towerofanimus | I've got darkness and fears to appease.

Characters: Taiwan / Open
Setting: Stair-wells in the dark.
Format: Whichever! I'm good with third or first.
Summary: Taiwan's still rather new and afraid of the sudden darkness so she's blindly feeling around and proceeds to take a tumble down the stairs.
Warnings: None yet. Subject to go up though.

Somehow during the fiasco of everything becoming dark, Taiwan had been able to grab her trunk and dig through it only to hear the soft mewls and whines of a cat. Blindly, she touched the creature only to tell it was one of her wild cats that seemed to of stowed away in her luggage. "Ah- I'm so sorry! I didn't know you were there...It's okay now." She frowned, petting the kitty while keeping him safe in her arms.

Standing, she took a breath and grabbed the door handle and opened; she took a step outside in to the hallways and held her breath. It was dark...so very dark. "Come on. We have to find sister." She said to the small creature in her hand as she slowly walked along the darkened hallway as if it were a tightrope. Step by step was made cautiously until she was able to find another door.

"See, progress." She said to the kitten that mewled again in her sleeves. Opening the door up, Taiwan blindly felt around before taking a step and then another only to realize- uh oh- there's no step there.

Turning quickly, she held the cat tight against her as she tumbled and rolled down the stairs, going end over end before slamming in to the wall at the bottom with loud thud. Groaning, she made sure the animal was safe and when it curled up in her arms protectively she smiled weakly and pushed herself up. "I hate this place..." She murmured, feeling all the more dizzy in the dark.

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Tumbling a bit with him, she tries to regain her footing only to somewhat fail while her poor cat hangs on for dear life. "Y-You're kind of hurting me, Castiel." And really, she didn't want to lose her temper and use some of the moves Japan and China had taught her when it came to stranger danger. She didn't thinks he'd make many friends if she flipped them over her shoulder....

"W-Were are we going? Who else have you met? I need to find my sister, Vietnam!"

Taiwan wouldn't need to worry about hurting the angel, since he's pretty hardy when it came down to punches pulled and hits delivered. But he loosened his hold on her anyway, turning to face her when he heard Vietnam's name.

"You are sisters with Vietnam."

Flinching and straightening up, she nodded up at him as the kitten crawled out to sit on her head and all the while, Taiwan didn't seem to really...care. She likes when her animals enjoy her company and even so back home the birds would always make their perches on her arms.

"Yes? Is that a problem? I know she can be a little butch and trust me, she can't drive so if she ever offers, please run."

"There is no problem with Vietnam. She is an ally."

The angel noticed the little furry creature on Taiwan's head, but made no indication of it. Instead, he nodded and continued walking while holding onto the Nation. He had half the mind to fly them to where Vietnam was, but he mustn't be careless.

"You should call her a friend. She'd like that more!" She said happily, giving a nod to solidify that fact. Vietnam often seemed like the straight faced big sister, but reality on their lands were, Taiwan was older and doted a lot to make sure Vietnam was comfortable and happy.

She continued to follow after him, her sleeve holding on to his hand since- well- as most of the Asians went, it almost seemed like they didn't have hands to begin with. "What does Castiel do in his world?" Se asked; might as well make a bit of small talk as she glanced up at him.

A friend was a pretty foreign concept to Castiel, having his connections divided into 'brethren', 'allies' and 'enemies', with most of his brothers and sisters falling onto the latter category. Vietnam's helpful, but the angel wasn't certain if she could be considered a 'friend'. Not yet.

"I am an angel of the Lord," he replied to her question. "I raised the Righteous Man from perdition."

Well that...took a moment to sink in until carefully she pulled her arm from his grip. And then- her sleeved hands laid on his back, patting him down with a frown that deepened on her face. "Angel? Doesn't that mean you should have wings? Are they like real bird wings?" She asked, question after question before she hugged on to him. "You're not squishy like an angel...how come?"

Castiel had never received a hug before (His Cherubim brothers' greeting don't count. They never count.), so he glanced down curiously at the small Asian woman with her arms currently around his body. Awkward angel is awkward.

"I have wings, but my true form will burn your eyes out," he answered. "The idea of having bird-like wings are merely a human notion. And I am not squishy."

"So doesn't that make you a phoenix?" She asked while still hugging on to him cause it's nice to feel a little protected from the scary darkness. "You seem squishy like a human at least. So- I like you better like this than whatever your angel form is." She poked his sides before burying her face on his coat.

"I kind of wish you were able to make light though. I don't like the dark."

If only Jimmy could hear what she just said. His vessel might probably freak out upon hearing that he is squishy. From a girl Nation no less.

"No, I am an angel. And this human form is my vessel, a pious man." He didn't push her away though, merely letting her cling onto him.

"That, I am not capable of doing."

"W-Well then I'm just going to hide using you." She frowned and lifted his coat hem so she could shuffle under and behind him to hide. "I guess this means we're both sort of like vessels for something, hm?" She asked despite it being muffled from hiding behind and under him. The cat gives a muffle mew as well.

"Have you been here with sister long? I was scared when I heard she was here before I was."

If Castiel had a sense of humor and could see himself now, he'd probably laugh at the sight; him walking along with a tiny Asian hiding under his trenchcoat. Sadly, he doesn't, and he simply grunted when she took refuge under his coat.

"I have not been with her for long."

Edited 2011-08-10 08:34 (UTC)

"Mm, well I'm glad to see her." Taiwan nodded and gripped on to his shirt as she wandered with him in hope she doesn't fall down another flight of stairs.

"When they said something about the world being destroyed- I was scared because I thought I'd never see any of the Nations again but then it was odd because- if the world was really destroyed- then we as Nations wouldn't even be alive to be here." She frowned. "This world is odd..."

"Vietnam and I are researching the possibilities as of now," he replied gruffly, slowing down when he realized he was just wandering around aimlessly. "Where are you going now?"

"I told you, we have to find sister! I don't want something bad to happen to her and I'm sure you don't either, right?" She frowned while holding on to his sides.

"Can you remember where she is?"

Because if she did, it would be easier for him to just fly them there and leave Taiwan with Vietnam.

"I don't even know what floor I'm on." She frowned. "I'm still really new and I don't- understand this place at all and I just wanted my family back." Here come the waterworks. She grips to his clothes again and cowers up behind him, hiccing with an occasional small sob.

The socially awkward angel was not adept at comforting crying girl nations, though he stopped when he felt her tighten her grip.

"This is no time to cry, Taiwan," he groused, glancing around and trying to find his bearings. The shadows were somewhat of a hindrance to his abilities, but he managed to find out where they are.

"We are between the fourth floor and the third."

Like that was going to be any help.

I've got darkness and fears to appease.

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