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[tercio]

[ The feed turns on and is faced on Spain sitting in the common room of his apartment building. He's looking rather official and important but it's all a facade so don't be fooled. Considering the short amount of time he's been here, he has already mourned being ripped from his home and come up with a buenísima idea for how to bide his time while he is here. ]

Good afternoon citizens of-- [ ...this place has a difficult name to remember... ] --Hugville! Are you tired of being tired because you didn't get a hug today? But you're also tired of seeking out a hug or befriending people enough to earn a hug? Well, I'm here to tell you not to be tired!

[ He holds up a sign that he painstakingly and lovingly made himself. ]



That's right, amigos! Isn't it cute? I will give FREE HUGS to anyone who needs one! They work every time!

[ He smiles at the camera, hoping that a couple of beautiful señoritas or cute little kids will jump into his arms! It'd be worth the free price if Spain could rescue them from low energy! After a second of seeing his stupid, smiling face, the camera turns off. ]

Comments

[missleadingquestions]

Oh-- yeah, I have a few friends like that...

[She's not sure she's thought about Franziska Von Karma so many times in one conversation before.]

But at least they're here for you, right?

[tercio]

They're mostly all right now!

[ Except for a few lingering bits of bad blood... ]

But I'd probably be better off finding new friends. Like you, huh?

[missleadingquestions]

Of course!! You can't ever have too many friends, right?

And it looks like we'll need a lot of friends here.

1/2

[tercio]

Yes! Find friends or die!!

[tercio]

...I'll be on the lookout for you, by the way.

[missleadingquestions]

It's kind of an emergency when you put it that way...!

[She settles quickly, though.]

Huh? What do you mean?

[tercio]

We've only just met but I'll be on the lookout to make sure you don't die!

Even if it means all the touching.

[missleadingquestions]

...It does sound pretty weird when you say it like that [Not to mention scary-- dying in some weird world?! It's a possibility, but not one she wants to think about.]-- but I guess you're right.

[tercio]

So...buddy system?

[ Flawless idea is flawless. ]

We aren't exclusive or anything, we can hug other people. We just will be Friends with Hug-Benefits.

[missleadingquestions]

Well, wouldn't that be every friend we make here, though?

[tercio]

[ Aw, he wanted to be special even if just by name...... ]

Well, not really....

[missleadingquestions]

[Oh-- why is he sulking? She doesn't really get it.]

But it's important because you're one of the first friends I made here, right? So looking out for each other is natural.

[tercio]

[ Because he's mostly an idiot. ]

Right! And I will do my part to make sure you are always looked out for!

[missleadingquestions]

Great!

--Oh, right. Does everyone call you Spain, or should I just say "Antonio"? That's what you said, right?

[tercio]

Yeah, that's my name too, I guess. [ He shrugs. He usually prefers being called Spain. ANTONIO IS HIS SLAVE NAME. But not really. ]

Though I'm just a human here so I can be Antonio! I think. Wouldn't it be funny if I wasn't actually?

woops I took a hiatus too SORRY

[missleadingquestions]

Uh... wait. What do you mean not... human?

[She's a little confused. Well, more like a lot.]

NO WORRIES.

[tercio]

[ ... oh yeah, people around here don't usually meet up LIVING PERSONIFICATIONS OF COUNTRIES. Makes perfect sense to him. ]

Well, I am human. [ HERE. ]

I'm sure you've heard of me! I won the World Cup a few years ago and that was probably all over the news. But I've done more than that too.

[missleadingquestions]

Well I mean, you explained that a little but, you mean--

Wait, on TV? I've never seen you on TV. And I watch the news all the time! It's 2019! Everyone has to stay updated on the news!

[Even if Nick was usually busy washing toilets instead.]

[tercio]

[ ...2019? ]

Wait...you don't?? Do I exist in 2019??

[missleadingquestions]

Well, I mean, I've never been to Spain. But it's still there.


--Wait, you mean you're from the past, too?

[tercio]

Oh good. [ Sigh of relief right there. 2019 isn't too far away, he still has so much he wants to do! ] You can visit me here though, I'd still count that!

2013? Isn't that the year it is now?

[missleadingquestions]

..I didn't check. I mean, back home it was 2019... but I guess it was January, too.

I was 14 in 2013, I think.

[tercio]

It would have been so great if fourteen year old you had visited me!

...this whole thing is weird, isn't it?

[missleadingquestions]

I guess so. I was kind of busy back then.

['Busy' as in watching cartoons and avoiding training, you know. Important stuff.]

Yeah, it's really weird. I met someone from a really long time ago the first day I was here.

[tercio]

I know how that is.

[ He was busy too. ...sleeping and eating and playing football. They're such important people. ]

A really long time ago? I mean, I met a snake-bird person so I guess that's not too strange.