[eighth fragrance] text

[bauhinia]

ode to an icecube

some people say i'm tsun
but i don't think it's true
some people say i'm crazy
so yeah i'm crazy for you

okay so you're kinda an icecube
but i think you'll probably melt real soon
this line's about sea cucumbers
this line's about the moon

so we don't have much in common
we're in different hemispheres
you've gotta a lotta geothermal activity
i've got tons of skyscrapers

hey that didn't really rhyme
but here you go: my GDP's amazing
you can bet i'm the best when it comes
to investing i'm a total tax haven

that's a total lie and it didn't rhyme either
i kinda suck at poetry but i'm totally sincere
even though my expression's lacking, hey
i'll be your arthur if you'll be my guinevere

i pulled that off a lot better before
when it was a helen of troy joke
not that i'm referencing trojans here
but i still think i'm a pretty handsome bloke

give me one more chance
i'll really set you reeling
i was totally serious before y'know
i wanna know how you're feeling

[ no this isn't about anyone in particular why would you think that
also why am i posting this, why didn't someone stop me ]

Comments

[bauhinia]

I guess it can be a kinda complicated concept. [ It's not worth the grief, Marco!! ]

Right, there's nothing to tell. But if you see Japan drawing weird stuff, you should totally tell him to stop. I'm just saying.

[fierybluebird]

[Side glance.]

I'd kind of rather read them. Just saying.

[Hello Hong Kong. You didn't really think someone dating Japan wouldn't be depraved as all get out, did you?]

[bauhinia]

That's it, I'm totally posting the full version of Marco and Japan's Very Special Discedo Vacation.

[ Reaching for his communicator.... ]

[fierybluebird]

[Amused smirk.]

One of these days the whole lot of you will realize I'm really quite serious when I say such things don't bother me. I bought doujinshi of Ace and myself half because I'm in, and two-thirds because Japan drew it.

This isn't a threat to me, it's a bribe.

[bauhinia]

[ He just gives Marco an even look. ]

Okay, sure. I'm a business-minded guy. You tell him to stop and I'll give you the original, just for you and no one else.

[fierybluebird]

[Tilts his head.]

It's tempting, but... Japan didn't use to do anything for fun for himself. Drawing was the only thing. [Spreads his hands with a shrug.] Even if I told him to stop, he'd just try to hide it from me and keep doing it. And I don't want that.

[bauhinia]

[ Okay, he has a point. ]

All right. If I give you my drawings, can you do something to see to it that he stops finding me and Iceland interesting subjects? Like, I honestly don't even care if you tell him I'd be better off with someone else or something. Aesthetically speaking.

Never mind that it's a total lie, 'cause we're like, really visually compatible. Never mind that. I just want Iceland left out of it, d'you know what I'm saying?

[ Help a guy out here. ]

[fierybluebird]

There's really nothing I can do. I guess if you start flirting around with people here he might get distracted.

Would you like copies when he's done?

[bauhinia]

[ He crosses his arms and closes his eyes. ] That seems kinda underhanded, even for me.

No comment.

[fierybluebird]

Then you're stuck.

But I'll get you free copies.

[bauhinia]

I'm never gonna live this down.

[fierybluebird]

It could be worse. It could have been ode to France.

[bauhinia]

Thanks, having that perspective really helps. [ It's hard to tell if he's serious. ]

[fierybluebird]

Or a love letter to Japan. Then I might have really gotten suspicious. Or a love song to Denmark. That would just be gross. Or an ode to America, then you'd have an angry werepire and idiot D thinking you were competition, eh.

[bauhinia]

Okay, yeah, I prefer this scenario to those, you win. [ America?! Really? He's like Hong Kong's brother. Kinda. Not that Japan isn't, but Japan already confessed to him and they Worked Through It. ]

[fierybluebird]

Besides, now you might get cute fantasy material from Japan for it.

[Marco: The definition of corrupted.]

[bauhinia]

You're making me sound like a real pervert.

[ Hong Kong: apparently the definition of denial. ]

1/2

[fierybluebird]

[You get a deadpan stare sir. You should see Marco's ~collection~ since Discedo =\]

2/2

[fierybluebird]

Are all the countries like this?

[bauhinia]

Like what?

[fierybluebird]

Seriously. This is your all idea of what a pervert is? Japan's probably completely vanilla and you're all just hyping me up, aren't you?

[ooc: /sobbing forever. I hate Marco sometimes.]

Drawings are like...

[Holds up a hand and keeps raising it notches.] This low on the scale. Even tentacles are like up here. [Raises it a notch or two... though there are still clearly several dozen higher on Marco's scale.]

[bauhinia]

[ Another of those long, long stares. ]

All right, this is sorta a state secret or something, but okay, I'll tell you. Japan is really as seriously perverted as everyone's telling you he is, and I'm not nearly as [ what's that word ] creative as he is, but I'm not innocent or anything either.

[ He crosses his arms. ] It's just there's a huge difference between all that and whoever it is that's actually, y'know, special to you or whatever.

[fierybluebird]

[Spreads his hands with a shrug.]

I fail to see it. If someone's special to you, wouldn't you just want more?

[bauhinia]

[ Now we're getting into Interesting Territory. Hong Kong's going to just pretend he's not going red here. ]

Yeah, what you want and what you're allowed to ask for are two different things too.

[fierybluebird]

So? He's not here, and you're not asking. Just taking what's freely given.

Or is that too piratical of me?