第一 ❀ video/action

[naicha]

[ A girl no less than seventeen years old and in a sleeveless floral dress appears on the feed, giving everyone her sweetest smile. She looks pretty happy despite being taken to another world. ]

Hm~ If they're gonna give me something to talk to others with, that must mean there are others here like me, right? Ehehe, wei! How is everyone? Being kidnapped isn't a very nice thing to happen, so if it happens to you, you should kick him right away. That doesn't sound like a good idea right now, so you shouldn't do it. Aiyo, but I need to get back home soon, you know. There's a game I have to watch and a movie I have to catch! Speaking of movies, has anyone seen Hong Kong or Macau? Tell them I have their tickets already!

[ no Taiwan no one wants to watch the new Jay Chou movie with you ]

But looks like I'm going to be stuck here for a while. This is really bad. [ Taiwan wants to fight her own battles. She looks more pensive, and a little hesitant. BUT SHE CHEERS UP AGAIN. ] I'm sure we'll all get back home soon, though. Hey, I know, why don't we all get to know each other? I'll start! Ahem.

My name is Taiwan and I'm from, ahaha, Taiwan... My house? It's Freya. I'm turning a hundred and one this year and my favorite bubble tea flavor is taro! I like music, movies, sports, karaoke, and lots of other things, um. If I had to pick my favorite country aside from my own, it'd be Japan!

[ Beat. ]

J-just the country! I hope he didn't hear that... Anyway, nice to meet you! I hope we all get along and stuff.

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[naicha]

Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand... [ doesn't mention China ofc ]

Haha, you're silly. Iceland's even taller than both of us now!

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[mengee]

You're from Asia?

[Not that he knows much about Asia. Some of those names don't sound familiar to him at all.

Wait--

PROCESSING 37% REMAINING]

[mengee]

HE'S TALLER THAN ME?!

[naicha]

Thiiiis tall! [ raises her arm up

taiwan you're exaggerating ]

[mengee]

There's no way! There's absolutely no way he's that tall!

[naicha]

Huh? But he's just as old as I am! ... Physically, of course. Why don't you ask him yourself?

[mengee]

I'm hoping to meet up with him soon. Everyone here but Swe is older than I remember them.

[How to phrase this....]

I was wondering, which year do you remember it being before you were brought here?

[naicha]

It's 2012, of course!

[mengee]

[No, Iceland grew so quickly....]

If you're only 500, then you already exist in the time that I'm from. I remember it being 1588.

[naicha]

That's too many centuries back!

[mengee]

I guess it is a lot. Everything here is so new to me.

[A pause.]

Have I changed a lot? In the future, that is.

[naicha]

No, you look the same. [ SO SAD. ]

[mengee]

[Really, should he have expected any differently?]

....I see.

[naicha]

But all the nations know Finland whenever Christmas comes around!

[mengee]

[THEY DON'T KNOW HIM THE REST OF THE YEAR

Okay, this is sadly pretty accurate.]

I should be grateful that they know me for something, right?

[naicha]

[ sorry finland... ]

Yeah, yeah! It's good to be known. But it's pretty strange, huh? Being from another time than others... I wonder if there's anyone else who's from the same year as me.

[mengee]

Norway says that Swe and I are really far back, so maybe you'll find people closer to you.

A lot of people don't seem very phased by these magical bracelets....

[naicha]

Oh, that's because they're a lot like cellphones.

[ she also sends a text along with this ]

Hello! (。・∀・)ノ゛

Pretty cool, huh?

[mengee]

I don't know what a cellphone is-- [And then he pauses as he fumbles around with the screen and somehow brings up the message after a bit. He looks terribly shocked.... HOW DO YOU DO TWO THINGS ON THIS AT ONCE, IS IT STILL FILMING....]

Is that supposed to be a face?

[naicha]

Yes! It's a face that's waving and smiling at you. Finland should try it!

[ She sends the same face again ehuehuehue. ]

[mengee]

[Give him a minute. Or five. Maybe ten.]

(o.A.)L

[naicha]

[ Finally!!! ]

Wah, Finland did it! ＼（＾▽＾）／ Yay!

[mengee]

[Cue ten more.]

\(^V^)/

[And back to video!]

Did I do it right? I think you have more letters and symbols than I do.

[Where are the umlauts....]

[naicha]

[ You caught her while she was grabbing a snack. And Taiwan is like, what's an umlaut?

Wait until she finishes chewing. ]

You did great! You know, you make somethng like this in the future, too! Remember when I mentioned something about cellphones?

[mengee]

I really make these? That's amazing!

[He has NO IDEA what a cell phone is, but he's lighting up anyway.]