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[letunityblossom]

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A. phone;

[outliven]

...Lithuania?

[she sounds more than a little tentative. she doesn't want to believe he was gone as well... or that any of this were real.]

[letunityblossom]

Miss Elric?

[She doesn't feel fake--he's not too hopeful.]

[outliven]

[she, alternately... can hear the wrongness in that voice coming down the line, and her heart aches.]

...I'm sorry. [he had seemed so kind, and... now, he was really... gone.]

[letunityblossom]

I'm... I'm still here.

[He feels like he's just going through the motions of arguing his point.]

A

[catchingmusic]

[Don't mind her, Lithuania, she's just going to sneak up on you to knock you out and ask you where you've taken her not!dad now. Though, it's...not a very good attempt. She's been rattled by this announcement, after all.]

[letunityblossom]

[Lithuania, incredibly distracted by the train of sad conversations on the phone, almost doesn't see her in time. Luckily, he's still a nation, so the attack startles him more than anything.]

Ehh?

[Lyra feels incredibly fake to him, but he's been accused of being fake over and over on the phone himself.]

[catchingmusic]

Where is he?

[She sounds pretty angry. First she's being accused of being fake, now there's this...person who has the nerve to come in here and pretend to be Toris--well, not a chance!]

[letunityblossom]

Where's who?

[Obviously flustered; he can't think logically right now with the turmoil.]

B: Around Mayfield

[bravabarber]

(For all his time around Mayfield, no one has actually explained what a drone is to Figaro. Hence, he has always thought of them as real people. Heck, he even likes some of them; they're always so polite and nice, and they tip him well too! Sure it gets annoying when they say he's lived in Mayfield all his live, but semantics! You take what you can get, and Figaro's always been pretty happy with them.

So, when he accidentally bumps into one of them while shopping, he does stop and turn to apologize.)

Ah, my apologies signore! How careless of me.

[letunityblossom]

[Lithuania can't help but be surprised when someone who doesn't feel inherently fake seems willing to give him the time of day, so to speak.

Maybe, his pessimism whispers to him, they just haven't noticed yet.]

I'm sorry, it was my fault, I was distracted.

[bravabarber]

No no no, the fault lies with me this time. I should stop trying to pile everything up in my arms.

But signore, why do you look so upset?

(As far as Figaro knows, the drones have ALWAYS been happy and chirpy. There's something off on this guy too, so he must be a drone, right?

Unless...Figaro becomes distraught as he stumbles on the answer.)

Are you having troubles with a signora!?

[letunityblossom]

With--no, no, nothing like that! I've just got a lot on my mind. Don't worry about it.

[He's sure any moment now they'll be weirded out, or start yelling at him, or something. He edges farther down the aisle.]

[willbeurweapon]

[She's buried in scarves and a thick jacket and she pauses to look at Lithuania. He and Sora...they're gone--why are they still here...]

[letunityblossom]

[Lithuania freezes. Koharu looks--so unhappy. But talking to her is just going to make things worse, isn't it?]

[willbeurweapon]

[She buries her face deeper in her scarves and glances at him again. Fakes.]

[letunityblossom]

[Lithuania hesitates, like he wants to say something, but then just looks down at the ground.]

[burnmycapital]

[Someone grabs Lithuania from behind and turns him around.

Oh hi, it is Russia.]

[letunityblossom]

[Lithuania yelps, and then jerks back violently when he realizes who it is. Russia is hard enough to deal with normally, but if Russia thinks he's some sort of fake Lithuania, then what--

Then he realizes something about Russia feels terribly off, and he looks at the other nation more gently.]

R...Rusija?

[burnmycapital]

[He pokes Lithuania's shoulders and then his chest and tummy and arms with a finger, as if he's searching for something.]

You should never lie to me, yes?

[letunityblossom]

[Lithuania is shaking; this day has been too much for him to add Russia on top of it and expect him to maintain composure.]

A-about what?