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Post by czech on May 24, 2012 10:25:03 GMT -5
Czech was fast to take the towel from Argentina and begin to dry as fast as she could. Though she and her brother brother, Germany hardly ever had anything to say or do that they agreeded with, one thing could be said about the two. They both were perfectionists as well as neat freaks.
When Germany attempted to 'germainze' her and her brother back when they were still Czechoslovakia, most of his of his habit failed to reach her, yet some did manage to rub off onto her. Like the obsession for cleanliness.
"Danke-shen Madame Argentina! I just hope no one will see this before we clean it!! That would suck!!!"
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Post by Singapore on May 24, 2012 19:33:35 GMT -5
Singapore helped out as well, she didn't notice Argentina's bottle overflow. She got as much paper towels as possible and started wiping it up. Like Czech said, it would be a disaster if anyone saw this. She could tell that Czeh was a freak. She couldn't really say much though, besides Singapore was a clean freak.
She got this horrible trauma from when she was young. She was a very dirty nation at first, she didn't mind it until the rats came. If it wasn't for England, she wouldn't be here today. She could still remember those horrible creatures the size of cats, maybe bigger, coming in every direction possible. She forgot how England saved her because she was too scared to look. But he did it anyway.
'I still owe a lot to him.' she said to herself.
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Post by czech on May 25, 2012 8:53:36 GMT -5
Czech looked up at Sing's remark. Though she had murmured it, her sharp ears picked it up without the slightest problem She gave a large grin at Sing, thinking maybe she was talking about maybe a nation she like?
"Who is it you owe a lot to Sing?" She asked in her sing song voice as she continued to clean
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Post by Argentina on May 26, 2012 7:09:12 GMT -5
Argentina continued to scrub away at the floor with the towel. She couldn't help but think about the fact that she couldn't even remember the last time she was on her knees cleaning floors like this. Tina probably hadn't even touched a mop ever since her independence. Her country is wealthy with so much underground oil that was still to be completely dug up, and because of these riches, Argentina has almost always had people to clean her house for her. It was pretty ironic, considering how much time she spent cleaning Spain's house so many years ago.
Singapore's voice broke the silence and caused Tina to peer up at her. Czech asked the question Argentina had been wondering even before she could. Tina shrugged and looked back down at the floor to watch what she was doing, but kept her ears tuned in to the other twos' conversation.
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Post by Singapore on May 26, 2012 8:18:49 GMT -5
"Huh?" Singapore asked intelligently. Singapore didn't realize that she said it out loud, now she felt embarrassed. She felt her face turn red and her ears got a little hot. She didn't know if she should answer. But, she did listen to Czech's secret and promised to keep it, it was only fair if she shared her secret too.
"Promise to keep it a secret?" Singapore asked. She knew it was rude to ask this question, but she just wanted to make sure. It was really embarrassing. And if England were to hear this... Well, she didn't know what would happen.
"Pinkie promise!" Singapore said as she momentarily turned into a kid.
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Post by Argentina on May 26, 2012 8:34:40 GMT -5
"Pinkie.. promise?" Argentina looked up at Singapore again. She suddenly felt like the oldest nation here. Wait... is she the oldest nation here? Quite possibly, but who knows. Tina didn't really pay much attention to these two countries before now. She knew little to nothing about them or their pasts. She glanced back and forth between Czech and Singapore. Tina did know one thing; she was the only nation in the kitchen right now that wasn't about to admit any secrets.
Argentina sighed and stood up, walking over to the sink and wringing out the washcloth. "Sure... I... pinkie promise... I guess?" She shrugged. "I wouldn't tell anyone. It's none of my business to go about telling other peoples' secrets like a nosy chismoso."
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Post by Singapore on May 26, 2012 22:52:56 GMT -5
She smiled. She isn't expect Argentina to 'pinkie promise' with her. But, it made Singapore feel comfortable. She took a deep breath before her secret came out.
"I owe a lot to England." Singapore said shly. "I use to be a very... unhygienic country, England was the one who introduced the fact of cleanliness to me. Hah, it's kind of weird right?"
Singapore looked down. Now that she thought about it, before her independence, she had to rely on so many other nations. It was so many, she found herself pathetic. But now that she was independent, were there any countries that relied on her? She thought about it and didn't find much. She was still a kid after all, it would be a long time until someone would rely on her. A very long time.
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Post by czech on May 27, 2012 8:43:53 GMT -5
Czech found a warm smile come over her at this. "Hmm I owe a lot to England as well." She continued to scrub as she pushed her brown hair from her eyes remembering the distant memory when she would clean Austria's floors when she was a child. A large smile came over her as she opened up a little ore towards the two nations. She felt so comfortable, more comfortable than she had felt with a person since her with her twin, Slovakia.
"It was before World War II before Big Brother Germany went a little...ambitious...He as well as France tried to protect me from Germany but were forced to give me and my brother away in order to satify him. It wasn't until after the war that I had finally grown up and I was thinking of becoming my own independent nation. England and Franc were both the first ones to ever recognize me as my own nation. And so I became a free nation with a greet help from him.
She smile once more at the thought of that day when she finally saw those two. They couldn't believe how grown up she was and how mature as well. It was after giving her sweet smile and her passionate speech on wanting to make Europe proud with her own nation did they decide to support her. If not for that she would have never gotten far!
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Post by Argentina on May 27, 2012 9:14:38 GMT -5
Argentina listened intently to what the two had both said. Both of their "secrets" involved their former sovereign caretakers. She suppressed a small smile that had attempted to make its way across her face and set the wrung-out rag aside on the edge of the sink. Tina dried her hands on a dry towel (Which was pointless, since she was just planning to go back to washing the floors) and waited a few minutes while the rag dripped out any remaining water into the sink. She walked back over to the other two and knelt down while she waited.
Honestly, Argentina didn't mind listening to these two share their feelings... she was still a bit on the edge of telling her own secrets, however. Tina knew it was kind of them to trust her enough to share all of this with one another, that wasn't the issue. It was that... Argentina wasn't sure what kind of secrets she had to share with anyone.
Her life at Spain's house had been rather dull. Day in and day out, clean, clean, clean, watch Spain spend more time with Romano than her, and then going back to "clean, clean, clean". Then the days that went by after Spain had left her, Romano, and the rest of the colonies alone to go join the battle of the Spanish Armada were even worse. It was chaos without him around to, roughly, maintain the order.
Yes, it was a handful and an everyday struggle for him to take care of a bunch of squealing, squirming, break-everything-in-the-expensive-mansion children. All the while, he also tried to maintain the order of his own economy, as well as those childrens'. But in all honesty, Argentina thanked him for it. Just never to his face. Never, ever to his face.
Then, after she'd finally declared war on Spain for her independence, all of the other colonies had followed her lead and declared independence shortly after. It felt amazing, being the leader of her own army, as well as the leader of the rest of the colonies. They relied on her greatly. It honestly made Tina nervous, because if any of the colonies had failed to gain independence, she knew they would've blamed her.
Argentina gave a sigh as all of these thoughts swirled around her head like a hoard of buzzing bees. Okay, maybe she did have a secret or two she'd like to share.
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Post by Singapore on Jun 7, 2012 9:17:07 GMT -5
Singapore couldn't really read Argentina's expression, but she could tell that she was thinking back. Way back. Singapore wished she could ask what she was thinking about, bu felt rude to pry into something Argentina wouldn't like to share. So, she stood there awkwardly for a moment, until she realized that the floor was still wet. She quickly grabbed a dry cloth and scrubbed the floor.
"Let's continue cleaning!" Singapore said.
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Post by Argentina on Jun 7, 2012 14:36:01 GMT -5
Argentina flinched as Singapore's voice dragged her from her thoughts. She gave an awkward nod and stood up. Argentina grabbed a dry cloth and got back down on her knees, now beginning to dry up the floor as well. "...You know, um. Both of your secrets are safe with me." Tina said with a nod. "I wouldn't tell anybody, so neither of you have to worry about that." She reassurred, but wouldn't meet either of their eyes. Argentina did want to tell her secrets... but unless they asked her to, she decided she wouldn't. She's just secretive like that.
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Post by czech on Jun 11, 2012 8:10:41 GMT -5
Looking her over and over again, Czech could tell that Argentina wanted to tell them something. Yet she was holding it back like she was scared. She gave a small frown at this, not pleased that she was being shy thinking maybe it was her doing. Big brother Prussia always made a point to tell her that she could be a little scary.
She looked at Argentina, then reaching over touched her shoulder showing a tender smile.
"You know Madame Argentina...now that we've told you our secrets its only fair if you do the same!"
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Post by Argentina on Jun 11, 2012 8:16:26 GMT -5
Argentina lifted her head. She looked down at the hand Czech had placed on her shoulder, then returned her gaze back to Czech's face. "..Oh." Argentina tried not to show that she was actually happy that Czech had mentioned this. "Is.. that so?" She straightened out her posture and cleared her throat.
"Are you sure you two are interested in my lame secrets? I'm just going to warn you before hand..." Argentina took in a breath, and said, "I'm not a very interesting person."
The only reason Tina was making a big deal out of this was to hide that she really did want to get something off of her chest. Her pride and dignity gets in the way of her turning to others for help or comfort of any kind. She wasn't afraid to tell them anything at all. Both of the young nations, Singapore and Czech, seemed like reasonable girls. Argentina didn't think they'd laugh or tell anyone. They seemed trustworthy, and she liked that. It gave her a sense of comfort.
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