dešimt; action/phone

[vytis]

1333 Benny Road; 4am {Closed to Olivier}

[Lithuania woke early out of habit even in times of peace. In a time like this, he was awake even earlier than usual, pacing the house restlessly but staying away from the windows. The fear had abated somewhat once he killed his target, but he had been worrying since this began--no hallucinations, at least, was better than nothing.

He wished vaguely for a sword--it was a bit ridiculous, given its lack of use compared to guns, but it was familiar, and the machete wasn't quite the same. Well, maybe he'd get one back. But a machine gun or something would probably be more useful.]

Phone; 6am (Closed to Estonia}
Hey, hey, Estija?

[His tone is--not exactly chirpy, but almost sing-song. A dull sort of sing-song, though.]

Comments

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

Are you trying to tell me you accidentally shot someone with a poisoned bullet? Or did I just mishear all of that?

[vytis]

Yes! [he seems a bit happier than is reasonable that Estonia understood that bit.] Yes, yes. The swordfight part wasn't accidental though but I guess that part didn't matter. Or the putting the body in the lake or the scrubbing it's really hard to scrub blood out of concrete and I had to check the grass a few times but she shouldn't have shown up at four in the morning.

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

... Do you need me to come over?

[vytis]

Oh, that would be good, I mean I don't really feel all that great my head's kind of everywhere--um that's probably obvious--oh I don't mean literally! Well of course I don't mean literally I wouldn't be talking to you but I guess it couldn't hurt to clarify. I could go check outside again to make sure I got everything while I'm waiting I mean I checked a lot like ten or eleven or twelve or thirteen--um.




Yes.

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

Leedu. I need you to shut up and listen to me. It's going to take me a couple of minutes to get there. I want you to go into your living room and sit on the couch and look at your knees. Don't look at anything but your knees. Can you do that for me?

[vytis]

[There's a pause where he is trying to keep with the "shut up" part of that and form something of a coherent sentence.]

Um okay, I guess as long as--um. Okay, I can do that.

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

Thank you.



Lithuania?

[vytis]

Estonia!

[Lithuania cranes a bit to look at the doorway, but he's sitting on the couch still, at least.]

Do you want something to drink or eat--why are you wearing a hat?

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

I just felt like wearing a hat, all right? Now tell me, slowly, what's wrong.

[vytis]

[He frowns, but focuses on what Estonia is saying for once.]

Alright... Well the woman who was out to kill me--or she must have been the one since--wait I'm getting ahead of myself. Um, she came. About two hours ago, well two hours and fifteen minutes, and it took an hour before she was dead--um. She came up to the door and I attacked her and the gun went off and then there was a sword fight except I only had a machete. But she died and when I picked up the things she'd dropped--um we lost the gun pretty early on, I was looking for that--there was this.

[He hands a letter to Estonia in which Olivier was requesting a truce from Lithuania.]

So that was all really really bad, I've decided for sure it's two really's.

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

Oh, only two? It could be worse.

It was self-defense, Leedu. You couldn't have known.

[vytis]

[He smiles a little at that, less hysterically than he has been.]

I still--I should have waited instead of--jumping and now she's dead and it was entirely pointless, I didn't mean to, I really didn't.

[He's taking the long-sleeved shirt into account finally, and looking from it to the hat a few times.]

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

Believe me when I say I understand completely. But remember what you told me the other day? Anyone who judged us for taking a chance on this doesn't understand the severity of the situation.

[vytis]

Yes. Right. Right. I'm just so, I don't know, it's, I'm... [There's another pause.] I'm really tired.

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

Have you been injured?

[vytis]

Not badly. [He didn't get out of the fight unscathed, but he's covered the bandages with his clothes since then.]

She's very good, I mean she was, even with the poison. She runs the resistance, did you know that? Um, but no one's coming back like they should...

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

No one's coming back like they should? What does that mean?

[vytis]

Usually everyone comes back after they die in Mayfield, they wake up in bed the next day, but it's not happening right now, everyone's staying dead.

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

... That doesn't change anything, though. We still did what we had to do.

[vytis]

Yes, I would have done it anyway, but it's a bit disconcerting! You'd think it would be the other way around, this would feel normal, you know, but after you stay here for a few months and everyone says that like it's fine for people to die after lunch and be at work the next morning it becomes unsettling when it's the other way around, the normal way.

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should lie down for a while.

[vytis]

I--probably should, I know that reasonably, but I don't have time and it's not safe. There are two girls here, they didn't get letters but if someone killed them trying to get to me I could never forgive myself it's a little like they're mine even if they're not and I think one of them is Japan's. I haven't had much sleep, maybe three hours since Friday, but I can't until it's done.

[webfreedomftw.livejournal.com]

You have weapons here, right? And now you have your brother, too. This means that it is safe to sleep. In fact, I highly encourage it, to the point of possibly being angry if you don't. I'll stay and keep an eye on the house and the girls.

1/3

[vytis]

Ah--

[vytis]