prpl_assistant | Memo 004: Thank Yous and Loose Ends (Backtrack to day after zombie outbreak ends)

A. Phone (Filtered away from The Doctor, The Major and Schrodinger)

Thank you to everyone who came by the hospital and defended it. It wasn't easy, but we did it, and I'm really grateful for everyone's cooperation.

B. Phone (filtered to both the RED Spy and the BLU Spy)

Would it be possible for me to see the two of you today? Sometime before lunch?

C. Phone (filtered to the BLU Sniper, hackable)

Mr Mundy, I was wondering whether you'd like me to take you around town today? If it's not too much trouble, I can meet up with you after lunch.

D. Action (around 1337 Benny Road)

(Miss Pauling seems to be busy with something, being up early in the morning. It looks like she's baking...something. However, based on the annoyed look on her face, it doesn't seem to be working...there's a strong smell of cookies in the kitchen, with just a tinge of a burning smell. Anyone who happens to be awake at 8am in the morning and around 1337 Benny Road may just get a free sample cookie with some crumbly black bits.)

E. Action
(If anyone's around the neighborhoods, they'll see Miss Pauling holding a slip of paper as she navigates through all the houses in the hope of finding one. She's got a bag of something that's emitting a nice smell, if a bit burnt. Approach her?)

F. Action (726 Anderson Lane)

(With some help from the Spies, she found out where Miss Susan stays at. With a bag of cookies (only slightly burnt on the edges) she finds herself at the doorstep. She looks a bit anxious, but eventually she gets enough courage to knock on the door.)

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Have you been here long then, Mr...?

Lithuania. I arrived in January. There are plenty of people who've been here longer than that, though.

(She blinks in surprise.)

Mr Lithuania? I believe I may have spoken to you over the phone around a week ago. I'm Miss Pauling, and it's a pleasure to finally meet you face to face.

(She extends a hand.)

Oh, Miss Pauling!

[He shakes her hand.]

I'm sorry I didn't recognize you, it's been a bit hectic lately. How did you fare through the zombies?

That's not a problem at all, Mr Lithuania. After all, we've never met personally before.

I was fortunate enough to have a few people protect me, thankfully. I'm actually on the way to thank one of them for her assistance.

[His expression clouds slightly at the mention of protection--he failed to protect two of his own housemates--but he brightens up again quickly.]

That explains why you were asking directions. I don't want to keep you if you have somewhere to be.

(She notices the slight change in expression.)

No, I have a few minutes to spare.

How about you Mr Lithuania? Were you alright during the zombie outbreak?

I was fine, I didn't run into anything too bad--comparatively, I mean. Hopefully nothing will happen for a while, now.

Comparatively?

(She tilts her head slightly, her eyebrows raised questioningly.)

Were you attacked, Mr Lithuania?

Well, I did spend time walking around town, so it was inevitable. But I heard a bit about armies of zombies at the hospital and the like, and I didn't run into anything like that, so it could have been worse.

Yes, it could definitely have been worse.

(Now that she's finally met Mr Lithuania, she can get an answer to one of the questions she's had ever since she found out about the personifications of the countries.)

Excuse me Mr Lithuania, I hope you don't mind me asking, but I was just wondering whether you know of a certain Mr Russia and Ms Ukraine?

[The look on his face when she mentions Russia...]

A-ah, yes, I know both of them. They live very close to me at home.

(The look on Mr Lithuania's face raises a few more questions on Miss Pauling's part. But for now, she'll stick to the obvious.)

The three of you...are you really the personifications of the countries in your world?

We are. My full name in English is the Republic of Lithuania. More accurately, we represent our people--I was the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and half of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as well, amongst other names.

(And that would probably explain why he freaked out when she mentioned Mr Russia. She knows enough of world history and current world events in her world to know that the USSR had not been treating the Baltic nations as well as it proclaimed it was.)

Wow. That's...quite frankly speaking, very amazing. No offence meant, but you must have lived through quite a few decades. Are all countries in your world represented by personifications as well?

I'm about 2000 years old, yes. Every nation has a personification. We have world meetings and the like.

That's...a long time to be alive.

So all the personifications get together to solve world problems? You world must be a lot more peaceful than mine then; world leaders in my home can't ever seem to agree on anything.

...Well... We have bosses and governments that do the decision-making for the most part. We can come up with ideas but we do what our people decide. And it's not as if all of us can agree about many things, either...

Ah...I see...

Speaking of which, the personification of the USSR called me the other day. It was...an interesting conversation, to say the least. He offered me his assistance if I was ever in trouble. Ms Ukraine is a very nice woman as well; though the idea of a country running a flower shop is still a bit, umm, difficult for me to imagine. However, she was very kind to speak with me.

Russia is from 1812, actually, so he's not the USSR yet. Still, you should be careful when you speak to him. He's--unpredictable. Ah, but Miss Ukraine is much nicer than her brother. Is he still the USSR in your world?

1812...so he's still the Russian Empire then...is he from after Napolean then?

(She makes a mental note to stay away from Mr Russia if she can help it...)

Well, yes, he is. The Cold War is still going on back home, but no one can tell whether there's going to be a real war or not.

You're from a future time then, Mr Lithuania? I'm from 1968.

I didn't ask him. I'm from 2011, though, and the Soviet Union has dissolved. I left in 1990. There was no war as such, at least not in my world.

Really? That's really surprising. Most people thought that the USSR was going to start the next World War. It's good to know that it ended without any bloodshed, I guess.

So, what do you do in Mayfield then? Is it very different to be a human instead of a personification?

[He's not going to comment on the bloodshed thing.]

I've gotten my regular nation self back, but Mayfield has me working at the bakery. I'm not sure if it was really that different--I wasn't so worried about all of my people. Well, I was, but it was hard to think about all of them like I usually can.

Nation self? I'm sorry, but I don't really understand.

(Aaaaaaand the Nation of Lithuania works at a bakery. Next thing she's going to hear is that the United States of America works as a teacher in the school.)

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