Happy New Year, readers! This was written for 2018 Inktober, and I'm only posting now because I'm going back to school tomorrow, and my mid-years start on Thursday and last over two weeks.

WARNING: Social issues, foul language, Cantonese (fortunately translated for you), a heavy accent and some second-degree burns (at the very least) – aka extremely mild/unintentional America bashing. For the last one though, I mean no offense whatsoever. Seriously, I love Al to bits, like quite a number of us do, but I just couldn't help myself.

3 October – Roasted

Spring Meeting, 2017

"So, what are you doing to solve your housing problem?" He sighed internally. Of course this had to be brought up…in a World Meeting. Well, at least they're serious about this.

"My Boss has proposed using the land for country parks to build housing estates due to the housing problem, but to me, if you would pardon my language, that idea is a load of laap saap. It is possible for us to continue reclamation, but it will be harmful to our local marine life more than it already is."

Eventually, everyone else started throwing out ideas, a handful of them helpful, but mostly about as bad as that of Hong Kong's Boss at that time, so the poor SAR was nursing a headache while typing down every idea on his laptop (yes, even the s**ty ones – and he didn't get his monthly shipment of Vita drinks from Azzie…sh*t, I'll have to remind her later)… And then there's this suggestion:

"I say that you build a huge residential robot and let the homeless and the people living in those cramped apartments live there for a super low price!"

Insert sweatdrop. And a forehead slamming onto the Meeting table. For some of the others, face, meet palm.

Nice to meet you, Face.

Nice to meet you, Palm.

Let's meet up sometime again in the future.

Sure, as long as that idiot is still spouting bulls**t.

"Then where dah f**k shood I poot dah robot ah? 'Reh-see-DEN-shoh' ees een your vocaburary? Lei hai bin gwai doh hok sik gah? Ehn jus' becuz you are dah pretty country (and a powerful one too) does-un mean dat you haf duh smarts to go wuf it to be duh best country ah. Congratulation ah. You jus' infentud ay new lehfo of 'not fingking dees s**t froo'. You zi-ho?"

Translation for those that can't read a heavy Hong Kong/Cantonese accent: "Then where the f**k should I put the robot? 'Residential' is in your vocabulary? Where the hell did you learn that? And just because you are the pretty country (and a powerful one too) doesn't mean that you have the smarts to go with it to be the best country. Congratulations. You just invented a new level of 'not thinking this s**t through'. Are you proud of yourself?"

China spat out his tea and straight out laughed. How amusing it was to see his adopted little brother roast his personal economic rival like one of said rival's Thanksgiving/Christmas turkeys! Perhaps he needed some ice to cool down…which he would most certainly not be providing. (And another eyebrow hair popped up on England's face…he didn't look too happy about the fact that his ex-ward had such an accent…especially when he was in a bad mood.)

Macau raised an eyebrow. His little brother managed to slip that in? He would be surprised if anyone that doesn't speak Chinese fluently would get it. And…looks like Tai gets it, heh? Hmm…looks like Singapore gets it too…no surprise.

Laap saap is the Cantonese Romanization of 垃圾, or rubbish.

I swear that a Hongkonger's accent can get that bad. I'm not as bad as the rest, but I can speak English in a distinctively Cantonese accent if I speak in Cantonese and/or Putonghua for too long. England's probably wondering what he's done wrong raising his colonies…a lot, I reckon.

Zi-ho means 'proud of (your)self in a good way'.

Tell me what y' think of these 500 words of pre-exam posting content! Reviews are welcomed with open arms, excluding flames. If I receive any, I will not be giving them to Al – that double/triple roast…damn, I need to give him the co-ords to the nearest Ice Plains/Spikes or Frozen Ocean Biome now. Which I don't have. Sorry, man. (Not.)

Writing Date: 3 October 2018

Typing/Editing Date: 5 October 2018