Fem-Chp.I-Pro 2
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((POV:Russia))((TOD: 8:39pm EST(Eastern Standard Time) 5-21-14))
((Last we left off, America was speaking with two of the states. After a while America received A text from Russia and had to leave very suddenly. What's going on? What will we find out?))
Latvia walks up to me and gives a salute, never actually looking at me. I clear my throat to speak, and he glances at me, looking away almost immediately again.
"What's the report, Latvia?" I try to say calmly, despite my rising sense of uneasiness.
"Well," He starts cautiously. "There's been no trace of the anomaly for the past three hours," He pauses and studies me for a moment before continuing. "Also, Mr. America hasn't arrived yet, either. In fact, we don't even know if he's coming at all"
Keeping my voice steady, I answer. "Okay. Thank You Latvia. Go continue the search. I will be with you soon." Once he leaves, I go look out the living room window that faces the east.
Hmmm... I wonder what could be taking him so long? Mabie he took a wrong turn at Siberia? I'll have to get a sign posted there... too many people have accidentally gone to the North Pole when they tried to come visit me. I turn away from the window and walk through the hallway that goes to the basement. Well... now that I am thinking of it, that only ever happens to China... I wonder if there's a reason for that... oh well. I'll just have to ask him about it later.
As I get further down the stairs, I can hear that he sound of computers humming and keyboards tapping out the busy tune of analysis. I open the door to find that the video that Estonia smartly remembered to make of the anomaly is still running, continuously being projected onto the white wall. Estonia himself is sitting at his computer terminal, on closer inspection of his screen, I see that he is going through the video and highlighting various parts of the anomaly throughout the timeframe. Smart, Estonia. Highlight anything that could be used to find it again later, and start the search program looking for it or anything like it so we can find the next possible anomaly as soon as possible.
Looking around the rest of the room, I see that Lithuania has headphones on but seems very alert. I walk over to him and notice that there is a sound editor on his screen. Oh, he's messing with the frequency of sounds that were given off by the anomaly, trying to see if something that happened on earth could have caused this, or if this truly was, non-terrestrial. Good way to check if it was a hoax or the real thing. ((That makes it seem like you actually believe in aliens, Russia. Has America been getting to you?))
Latvia Doesn't seem to be doing anything other than rewatching the video each time it's played. I walk over to him and ask him what he's doing.
"Oh, I didn't notice you come down." He rubs his eyes and looks at me. "I'm memorizing the video, in case America has one too. We can play them side by side, if he has one, to compare, but you can only actually pay attention to one at a time. My thoughts are, if I memorize everything about THIS video, it'll be easier to see any differences between them."
"That's a good idea, but the computer can do the same-"
"Sorry for interrupting you, but the computer can't do the same thing. We'd have to translate the video into a low-definition, pixelated version for the computer to even BEGIN to be able to process it, and then, the computer would only be able to check if the colors were different, which wouldn't do any good because the lighting was different on both occasions and it would only do a general check rather than an actual examination." He looked almost brave as he said that, but when he finished, he stopped looking at me and went back to looking at the video, a nervous look on his face now.
"Well, I can't really argue with you about computer things, you're the one who does all the maintenance for them, and you're more knowledgeable about the newer stuff." When I said that, he seemed to exhale mentally, and relaxed a little. So, to balance it out, I laughed and added, "I'll have to get you back later for interrupting me though." The look on his face was SO funny, I almost wished I had a camera.
Just then, the doorbell rang. Finally! That must be America, I don't believe that anyone else was coming to visit. "I'll be right back." I say to the room, I think Latvia was the only one who noticed that I said something.
I walk back up the stairs, Reaching the top as the bell rings for the second time, and open the door to a, Marsh-mellow? No, It's America, overdressed and covered in little flakes of snow, His coat is actually Bright red, but, where did the snow come from?
"Didn't think it would be snowing on any path you would have took. Was there a detour somewhere I didn't notice?" I step aside and let him in, closing the door behind him.
"No, dude, I just took a shortcut." He took off his coat, and hung it on the rack by the door.
"Shortcut? Where?"
"I just went through the North Pole to try and get here sooner. Turns out, you can't walk the entire way, so I had to go back and get my jet-ski, and then, I kept getting stuck on things in the water." That was a dumb move… "Oh, Dude! I totally lost track of time! How long's it been?"
"Three hours. That route might've been faster if you were more familiar with it, but it normally only takes you two hours to get here through your normal route."
"Oh… I guess I should just stick to my normal route then!" He smiles and laughs a little.
"So, that explains Why the big coat, but, were you able to bring all the stuff you needed with you like that?"
"Oh, Yeah man! Here, I'll get it." He started rummaging through his coat, and ended up producing a backpack almost bigger than Latvia. "This should be everything I need. Although, I can get one of the states to bring me anything else, or, if it's a computer file I could have them send it to my cell."
"Cell?" I ask as we start walking to the basement.
"You know, Cell phone." He answers while taking it out of his pocket. "I got a new one last month, but now the're coming out with the next version of the phone I already had, and I'm not sure wether I should switch back or just stick with this one."
"Well, I've had the same phone for the past five years, and it works fine for me."
"Really? You haven't gotten any bugs at all?"
"What type of bug?"
"Umm, nevermind…" When we get to the bottom of the stairs, I'm surprised to see that Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have stopped what they were doing, and are standing in a line at the front of the room, the lights are off now and the video is paused at the beginning of where we started recording.
"Hello Mr. America" They said in unison. "Thank you for coming." Speaking, again, at the same time. America stood stunned for a few seconds, and then snapped out of it. "C'mon guys, you don't have to be so formal. You're older than me even!"
Lithuania speaks up alone now. "Yes, we do have to be so formal, Mr. America Sir." Now speaking to me, Lithuania continues. "We set up everything so that Mr. America can use the station in the front right corner, and you can use the one in the middle."
"That's good, Thank you Lithuania." And with that I walk over to my station and start opening my programs for note-taking, data-tracking, and all the information that the satellites have gotten on the target area since they were turned on.
"Okay, first question." America is standing in front of my station, with his phone in hand. "If you texted me three hours ago, when it was about 5:30 at my place, it would have been around 2am here, so, I just wanna know, Who actually noticed the anomaly?" He pauses for a moment to wait for an answer, and when I don't, continues. "Oh, C'mon! You've got to sleep sometime!"
"Mr. America, I was awake." Latvia speaks up from accross the room. "I was doing maintenance on the computers when the detection alarm went off, and I woke up Estonia and Mr. Russia."
America looked at him for a moment before saying, "Well, what about the other one?" Motioning to Lithuania, who was already back to listening to the frequencies of sound from the satellites.
"He's a light sleeper, and has a good sense of hearing. he woke up when he heard the alarm." I don't think he even fell asleep, though. True, he has sharp ears, but the alarm can't be heard from anywhere in the house but the basement.
"Oh, okay, thanks Latvia! that cleared up another question I had too." America smiled for a split second, and then looked more serious. "So, I brought a copy of the videos from the first two occurrences. Do you have a way to play them side by side or something?"
"Oh, Latvia can do that, just give it to him." Two? I thought he had only said there was one… "Umm, America?"
"Yeah dude?" He answers while handing a USB to Latvia, and then turns back to me, checking something on the screen of his phone. He looks up and says, "What's up?"
"You just said, 'First two occurrences,' but you only told me about one that happened, about two weeks ago?"
"Just one week, but yeah, I only told you about the one that I noticed." he pauses before explaining further. "So, when I told you about all this, I only knew about one time that this had happened. But, when I was on my way home from speaking with you, I got a call from Japan. I have a recording of the conversation I can play, rather than explaining it all. I don't really remember everything that he said anyway."
"You recorded your conversation? Do you do that for every conversation you have on your phone?"
"No, I didn't do it. My boss set my phone to record any calls to or from other countries, only the ones he actually knows the numbers to though."
"What countries does he know the numbers for?"
"Just Japan, France, and China."
I think for a moment before answering. "Why just them? You'd think your boss would know all our numbers."
"Well, he did know all of them at one point, but that was quite a few elections ago, and you've all changed your phone numbers since then at least once." He continues. "Japan doesn't care if I have recordings of our conversations, we don't ever really talk about anything but business stuff most of the time anyway. France doesn't know, and China wants my boss to know what we talk about… I think he's planning something…"
He said that last part so quietly that I almost didn't hear it… I'm gonna mess with him. "Yes, he is planning something, but that doesn't matter right now. Could you please play the recording?"
He stares at me for the smallest fraction of a second before saying, "Yeah," and tapping the play button on the screen of his phone. Immediately we hear America's voice.
America: Yo, Jones here.
Japan: Hello, America-san?
America: Dude! Kiku! don't you remember not to use those names?
Japan: Oh, I forgot your human name.
America: Jeez, dude. You're old. It's Alfred F. Jones. A-L-F-R-E-D. F.-
Japan: I know how to spell your name.
America: Okay then, what's up?
Japan: There was something i've been meaning to tell you, I just haven't been able to before now.
America: What is it?
Japan: Well, ummm...
America: What? I can't hear you dude, you've gotta speak up.
Japan: … (There is a five-second pause here.)
Japan: I noticed something about three weeks ago… something in the heavens that was strange.
America: Wait, heavens? Do you mean, like, stars or something?
Japan: Well, yes, but I don't believe that it was a star. It was too close to the earth to be a star.
America: I'm listening.
Japan: Well, it was only about 22,000 miles from the planet surface, and the infrared and ultraviolet pictures taken of the visible phenomena show a shape like that of a whirlpool on water.
America: A whirlpool? Both the ultraviolet, AND infrared pictures got the same shape?
Japan: Well, not entirely. the infrared one is much weaker.
America: Hey, Where was this?
Japan: It was in the northern hemisphere, near the constellation you call the little dipper, and it lasted for about ten minutes before it became untraceable.
America: OH MY GOD! THAT'S AMAZING!
Japan: W-what?
America: Ahem- Well, I noted a spatial disturbance in that EXACT same area about a week ago, but it was longer, closer to twenty minutes.
Japan: So, you already know about this?
America: Well, not really. I don't know what it is or what's causing it, but I'm working on trying to find out. In fact, i've already convinced someone to help me.
Japan: Why wouldn't you say something about it at the meeting? you could ask for more help there… although I shouldn't say anything like that because I didn't tell anyone either-I kept to myself because I don't like talking to everyone at the meetings. It makes me feel dizzy.
America: That's called stage fright dude, it's okay though. I didn't say anything at the meeting because there are a lot of guys who would over-think it and freak out, of course some may just skip the thinking part and just freak out. I figured it'd be best if only a small group worked on it, the people who found out on their own, and allowing the others to be surprised when we tell them we solved it before they even had a clue that something was weird.
Japan: What do you mean when you say 'we'?
America: I mean me and you and the other person I asked to help. I want you to work with us on this, ok?
Japan: Hai. I will help you, Amer- Umm… Alfred.
America: Great man! I'll meet up with you in a few days so we can talk more about it. Monday good for you?
Japan: Yes, that's 5 days from now, right?
America: Yep. See you then.
Japan: Hai, goodbye.
America: Later, dude!
After that last thing america said we hear a short 'click' and then the recording ends.
"So, Japan has useful information about this. Were you going to contact him about my detection of the anomaly at all?"
"Oh! I should, shouldn't I." he taps his phone screen almost a hundred times and then puts it in his back pocket. He looks like he's going to say something else, but is interrupted by Latvia announcing that the videos were ready to watch. I look at the screen at the front of the room, they are both only the visual of the anomaly, but I can already see differences. For one; in the video he brought, the anomaly looks almost like an aura, a greenish-yellow color, and moving in a sheet-like spiral, while mine is more green-blue and like water in the way it moves. they are both spiraling inward counter-clockwise, and similar in size comparison.
All of a sudden, a small red box outline appears on America's recording. "What is that for?"
"Well, I enhanced the image because there looked like there might be something there, but it's still too fuzzy to tell or not. I've been watching the same spot on your video, and i'm getting the same feeling as before."
"He's right," Latvia speaks up. "I feel like there could be something there too." He walks up to the front of the room after pausing the video, and points to a spot just a little bit above the center on each video. "Look closely, you can still see the stars behind it right?" We nod and he continues, pointing to the red box and the same spot on my recording. "So, what now? You can't see the stars anymore."
"Oh! Latvia that's amazing!" America exclaims. "But, look." He gets up to point at something himself, he points to a spot on my recording about ¼ from the bottom on the left side of the anomaly, and the same spot on his, and says, "There are two spots where you can't see any stars like that on your video, and only one on mine."
Thanks for reading! sorry this took so long, this chapter was a pain to write, I couldn't make up my mind on what details I wanted to write, so i'm just gonna roll with this…
Also, a friend's birthday is coming up, so a quick shout-out to her, and… Oh! school's starting up again soon, so even though I love writing this and want to post more often, I'm going to be busy-er than now, so i'll try and start posting mini-stories every week because they are easier to write and don't need too much thought.
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