Second Freedom Ring | Visual and/or Action -Pick one or both parts

[hamburgerhero]

PART 1- BACKDATED TO SEP 29

[visual or action if you're in the area]

[Those checking the video feed can tell America is running through the streets. If they're currently in District 2 they might see him run by. He doesn't look at all cheerful like usual.]

I'm sending out this message in case something happens to me. I'm heading again to the government headquarters and this time they better have answers. I agreed to do what I could to help this city, but I can't sit around and act like they haven't been sneaky after what I discovered this morning.

For those of you who know my fellow nations brought here, you might have noticed that many of us have disappeared within the last month. I haven't heard from Germany, Spain, or Switzerland for a long time now and I'm not sure where Italy is right now. Canada was living in the apartment across the hall from me but mysteriously disappeared during the Festival. He returned. He seemed normal aside from suffering like many of us did from temperature problems for a week.

Ever since he came back from disappearing I kept an eye out for him -to make sure that unexplained disappearance didn't happen again. But this morning he wasn't there in bed and Kumajirou has gone too. And I would have seen if someone came to take them because I was there in the same apartment but I didn't- I was asleep. [He grimaces.] They took them away quietly in the middle of the night and I was right there! That deserves explaining! Why would you take them like that if you didn't have something to hide?

[Up ahead he can see the Government Building. There are guards out in front but that doesn't stop him. He runs up to the front and starts yelling his demands. It's easy to hear over the video feed and easily heard in the surrounding area in district 2. The guards don't seem too happy with his shouting.]

Hey! I'm tired of being left in the dark! You've kept one too many secrets from your visitors! I demand to talk to the person in charge of the city! NOW!


PART 2- OCTOBER 8

[visual or action if you're at the hospital]

[What had become of America's attempt to get answers? He didn't disappear at all between the end of the month and now. It seemed that somewhere in the chaos he had collapsed for unexplained reasons. At last, over a week later, he wakes in a hospital bed and greets Saeng Seong again. Has he had any visitors during his coma?]

[As much as he wanted to find out the mystery of the city, he was disappointed to wake up in the Saeng Seong hospital and not back home. Still groggy and not at all with his wits about him, he sends out a video feed on the network.]

Can someone tell me what that date is? How long have I been out? Last thing I remember I was at the government building.

[He ends the video feed and starts to look around the room for any sign of familiar faces.]

Comments

[4balls]

Well, they did kidnap us. It would be completely legitimate for us to riot against them. [ Just to point that out. ]

But even if we don't, I don't think your actions were necessarily "violent". I have seen worse, therefore I would not call it that way in this case.

[hamburgerhero]

They're lucky we haven't rebelled yet. I came here with the first group and that was all the way back in June.

Who knows what their standards are here. They might have figured it was good to restrain someone like me simply because of what I was demanding. Everyone sure is protective of the local boss.

[4balls]

.. I only think all of this makes them even more suspicious. If they really want us to help them, then communication is key. Treating us like this makes me feel like we're not allowed to know anything.

[ That's what happened back home when he went looking for his memories too, after all - being locked out of places, not being told certain things.. ]

[hamburgerhero]

Talk about it! In my experience, secrets are necessary for safety sometimes but the kind of stuff they're hiding around here? It totally gives off cover up vibes you know?

[4balls]

Especially if they practically captured you afterwards for trying to find out.

[ Since you could argue they just took him there to be treated and all to make sure he was alright, but with all the security.. ]

[hamburgerhero]

If I'm lucky they'll give away something when they question me. I'm guessing they will be if they're going to keep a guard outside my door here.

[4balls]

.. I suppose they would not let other people listen in on it, huh.

[ A rethorical question, hence why it doesn't really sound like one. They might be able to find out if they're giving anything more easily that way, but it doesn't sound like something they'd just let happen.. ]

In that case, please remember any information they might give away. It could be useful, and I'd like to hear about it later.

[hamburgerhero]

Trust me, anything I learn from them I'll be sharing with everyone else. It's better to keep more of the visitors in the loop than leave anyone with no clue of what's going on behind the scenes.

[4balls]

Thank you. That would be helpful. [ A small nod. ]

My name is Josuke Higashikata [ rather than "I am", since it's not his real name.. ] in case you need to contact me later about anything.

[hamburgerhero]

Got it. And if you need to contact me, just send out a message for America.

[4balls]

Thank you for all your effort.

[ He actually smiles a little - it's thinly, but pretty genuine all the same. He means what he's saying. Then he shuts off the feed. ]