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[crotchroses]

[Today's broadcast is a simple one. Apologies for the spam!]

If I had the materials to produce wine, I would do so immediately.

[private to ALL THE NATIONS (except Germany):]

I want no part in any conflicts here. There is too much at stake. I understand our histories and the differing timelines that add further complications, but as they say, there are bigger fish to fry.

We don't have to work together. In fact, the idea is a little appalling, though I would not be opposed to it. But let us at least try not to leap straight into war.

Let us build our respective areas and watch over our citizens, if we have any on this planet.

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[private to ROSEMARY:]

I am in the hospital. If you would like to speak with me in person, that is fine.

[private to ARTHUR:]

Shut up.

I have something to tell you. Will you visit me here in the hospital or are you still glued to Amerique? Either way I will discuss it, whether in person or on the phone, but in person is preferable. That way I can reintroduce your face to my glorious fist if need be.

What will it be, Rosbif?

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[OOC NOTE: TAKING A NAP. WILL BE BACK IN A FEW HOURS HOPEFULLY UNLESS I JUST PASS OUT ALTOGETHER.

OOC NOTEX2 COMBO: He's in the DISCEDO HOSPITAL just sulking so if you want to visit, you can!! Doesn't matter if you're a nation or not, he likes company! :) ]

Comments

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

It was a revolution that left its mark on my neck. My citizens longed to have a voice, to have rights. They did not wish to continue suffering as they had for so long.

But, unfortunately, as great a cause as this was, to rid oneself of poison one must endure a great deal of pain as it drains away. Over sixty thousand were executed in the name of liberty.

Ah, I'm making it sound so depressing! We survived and I eventually became a better place for my citizens. I'm proud of them, for what they have endured. The cost was high, but the feat in Europe unprecedented. Amerique, he inspired much of the change. I helped him gain independence from Angleterre and in the end it was-- it was certainly worth it.

[fierybluebird]

[Another nod.]

I suppose so long as it was worth it, eh? Your own people remember it differently though?

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Not really. They don't know about my involvement. They might see history differently if they did, but it's for the best this way.

[fierybluebird]

Understood. You have no regrets?

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? I have tons of regrets! Mon dieu, most of the time I do not, you understand, but one does not take a revolution lightly.

I'm not a fan of mass executions if they are unjust.

But--it comes with so much pride too! It isn't every day that your citizens try to tear at a fortress with their bare hands and succeed.

[fierybluebird]

[Another sad look. His body posture is otherwise still though, for a change. More like a flighty bird with his head tilted to listen and stilled to keep quiet on the branch.]

That things got that way... [Shakes his head.] Francois, you shouldn't regret the unavoidable past. Just learn from it so you know better what to do for the future. Mass executions, rebellions, if those bother you so much, do what you can to prevent them from happening.

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Eh, it isn't like that--though, you are very right, and I agree. Some of us are intelligent enough to learn our lesson. I regret the worst bits of it but I don't regret that it happened! I could never. It would be a dishonor to those who truly wanted liberty for themselves and for me.

[fierybluebird]

[Nods.]

Exactly.

Freedom really is a rather precious thing, eh?

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Not to some... But it is to me. You would have liked the seventeenth century--the great age of piracy and colonial expansion for the world powers. Angleterre and Espagne, Prusse and I, Pays-Bas, Portugal and others--ah but the Spanish and English were so at odds over the New World, which eventually became Amerique and my Canada on the northern continent.

They were the first in Europe in centuries to really, eh what is the phrase... be democratic about how they ran things. Selected a captain by vote, ideally everyone would receive his share and so on.

[fierybluebird]

[Grins.]

I do have a certain affinity for pirates, eh? [You know... being one and all.] So pirates in your world all rushed for the New World too, eh? Aside from illnesses, did they usually die quickly?

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

... There was quite a lot of fighting. It was a very rough life unless one had enough money to retire and then did so. Ah, and even the medical practices were crude at best! A ship's carpenter would serve as the surgeon.

And of course the... ... the rats.

[fierybluebird]

I think England mentioned that.

[Arches an amused eyebrow.] Not a fan of keeping cats or dogs on deck?

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Euh... It is less the rats themselves and more of what they carry, which is the sickness on fleas.

More mouths to feed. Some ships had them, but not all could. A merchant does like to keep his ship as efficient as possible.

[fierybluebird]

Even then. Rats would eat a lot more than a cat or dog.

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

It's true, but everyone has twenty-twenty hindsight.

And animals on board might catch disease from the fleas too...

[fierybluebird]

I'm just thinking how we did things. My old man had a giant dog named Stefan. Lots of species have diseases that can pass between each other, like the Avian flu. But a lot more diseases can't be, eh.

But it's understandable. It took my world awhile to figure out scurvy too.

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Euh. Do not remind me. I miss the days of my old empire, except for diseases and discomfort on board common vessels. The king's ships? Not so bad! Ah, Marco you are making me nostalgic.

[fierybluebird]

Hah, is that a good or bad thing?

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Something like both, I think! I would be crazy not to miss the days of that empire, but... holding up such a vast expanse can become tiresome to any nation. And then you risk death, and are always busy fighting wars and doing paperwork. The colonial era has gone out of style with us anyway.

[fierybluebird]

Aye. You're perhaps one of the only people who associates all the paperwork with piracy. You must have been a first mate.

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Non! As a nation the paperwork came with the package. It always does.

[fierybluebird]

Ah, I see.

I wonder if I really am Whitebeard's nation sometimes... [Distant grin.]