. Obviously in the heirarchy of things there are, from bottom up, animals and then humans (and technology, robots, AI are somewhere in there) and aliens, nations and then deities. Deities probably view him the same way he views humans - young, and short-lived, and too much of an upstart for his own good.
Unless there are no deities? This has been proposed and Norway believes it, though England doesn't. Romania's not sure what he believes. He doesn't want to think that they're alone, that this is the top tier and there is nothing after. To believe there are no deities is to believe that he has no greater cause, that he is a nation suffering for his people for no benefit in the long run. He will suffer for them, of course, that's what he does and is born to do and he'll do it gladly.
But he'd still like to think there's some sort of, well, payoff. In the end. However far in the future that may be.
He doesn't want their existence to be completely futile.
“You need to stop,” Norway interrupts. “You're going to depress yourself and that'll be a pain to deal with.”
Romania is startled. He blinks to refocus his eyes and sees that Norway has retreated to a cup of coffee and a book, has probably been there for a while now. “ . . . Stop what?”
“I know when you're wallowing.” Norway takes a superior sip of his coffee.
Romania scowls and puts his hand down; he's been leaning on it. “I'm not wallowing, I'm thinking.”
“Thinking is different. Thinking leads you to a logical conclusion; wallowing brings you to an existential crisis.”
“That's a strong term.”
“Maybe, but this isn't a courtroom. I don't need specifics.”
. . . Norway does have a point.
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Author: kahlanaisling
Claim: Romania/Norway
Character(s): Romania, Norway
Table/Prompt: 1/Ultimate
Word Count: 646
Rating: G
Summary: Romania's always been kind of a philosopher anyway, though.
The end is always at the end, except when it comes at the beginning. Romania likes to think of things that way - everything is infinite, yes? So there really is no ending. But it's impossible for things not to end, which means they end as soon as they begin.
The logic doesn't really make sense to anyone but himself. Bulgaria's argued it with him a few times but always gives up, Norway hasn't even tried, England wouldn't let him finish speaking.
Which gave him another point. No end. No beginning. It's all an endlessly repeating cycle of people and dates and wars and peace and people and dates and wars and peace and people and dates and wars and peace and people and dates and wars and
love
is a new factor in Romania's equation. That's a lie. Love is not new. Love is old and quite possibly the very first thing to exist, because why would someone create an entire world if not out of love for something?
Romania is not high. He doesn't do recreational drugs, not after a few mishaps that had unfortunate results (but those are all stories for another time, another place).
So, what then?
Merely thinking. Thinking is something he's good at, twisting situations in every which way possible to see which is right, which is advantageous, and when the two sometimes overlap. His only problem is that he thinks too fast, see? So he's trying to think a little more slowly than usual.
Thinking about life and love and Norway and how the three connect and intertwine and clash and whether or not he, as a nation, is entitled to any of the three.
Romania thinks about that a lot, too. Not whether he deserves any of them - because undoubtedly, he does. All of them do after what they go through for their people. No, in his book entitlement is a completely different issue that has to do with their place in the universe. Obviously in the heirarchy of things there are, from bottom up, animals and then humans (and technology, robots, AI are somewhere in there) and aliens, nations and then deities. Deities probably view him the same way he views humans - young, and short-lived, and too much of an upstart for his own good.
Unless there are no deities? This has been proposed and Norway believes it, though England doesn't. Romania's not sure what he believes. He doesn't want to think that they're alone, that this is the top tier and there is nothing after. To believe there are no deities is to believe that he has no greater cause, that he is a nation suffering for his people for no benefit in the long run. He will suffer for them, of course, that's what he does and is born to do and he'll do it gladly.
But he'd still like to think there's some sort of, well, payoff. In the end. However far in the future that may be.
He doesn't want their existence to be completely futile.
“You need to stop,” Norway interrupts. “You're going to depress yourself and that'll be a pain to deal with.”
Romania is startled. He blinks to refocus his eyes and sees that Norway has retreated to a cup of coffee and a book, has probably been there for a while now. “ . . . Stop what?”
“I know when you're wallowing.” Norway takes a superior sip of his coffee.
Romania scowls and puts his hand down; he's been leaning on it. “I'm not wallowing, I'm thinking.”
“Thinking is different. Thinking leads you to a logical conclusion; wallowing brings you to an existential crisis.”
“That's a strong term.”
“Maybe, but this isn't a courtroom. I don't need specifics.”
. . . Norway does have a point.
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