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[Post 028] Video/Action for Goldenrod City (Backdated to 5/31)

[In the aftermath of the past weekend, France has apparently decided he needs to spend quality time with his pokemon. The video comes on to a good lot of them huddled on France's bed, bunched up around him as he starts the video. How he came to this conclusion is a mystery in and of itself. Well, let's hear about the reasoning from the horse's mouth -]

HACKHACKcoughcoughHACK

[Or not. It appears that, due to spending 3 full days running around exposed to the elements by means of being stark naked, has taken a toll on this Nation-once-more-turned-human. The fit tapers off and he clears his throat.]

How do you treat a cold with cough, fever, and congestion here?

[He pauses for a long time before continuing in a very quiet voice.]

And can someone explain to me why I woke up naked in the next to the Radio Tower with no memory of the past three days?

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You're right about that, I'm good with hangnails too.

[...y'know, normal crazy people get a room-mate that think they're Napoleon but this guy really takes the cake. He's been here too long to really question it though and so he just continues like this is the most normal thing in the world. ]

Really? How so?

Hangnails can be very dangerous, especially for a hand model.

[France licks his lips. Seems this one took it rather well.]

Worst cold I had recently was during the Great Depression. High-grade fever accompanied by chills and pretty much the worst on-going headache ever known. Then again, these things do come in cycles, but I wasn't aware it would effect me here. And we just had a recession, so I thought it might have passed.

[It's not so much that he took it well, but rather that he just didn't take it. Thinking too hard on stuff like this isn't good for your health when you're already suspecting that you got a cracked skull back in the real world.]

That was one financial flu alright. I was too young to really experience more than the tail-end of it but that sort of thing stays in your memory no matter how small you are.

[Pause. As a doctor he should really investigate this further, shouldn't he?]

So... how does this work, exactly? I've never really talked to a nation before - at least not one that talked back.

[Ah, yes. That is quite true. France thinks he's dead and in the afterlife, so he's not entirely cautious of handing out his real identity.]

[France nods understandingly at the first part before answering the second.]

When the economy goes into recession, so does our immune systems. If we catch a cold normally, we usually don't even notice, but if we catch one during a recession or a depression, then we definitely notice because we don't get better. This used to be a more localized coughcoughHACKcough phenomeon, but it's become a semi-global thing since industrialization.

Huh. I knew I should've minored in economics in college.

[France is so going to use that as an opening.]

What brought you into the medical profession?

My father is a doctor so I guess you could say I grew up in the business.

Are you in the same area of medicine?

Not really. He's more of a small town doctor and I've been an Army Surgeon for the last three years.

Ah...

[France pauses for a moment, considering before his curiosity wins out.]

When exactly are from on Earth? When I left, it was late 2010, but I've noticed people come from a lot of different times.

2010...

[Yes, this he's jarred by.]

It was 1953 last time I checked the calendar.

[France makes a quiet noise of confirmation.]

China is from the same time as I am, but England came here not too long ago from the beginning of the Second World War. South Italy--we usually refer to him as Romano--, he's from the late 1500's.

Are you currently involved in Korea?

[There's a pause before he replies as he tries to wrap his head around this new piece of information. Cartoon characters, robots, anthropomorphic nations... that he can take but this is somehow hitting closer to home. ]

I was - the war ended shortly before I got here but for the duration of it I was stationed at a MASH unit in Uijeongbu.

The latter part of 1953 then. I have to admit I'm not terribly familiar with Uijeongbu; I was pretty occupied at the time with Indochina.

[France grimaces on that last part before going in a different direction.]

How are you faring since coming here? Have you been here long?

That's alright, I'm not as up to date with Indochina as I could be either.

It's been about... two weeks? It's not too bad of a place, though I'm still not sure what to make of the colorful critters. What about you? You don't exactly sound like you're straight off the boat.

I've been here since the middle of last October, so eight months now. I'm still not used to everything here; it's very different from our world to say the least.

That's pretty comforting to know, in some odd way. I'd hate to be the only one who's culture clashing.

It seems like this place is difficult to adjust to for nearly everyone I've talked to. There doesn't seem to be much of a basis to compare it to, although it closely resembles a game Japan made a few years ago.

Oh yeah, some kid tried to explain it to me once. Either he wasn't very good or I just didn't get it.

It's been a very long time since I played the game myself, and even when I did, I wasn't very serious about it. I've forgotten a lot of the details aside from the facts you battled with pokemon for money.

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[Post 028] Video/Action for Goldenrod City (Backdated to 5/31)

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