hai mươi một ❀| if you're hearing screams, come back, child, come back

[lotuslife]

[There's silence, for a few moments- light, unsteady breathing before Vietnam speaks. Her voice is quiet and strained.] I want to go home just as much as the rest of you do. So if there is... In any way... that what information I can provide can become useful, then... Tôi không biết...

My full name is Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam. The

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[motheringnation]

.....

[Silence.]

Am not part of brother any more.

But remember those times. Towns version of brothers house is wrong.

filtered;

[lotuslife]

...Not every part of it, comrade.

filtered;

[motheringnation]

Of course not.

[And you just ...made her angry.]

Have lived through those times. Know exactly what brother is capable of. Have watched my people die because of his. This version of brothers house belittles the suffering we all went through. Is wrong.

filtered;

[lotuslife]

[good, she thinks; good that Ukraine feels anger. she'll need more of it if Mayfield continues on this way.]

I know, comrade. Do you think that my own people did not experience their own version of re-education?

[coolbowtie]

[Sen, the Doctor is so worried about you right now, you are not yourself]

No one's getting hurt here, communist, capitalist, protestant, doesn't matter. We're sticking together.

[lotuslife]

[she sounds very... detached.]

That would be nice, wouldn't it.

[coolbowtie]

Trust me. I won't let anything bad happen to you.

[lotuslife]

...Don't be foolish, Doctor.

[knifehand]

It is all lies, but stupid fools believe in lies like these.

[lotuslife]

It cannot have happened. It hadn't escalated that far...

filtered;

[knifehand]

...It.

It never does.

filtered;

[lotuslife]

...I never asked you what year it is for you, comrade Belarus.

[muskatli]

[holding the phone hurts after bruising her hands earlier. She cradles it between her cheek and shoulder.]

Comrade, we need to talk.

[lotuslife]

Alright. Where?

[muskatli]

They're watching the houses, or at least, my. Can you meet me where you "lost" your wedding ring?

[lotuslife]

[watching the houses? that's new to her. but she does not comment.]

Yes. I will be there in fifteen minutes.

[she hangs up.]

[sue_of_truth]

Your world and this world could be entirely different ones; your truth about Communism and Capitalism and your history may not be the same truths that exist in this world.

[lotuslife]

...I am disappointed, Em Erika. [but she just sounds tired.] Do you not regard yourself as a detective? Someone in your position... should be seeking whatever information is available.

[sue_of_truth]

Tsk, tsk! Don't make assumptions. I will hear your version of the 'truth'; I am simply pointing out that your truth might be worth nothiiing in this world. I hope you realize that.

[lotuslife]

And it may be worth plenty. I was used as a tool in that war. I know more about America and the way his government works, the way he behaves in war, than many people here.