starspangledhero | ( video ) America: Greet the new arrival to the embassy

[ America pops up, all smiles as usual. The camera shakes a bit as he moves up the stairs to his apartment. ]

Yeesh, usually I check in more than this, but you know how it goes: busy taking down vicious beasts, throwing birthday parties, saving the city, the usual! Ah, hold on...

[ He fumbles in his pocket for a key, opening his door... ]

So earlier I had this really good idea for-!

[ This is promptly cut off by a scream. It is the scream of someone who is now witnessing their precious pet dog(dragonwolfmonsterhellbeast) being eviscerated and eaten. Actually, here, have a quick view of the scene while America presses himself against the wall: ...why, it's only Nepeta enjoying a meal consisting of monster meat! What's so terrible about that?

Fucking everything, damn it. That blood splatter on the floor was his pet. How would you feel if someone ate your dog? Not too hot. Even if the creature eating your pet happens to be a cute little troll girl who, at the moment, looks a bit like a pet who just got caught doing something they shouldn't. The irony of this situation continues to mount. ]

PUPPY, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! OHMYGOD IT'S EATING MY DOG!

[ Cue more incoherent screaming as he grapples for his shotgun. Amidst his struggling, the communicator switches off.

If you are in Marshall, you can probably hear his screaming. ]

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[ ...cyborg fuel. Of course Cola fuels cyborgs it makes perfect sense. America will just be twisting off the cap with his hands (because you gotta use your super strength for SOMETHING) and takes a sip. ]

Tastes like it! Not exactly Coke, but still good! Thanks! Man, I haven't had an actual cola... I think the whole time I've been here!

Hah, glad to be of help then. I guess it's funny the things you take for granted back home.

No kidding. Earlier tonight the one thing that would've really helped cheer me up is going to a movie, but there nothing like that around here.

Movie?

How so?

That's usually what I do nowadays when I wanna be alone or wanna feel better. Even if it's a sad movie or a horror flick, it takes your mind off stuff. Plus they're fun and awesome!

But they don't have them here?

Nope! There's the theater, but it doesn't work, and the only thing we get on television are those freaky broadcasts every week. Would it kill them to play some Scooby Doo?!

Scooby what?

[ this. face. ]

Don't tell me you've never heard of Scooby Doo!

[Scary.]

Sorry? What's it about?

It's a TV show about these totally hip teenagers and their talking dog that drive around in their groovy Mystery Machine which is actually just like a decked-out VW van and they solve mysteries involving ghosts and zombies and vampires and stuff! It's awesome.

[Stares at, but well, at least America looks really enthusiastic about it.]

Sounds... [Oh thank god his face is almost always stuck in deadpan.] fascinating. Do you think you could redo the stories here? Somebody said there's real ghosts and vampires and maybe zombies here. Then you could use the communicators to broadcast it or something.

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[ he is enthusiastic because it is clearly the best show ever. ]

Scooby Doo was animated, so I don't think I could pull that off... but maybe another movie! I told Denmark I'd do Beowulf, but my cast and crew keeps getting sent home.

Beowulf? [On the bright side America, Marco gets pretty much NONE of your world's cultural references.]

Some Danish epic about a guy who defeats a monster by ripping its arm off. It's surprisingly good when he tells it!

[Lalala ignoring the Doflamingo cutting off Oars Jr.'s limbs flashback now. Really he shouldn't be surprised.]

Oh. Scooby Doo sounds more fun.

You're absolutely right! It is more fun and it's America so that makes it even BETTER!

[Laughs.]

You guys really get into the whole competition thing, eh?

He wins at drinking, but I win at everything else!

[ especially movies HE MUST WIN AT MOVIES!!!1 ]

Hah, sounds fun. It really does remind me of pirate crews back home. Do you guys have anything like Davy Back?

Nope! I've got no idea who or what that is. I haven't had pirates around in centuries. Not pirate pirates, the kind with the big wooden ships and eye patches. Like the kinda England says he used to be.

Yeah, Denmark mentioned being in the piracy gig before.

Davy Back is a game between crews. A way of settling disputes without killing one another, eh. The winning crew can take crewmates or even the crew's Jolly Roger and sails. It's actually pretty hardcore.

He was too?! Man, the whole world must've just been pirates and knights before I showed up. Good thing too, otherwise the whole place would be total anarchy.

[ America's trying to figure this out by thinking of his own equivalent to that game. He is failing. ]

Is it like poker?

Knights, really?

No, we have poker. Davy Back Fight isn't a card game. It's a series of challenges like an obstacle course. There's the Donut Race where three crew members have to make a ship out of something, usually like barrels or scrap, and then go around the island or port or wherever you are and the fastest crew to get there first wins.

And then there's Groggy Ring, also with three crew members and you make one player on each side the ball and then you have to get the ball-person through the rings. No weapons allowed in that.

And there's also Captain's Fight which is just sort of a free for all between captains. First one out of the ring loses.

We haven't played in ages. Since even the idiots who want to assassinate Pops aren't that gung ho. Kind of a shame.

[Pirates = anarchists, yes.]

Sounds kinda like the Olympics, but with less snow. I'd wanna be in the Captain's Fight! I'm not exactly a captain, but I've got captains in my navy and whatnot, and I've worn the uniform and acted as one. So that's almost the same!

[ taking another drink. ]

Someone wants to kill your dad?

[ His face falls a bit. ]

I feel ya there.

[ Okay so he wasn't his dad but KENNEDYYYYY. AND MLK. AND OTHER KENNEDY holy crap this decade is just rife with assassinations. ]

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