Warning: Crap chapter might be crappy.
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION BECAUSE THINGS WILL GET VERY CONFUSING AND RANDOM AT TIMES! Which is exactly the mood and point of this chapter.
Forgive me for any fail translations.
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All of the TV, computer, phone, and personal device screens blank out for a second, then they continue operating as if nothing happened...
China was just sitting somewhere doing something when he felt a disturbance.
He perked up and looked around. "What was that?" he said aloud. For some reason, he had the urge to go check out a news TV or radio station. And check on Japan. Where was he?
~Some random place...~
"I play only my own games! Because mine are the best!"
"America... You do realize that the game you're playing right now is just a Japanese game that was dubbed in English... Right?"
"Of course I do! But we made it better. I don't mind..." Then something changed in him. "Actually! I do care! No more dubbed games then..."
"Wait...What?"
America got up for no apparent reason, took the game out of the console, and threw it out.
"Uh... I think I'll go home and watch TV now."
"What? Why? My TV isn't good enough for you?"
"No. No it isn't." He stormed out.
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Just one of many similar or related incidents...
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~A day later...~
"Excuse me!" A teenage girl walks up to an employee in a game store. "Do you have this game? I heard they started selling it recently here after it came out in some other random country."
The employee looked at the game title. "I'm sorry, we don't sell that here. Or anywhere actually. And we never will."
"What? But I checked online and it said that this store has exactly 4 copies of it right now! Give me my freaking game!"
"Okay... If you're going to have that kind of attitude, then leave the store or I'll call the manager on you."
The girl pouted and left.
Then she shook her head and looked around dazed.
"Well that was weird..." she muttered as she walked home. "I never act like that... Ever."
~Unknown time~
Several different places...*
/"Breaking news! Just as the world was about to go into what might have been a huge economic recession, it has exploded into an economic turmoil. All imports and exports of entertainment and electronic media have officially stopped. All games, DVD's, computer systems, music albums, and other things made in one country have stopped being sold to other countries. Similarly, no one is buying anything not from their own country. The only things that seem to have not been affected are..."/
/"... la TV de noticias y emisoras de radio, incluyendo sus respectivos sitios web. Más información más adelante."/
(Translation: "the news TV and radio stations, including their respective websites. More info later.")
/"Le monde est encore dans une crise économique dans les départements de divertissement et des médias. La concurrence est ..."/
(Translation: "The world is still in an economic turmoil in the entertainment and media departments. Competition is...")
/"... ancora pazzo come sempre. Tuttavia, ho ancora il caso che nessuno sembra preoccuparsi aliances o rivalità in questa battaglia per il dominio dei media. Infatti, le cose hanno ottenuto così grave che le persone hanno cominciato a definire it ... "/
(Translation: "...still as crazy as ever. However, it is still the case that no one seems to be caring about alliances or rivalries in this battle for dominance in the media. In fact, things have gotten so serious that people have started calling it...")
/"...names such as World War 3, the Second Cold war, Cold World War 3, The Media War, and other variations. No one knows why..."/
/"... oder, wie die Dinge auf diese Weise wurde. Jetzt sind alle so auf dieses Zeug und nicht genug auf andere Dinge konzentriert. Die Welt ist in wirtschaftlichen Turbulenzen. Aber jeder, der die Zeit oder die Initiative hat sich wundern und versuchen zu finden out ... "/
(Translation: "...or how things became this way. Now everyone is so focused on this stuff and not enough on other things. The world is in economic turmoil. But everyone who has the time or initiative is wondering and trying to find out...")
/"...what in the world could bring about this random incident, and how to end it."/
~At the next world meeting~
~China POV~
"Okay since I'm the best at electronic things and fun stuff like that, I will be in charge of this meeting as always."
"If that is true, America, then why do about 50% of the products sold in your country say 'Made in China' or 'Made in Japan'? If anything, I should lead the meeting."
"Japan!" Why does Japan still have that same attitude? China wondered. It's not like him. And he never usually talks like that to America...
"Anyway... as I was saying... I'm in charge. This has actually hit me pretty bad since like we're totally going paperless and whatnot. So the economy is really getting crappy and everyone is seeming so focused on the entertainments and media or whatever everyone is calling it. What the hell?! It seems to be all about TV and movies and games and stuff like that. People are neglecting..."
Everyone noticed that America was actually making sense and being serious for once. Which wasn't like him. But then again... Everyone seemed to have changed recently, especially since the start of this "Media War" or whatever people were calling it nowadays.
"... Somehow, books and magazines and newspapers haven't been affected. But money is still going crazy and seriously can anyone even keep up with this shit anymore?"
Everyone murmured their agreement. They couldn't keep up with it. No one could.
"Well I can! Well... kinda. We should have some system thing that tracks the money that is affected by this. Because honestly I don't care what's happening right now, I just want this to stop. Who's with me!" He raised his hand looking for support.
Surprisingly, he got several supporters. Well maybe not surprisingly. It was only surprising because America was actually agreeable...
"Right! So all we need to do is find out who benefits most from this bullshit media crisis and kick their asses into next yesteryearcenturyday!"
"Wait wait wait wait wait!" England interrupted. "Why do you assume that it's someone's fault here? Maybe it just happened."
"No way! I'm pretty sure that it's someone's fault. And I will kick their ass for messing with me!"
Random countries started randomly arguing about if someone was to blame or not and how they should deal with them if they find the responsible person.
Then someone shouted for everyone to shut up.
Everyone looked. Germany sat quietly with his head in his hands.
And next to him, Italy was standing with his hands around his mouth like a megaphone. He had been the one to shout.
Okay, this is getting really weird now... China thought. Everyone seemed so out of character and upset. Except for him. Why?
"We can't keep fighting like this!" Italy shouted. "We should just calm down and think about this before we start yelling at each other. Seriously guys!"
"I agree with Italy," Germany said, picking up his head. "Yelling is going to get us nowhere. So America... how do you plan to track... whatever you plan on tracking?"
"With this!" America opened his laptop and turned it for everyone to see. It was on some program whatever thing. "Japan helped me do this thing..."
Within minutes, the whatever program thingy had done whatever it was supposed to be doing. Someone connected the computer up to the projector so everyone could see.
The results were... interesting... It appeared that Japan was making the most profit off of whatever was going on. China made the least. In fact, he was totally unaffected. Or so it seemed.
"So... you two are pretty suspicious..." someone said.
"Da..." Russia took his pipe out of nowhere and held it. "Maybe we should do something about this?"
"Japan!"
Japan smiled. "Why do you assume that just because me and China reap the most and least benefits respectively, we are responsible for this?"
"True... But then why did you help America set up that program to track stuff? And how did you know how to do that anyway?"
"Because I am smart and know what I am doing, that is why..."
"This is getting nowhere," Canada said. "I'm leaving and going to do something productive. Contact me if anyone needs me." He stood up and headed for the door.
"Fine then!" A few countries shouted at him.
Everyone saw Canada walk out.
That's it! I'm done here too. China suddenly felt like leaving. And Japan was leaving with him. "Japan, we're leaving."
Japan's eyes widened and his smile faded. "Wait... What?"
China grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the door. He tried to escape but failed.
No one questioned them leaving. The chaos continued.
~Back at China's house~
"Any reason why we left?"
"Because I want answers!"
"Why do you assume that I have them?"
"Because I just do..." China frowned and sat down on the couch. "Everything is going wrong and nothing makes sense. Everyone is acting weirdly- especially you- and I don't like it! I'm worried! What happened and what is going on here?!"
He remembered... this had all started that day he felt the strange disturbance and he worried about the TV and radio... and Japan. And Japan had said he was going somewhere important and came back all changed. And nothing made sense anymore. Nothing. Everything was too random and out of place. Except for himself. Again: why?
Japan just smiled and shrugged. "Nothing has to do with me. I am just trying to sort things out and get back to normal, like the rest of the world. If I have been acting strangely, it'is because I'm just not feeling like myself. I am too stressed out."
China didn't buy it. "I don't believe you. What happened that day?"
Japan turned away. "I'm not telling you," he answered in a cold, passive voice. "But I will tell you this... This is not the worst that things are going to get..." Then he walked out of the room.
China stared after him and just facepalmed. He had the strangest feeling... That Japan was behind all of this. But a stranger feeling that something else was going on. Something bigger than the world. Like someone was controlling everything and writing their story... But they had run out of ideas and decided to put some random stuff on the page and...
"Whoa..." He felt dizzy. "I think I need to go lie down..."
And so it continued...
~On a radio~
/"The random and small acts of violence between two overly competitive people, such as one person simply punching the other, is getting out of hand. And with the start of the suspected virus weaponry, things can only get worse. And it is expected that this may cause this battle of entertainment and media to become more than that and become deadly..."/
"Oh no... Japan was right..."
*Sorry if the translations were wrong. I used Google Translate, I believe. The languages in order I believe were: English, Spanish, French, Italian, English again, German, and English once more. Correct me on the order or translations if I'm wrong.
That was crap, I know. But I needed a way to explain what was going on. But the next one is better I hope! Don't complain that anyone is OOC because, in case you weren't paying attention, that's the point. And speaking of attention... Pay attention because this will be very confusing.
See you next chapter~!
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