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[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

[Chocolates were supposed to be harmless, weren't they? So it was something else making her feel like this, all warm and needy and stupidly French. Tabernac. Home, it would be easy enough to get rid of this feeling. There were always things to do -- sports or even just going for a long walk in the snow. Nothing like piles and piles or snow or a good shootout to get your mind off of dirty things.

And so that's why Maggie's in a stream. Not on the bank or floating down it or anything like that, just standing there with water up to her knees, the bottom of her skirt wet from every time she bends over to pet one of the colourful fish in the stream.

She's well aware it's not dignified in the slighest but honestly, the thoughts in her mind right now need to go.]

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[Kenshin hasn't had a lot of interaction with other people in her life, and most of those she has been around have been men (who were under the impression she was a boy)--the finer forms of flirting or horrible lines flying right over her head, considering the more crass things she was used to overhearing.]

[Not to mention she would never be able to think of herself as 'lovely'--she'd spent too much of her life masquerading as a man (even if she tried to dress as a girl by this point she was fairly positive she would look more like a man in drag than an unrefined woman).]

[Though bad pick up lines or not, Canada's splashing only brought thoughts of joining her... perhaps starting a small water war until they were both soaked and had no other choice but to let their clothes dry and--]

[--DEAR GOD WHERE IS HER MIND GOING, STOP.]

Aah... you'll... scare the fish away if you splash like that...

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

That's true, isn't it? They won't be very pleased with me.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

[She found a small smile tugging at her lips at that sheepish look--it was... cute...]

I'm sure they will forgive you.

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

I hope so. I don't think it would bode well for me to have fish for enemies.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

I imagine not...

How long have you been here, Canada-san...?

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Not quite two weeks. And you?

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

I've lost track a bit... but I believe it's approaching two months.

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Oh. I'm sorry.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

[She shakes her head]

It hasn't been so bad...

[Ok... being turned into a dragon for a week and then having to fight off blood-sucking man-sized roses wasn't exactly fun but... it could be worse @_@]

I don't have much other than familiarity waiting for me where I came from.

...

What about you?

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Just before I came here, my boss just declared the War Measures Act because of a terrorist crisis in one of my provinces, who wants to seperate from the rest of the country. I really should be there to stop that.

And I really hope someone's remembering to feed my bear. She's lazy and doesn't like to hunt for herself.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

[Haa... she's never actually heard of Canada in the country sense... so all she can assume is that Canada means this as a citizen... or leader...?]

I see...

[BUT THEN]

Ara...? A... bear...?

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Mmm, she's a... She's a white bear. I've had her for a few hundred years.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

...

[a... few... hundred...]

[Eeeeeeeeh?]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

... You don't know what I am, do you?

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

[This has successfully managed to derail her naughty thoughts for the moment!]

...

[And she just shakes her head.]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

I'm a Nation. I'm... I dunno, metaphysically connected to my land and my people. I have a lot of each.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

[And now all sorts of creation myths (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izanami) are circling in her head. Gods and spirits were so prevalent in her culture that this concept... wasn't actually that difficult to grasp...]

[Although actually being in the presence of what she could consider a deity was a bit different than believing in invisible kami.]

[Her eyes widen a bit, and she flushes with embarrassment--oh it can't be good to have been thinking perverted thoughts about a god, right? She quickly bows, bending at the waist and holding the position, wondering if she shouldn't move all the way down to her knees for the transgression.]

I apologize for my lack of proper respect, Canada-sama.

[Obviously... she has missed the mark here a little bit... oops...]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Umm!



No, no! You know what, Kenshin? I think you should call me Maggie. Please. And forget what I just told you, because I have no idea what you're doing right now and I'm so sorry but it's not like whatever you think, I swear.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

[She looks up again (still in a partial bow) looking flustered herself... then... slowly straightens back up.]

Is that... so... Maggie... -sama -san -sama -san -sama ... -san?

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not really anything special. Sure, I've been around hundreds of years, but I'm really just another really patriotic Canadian. Who's practically immortal so long as my people have faith and trust in me, but... that's not important. Really.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

[Hey, at least she isn't being saddled with a -dono--Kenshin has a bit to go before falling into her trademark humble language...]

[She just blinks again. The further explanation doesn't quite deter her from her line of thinking--but the more important part is the fact that Canada is telling her not to act different. So...]

[Alright...]

... I see...

[This is still exceptionally weird.]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry that this is awkward. I didn't mean it to be.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

No, please don't apologize, it's my fault...

[It's always her fault--she has a knack for this sort of fail...]


[ooc; *hypnotizes you into seeing breastbindings in this icon >_>; (also, bed soon for me, but I might get another tag in or so)]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

No, no! It was definitely my fault. I shouldn't have said it the way I did. Or, really, I should just stick to being Maggie, so no one gets weirded out. I'm sorry.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

[DX she still hasn't picked up on the fact that 'Canada' is actually a country, she still thinks it's just a name... And Kenshin is flabbergasted that a deity is... apologizing to her--THIS IS BACKWARDS--unless of course it's not true but with all the crazy crap she's witnessed here she is hard pressed not to take it at face value--and really it's probably better to be duped than insult a god--BAD CROPS AND SICKNESS AND GENERAL HORRIBLENESS THE REST OF YOUR DAYS AND ALL...]

I still... perhaps... shouldn't have... reacted as such myself... I am... not used to the spirits being mixed with mortals yet... [or... being around said mortals for that matter--but that's not taking precedent here]

[AND OBVIOUSLY SHE STILL DOESN'T GET IT :/ good luck with that, Canada... This one is stubborn with accepting non-Japanese ideas, she'd much rather twist explanations into what make sense to her--so until then, you are the kami of some land she is has no knowledge of... who doesn't want to be recognized for some inexplicable reason.]

[She almost starts bowing all over again, but manages to hold it back, just raising a hand to rub uncomfortably at the back of her neck.]



[ooc; XD! I am so happy that I finally got to bring out Kenshin's dorkdom--it exists at this canon point but you have to pry it out with a crowbar pfff]