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[rule_britannia]

Well, this is just bloody brilliant.

Unless they’re lying. They could be lying. I don’t feel any different. I certainly don’t feel more sodding real than I did before… but this isn’t London. Magic, maybe? Could be. Maybe I’m dreaming. Pinching doesn’t work though so it must be one hell of a good---… Maybe I’m dead? Oh, bloody hell, what if I am dead? How the bloody fuck did that happen?!

No, no… Calm down, Arthur…

… Thinking about it, I suppose I should have expected it, if I’m honest, but who the bloody hell is going to entertain for a moment the idea that they’re fictional? The world’s always felt perfectly real to me and I… ah, bollocks… I’m not dealing with this very well...

...

I need a drink.

Comments

[sunflowersister]

Why would they do that, though, if we were dead? I'd think it'd be easier to just say, oh, this is the afterlife, sorry it's not what you thought but you're dead so what can you do about it, rather than going through the trouble of making up stories for us, right?

[rule_britannia]

That depends. Maybe they find it amusing.

[Alright, maybe he is going a little overboard with this. Pull yourself together, Arthur!]

... Your voice sounds familiar.

[sunflowersister]

It ought to, oughtn't it? It's Ukraine!

[rule_britannia]

Ah!!

Bloody hell-- I do apologise. I simply didn't-

Aha.. this is rather awkward.

[sunflowersister]

No, I wouldn't expect you to remember me, I should have said something. Um, welcome?

[rule_britannia]

I can't tell you how much of a sodding relief it is to know somebody here. Ah.. thank you.. I think..

[sunflowersister]

Oh actually, there's a few of us, too! My sister and Poland, though I haven't seen the others in a while.

[rule_britannia]

Ah..

[Well, it could be worse, right..?]

I don't suppose you can tell me anything about this bloody place.

sure, russia could have been here

[sunflowersister]

Probably not much, I haven't been here long either. Um, we got overrun with cats a few weeks ago?

[rule_britannia]

... Cats? You don't say. I wonder if that kind of thing happens often.

[sunflowersister]

According to everyone else, it does. I mean, not cats specifically, but just weird and inexplicable things like that.

[rule_britannia]

Ah-hah... well, isn't that interesting...

[sunflowersister]

Mostly it's just really stressful.

[rule_britannia]

Mm, I can imagine that to be the case.

[sunflowersister]

And it's really frustrating to not know what's going on back home? But I guess I like cats better than I like political drama, so it's kind of like an incredibly confusing vacation that you can't make go away.

But it's nice to see more of us here!

[sunflowersister]

I mean, not that I'm glad you're stuck here too! I just

[sunflowersister]

Oh bother, never mind.