towerofanimus | Bon Anniversaire indeed [OPEN]

Characters: Canada; OPEN
Setting: Floor Seven; Floor Five (July 1)
Format: Starting prose, whatever you want
Summary: Canada discovers some new floors.
Warnings: angst, surely.

Seventh Floor

Canada peered into the pool, uncertain of its depths. She was a strong swimmer and those caves down below were intriguing. Maybe just a little dip into the water, but she didn't have a swimsuit. This was a strange thing to wake up to on her day of all days. Canada Day present perhaps? She wasn't sure. For now she waffled at the edge of the pool, Kumariie batting at the water's surface beside her.

Fifth Floor

The viewfinders were new and strange and she settled in front of one with a bit of wariness.

"Is...this home now?"

The sense of connection was almost immediate, but it took her breath away to see the devastation. The world she saw through the viewfinder was bare, desolate. If she stared long enough, she almost recognize landmarks and then suddenly, her heart hurt. A sudden heart-wrenching pain that brought tears to her eyes when even the view of her world could not. She felt her millions of people die and all that...that pain.

She pushed back from the viewfinder and buried her face in her hands, sobbing as quietly as she could. She wanted to be home...Only home was gone now wasn't it?

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"I think so I didn't see any whales!" Because whales were dangerous, they had destroyed the ship in Moby Dick, but Romeo didn't think this pool was big enough for them.

"Oh over there!" Romeo clambered out and ran over to one of the lockers, "There's lots and I was going to give it back once I'd finished!" Because he didn't want miss Madeline to think he had stolen it!

"Oh of course, no whales. America will be so disappointed." Canada followed him, peering inside the locker room curiously. She'd need a suit if she wanted to swim of course, but for now she looked back to the pool.

"I don't get how it can be that deep."

"Oh America lives in my room!" Romeo grinned, "Does he like whales?"

He looked back to the pool and shrugged, "Me neither, but it is really really deep! I swam down until I ran out of breath and I still couldn't see the bottom!"

"Well--I meant the girl America, but I'm sure the guy version loves them as well. Oh you probably shouldn't dive so deep, what if you drown? Be careful alright?"

"Oh I met her too, but she was sleeping even though Piccolo was naughty and was climbing on her, does she like whales then?" He started jumping up and down a little, keeping warm since he was all wet from the pool.

"I'll be careful miss, but I'm a really good swimmer!" He was, he'd managed to save the God of Death and Alfredo from drowning when the boat got smashed up in the middle of a storm, but he didn't like thinking about that.

Canada giggled at him. She'd miss hanging around kids, they were so adorable.

"I think she likes whales but it's constantly changing. As long as you stay safe, you should be fine."

"Oh," Romeo grinned again, "Do you want to come and swim Miss Madeline! It's really fun!"

"I--well I suppose I can."

Canada gave the pool one more searching glance.

"Is it ice cold?"

"A bit cold, but not too much, not like in the rivers near my home anyways miss, but I lived in the alps and sometimes it was snowy and then the river was really cold." He grinned again hoping that Miss Madeline would come swim.

"It was cold where I am too. People would jump into the iced over rivers for fun too, but I was never quite that fond of cold. Well give me just a moment dear."

Canada snagged a swimsuit, briefly checking the size and slipped away to get changed.

Romeo grinned and nodded, "That sounds fun!" He said and skipped back to the pool to get back in the water before Miss Madeline came out again. He swam over to Kumago, "Hello Kumago, do you like swimming? Piccolo doesn't! So he's asleep in my coat, you can go see him if you want!" Because obviously in Romeo's head Polar bears and Weasels should be best of friends.

Kumariie eyed him, glancing back to where her owner had disappeared to, then back to Romeo. She splashed the water again before quietly murmuring.

"Polar bears swim. I like swimming."

Canada peeked out from the dressing room, "Kumalop, don't scare him okay."

Too late, at the polar bears words Romeo had yelped, jumped backwards completely forgetting he was in a swimming pool and ended up floundering a bit until he was able to tread water once again. He glanced at where miss Madeline had called from, "You can talk!" He swam a tiny bit closer, "Are you a magic polar bear?"

Canada giggled, while Kumariie appeared to look a bit miffed. Of course she could talk, she just didn't do it every often.

"She's sort of quiet most of the time. But it's normal I think. I mean, Iceland's puffin talks right?" She knelt by the pool, petting Kuma's head softly, "Sorry if she scared you."

Romeo blinked at Kumago wondering if he had imagined it speaking but then miss Madeline appeared, "Oh she didn't scare me miss, I was just a bit surprised!" He swam in a circle, "I don't think I know Iceland? Is he here?" He dived under for a moment before breaking surface once again.

"You mean it's just country animals that speak, because Piccolo never spoke to me ever!"

Canada paused and knelt by the water, turning over his question. She was pretty sure only country animals spoke but she could easily be proven wrong at any moment.

"I know most of our country companion animals can speak, but I think if animals don't speak where you come from, they won't speak now. And I'm not sure if he or she is or not. I'll have to look."

Romeo nodded, "I don't think animals can speak in my world," he ducked under the water again happily, "Are there two of them then? Like there's two Americas?" He swam closer to miss Madeline, "D'you want to come in?"

"Well the one in my world is female, so I assume there are two." She stuck a single foot in, testing the water.

"I suppose diving in is the best way. Adjusting has always seemed silly."

Romeo nodded with a smile, "It's more fun to just jump in!" He swam out a little way so there was no danger of her landing on him, "Count to three and then jump!"

Bon Anniversaire indeed [OPEN]

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