[voice]

[fierybluebird]

[Marco's voice starts off cheerfully enough.]

Hey everyone, I think I found the place where the cave-in for the train-thing is. The currents here are pretty weird so if we can get ... some ... strong swimmers then...

[He starts trailing off, obviously seeing something.] Pops...? [His voice is quiet, barely audible. It's not possible, he knows it's not, he watched the man die. So it's just like Luffy's food and an illusion. Has to be. But then it gets stronger.] POPS!! [He starts running, sandals hitting the wood of the deck.] Pops... [This time he just sounds anguished. And then suddenly there's a splash. Uh where did Marco go?]

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[voice]

[fierybluebird]

Pity. Oh well, more for us to enjoy.

[voice]

[bauhinia]

Isn't that the point?

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

For us it is. Do you think the others would be that kind?

[voice]

[bauhinia]

I don't know, I guess it kinda depends on who it is. Some people just can't take a joke, yeah?

[Voice]

[fettuttittes.livejournal.com]

Yes. And your lives are so much more shorter... Gone in a flash really.

... Nations fade too. If our people forget, if they all start identifying as part of another nation we can die, in a way.

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

I'm not human, so it's a little... stranger for me.

Aye. I've seen nations die before.

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

Aye. And yet then it's an endless cycle, eh.

[voice]

[bauhinia]

Well, yeah, if it means we constantly get punished for it.

[Voice]

[fettuttittes.livejournal.com]

Oh? The... phoenix thing? Does it mean you'll live forever?

... here? With that... thing inside us? Or was it to someone who had taken it out?

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

Eh, to be fair, they're basically punishing themselves.

[voice]

[bauhinia]

Someone at least oughta not be miserable when it comes down to it.

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

I certainly haven't died yet.

No, in my world. It's not pretty. Obviously.

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[fettuttittes.livejournal.com]

Well that's something then, I suppose.

... How. Do we exist in your world?

Re: [Voice]

[fierybluebird]

And if Japan asks you tell him I'm 20,100 years old. It's a game we have going.

As countries, not personifications. Or if you do, I haven't met you, and since my Pops and I were in charge of protecting several countries, it'd be unlikely that we wouldn't, eh?

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

Might as well be them?

[Voice]

[fettuttittes.livejournal.com]

... Are you going to explain it or just leave me to assume you're crazy.

Si, if you were the... King, or leader of a country, we would show ourselves. But I don't understand how you've seen us die in your world then.

[voice]

[bauhinia]

Yeah, something like that. [ Sorta!! ]

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

I'm a phoenix. He doesn't believe I could be older than him so he keeps trying to find ways to prove I'm not. Each time he does, I add more to the age I tell him.

Countries don't have to be personified to die.

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

No?

[voice]

[bauhinia]

Maybe sometimes.

[Voice]

[fettuttittes.livejournal.com]

... Phoenixes are immortal, he's just being stupid. Even I could tell him that. Besides, he shouldn't be much older than me, how could he even prove you were older than ... 20, 100 was it?

...Si, that's true, I suppose... destroy the land, the people, the culture, and you destroy us.

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

And when not?

[voice]

[bauhinia]

It depends on the person and whether or not they have a sense of humor.

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

Aye. Twenty thousand and one hundred. Thanks for understanding.

[Small pause of silence and just a quieter tone.] Indeed. When someone no longer cares about it... It's just that people often do care about their countries, no? And thus nearly immortal.

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

Eh, their loss then.