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~Slovakia~
Zlata Augustine Litchinsk 11th Grade
The slovak couldn't help but chuckle a little at his apology; "I vouldn't vorry about it, zhe portal ist barely open anyvay."

Zlata glared a little at the portal impatiently, wishing it would just open up already, before placing a hand of reassurance on the Canadians shoulder as she walked over in response to his greeting with a hint of a smile on her features. She really did feel for the guy, he always seemed so shy and timid, she thought empathetically, she herself being a sometimes shy person.

"So 'ow ist life at zhe moment for you?" She started the comversation in a friendly tone, clearly happy to see the canadian.

The State of Tennessee
☀Andrew S. Hickory☀

Tennessee couldn't help blushing awkwardly at the attention and comfort he was getting from the female nations. He shifted on his feet as the state glanced away from them shyly. While Andrew was used to his sisters he wasn't terribly familiar with women outside the family paying this much attention to him. It was weird but at the same time he felt a little calmer as they tried to reassure the worried big brother that they would save Hawaii soon. He still felt anxious about her being in danger and upset that the longer she was away the more likely America might be hurt. His eyes flickered up to North Carolina when she stepped in to reaffirm Ireland's point that team work would be best. It took a moment before Andrew finally nodded and mumbled a faint thank you though he was still too embarrassed to quite look either Maureen or Zlata in the eye.

Tennessee glanced over his shoulder when he heard someone tumble and immediately gripped his rifle in case it was an enemy, but instead he found his neighbor standing there before him. Andrew quickly lowered his weapon when he saw the now pink haired girl.

Pink hair? Was she going through some sort of rebellious phase? Lord have mercy... He expected this from some of the Northerners and maybe a few Westerners, but he had never pegged the Natural State for dying her hair an unnatural color. How long had it been like that?

"A-Ark...?" Tennessee gawked as he finally stopped staring at her hair and focused on her. Ok, it wasn't the cutest nickname in the world for a young lady, but if the others had seen what he and Kentucky had seen of Olivia during her frontier days no one would question why Andrew didn't first approach her like a delicate flower. Speaking of which... "Long story. You got a weapon with you?"

Before he could get her answer the state noticed someone else approaching and his eyes widened a bit when he saw Canada. He barely knew the nation aside from the fact he was America's brother and lived (somewhere) north of them, but he was able to recognized him instantly based on the fact he looked like his nation but most definitely wasn't. Tennessee marched over to the Canadian, each stride determined and his jaw clenched as he grabbed the front of Mathew's shirt with one fist and pulled him close so the Southerner could give him a glare.

"Where were you?" he asked in a surprisingly soft voice considering the dangerous and strained look in his eyes from his far too tightly wound nerves. "While America an' Leilani were in danger, where the hell were you?" Of course, he didn't really care much about that. "Quit gettin' lost like that! Thought we'd have to search the whole continent again tryin' to figure out where you got off to... You need to stop misplacin' yourself all the time." It didn't seem to occur to Tennessee that the problem wasn't Canada losing himself so much as THEY kept forgetting where he was. But that wasn't the point.

"What if they had been hurt real bad while we were waitin' 'round here twiddlin' our thumbs?" Andrew demanded as he vented his fears on the late nation. "I know you don't have as many states or whatever as America does, an' you prob'ly ain't close at all to Hawaii, but you don't drag your feet when family is in danger no matter how you feel 'bout 'em! Since World War II you two an' the lobsterback are all s'pposed to be a family again or somethin' like that, ain't 'cha? Family means lookin' after your brother even when you wanna spit in his eye! Don't be late like that again when your family is dependin' on you or I'll literally light a fire under your a**!"

Tennessee felt a little out of breath from his outburst. It wasn't like him to go off on somebody and usually he was a young man of few words so it had taken a lot out of the boy to give such a thorough speech of family values. As he calmed Tennessee blushed as removed his hand from Canada with a slightly bashful expression. Andrew coughed into his fist. "Um... That's all I gotta' say 'bout that..." he muttered. "Good to have you here..."

Grade 9
The Volunteer

Arthur Kirkland
Student Vice President
Member of the Disciplinary Committee
Junior
((Out of Green Tea and Pepsi: ))

~Slovakia~
Zlata Augustine Litchinsk 11th Grade
Zlata blinked as Andrew came a marching over to rant at poor matthew, though she was unsurprised as he had been prepared to shoot her earlier...under those circumstances. The slovak winced as she remembered what it felt like to temporarily be a male before she saw a hand fly out and grab Matthew by the scruff.

"Andrew... prosím, upokojte..." Zlata said softly, trying to take a gentler approach to the situation, understanding how he felt all too well. Then she turned back to Matthew, offering a small reassuring smile as she placed a comforting hand on the Canadian's shoulder, and her other hand on Andrew's shoulder. Hey if something happened at least she'd be here to help, right? Well, at least the slovak hoped she'd be of some use anyway...

The older sister sighed that Andrew wasn't gonna apologize for the name calling, but at least he had winded down some. "So Tsundere..." she said under her breath. So Carolina was a bit of an anime fan. "I dare say, you and Arthur are alike in some ways." The brit grunted "We are nothing alike." Charlotte continued to giggle to herself softly.

"Please excuse Andrew, he has been pacing back and forth all day worried about you and our sister." she smiled politely to the Canadian hoping that he would understand that Tennessee had nothing against him..

Massachusetts
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MaMassachusetts blinked at the pink haired girl who TN seemed to know, Massachusetts was clueless. As she always was. "Yo dude, what’s with Pinky?" she asked her brother Andrew pointing at Arkansas. "and Fluffy seriously don't yell at Uncle Mattie, dude that’s like, insulting ya elders. Isn’t that bad it the south? I don't get why ya Red necks are like that." she muttered the last part about red necks to herself .

The reminder of 'minding your elders' irked the state a bit. She still hadn't gotten over the little bit of how America said she was disrespecting him for trying to define her brother and to find a middle ground of reasoning. "This has nothing to do with elders, Leah. Besides Arthur is way older." she said trying to drift the conversation from the subject, causing England to be irked now. In a very low voice she muttered something about 'dang *yankee' under her breath, but not loud enough to be heard.