part 353 whalers on the moon

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We've been here over a year now! I can hardly believe it! Dreamwidth's been pretty good, I'd say, with almost no downtime to speak of and all that! Anyway... how is your spring going? Or I guess it's almost summer, isn't it? Hopefully it's been well! I've been catching up on work and new movies, all very exciting stuff, I'm sure.

Enjoy part 353!

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[femany]

I hope we have your understanding, we meant it...fondly. And I assure you that you have my full attention... [Being that you are so tiny and in front of her. Choosing her words oh so carefully. STOP LOOKING AT HER SO MUCH, she's feeling really uncomfortable in her little tanktop that is just announcing how large her breasts are. She doesn't look younger, she only looks her age. The haircut she has is rather fresh on her.

BUT OKAY SHE'S STARTING TO GET A HINT THAT MAYBE THAT SHE JUST WENT THE WRONG DIRECTION WITH THIS. DAMN DAMN DONT FREAK OUT ON HER]


A-Ah!! Please, You shouldn't be embarrassed, it is only normal for adults of your era to be unaware of modern concerns! You matured during a time wholly ignorant to hygiene and health, after all! [She has been talking to France. Is it obvious she has been talking to France who has filled her virginal little head up with horror stories and made it seem like Austria's spent the last 200 years of medical advancement frozen in ice or some shit while making Prussia's out to be poor naive little lambs up for sexual slaughter.]

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[whorestria]

[She makes Julchen look like a miniature poodle in many ways but that is okay, he is not picky aND HE IS LOOKING AT HER FACE ONLY. Her youthful face with those big blue eyes that know nothing of the world. SHE DOES SO LOOK YOUNGER, LOOK AT HER. That backswept hair adds twenty years to Ludwig]

My- my era?! [FRANCE IS EVEN OLDER AND MORE SYPHILITIC THAN ALL THE REST OF THEM COMBINED] You- what on earth-

[okay this neutral politeness clearly was the wrong path to take with someone who in the end, is Germany through and through. GATHERS HIMSELF]

Young lady, are you aware of whom you are addressing?! This is entirely inappropriate! Have you been reading strange books again?! ...Is this that French weasel's doing? [SLIGHTLY FORGETTING THAT SHE IS SHE AND NOT HE RIGHT NOW. Could she have made it any more clear that she is but a baby nation and has no experience to boot] Furthermore, please refrain from implying that I have no sense of responsibility! We are adults of the same era, after all. [AKA MUCH OLDER THAN YOU AND KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. MOSTLY.]

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[femany]

[SURE HE IS. SURE. AND LUDWIG Looks like an old man, but if you ruffled up his hair some, they'd be twins. BUT WHOAH At the sudden collapse of the formality they had, that "young lady" there makes her recoil from him a bit, AUGH gross, she doesn't like to be called that. Oh my god, DISTRESS. WHAT DOES SHE DO, LOOKING AROUND FOR HER SISTER OR MEANS TO ESCAPE THIS TRAIN WRECK OF INTERACTION.But nope, no good. Austrias are Austrias, and you can't just cut off an Austria, no matter what Julchen says, she wouldn't dare put on her headphones over Lottie speaking, let alone this Austria she's just met.]

I-I'm well aware, I apologize if I was out of line, but I am just informing you of the--ah--N-No. [yes but not quite those sort of books. Mainly books on the horrors of the syphilis epidemic]

I--[BINGO. Welp, she's just gonna do that thing she does when others are scolding her and fold her arms so that she is holding onto her elbow as one hand is anxiously toying with her lip. WHAT DOES SHE DO?? HOW DOES SHE FIX THIS SPOUTING ANGRY AND TINY LITTLE MAN. J-Just lets him blow off steam before trying to speak?]

...France is not a weasel, Roderich, she is well versed in this area and I value her advice! We are only concern--[GOD, clamming up wisely at that futhermore. There are 10000 things she wants to say, but all of them SUGGEST THEY ARE IRRESPONSIBLE, don't they. Take the silence to realize that if France knows, all of Europe knows now.]

...I-I'm sorry if I was intrusive, it's just that my sister is important to me, I was only worried and you did ask what we had spoken about...

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[whorestria]

[HE IS, SHE IS YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE HIS KID OR SOMETHING, THAT WOULD BE CREEPY AND WEIRD, MUCH LIKE HER TALKING ABOUT HIS SEX LIFE. And too bad because she is a young lady aND HE IS NOT THAT TINY, GOOD GOD.

Just rants away until he has to pause for breath and take in what she's saying.

Hmph. Okay, she is slightly more...apologetic...than he was expecting. HmmMHHPPH.]

Well versed, indeed...tch. [There is a LOT he could say about that but he will let that speak for itself.] I have known him- her- him- for much longer than you have, and frankly I am insulted that she- he- has anything to say on the matter, which is doubtless insulting and nonsensical-

[HUFFS. No, it's pointless trying to drive home how ridiculously unhelpful France is. And wait a minute- ]

In any case, why does he- she even have any involvement in this?! I do not appreciate having my personal matters discussed without my leave. S-Such detail- I cannot fathom why Julia would have told you such things in the first place- ! [Then again...women do that, or at least he assumes so...and that comment about being worried, ugggghhhh...] Hmph- whatever you discuss with her, I would prefer to be left out the conversation.

[...ugh]

Your concern is- [based on utter misinformation, but he's not explaining nation babymaking to her] -understandable, but needless. I assure you. May we please drop this subject? It is very vulgar.

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[femany]

[SHE IS A GROWN WOMAN, IT IS NOT THAT WEIRD! HE DID IT WITH LUDWIG!METHINKS HE IS JUST BEING SEXIST AND BABYING BECAUSE SHE IS FEMALE AND THE ONLY FEMALE HE KNOWS WELL BESIDES HUNGARY, IS LIECHTENSTEIN WHO IS A CHILD and thAT IS UNFAIR. She'd argue more with Lottie but she just met him and her older sister is scary when angry and happens to have her credit card hostage]


...Well, Not quite. [just gonna timidly edge in here.]

You don't know her at all, and she is likely to be very different from the France you are familiar with. You shouldn't assume about her... [Trailing off because she knows she is being weirdly defensive of France. Probably because that is her business buddy for years now, but lately, everyone is dogging on France, even her Boss, and the tension between them makes her nervous because she wants things to work out for the sake of the EU. She doesn't realize she is still naive enough to fall for France's charm and lies because France is Competent at work and her beacon of sanity where there is so little to be had. She'll be totally disillusioned later, BUT NOT YET. NOT YET.]

The point is, she isn't as bad as she seems! You may have known her longer, but I know her well myself.[Not as well as she thinks but sshuuuushh. Stands up a little straighter but she needs to defend herself just a little here too.]

Either way, I'll remind you that I am not a child and I have lived a life long enough to understand France entirely. We have been enemies as much as we have been friends, and even so, I believe you and my sister have your prejudices against her! [twiddles her thumbssssss]

Ah...T-The subject came up over dinner and she only wanted to offer her assistance! B-But I apologize, it wasn't my place... [Read: France sniffed something was up and got her drunk and milked everything out of her as usual. DEEP INHALE AND EXHALE, she doesn't know what else to say so that call for the conversation to end IS A BIG RELIEF]

V-Very well. You have my apologies. I trust we can keep this...discussion...between the two of us? [please don't get her in hot water with her older sister and lottie, thanks]

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[whorestria]

[hUSH YOU THAT IS NOT THE CASE, HE IS BEING RESPECTFUL. Hush. He knows plenty of women, don't saddle him with the same problems the rest of this family has

...

Sighs loudly and irritably and dismissively because my god, she's too naive to function. He has in fact met female France and he kNOWS ENOUGH, THANKS. As for Francis, he will never recover from what he has seen, heard and contracted from him over the years. ENOUGH]

Forgive me, but I will maintain my position on Frankreich. [just a pitying tone and look because she's beyond help and so young and optimistic and not his responsibility, Lottie and Julchen can field this one.] And certainly not. I must inform Julia that I have made your acquaintance properly. However, I will accept your apologies. Think no more of it. Please.

[You see, Monika is not the only one trying to make Julchen happy by meeting and greeting, and he's not making any promises to keep this from her because frankly he needs her to control her little sister's wild imagination and give her The Talk or something. Not to mention warn Lottie that her use or lack thereof of contraception may be under scrutiny]

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[femany]

[CONTRACTED. THIS IS WHAT SHE MEANS ABOUT PROTECTION.


THOSE IRRITATED AND DISMISSIVE SIGHS PAIRED ON WITH THAT PITYING LOOK ANNOY HER and unlike Ludwig, she is a woman, and women make these things known with intense downward eyebrow movements and pouts frowns. The refusal to keep this unfortunate discussion between them is just so UNNECESSARY and there's a resigned shake of her head as she pulls her headphones over her ears just as he says that please. A flick of a button on the wire and instantly he can hear her music drowning him out. She can be dismissive too.]

I'll do so gladly, Thank you for your patience. Goodnight, then. Find your way to my sister safely, and please tell her I am returning home. [Crisp voice though she's being polite. And off she goes. VACATION TIME conveniently gonna end early. Maybe she'll beeline to Lottie's house and make nice with her...if she'll even open the door for her. She really needs to stop putting aside these social niceties so long]

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[whorestria]

[THIS WAS BEFORE PROTECTION, CHILD.

Yes, yes, pout and frown away, that is not exclusive to women, thank you. He's doing exactly that as she so rudely cuts him off and honestly, makes herself look even more like a gosh darned disrespectful youngin. At least she is musically inclined?

BUT. On the other hand, this means this excruciating conversation is over and she and her aTTITUDE are leaving and he can breathe easy and recover]

I will...goodnight, madam.

[Watches her go, irritation giving way to bemusement because as much as he usually hesitates to say such simple-minded things, these women are complicated. God. Going to sink back into his chair with a glass of wine and then commiserate with Julchen and her teeny bikini when he can]