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[unionjackass]

[A pair of shrewd green eyes shows up blinking on the screen. The camera pulls back; England is lowering the device examining it--and apparently isn't aware it's recording yet because he's caught mid-sentence:]--the damn thing anyway. "Use this"... Can't even cast a spell, no need to be cheeky.

Of all the ways to pull a prank, this one's got to be the most moronic. [He knits his brows in concern as his footsteps crunch over the ground. He's searching, looking for anything familiar. A prank was one thing, having his magic become null was another. But, strangest of all was the empty sensation at the back of his mind.

England chews the side of his mouth in thought.] That's odd... [He stops abruptly, head snapping up. He fixates on a building, the camera angle low, peering up so it leaves his head and shoulders in clear view. A prank was his first thought and he'll hold onto that until he knows better, but... God, he'd prefer this landscape over the emptiness that's crawling over his mind and he'll be damned if he stands there and simply accepts it for what it is.

He shakes his head.] H-hah, nothing--nothing to worry about I'm sure, I--

[And then he notices the communicator's screen properly and he leans in.]

Is-- Was this thing recording?! How long-- Agh! There's nothing to see here--! If anybody can see or hear this broadcast, and I feel such a fool for thinking anything of it, I demand an explanation for this nonsense at once!

[And with that, he shuts off the device.]

Comments

[mysterycross]

Behind what? Bringin' ya here? When I can't even get myself out?

[unionjackass]

--Yes. Yes exactly. Now what's all this about? I'm in no mood for ridiculousness so I suggest you spit it out.

[mysterycross]

Don't be stupid.
It's the scientists that're behind everything.

[unionjackass]

... The-- You're out of your mind. The lot of you, you're all mad--or just petulant bastards.

[mysterycross]

Ya know as well as I that we're perfectly sane.
They've called us crazy before, havn't they, seein' things like we do.

[unionjackass]

... [W o w . That was below the belt.]

Going with 'petulant bastards' then.

[mysterycross]

{That would mean he'd be hitting himself below the belt as well.}

Bastards is a good wey to describe 'em.

[unionjackass]

[He knows the self-deprecating game. B( ]

Was including you and everyone else who's responded.

[mysterycross]

So that would include yourself, then? You've responded. {BEST TROLL.}

[unionjackass]

Everyone who's responded to me. Idiot. You're all so useless, this clearly reeks of something to do with France and Spain. Prussia? No doubt.

[mysterycross]

I told ya, it's nothin' to do with any of us. There are others stuck here too, besides Nations. It's the Scientists.

Don't be so close minded. Thought ya were a progressive nation?

[unionjackass]

I-I am, but-- [Twisting his lips, sighing frustratedly.] Alright, tell me about these so-called scientists.

[mysterycross]

They're from this planet, Fortuna. They brought us here, a lot of us, but we don't know why.
There used to be different scientists, so I'm told, but they were killed by the current ones.

[unionjackass]

And nobody's done anything about this? If there are other nations here, surely something would have been done.

[mysterycross]

When ya get here, they implant a microchip in ya. It supresses all powers. With it in, we're essentially human.
Just got mine out last week.

On top of that, I don't think anyone's been able to find 'em.

[unionjackass]

[sigh.] And how might I go about removing these damn chips? Surgically I'd imagine, but...

[mysterycross]

Yep. Ya gotta ask a doctor to remove it. I think there's only the one at the moment.
Although I've heard of people with big powers gettin' involuntarily taken by the scientists temporarily to get the chip removed. They get dropped back into the city and their powers go mad.

Like I said, just got mine out. Greece tells me I turned into a kid for a week.

[unionjackass]

Hmph. So that's how it'll be with them. [Oh, he does not like the sound of that one bit.] Sounds like a load of magic and technology and they've delved into things they don't rightly understand.

[mysterycross]

'S what I said. Leave the magic to the magic folk.

[unionjackass]

Exactly! I don't want to stay here and fix whatever nonsense they've botched to all hell.