( video; english; backdated ) posted at about 5:40am after the bomb

[libertyfuckyeah]

GUYS. GUYS. GUYS!

[ No, he doesn't care if he's going to wake up everyone with this. He just looks so. excited. Like more excited than any rational person has any right to be. This is a normal state of being for America, but considering the circumstances, it may seem a little... odd. The camera gives a nice clear view of the mushroom cloud from

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[asideglance]

[...He's considering going up there, but...

With information he's heard, this is just all kinds of... odd. So he's hesitant but he'll ask.]

...America-san knows that sort of cloud?

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[libertyfuckyeah]

Of course!

[ No hesitation. None. He's like a child armed with a gun, in some ways.

America gets up to cut Japan off. He doesn't really dare to touch him, just runs in front of Japan with his hands up apologetically. And then he realizes he really doesn't know what to say from here. ]

You, uh... wanna talk? I won't bullshit you! But I told ya the answer wouldn't make you happy. I just said it 'cause... I mean, if anyone deserves the straight-up truth, it's you.

[ He shuffles uncomfortably. ]

So uh, don't go yet. Please?

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[asideglance]

[He stops with a frown. He really wasn't sure. Did he want to hear this? He told himself he wouldn't get caught in the future... But this was now, wasn't it?

He's obviously uncomfortable, standing stiff and staring up at America, but he doesn't move to go around.]

...Fine. ...What is the truth, America-san?

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[libertyfuckyeah]

[ His hands drop to his sides, just staring blankly at Japan for a moment. ]

I dunno. You have to ask the question first.

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[asideglance]

Why?

[Why did he do it. Simple enough... He likes to think America can pick it up from that. In this situation at least.]

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[libertyfuckyeah]

[ Yes. Yes he can. For once he can read the damn atmosphere. ]

A lot of reasons. By the time it happened... I just wanted ya to stop. You were hurting a lot of people, not just mine. I tried to get ya to stop before, but it was like I couldn't go an inch without treading over the corpse of one of my boys. You were too prideful and didn't know how to quit while you were ahead. It reminded me of, well, me, and still I got angry.

I guess revenge was a part of it. Money too. Bombs are expensive. But I like to think about the people I was helping, not the ones I hurt. I helped you too. No lie, I did. And after the war, I stuck around to make sure you got better.

[ He chews his chapped lip and looks away. ]

I just wanted to help.

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[asideglance]

[Angry, afraid, sad, there were a ton of things to choose from. He seemed calmer now-- but he was anything but. This sort of answer... It sounded like excuses. Could he understand if he had actually experienced it?

He wasn't thinking so.]

I do not give up... [He looks down at that, trying to understand. Just two, China said. Two... and he... surrendered? Had America threatened to use more? It was such an impossible situation, it was a little difficult to imagine it.]

America-san should remember that. [Almost a warning...]