3rd inning

[freakinblur]

[Ladies & gents: Scout. He's not the brightest. Just don't tell him that! Anyone who's talked to him so far may have gotten this idea. He's seen a lot of weird things in this town, but something has been brought to his attention that is really bugging him.]

[unfiltered voice post! filtering, what is that]

OK, I know this town is super-friggin'-weird, an' that people who get pulled inta this town may not necessarily be from the same place I am from... however THAT works. But I've also been told people 'round here also think they are countries? How can a person be a country? That... that is not possible. A person cannot be a country. A person is a person, and they LIVE in countries, they cannot BE a country. An' I haven't seen anyone runnin' around here... shaped like... France 'r somethin'...

[At this point even he's not sure where this is going.]

ANYWAY. If yer one of these people, I would love it if you could explain ta me how this even works, otherwise I'm callin' bullshit on alla youse. Otherwise, it'd sure as hell be nice if ONE thing in this stupid town made sense!

Comments

[fuelefficient.livejournal.com]

I happen to be Japan and I may be able to answer your questions.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

OK then tell me how the hell you are Japan. At all. You sound like a guy, and Japan is a place. How are you a COUNTRY?

AS I GO TO SLEEP

[silno-pyanstvo.livejournal.com]

Roshia is near-immortal, affected physically by economic status of country, with personality tightly tied to personality of people of country. Represents country of Russia.

SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

....oooooook. OK. I guess. So, how were you born? Did you just appear the day Russia was made into a country or somethin'?

[cheesewithwine.livejournal.com]

The thought of me walking around here in the shape of my house is quite silly, no?

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

The thought of someone who thinks they're a country ain't much different!

[bornwithskison.livejournal.com]

It's a little hard to explain. We represent the nation--Not like the representatives at the United Nations, but... It's different. Most of us are centuries old, even thousands. I've only known one who wasn't even a hundred, and he's not really a nation.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

So do people just, like, wake up one day an' say, "Oh hey! I'm Mexico!" or whatever? I don't get how this works. If I like, ran off an' started my own country, would a dude show up all of a sudden and be like, "Hey, I'm... Scoutistan" or whatever?

[b-as-a-criminal.livejournal.com]

[FYI, B is eavesdropping on all of these conversations! He at first suspected that they were an organization with code names, but recent observations (meeting a couple in person and reading their names with his shinigami eyes) have made him doubt it slightly. Therefore he is taking this happy unfiltered opportunity to gather intel~. Feel free to notice if you want!]

Oh yay XD

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Is... is someone else there? What're you, the nation of sneaky eavesdroppy people?!

[steel-massifail.livejournal.com]

Um, Scout? You know that I'm a robot, right? A lot of people who are here aren't really what they seem.

this is actually easier for him to swallow than all this other insanity

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

....no Massimo, I was NOT aware 'a this fact. You're... you're seriously a robot? That... that is kinda awesome, man!

[katto-katto.livejournal.com]

They are delightfully insane!

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

I've gotten the idea that most folks here are, yeah. But if these guys are just crazy, they all have some kinda mass craziness an' have all gotten together to come up wit' a story together back it up.

This town. Jesus Christ, this town.

[followyouthere.livejournal.com]

I think I met one of these country people. At least, that's what he said he was.

Per. Vert.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

I hadn't met any yet, but now I talked to a few an' I gotta say... either they're all crazy, all tellin' the truth somehow, or all go toether to pull a big fast one on alla us.

[beatssuperpaper.livejournal.com]

You may want to try to have a talk with Sakutaro.

His vessel is a particularly ugly puppet. In other words, if you talk with him, remind yourself that you're really talking with a stuffed toy.

And if that works, why wouldn't a country? A country certainly has more, ah, life connected with them than a mere puppet would.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Wow lady, I have no idea how ANY of this shit works. So there's a dude who's a puppet for... another dude?

[onebutmany.livejournal.com]

What's it that you're not gettin', mate?

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

I THINK I'm gettin' it. But I guess the big question now it why, but I don't think anyone knows that.

[unless-itsafarm.livejournal.com]

ARE YOU SOME KIND OF IDIOT?

[muffled-noises.livejournal.com]

The answer to that question is "yes". You should know that by now.

[muffled-noises.livejournal.com]

...

There are some things better left unanswered -- like why there are two people claiming to be the country of Russia.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

I heard that too, that there was two Americas, like a guy version & girl version. So there's not a male 'n' female version of each country? Why would there be two anyway? Do they shack up an' have kids who are like, American territories? Puerto Rico 'n'.... Guam or somethin'?

Man this whole place is so friggin' nuts.

[no-mountains.livejournal.com]

...All people are countries.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

People are citizens of a country that make it up. But these guys are saying they're like, personifications or whatever. It don't make sense.

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[Creepy girl is behind you]

You find this odd?

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

What th-- JEEZ Ai, ya gotta stop doin' that. An' yeah, I find it odd, everything in this town is odd! An' there ain't just people who are also countries, I know a guy who's a robot, too. Well, SHOULD be one anyway. Who knows what else is in this town, then.

[human-pretender.livejournal.com]

I believe it's traumatized patriotism.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

It's... what? How can patriotism be traumatic?!