Rinse, Lather, Repeat (2/?)

[weird_number]

Title: Rinse, Lather, Repeat (2/?)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama
Rating: T
Warnings: Um, it's violent.
Summary: Humans have given up on living in the real world; instead, they're addicted to a game that simulates reality. Because it's a game, they feel free to do horrific things to each other and engage in irreparable warfare. The nations,

Comments

[fireblazie]

This is so, so intriguing. I just- I wish I had something more intelligent to say but I'm sort of just sitting here going ahhh what is this, what's going to happen next, oh gosh. So let me just say that I'm more than a little in love with this already and I absolutely can't wait to see what crazy things happen next ♥

[weird_number]

Thanks, I'm glad it was suspenseful! :) I'll try to update soon!

[fluffcloud]

"Pork Sung"? I'm used to calling it "pork floss". Is it easy to get where you are?

I have eaten it with porridge but I'm not crazy about it. I often find it too sweet.I will eat it if it's on the table but that's it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_floss

[weird_number]

Yep, it's really easy to get, I see it in pretty much every Asian supermarket.

Woah, sweet? ;D I usually find it nice and savoury...and I guess I'm guilty of putting waay too much on my food.

[zedille]

Yay, a new chapter! :D [and another really long comment thread *shifty eyes*

Can I ask that you add links to the first chapter? (and a link here from the first chapter) Easier navigation that way.

So this is excellent, though I'm pretty sure I'm missing some of the subtext. After looking back at it a few times - so Canada and his provinces [sans Québec] killed themselves in-game to escape, and now they're all existing in the real world out of the game. Québec facilitated their escape and is still stuck in-game. Canada got Québec in particular to ensure their escape because Canada was mad at Québec for something he did a few rounds ago?

Otherwise: generally heartbreaking. Your characterization was, as usual, perfect. I particularly liked Ontario's one line Très drôle, Québec, très drôle, you stupid, stupid

[zedille]

And one more nitpicky comment:

"Patient is having vivid memories of an earlier round, when they gutted someone in the stomach with a bayonet. Reasons for this sudden memory are unknown. Whether the scenario actually occurred is also unknown."

If you specify that it's a patient, singular, then it looks somewhat odd that you're using "they" in the next phrase. I think [though this is my opinion] that using he/she would convey the "this is what all the records in general say, not just one in particular" feeling just as well as using they.

[weird_number]

Oops, thanks for noticing this! I changed it to "he". even though I probably need more unnamed females than males for balance. :P

[weird_number]

Haha, yes, I can so see that happening again. xD

Sure, I added the links. :) And thanks for reminding me, fixed the pinyin.

I think you got it pretty much right -- and Canada was mad at Québec because he incited a civil war a few rounds back.

Haha...this'll be long, sorry. ;D Basically, at the start of every round, each nation is randomly selected to occupy a plot of land. Then they can feel free to expand however they please. Nations do break apart in the course of a game -- civil war, invasion, ... It's a painful process for them, but they also get put together again as they originally were at the end of each round. (Canada, I imagine, was torn in half post-civil war, but only for that round...) And the normal rules of occupation don't always apply -- German Québec might learn German for the length of a typical round, but it's all temporary and won't stick.

tl;dr: I guess it is set up that way. ;)

[avocado_wish]

Ontario/Quebec?? I ship them! (And I thought I was the only person who did.) XD I love fics with the Canadian provinces.

[weird_number]

Yep, so do I! ;D I really wish I could find more fics with them, but unfortunately, the collection is small.

[zedille]

Sorry for sticking my head in here!

There exists a community quetario (though it's really small still).

[avocado_wish]

I guess I have a new community now. Thank you for the link!

[charletteandmo]

Thiss reminds me so much of the Pendragon book. The one with the giant pyramid that they have to destroy to wake everyone up.

[weird_number]

Ooh interesting. I've never read Pendragon -- is it a series? (Somehow, my intuition says it is. :P) I feel bad, 'cause I just don't read enough fiction.

[charletteandmo]

yes, it's a book series. It's all about inter-dimensions and good vs. evil and idealism and being special and time travel and various types of alcohol and a whole lot of other crap. Although it's meant for children, it's a real mindf*ck.

But anyway, the one I'm thinking of is about how everyone in one of the dimension has been absorbed into their own little video game. It's exactly like reality, only completely perfect. The only problem is that as everyone is being absorbed into the game, society is collapsing around them, and no one seems to notice.

Read it if you like. Some parts (and characters) are really annoying, though.

[weird_number]

Haha, so it's another dystopian series, where a supposed utopia turns bad? xD I generally like dystopian novels, though my standards for inter-dimensional stuff has been raised a lot by Rudy Rucker's mathematician style explanations of multi-dimensional insanity.

In any case, thanks! I'll check it out when I have time. :)