16 dieciséis: Idkmybff ....is a freaken crocodile

[commie_island]

[Cuba was out for another day of wishing he wasn't stuck in this American town, when he notices the large package by the mailbox. Opening it up he finds a familiar face....of a kind.

A. Outside the house. There is a crocodile outside the house. Cuba is grinning. That is never good.

B. Showing the crocodile the park. Hope you aren't in the water.

C. Walking through the town with a crocodile, pointing things out to him. No this is not strange. There's a lot of insulting American things though.]

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[commie-island.livejournal.com]

Because I know America and he's a fucking bastard that likes to make the world think he's a hero.

1/2

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

[Some things never change, do they? At first, Balin takes it a bit personally. At first, his voice is dripping with sarcasm.]

Well gee, thanks—

[Then he stops. He just treated his nation as a person. That means—]

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

[—Aaaaaand one free hand meets his face in a facepalm.]

—Fuck. Okay, I get it. Which one are you?

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

I'm Cuba.

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

Okay, so that makes you Living Nation Number Four I've met.

[Cuba's actually the fifth, but Switzerland didn't introduce himself when Balin briefly met him in July.]

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of us.

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

[He might have heard that before from one of the others, but he still has to giggle.]

Jeez, what'a hell's this town tryin'a pull? Is it tryin'a kidnap you all so it can say "the world came to Mayfield" or what?

[Dem Hetalians, sappin' Balin's sanity meter.]

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

No clue.

[Well an American is insane. Somehow he's not surprised.]

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

[Balin gets his giggle fit under control, rubbing the side of his forehead with his free hand.]

Ahright, you gave me your name, fair's fair.

I'm Sergeant First Class Balin Wilbur, of'a Army of Allied Free Sentients.

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

Army of Allied ...what?

That like the UN or something?

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

It includes what's left of Earth, yeah.

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

...What's left?

What happened to the rest of it?

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

[Looking a bit solemn now.]

We got hit by an alien superpower called'a Bane.

It's 2014 where I'm from. I ain't seen Earth in seven years.

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

[Okay that get's Cuba looking serious.]

Glad I don't come from your world.

Any reason they attacked?

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

[He looks a bit sour there.]

Yeah. Short answer: the Bane don't like havin' neighbors.

Every other member race in'a AFS is in'a same boat as us.

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

Sound like nice guys...

'least you've got allies though.

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

[Balin scoffs in agreement.]

Yeah. Real model galactic citizens.

Right now it's like, two other races plus'a Eloh. HIGHCOM's been desperate'a find more. No tellin' how many races out'ere got wiped out completely by'a Bane.

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

Shit.

And they just do this for the hell of it?

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

Well—

[Balin rubs the back of his neck.]

—the long story's kinda complicated, but'a excuse'a Bane use is'at nobody but themselves should be allowed'a use Logos. So since any sentient mind can potentially learn how to use it, every race in'a galaxy either has'a serve them, or die.

... Not like they give many races'a option.

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

Logo's?

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's a system that lets'a sentient mind affect'a universe. Distinct from usin' technology. I've been tellin' people it's like magic, though I've had one guy tell me it ain't like magic at all.

[Balin shrugs.]

It's been a good enough analogy.

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

Seems like a good enough one.

Probably some guy who uses magic for real or something. They get picky about that.

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

Yeah. You know of Gilgamesh, right? An' how he's here in town? He wsa'a guy who said'at.

[commie-island.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

That makes sense.

[walking-nuke.livejournal.com]

[Balin nods a bit, then he glances over to the crocodile. It's hard to tell of Balin's just noticed it or not.]

What's'a story on him, anyway?