on being accepted into AX:

[knackered]

And here I'd thought you'd run out of ways to try to make me miserable.

I can admit, I was shamefully wrong--if unsurprised--and I will not bend to your insufferable whims.







[he is not of the modern but the 1898 variety. the turn of the century, and just after he's read War of the Worlds.]

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[irishman]

[ ireland raises an eyebrow, concerned not only for his brother's idea of an insult but also for his sanity. the last time he checked, the crown has been abolished in russia since 1917 — not to mention the tsar himself has been dead for just as long. ]

Quit acting the maggot, will ya? Russia's not had a Tsar for almost a century. [ though some would argue that russia's current boss might as well be one. ] You know that.

[knackered]

... [He squints at Ireland.]

No. What the hell are you on about? Who else would be Ivan's boss but the Tsar?

[irishman]

[ SQUINTS RIGHT BACK @ U ]

Oh, I don't know. Aliens. [ he sighs. either this is a prank gone too far or he's going to need to check england's temperature. DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HIM he will do it depending on how england answers. ]

The president and the Prime Minister, you eejit. You know, kind of like what France's got.

this tag hurt me to write for so many reasons

[knackered]

[England snorts.] Have you hit your head? Are you drunk? Russia hasn't got a president! He's had the Romanovs for centuries, unless he has a revolution I doubt that'll change any time soon. [he shakes his head]

If you wanted to argue pointlessly you could've at least had it make sense.

EXCUSE YOU. WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT.

[irishman]

[ ireland gapes in astonishment. ]

You mean you don't remember the Tsar asking y… [ he pauses before correcting himself: ] our boss to grant his family asylum?

[ "our." using the pronoun makes him wince, but "your" would be inaccurate for that particular period of his life, no matter how much he wants to use it (or how much it might confuse england). ]