A/N: What...I was planning to post this one when TDINE - Become One hit 200 views, but how did This One Meeting reach 206 views overnight? It's now my most popular story, surpassing the first TDINE! Right when I say that This One Meeting reached over 200 views, I immediately went to post this one, but my account was under lockdown...because one of my other stories, The Final Stand seems to have violated the rules. Oops! (I'll rewrite that one someday.)
And for This One Meeting's view numbers: 208...217...219...224...227...228…and the number won't be goin' down anytime soon, if ever.
And by the time this is released, TDINE - Become One has already reached 200 views (201, actually). So...
Anyways, I hereby introduce you to DiverCity, a collection of one-shots based on the culture, social issues, geography, politics and cultural quirks of Asia's World City – Hong Kong.
This story is inspired by Strange Things About America by nicetwin123. I have been given permission to do this based on their story. So thank you to you, nicetwin123, for allowing this, and I recommend you, reader, to read that fic, if you haven't already.
Also take note that the stories in DiverCity do not take place in any particular order, not counting the ones with confirmed dates or times.
The following stories are based on extensive research (using books, textbooks, Wikipedia, Discover Hong Kong, news articles and videos, YouTube, memes, other websites and personal experience as a local of HK. I try to make them as truthful and realistic as possible to depict our culture and many, many issues left to solve.
However, before we begin, I have one more thing to say, which I will not likely repeat in future chapters: I do not own Hetalia or any cultural references mentioned and/or experienced in this story. I only own my OCs, which range from most of the Subsections to humans, to an extent. Thank you for your understanding.
And just in case…
WARNING: The following story will touch upon sensitive subjects, such as death, natural disasters, phobias, political issues, social issues, current events, cuisine that may be disgusting to you, a strangely unique mix of cultures, mentions of war, hinted adult themes and romance, as well as TV Tropes and maybe others. I will further address a warning to the chapters that involve these topics. If you do not wish to read about any of these, I advise you to turn back and click away right now to avoid having to know of such things. If you're interested (or brave/curious enough) to read on, go ahead. Just don't come crying to me in the PMs or the reviews section about how you most certainly did not need to know about such things.
And note that this is the main story for the DiverCity (Alternate) Universe, or DCAU for short. Other relevant stories will be labeled, so I advise you to check those out.
The following ships will appear/be mentioned in the entire DCAU (but will not be limited to these):
GerIta (Germany/North Italy)
Spamano (Spain/South Italy)
RusAme (Russia/America)
FrUk (France/England)
PruCan (Prussia/Cananda)
GiriPan (Greece/Japan)
SuFin (Sweden/Finland)
DenNor (Denmark/Norway)
Causaka (Causeway Bay/Osaka)
MaVada (Macau/Nevada)
If you do not support those ships, then ignore any and all mentions of them in the DCAU, because romance is only a side matter and has little to do with the main plot.
Please also note that the girl 'Crystal' mentioned in the official summary will not appear for a handful of chapters.
Without further ado, click on the 'next chapter' button and enjoy DiverCity! (But leave me a review and fave and follow this story first...please?)
-MN
P.S. Since this website doesn't allow A/N-only chapters (as I might have mentioned above, I learnt the rules the hard way), here's a sneak peek for the first official chapter (of three sentences as this site doesn't allow one or two liners):
That was at a World Meeting (because of course it was – all the drama happens during these Meetings and vice versa, it's practically a tradition now), about five minutes before a break.
What resulted from that brief 'conversation' that cannot even be called a proper conversation was a staring contest between the two East Asians.
They stared right through the break and into the final session of the Meeting that day, blatantly ignoring the chaos in the rest of the Meeting...