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[Post 010] Forward-Dated to Christmas Morning; Video/Action in Violet City

[The 'Gear comes on pointing upwards and unfocused. It's safe to say that this is probably Marianne's fault.]

[If you happen to come across France, he's sitting underneath one of the bazillion springs of mistletoe in the Violet City Pokemon Center with his pokemon all gathered around him. Kai, Drifblim, and David all look rather curious, and Marianne looks... distracted by the mistletoe overhead. He had rushed to the counter upon waking because of the sudden appearance of a mystery egg in his bed. It looks something like this:]

[He's now been assured that it is, in fact, his to keep. A small, warm Eevee egg of unknown origins, but France doesn't look like he's about to question it. Actually, quite the opposite. He's got a calm, almost drugged expression on his face, and the Eevee egg is wrapped in a swath of white fleece as he cradles it in his arms. He looks very, very happy and, if you come close or happen to catch the faint sound on the feed, you would hear France singing from the carol Ah! Quel grand mystère! (O! What a great mystery!) to the egg in his arms.]

Ah! Quel grand mystère!
Dieu se fait enfant.
Il descend sur terre,
Lui, le tout-puissant!
C’est bien le Messie,
Roi de l’univers,
Qui nous rend la vie
En brisant nos fers.

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[France offers China a sympathetic nod.]

In all honesty, I don't think that I could handle a second Marianne. She's wonderful, but her personality is certainly something to be reckoned wiht.

[A small smile.]

She is quite bright in my opinion, aru. [Sure, she didn't seem found of him, but China wasn't the type to hold a grudge over a tiny burn.]

[France smiles and nods.]

She is very bright, almost uncannily at times. I still don't know how exactly she figured out how to work the 'Gear.

Yes, Li and Ling have also learned how to turn on the gear, aru. I don't know how, but they did.

Although, [He chuckles.] they've never caught me bathing before.

Pokemon intelligence could make an interesting line of research...

[France pouts. Pouts forever.]

That was so not my fault! Nor was it Marianne's. She was just trying to show Big Brother France how brilliant she is!

It would... [He begins to consider it.]

Still, you could have locked the door, aru. [He wasn't about to let France forget what happened.]

[The tenacity of Chinese scholars will solve even the greatest mysteries!]

[France huffs.]

I was eager to take a bath! It had been a long day at work. You must know what it feels like to need hot water to soothe out the aches of stiff muscles!

I'll admit you got me there, aru. However, even at the hot springs, where it's out in the open, my pokemon have never caught me.

They probably know how I feel about others seeing my body. I'm not as cautious as Japan, but I still prefer to keep people's eyes off, aru.

Well, Marianne is precocious, so sometimes she does get a little out of hand...

[France tilts his head slightly, considering China, puzzled.]

But both you and Japan would be beautiful if you bared all. There's no need to be ashamed.

[He doesn't know whether to be disturbed or flattered.]

I think I'll pass, aru. Besides, I don't think anyone needs to see that scar on my back...

[France shrugs, smiling with level of kindness.]

Scars can be a part of a person's natural beauty, even if the event it reminds us of is a tragedy. I would still think you're beautiful.

Hmph. [The 'hmph' wasn't out of anger, more like amusement.] I suppose so, aru. It's all in the past anyway, and Japan and I get along much better now.

Also, no one's ever said that before, except Russia. [He chuckles a bit at the memory. Of course, Ivan didn't get anything from that moment, save for a smile from China.]

[France hums, reaching up and tucking a lock of hair behind his ear.]

Life is better when you get along with family.

[He nods, although he's watching China closely for any other indications of his infatuation.]

Russia really can have a way with words when he wants to.

It is, aru. Sometimes all the memories I have of us fighting, not just me and Japan, but the others too, seem so surreal that it's almost funny.

He can, but I wish he would stop that 'kolkolkol' business, aru. [He pinches the bridge of his nose.]

It's... odd, sometimes, thinking about how much we fight. It's kind of amazing we get to do anything else sometimes.

[France shudders, grimacing.]

It is pretty frightening, especially when that's all you can get out of him.

[He nods his head slowly.] To think that we had two world wars in just one century and they were only about twenty years apart, aru. You know, in some books I've read they say that if there is a third world war and if there is nuclear warfare, then we will be fighting with rocks and sticks in the fourth one. [He shakes his head.] It's a bit fightening to think about, aru.

Honestly, he's such a child sometimes. Then again, he's been through much, so I can't really blame him, aru. [Of course being the oldest living Nation, China had been through much hardships as well.]

[France grimaces and doesn't say anything for a bit, looking off to the side. When he turns his attention back to the 'Gear, he seems much more demure than usual.]

Perhaps that is why we are in Hell. We all have done things to deserve it.

[France nods slowly.]

I don't really blame him either. It's hard to stay angry forever, even though we really do try.

I still think we're alive, but if you put it that way, then it makes sense, aru. Look at the bright side, at least we're not in pain right now.

I'm sure we've all been through more than any human can take, but we pull through somehow, aru.

[France's eyes widen.]

Then... if this is just a dying illusion of my mind, I might still be in pain, and my people -

[He wails and bursts into tears.]

[China rolls his brown eyes.]

Really. Just how many times have you burst into tears now, aru? And why does it just happen to be around me?

[He twirls a black lock with his finger.] Honestly, Russia's not the only one who can be such a child sometimes, aru...

I'm not a child!

[He does attempt valiantly to stop crying, sniffling and attempting to breathe deeply.]

Your concern over your people is understandable, aru. I'm also worried about my own. It's not just them either, my other siblings too especially North Korea...

[France puts his face in his hands, a definite dark cloud seeming to loom over his being.]

Oh, God, why do you punish and test us so?

Like Confucius said, experience is the most bitter way we learn, aru.

[China sounds so calm.]

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