If she had been human, she would have blamed America for how her life turned out. Because she was a state and former colony, she did not.
Everything that she and her siblings had been through was too complicated to assign specific blame, and the states knew their father didn't decide what his citizens desired. Virginia had been impatient and frustrated too many times to count over the rash things America did, and how he felt the need to "save" or better the rest of the world, without considering if what he wanted would actually benefit who he planned to inflict it upon. The one time she'd truly been angry with her father had been during the Civil War, when the whole family was fighting, everyone became crazed, and Virginia believed West Virginia was intended to be a replacement for her.
She had been too young, when New York was New Netherland, to fully understand America's reactions. Despite America's best efforts at reestablishing his authority, he was unhappy once New Netherland was in his arms more than Virginia's, and Virginia was behaving more like a daughter and less like a baby sister who thought her big brother was a fool.
Her father had been bored, Virginia now knew.
***
What Canada wanted most was to get a proper meal into his brother and then make sure America slept for more than a few hours; America refused the offer of food and only agreed to a nap.
This still gave a workable time frame. After America had gone upstairs, Canada set Alaska down in the middle of a horde of stuffed animals, dragged the playpen into one doorway of the living room, effectively blocked the other doorway with an armchair, stuck Hawaii in the playpen, then snooped around. He found all of America's contact information, and guessed which phone numbers were going to be most helpful.
What he was doing now was appeasing his own curiosity, not helping his brother.
America had a pattern, in that whichever state was youngest was usually his favorite. Though they'd all said otherwise, Canada suspected America had been staying with various of his states, and since after Hawaii and Alaska, Arizona and New Mexico were youngest, they were first of who Canada planned to call.
Theoretically, Arizona should have been first, but she and her twin were a subversion to America's habit. New Mexico had been born six weeks early, so America worried more about her, then she again ensnared his attention by the aliens that kept showing up on her land. By contrast, Arizona was just too normal to compete. New Mexico was a bit of an odd duck, preferring to play with chemicals and read science journals over interacting with her siblings, and because she was so disinterested in him, America liked her best.
Canada called New Mexico's home. She picked up after the second ring.
"New Mexico?" Canada asked.
"Daddy? Hi! Texas said he's going to beat me halfway to hell!"
Not ready for this, Canada both failed to tell New Mexico he was not America, and he completely forgot he had a question to ask.
"Why--"
"Can you make someone come here and stop him? He was really mad when Arizona called him."
Realizing she thought he was her father, Canada tried setting things straight. "I'm not--"
"One of the older states would be good."
"Just a minute. This isn't--"
"Daddy? I can't hear you, are you still on the line? Hello? Hello?"
"I'm here, it's just that--"
"Hey, you're not my dad!" She said this like Canada had deliberately tried tricking her. "Put Daddy on the phone!"
"Why does Texas want to beat you?"
"I glued Arizona's toes together."
Canada wanted to say something other than asking why New Mexico did that, but words were failing him and he had nothing.
New Mexico took his silence as a cue to explain herself. "She deserved it! She fell asleep when I didn't want her going to sleep! Except she kind of can't walk now. I'm not sure how she got to the phone, but she called Texas and he's on his way."
Wait...Arizona couldn't walk? "New Mexico--did you put cyanoacrylate on your sister?"
"Paste was hardly to have the same holding power."
"No, I'm not. And doing something like that isn't an accident! You deserve whatever Texas intends to do to you!"
New Mexico sighed a very loud, frustrated exhalation. "I hate you, Uncle Matthew. Just remember, you could have prevented my death."
Canada was still holding the phone to his ear a full minute after New Mexico hung up. It was not until Alaska lobbed a stuffed giraffe at his head that Canada put the phone down. He tossed the toy back. "Do I even want to continue on, in order?" he asked the baby, who did not appear to care about the insanity of his older siblings.
Deciding to mix things up a bit, Canada meant to call Virginia, but read the wrong number and dialed New York. New York curtly told Canada he wasn't telling him anything. Canada took a break to check on Hawaii, then came back to the phone and tried Virginia's number.
Her first words to him were, "Why are you asking about Dad?"
"New York called you, didn't he?"
"Yes. You're at Dad's house, aren't you? He let you come there, obviously he has his reasons for not telling you where he's been. Leave it at that."
This wasn't turning out to be worth the effort. "I just want to know what's been going on."
"Do you need it spelled out? Soviet Union--evil. Dad knocking boots with Russia--stupid idea. Dad's been doing it anyway, since he's a mindless slut, and unfortunately for him, he got knocked up by the worst candidate possible. Who the hell would want Russia around a baby? Dad has to avoid him now that he's got a kid from him. Japan's just unlucky because at this time, Dad doesn't want the other countries knowing his whereabouts, in case it gets back to Russia or someone close to Russia."
"But America's at his main residence. Everyone knows he lives there."
"And it's such a stupidly obvious place that no one's going to try reaching him there. I'm guessing he only just came back there recently and isn't going to stay long."
"So who was he with before?"
"I'm not telling you! Stop asking! None of us are going to tell you! You don't even need to know, so stay out of it! I'm hanging up."
"Definitely not worth it..." Canada mumbled. Virginia was right, he should have stayed out of the matter. Knowing for sure that the fathers of Hawaii and Alaska had no contact with their children only gave Canada a sense of guilt, when it wasn't on him to decide what to do with America's states.
This is a great fill; I'm loving it so far! Kinda sad Japan doesn't get to see his daughter. I'm curious about the backstory there. Looking forward to seeing England again!
Still loving this. Virginia is very interesting! I wonder how will New York be -sorry, New Netherlands for the momentXD- when he grows a bit. Will England not realise what's going on either? The way Virignia talks about her father and the way he behaved and didn't even understand what he himself felt...man, it hurts to think he was so damn young. Still hurts.
In the present, I really love that Canada's so curious about what's up with his bro, but at least honest enough to admit it to himself. I find it a bit creepy but also touchign and sad that America is still so incredibly childish around and about his kids, that he has VERY OBVIOUS favourites and it's always the little ones (is it just because he has a weakness for little children, because he feels they are more his when they're dependant like that, or because he's high on the lust/love for that particular father at that moment?), and his reasons being so unreasonable and childish, like New Mexico's aliens and indifference toward him...that's so petty and childish, and it breaks my heart that his mind doesn't seem to have evolved that much where his children are concerned; he shows clear signs of trauma.
And lol at Virginia's thoughts on her own dad, described as a "mindless slut" xDDDDDDD so is Alaska kept secret form Russia? lol
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All is Not As it Seems - 5c
(Anonymous) 2010-09-20 03:29 am (UTC)(link)Everything that she and her siblings had been through was too complicated to assign specific blame, and the states knew their father didn't decide what his citizens desired. Virginia had been impatient and frustrated too many times to count over the rash things America did, and how he felt the need to "save" or better the rest of the world, without considering if what he wanted would actually benefit who he planned to inflict it upon. The one time she'd truly been angry with her father had been during the Civil War, when the whole family was fighting, everyone became crazed, and Virginia believed West Virginia was intended to be a replacement for her.
She had been too young, when New York was New Netherland, to fully understand America's reactions. Despite America's best efforts at reestablishing his authority, he was unhappy once New Netherland was in his arms more than Virginia's, and Virginia was behaving more like a daughter and less like a baby sister who thought her big brother was a fool.
Her father had been bored, Virginia now knew.
***
What Canada wanted most was to get a proper meal into his brother and then make sure America slept for more than a few hours; America refused the offer of food and only agreed to a nap.
This still gave a workable time frame. After America had gone upstairs, Canada set Alaska down in the middle of a horde of stuffed animals, dragged the playpen into one doorway of the living room, effectively blocked the other doorway with an armchair, stuck Hawaii in the playpen, then snooped around. He found all of America's contact information, and guessed which phone numbers were going to be most helpful.
What he was doing now was appeasing his own curiosity, not helping his brother.
America had a pattern, in that whichever state was youngest was usually his favorite. Though they'd all said otherwise, Canada suspected America had been staying with various of his states, and since after Hawaii and Alaska, Arizona and New Mexico were youngest, they were first of who Canada planned to call.
Theoretically, Arizona should have been first, but she and her twin were a subversion to America's habit. New Mexico had been born six weeks early, so America worried more about her, then she again ensnared his attention by the aliens that kept showing up on her land. By contrast, Arizona was just too normal to compete. New Mexico was a bit of an odd duck, preferring to play with chemicals and read science journals over interacting with her siblings, and because she was so disinterested in him, America liked her best.
Canada called New Mexico's home. She picked up after the second ring.
"New Mexico?" Canada asked.
"Daddy? Hi! Texas said he's going to beat me halfway to hell!"
Not ready for this, Canada both failed to tell New Mexico he was not America, and he completely forgot he had a question to ask.
"Why--"
"Can you make someone come here and stop him? He was really mad when Arizona called him."
Realizing she thought he was her father, Canada tried setting things straight. "I'm not--"
"One of the older states would be good."
"Just a minute. This isn't--"
"Daddy? I can't hear you, are you still on the line? Hello? Hello?"
"I'm here, it's just that--"
"Hey, you're not my dad!" She said this like Canada had deliberately tried tricking her. "Put Daddy on the phone!"
"Why does Texas want to beat you?"
"I glued Arizona's toes together."
Canada wanted to say something other than asking why New Mexico did that, but words were failing him and he had nothing.
New Mexico took his silence as a cue to explain herself. "She deserved it! She fell asleep when I didn't want her going to sleep! Except she kind of can't walk now. I'm not sure how she got to the phone, but she called Texas and he's on his way."
Wait...Arizona couldn't walk? "New Mexico--did you put cyanoacrylate on your sister?"
"Paste was hardly to have the same holding power."
"Why--"
"Are you going to put Daddy on the line or not?"
All is Not As it Seems - 5d
(Anonymous) 2010-09-20 03:30 am (UTC)(link)New Mexico sighed a very loud, frustrated exhalation. "I hate you, Uncle Matthew. Just remember, you could have prevented my death."
Canada was still holding the phone to his ear a full minute after New Mexico hung up. It was not until Alaska lobbed a stuffed giraffe at his head that Canada put the phone down. He tossed the toy back. "Do I even want to continue on, in order?" he asked the baby, who did not appear to care about the insanity of his older siblings.
Deciding to mix things up a bit, Canada meant to call Virginia, but read the wrong number and dialed New York. New York curtly told Canada he wasn't telling him anything. Canada took a break to check on Hawaii, then came back to the phone and tried Virginia's number.
Her first words to him were, "Why are you asking about Dad?"
"New York called you, didn't he?"
"Yes. You're at Dad's house, aren't you? He let you come there, obviously he has his reasons for not telling you where he's been. Leave it at that."
This wasn't turning out to be worth the effort. "I just want to know what's been going on."
"Do you need it spelled out? Soviet Union--evil. Dad knocking boots with Russia--stupid idea. Dad's been doing it anyway, since he's a mindless slut, and unfortunately for him, he got knocked up by the worst candidate possible. Who the hell would want Russia around a baby? Dad has to avoid him now that he's got a kid from him. Japan's just unlucky because at this time, Dad doesn't want the other countries knowing his whereabouts, in case it gets back to Russia or someone close to Russia."
"But America's at his main residence. Everyone knows he lives there."
"And it's such a stupidly obvious place that no one's going to try reaching him there. I'm guessing he only just came back there recently and isn't going to stay long."
"So who was he with before?"
"I'm not telling you! Stop asking! None of us are going to tell you! You don't even need to know, so stay out of it! I'm hanging up."
"Definitely not worth it..." Canada mumbled. Virginia was right, he should have stayed out of the matter. Knowing for sure that the fathers of Hawaii and Alaska had no contact with their children only gave Canada a sense of guilt, when it wasn't on him to decide what to do with America's states.
***
Re: All is Not As it Seems - 5d
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(Anonymous) 2010-09-20 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)In the present, I really love that Canada's so curious about what's up with his bro, but at least honest enough to admit it to himself. I find it a bit creepy but also touchign and sad that America is still so incredibly childish around and about his kids, that he has VERY OBVIOUS favourites and it's always the little ones (is it just because he has a weakness for little children, because he feels they are more his when they're dependant like that, or because he's high on the lust/love for that particular father at that moment?), and his reasons being so unreasonable and childish, like New Mexico's aliens and indifference toward him...that's so petty and childish, and it breaks my heart that his mind doesn't seem to have evolved that much where his children are concerned; he shows clear signs of trauma.
And lol at Virginia's thoughts on her own dad, described as a "mindless slut" xDDDDDDD
so is Alaska kept secret form Russia? lol
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