Nature of Death

As we watch the four horseman, the hooded skeleton on a pale horse rides. "What can be said about Death that was not already said? Out of the four horseman this entity is the most recognisable one" the narrator speaks as we watch him ride through a forest.

Next scene: The frame shows what is narrated. "And out of the four, only Death is inevitable. It affects everything. From the smallest microoganism to the largest supergiant star" we see the microorganism dissolve into nothing and a giant bright blue star explode. Above it is Death on his horse watching. As the frame zooms in on the hooded figure and his horse who stands among the stars, the narrator assumes: "What an interesting perspective on existence he must have. To witness the birth and the end of everything. To him...all must seem like a big boiling soup." The frame changes from his dark eye sockets to a black boiling mass with an enormous amount of bubbles of all shapes and sizes appearing on the surface one moment and popping the next.*

*{If you are disturbed by this, please relax. It's just a story... And now, for something completely different!}

How nations acquire words

One of the very few meeting the Yugoslavian officials attended before the expulsion. We see one of them take the stand of the Communist Information Bureau to give a speech. All of the member nations are behind the human representatives standing proud under the Cominform flag.

"My fellow comrades" he starts in Serbo-Croatian. "I cannot be more proud (поносан) to..." he stops hearing a quiet cackle. "I...Let me start by saying how proud (понос) I am..."

The cackling becomes louder. It gets muffled at one point but then it gets even louder. All the people in the room look around.

The one laughing is Russian SFSR. He holds his stomach visibly shaking. Serbia glances at him feeling awkward and irritated. Russia sits, buries his head in the desk and starts pounding it with his fist.

"Will you stop it! Everyone is watching!" she whispers annoyed. Russia lifts his head just so we can see his laughing tears. "I can't help it" he says still chuckling.

As we observe Serbia's pouty face the narrator states: "Languages are a strange thing. A word in one language can have a completely different meaning in the other. Not only that, many languages pick up words from other different languages over time."

Next scene: WWI. Serbia is behind France as he gives command to his troops. "Marche!" the powerful nation states stern. Serbia smiles. "That's a nice word. I'll have to remember that" she thinks.

Next scene: Early 20th century. Serbia is visiting Italy, when the male nation spots her and greets her with a wave and a loud 'Cao!'. She smiles and turns away to ponder. "What a fun and simple word!" she thinks amused and waves back saying the exact same thing.

Next scene: Probably after the thing was invented. Austria and Serbia have a stare down. We look at one and then at the other. She is still dressed as a boy. They are both serious and quiet. "Reißverschluss" he says slowly.

"Rajfešlus" she repeats.

Austria repeats again, slightly irritated: "Reiß-ver-schluss."

"Rajfešlus" Serbia says. Austria grabs his head and yells: "For Heaven sake, if you are going to borrow my words, do not butcher them like that! Use them properly! Now...one more time. Reiß-ver-schluss."

There is a pause. "Rajfešlus" the small nation repeats to the annoyance of her already irritated host.

"It's Reiß, like rice! Because the little clasps look like rice!" he explains loudly.

Serbia raises her eyebrow. "They don't look like rice to me. More like little metal teeth, which now that I think about is a disturbing image for a thing that is supposed to be so close to your private parts."

Austria blinks, confused by this statement. "That's ridiculous. How can they look like...Never mind. If you are going to use the word, say it properly." he says folding his hands.

"Fine then I won't use it" Serbia says annoyed. "I'll just call it something else. Like...patent-zatvarač (patent zatvarač)."

Not expecting this, the central European country looks at her worried. He pats her on the arm and they go for a walk through the palace. "On second though, you don't have to change it straight away. We'll discuss it in detail some other time" he says with a slight nervous chuckle as them move off frame.