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Change the colors of the sky

Who; England & You (don't forget to tag in!)
What; Meet & greet
Where; Somewhere along the streets
When; Last week of July some time?
Warnings; None, will change if needed.

Green eyes shifted left to right beneath a top hat as he made his way down the street dressed in a more common fashion. Days ago, England had stood back and blinked as he'd left the fountain and had listened to the townspeople as he tried to figure out where he needed to go after that rascal gnome had taken off. It had been much like chasing that little noisy child that had followed the Tengu and his companion to the mountain that night so many years ago at Japan's house back in 1902.

Try as he might, Arthur had been unable to catch him and was at least relieved to find out Her Majesty Queen Victoria was not here as he'd first thought (and had briefly panicked over) considering the time frame he'd heard it was. It was like doing a time warp with the way some of the people were dressed. So even if he wasn't truly home there were parts that felt as if he were or at least looked the part.

For now though, he walked down the street, still looking at the tell phone that to him was outdated technology. And as he did, England did realize that things were a bit quieter here than busy modern day noise of busses, cars and trains. He was rather surprised there weren't any horses here though.

But as his eyes continued to try and remember how to work this archaic phone, he bumped into another person. At first Arthur didn't realize that his hat bad came tumbling off of his head. But then he blinked and turned to look at the person he'd collided with.

"I'm terribly sorry. Are you alright?"

If this had been a fellow nation, they would've received a much different question.

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As he was pulled along, Arthur was used to travelling places too. But a new world hadn't been in those travels. He wasn't afraid per say but he did wonder how time worked because the Queen wasn't in the best of shape and everyone sort of tried not to anxiously hover around her.

"And..you've no wish to return home?" This was asked incredulously but then he wondered if this was this one of the people he heard about where they were better off here than returning to their home world.

But then he found himself across from Yuffie in a booth and with her mannerisms some of it reminded him of America. He tried not to look put out as that nation crossed his mind and then before he could say anything she was gone, just like that.

He'd barely caught that she was headed for snacks and drinks and wondered what was going on. So England turned around and saw that she was up at the counter, and yet before he knew it, she had returned.

Green eyes blinked confusedly at the ninja for a moment and he found his voice after a moment. "Yes, I've only just arrived."

She would calm down a bit now that they were seated but she was eager and at times... overbearing.

"Huh?" Yuffie stared blankly at him as if she was registering the question he'd asked ten minutes before. "Oh! What?" She scrunched up her nose. "No! I want to go home but I'm here and since I don't have magic that can send me home I'm going to keep doing what I do." She shrugged. "Why worry about things that you can't control." It sounded like a lot of work for no reward.

"But this place isn't the worst. I can do stuff here and plan things for home when I get back." There was a lot going on in Gaia after the sickness and various restoration efforts. So Yuffie could at least keep coming up with possible ideas that might help in the future. She wasn't a big thinker of the future so it was a useful exercise.

"What do you think? Not that I know anything about your home but this place isn't too bad to wait to go back right?"

He listened to what she was saying and while being in a new world didn't bother him, the Queen wasn't well. And he had no idea what happened to time while he was here. Ideally if he traveled to a new world he could go back when he wanted, not when someone else dictated that for him.

There was sage advice there, although it did sound a bit flippant. And then he realized the words were something along the lines of advice that America would give no doubt. That realization made him shake his head with a sigh.

"Might I inquire as to what it is that you do?" Because that might help England try and figure this person out, or give him some idea as to what to do.

Another sigh came out and fortunately a waitress passed them by. Quickly he ordered a cup of tea that he paid for before she went off to who knew where.

As he waited for the tea, England shrugged. "I don't mind being in a new world at all. It's actually relaxing." Because Germany wasn't around to scare him, France wasn't around to taunt him, and America wasn't around to laugh at him.

"I just wish to know how time flows back home while we're here." That was because he was worried about the Queen.

"Me?" She pointed at herself as if it wasn't completely obvious that he was talking to her. "Oh. I mostly go on missions outside of the city. There are a lot of monsters in the forest and most of it isn't explored." It was fun and also given to her by a city guard after she'd stolen a bunch of things out of boredom.

Dark purple eyes watched the waitress place two beers down in front of them. She had no idea why this guy was ordering tea but she supposed that it was what he was used to. It reminded her a bit of home though they traditionally had tea at the end of a meal.

"I don't think time really flows at all. It's strange but there are people here from all over my timeline. And people who go home and come back seem to do so when they left." Which meant that there was really nothing to worry about. "This of this place like a vacation."

"Missions." England mused thoughtfully. And then he had to pause as his tea was set in front of him. "You mention monsters, so you went and fought them I presume?" This was him trying to figure this girl and her world out. "And what sort of monsters do you have in your world?"

Was she talking human monsters? If so, one of Germany's former bosses certainly qualified to fit that description quite tidily. The beer had been set down as well, but he wanted tea at the moment.

However, when she mentioned the part about time flow, that beer was definitely thought of. "All over your timeline?" he asked, rather puzzled and set his tea cup down. Well this definitely gave him food for thought and he really wondered if it was indeed true. That would take so much weight off of his thin shoulders.

"A vacation?" In Victorian times sort of? And then he reached for that beer but he didn't drink any yet.

"Yeah." Yuffie took a long swig of her drink and sighed happily before placing the glass down in front of her. "So the monsters on Gaia come in all shapes and sizes. With ShinRa gone they're mostly monster monsters, not human monsters." There wasn't really much of a difference in Yuffie's eyes but she got the sense he was looking for something specific. Which may or may not be what she addressed.

"Anyway, most of what I fought were around Wutai but I've been all over the world. My world." She clarified while toying with a drop of condensation rolling down her glass. "Gaia isn't anything like this. So I don't know what Victorian times is. The buildings in Wutai have curved edges. That's what I'm used too." She grinned brightly. "Wutai is the best place ever. It's my home."

She loved Wutai as both a citizen and a princess.

"Monster monsters? Care to elaborate on what they look like?" This was a morbid curiosity, he really didn't need to know or have the details as they weren't too likely to show up here. "Back home we have human monsters wearing regular clothing and acting like normal until something twists in their mind and they become rather horrifying in their actions and words."

Like Hitler.

Still, England listened and couldn't figure out how this girl fought, so he had to ask. "And how is it that you battle these..creatures from your home?" And even as he asked that, he tried to picture these curved edge houses.

The Wutai princess grinned. "You ask good questions." Though really it was just that Yuffie loved to talk and England was offering her a chance to talk about her home; a place she loved with all her heart.

"Okay. Let's start with how I fight." Yuffie reached behind her and unclipped the thin blade that was hidden between her shoulder blades. With a flick of her wrist the blade circles, expanding into a large shuriken that she held over the table. "I use this to fight and my materia." As she spoke about materia there were three colored orbs glowing around the center of the weapon. "They're a type of magic that's mined from the planet. Pretty cool huh?" Her obsession with Materia never truly faded, even if she didn't really need the money anymore.

With another flick of her wrist the weapon retracted and she slipped it back into the sheath behind her before chugging a bit of her drink. "I can show you sometime if you want to see." There was not enough room in the bar for Yuffie to start throwing around blades, unless England wanted her to kill someone in the bar.

"I'll start with enemies around Wutai then. Adamantaimai are these big creatures with hard shells and four stubby legs. They have horns and sharp teeth. You usually see them around the beaches of Wutai but they can wander into the town center if we aren't careful. Then there is something called a Bizarre Bug that's a crawly thing. Still big but not as big as the Adamantaimai. It has four legs and a very colorful butt. Not sure why but if you jump on them they go squish, even though it looks like they are hard, they really aren't. Then there are Edgeheads which are these four-legged creatures with really big pinchers on its head. They can be a bit nasty. Then there is this pointy weed thing that I have no idea how to explain... It looks like grass but with eyes." She waved a hand in front of her face like that might help the explanation. "Let's see... thunderbirds are these big black birds that fly around and cast thunder spells. Not super creatively named but they are... shocking." Yuffie smirked. "Okay bad joke. Um.. there are these dragon lookin' things. On and Chocobo's of course but they're pretty cool. You can ride 'em here too. Not a monster though if you piss one off it can really hurt."

Arthur loved stories and hearing about someone else's world slightly relieved the ache in his heart at being here. Here he felt a bit cut off and worried about the Queen and her health which was deteriorating. He had a sinking feeling that she didn't have much longer.

But Yuffie was kindly offering him a distraction and so he focused his attention on her. And as soon as he was going to ask what materia was, she was showing him. His green eyes widened. "You can harvest magic from your planet?" That was both an awesome and scary thought.

At her offer, England nodded. "I would love a chance to see it in action some time." And that would be an unexpected thing to learn here, a new form of magic. That was something none of the other nations knew about or possessed.

He took a sip of tea and listened to her then again go on about monsters in her world. "The way that you describe these Adamantaimai, are they perhaps tortoises?" The name matched, but he had to find out what Yuffie's answer would be. His eyes grew wide as she described the other creatures in her world and wondered how people managed to survive with these horrible sounding creatures.

"Thunder spells?" Arthur asked, setting his tea back down to take in more of her story. He could only imagine America hunting these simply for sport. The grass with eyes was something out of a nightmare almost but dragons caught his attention. "You said you have dragons?"

He asked that even as the warning about chocobos was mentioned.

"Um tortoises? I don't know." She thought about it but the name was a bit unfamiliar to her. The beaches sometimes had small baby Adamantaimai but Yuffie's never been taught what their name was. "I'll draw it for ya sometime." She took another sip of her drink before nodding her head to confirm both the fact that some animals use thunder spells and that their are dragons living on Gaia.

"You can learn all sorts of stuff here. There is some sort of academy but also people training with weapons. If you plan to go into the woods outside the city you should probably have some skill anyway." Her head tilted curiously to the side. "Can you do anything now? If so you can go on a mission with me. Otherwise... it might not be the best idea. I don't have any white materia and I can only heal sometimes." It was the kind of magic she had to charge up and reach a limit to unleash and it didn't work as well as Aerith's magic.

"Oh. There are a few people from Gaia here. Cloud. Aerith. Zack. You can also ask them about it if you're interested. Though we all remember different things. It's weird." And depressing.

"Ah, thank you." Arthur replied, delighted that this girl would be bothered to do something like that for him. Perhaps he could put it up on his wall or something but if she'd ask, it would be him telling her that he was studying it even if it would be a silly memento of someone's kindness in an unfamiliar world.

He listened avidly as she went on about an academy training with weapons. And then he sat back and picked up his tea cup when she mentioned having skill. Of course that would be wise. In an unfamiliar world it would be foolish to not be prepared. But then she offered to take him on a mission? Who would even issue such an order? However that question didn't come out. Instead he smiled. "I've been known to use quite a few weapons, including a sword. However my preferred method is magic."

But then he shook his head. "You needn't worry for me." But even as he said that he was touched that she sounded that way.

However she mentioned friends recalling different thing which was puzzling. "If I happen to run into these people you mention I may inquire about them. For now I'm alright but thank you.."

Friends and Arthur didn't know each other.

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