"the internet killed the video star "
[インターネットがビデオスターを殺した]
an aph facebook fanfiction
DISCLAIMER:
Don't own Hetalia. You should already be well aware of that.
I also don't own the title. I got that from the song "The Internet Killed the Video Star".
Not much else to say, except enjoy.
The spellbook riddles were just a test. This is where the real brainteasers come in. (This is also where you learn how my mind works.)
[Alice Barden] :: Yeah! Update! Oh, yeah, baby. Only thing is for this to really get into motion, we have to deal with Ivan first. ;) Can you handle the excitement? XD Andersen Densen: Heh... I guess I'm kind of obvious huh? Oh well, Maiken's all into her relationship with Brynja... I mean, sometimes I think it's not real, but then again... they ARE kind of close... I really hope not. Yeah, I maybe have made it kinda obvious where I was. I need more abstract clues, obviously. Ah well. Least I have this arc to perfect that.
[Darka Moon] :: Nikita Arvolskaya: Me... and Gilbert... Gilbert's not my Ivan. [/turns away] But. I suppose. For you. I'll endure his presence.
[natcat5] :: Haha, I love Kingdom Hearts too, if it isn't obvious. ;) Amelia's romance will show up in this arc, most definitely. Mostly because, the people I'm most interested in pairing Amelia with are Ivan, Adrian and Arthur (and MAYBE Nikita). So, yeah, RusAme galore in this arc. ^_^ Only thing is, I need to incorporate it. But, don't worry, it'll be soon. Well, yeah it is. But that's because, like I said, most romance is going on hold for this arc. So... hn. Madara Galante: Cute? I'M cute? I - I - why, thank you. :) Taking charge of what? Is something going on that I'm not aware of? [/tilts head] Oya, oya, someone's a Mukuro fangirl~ ^^ Wait. You watch Katekyo Hitman Reborn, right? If not, I need to introduce you to Mukuro. He has that exact same laugh. ;) It'll probably happen, now that I'm all thinking about it. Hmm. I just have to decide when...
[Aleksi Braginski-Jones] :: Hmmmmm... close! But that song traditionally comes from a certain other location right across the pond! It's not? I know it, and I love it. Ohmygod, I want to be in your class. Lucky duck. Mara A. Jones: I've met stranger. I mean, hello, I live next to NEW YORK. Can't get much stranger than THAT. Well... mkay, maybe you can. Well. I guess we can both be thankful that we don't live next to France. That could have some serious consequences attached to it... Dresden, eh? I love that last name! I need to go write that down on my names list. Thanks! =D
[Meso the Hanyu] :: Gilbert Beilschmidt: Um, nein, you cannot misuse the word awesome. Its powers of awesomeness trump misuseness ANY DAY. Mmkay? That's lesson number one of being awesome. Thanks. ^^ I just wanted to do something a little different. No, you're not wrong... but of course, it's going to take Arthur a bit to figure THAT out. Maybe if he stopped thinking about Amelia and/or Jeanette and/or Lovino he'd remember this! Well, can't be too mad at him, not once you actually start thinking about what HE could be thinking about... makes me wish I could draw a BL manga for Arthur and Lovi... wait, what? I meant make an educational video on the histories of the UK(e) and South Italy OF COURSE.
[phomma-chan] :: Nope, not the US, and it's not a national flower. Aww, it's okay! At least you're trying! ^^ It's the thought that counts, si? Feliks Lukasiewicz: Ohmygosh, you know it, chick-a-dee! Gimme five! [/highfives her]
[iflip4dolphins] :: I try to write long reviews if I can, whenever I can. Unless, I don't have much time. THEN I don't. But usually, I try. :) Arthur Kirkland: Thank God, you're not Amelia. Jeanette feels the same way that, quote "l'amour must come from the HEART, not from the pages of a book!" end quote. Cheesy, yes. True, also yes. However... yes, I do. There's a variety of cleaning spells in it. Only thing is, a certain authoress has it and I have no access to it... isn't THAT right, Akane? Wait. Scarborough Fair? ... Akane, you dolt. I can't believe you would hide there... Oh, I'm going to get you now... Bollocks. Looks like I lost THAT battle. -_- That's how he is, I feel. Selfless is his care for the ones he loves (like Lovino and Ludwig) and in the ones that have an impact on his life. He's not completely airheaded, y'know. Feli's got a brain in there. Hah, like a Facebook wedding? Oh God, I can see that now. XD So many ideas, so little time... this must go somewhere. Plus, then getting "married" would tick two certain people off. The first is obvious, but the SECOND. Oh, I have plans for that. XD That's right, Akane is plotting. Nay, plotting AWESOMELY. Yes, I did. ^^ No PruCan in this chapter though. Actually... I don't know what pairings are in this chapter. If you SQUINT there's some Arthur/Yao, Arthur/Matilda, Antonio/Lovino and MAYBE some really cracky Ivan/Matilda. Maybe. I don't what I was thinking when I wrote that. Well, besides the fact that without that rift a certain other character wouldn't get drawn into this situation at all. Oh, I know. It's like Feliciano trying to threaten Ludwig. It's all fun and games until ponies get involved. Then it's serious business. -_- - Feliks's serious face. It's Feliks Lukasiewicz. Trust me, he's gonna get himself a pony-army. Starting with Aeden's horse, Thestral. Yup. Nothing's more romantic than Starbucks coffee. ^^ Ohmygod, Lichtenstein! I totally forgot about her, AH~! Damn! I need to put her in. Chantal needs her baby sister! (Lichtenstein is staying a chick. I don't know, I just don't see her as a male... Although, I can't say the name for Netherlands but vice versa, I am SERIOUSLY contemplating making Netherlands a girl.) Sure! I can do that, no problem. :) Oh and it was nothing. I'm glad I could help! And believe me, I will watch for it. ;) Good luck!
[andthenshesaid] :: Lots of Kingdom Hearts fans! ^^ Yay! I love the game, not so much the fandom. Because my love for crack pairings is IMPOSSIBLE to fulfill since almost every story you find nowadays spams SoKai, Namixas, AkuRoku, and RikuOC. Seriously? Is there some sort of fanfiction RULE stating that Riku needs to be with an OC at all times, and if not an OC than with XION, which is no better because she's nothing but a puppet? (Obviously doesn't care for Xion's presence in the canon universe. AU, I can handle her. But canon, no. She needed to die.) Me? I enjoy my Namora and my RokuRiku and AkuDemy and whatnot SO... yeah. You can see my pain. Oh. Right. Hetalia. Wrong fandom. [/is also easily distracted] Oh, I know. Between him and my tomatino Romano, I just can't resist the adorableness. So cute, buhyo~! (Spain moment. ^_^) It's okay, I'm a bit of a homewrecker. Like, I threw in that whole UKCan section right before PruCan so... yeah. Haha, don't worry. Amelia will SO get some love. Thanks for the suggestions!
[Yukai yami] :: I'm not going to confirm or disprove that. ;) Good guess however. I know right? How completely obvious is - ohh, that does sound wrong. Oh, so wrong. XD Please. Asking Amelia to stop building McDonald's is like asking Ivan to stop loving sunflowers. Not going to happen in THIS lifetime. Jeanette Bonnefoy: Research is in progress, mon cherie~! Only thing is... it will slightly difficult to study this when this chaos is starting. But have no fear! I will most definitely send you pictures. ;)
[FranceGirl] :: Arthur Kirkland: Sigh... I'll try Jeanette. She's exhausting to deal with. Tsundere jerk, you know you love me regardless. :) Aww, so cute with the way you worded that! And that is true. It's like all they know how to do is dance around each other, like what they've been doing for years. Yeah. FrUK is SO one of the angstiest pairings I have. In fact, I can't think of one to top it at the moment. Well... okay. Maybe I can. But I won't reveal them now. We'll save THAT for later. ^^ that's what happens when you watch English dubs of Hetalia and write.
[Frostwhisker] :: Really? Your friend texted you about that? XD ADM! You just made my day. :) Kingdom Hearts is epic. I mean, there hasn't been a bad KH game yet (well... I didn't like the storyline for Days, but that's just me) However, FF has some good titles but FF8 killed me. As in ran a gunblade through my soul killed me. Compared to 7 and 9 it was horrible. But, eh, glad you liked this chapter! Gilbert Beilschmidt: Oh I know. And Amelia goin' on "put the controller down and walk away". Just wait until I nab her on Call of Duty. She'll be RUNNING from me. ;)
[ThePyschicAnimelovingBookworm] :: Long username is STILL long, ADM. But still awesome. Oh, he's aware of that by now. Also doesn't help that Aisling is NOT on my side and told him. Yeah. Hate you Aisling. But anyway... mmhm. :) Mostly because that engagement not technically real, so it's not surprising that she'd forget. Slip-ups happen. Oh, no she's not. Yay, pairings! Oh, I'll gladly do RoChu. I actually used to hate that pairing, when I first got into the fandom. But eventually, I grew to tolerate it and now I love it. In fact, I think most of the pairings I like now follow that format, except for USUK which I can tolerate and like, but HATE how much it's spammed in fanfiction. Makes me lose my liking for it. Request number 2 for that pairing! :) Chereneko Braginski: Hm, that's okay. Akane has an idea, don't you Akane? When does she not?
[SuperA n Twch] :: Yup. Might as well admit to it. Plus I have to give it back anyway. Ah well... that means I need to start memorizing spells. Like the teleportation one! XD Hell yeah! Sale at Hollister FTW. Why London of all places? Seriously, I'm excited for you. However, I got all of that established so that way I know where to pick up once Ivan's arc is completely. Tsunderes Unite! is right after Ivan's! XD Oh I know. A lot of stuff needs a love button. Like Feli~! Wait... really? No WONDER I love this pairing so much! I thought I had actually cracked an fallen for a "canon" pairing. (Is a crack pairing advocate. Very few canon pairings have appeal for me.) POLANDSAURUS. Oh God, yes. Ivan, be terrifed. XD Ivan Braginski: ... I am not scared, Akane~ do I look scared to you? ^^ Feliks can go crawl into a hole and die somewhere for trying to threaten me. ... Yeah, I suggest Feliks starts running now. Bad experience? Like what? (Besides running into the fandom base - that'll give you nightmares). Haha, they most certainly were. That's because I love them as a pairing far too much for my own good, so they'll probably have those little moments. No, it's not a date. It's just two people going out for Starbucks even though there's some obvious chemistry there but they're too tsundere to acknowledge it! There's a difference. ;) Oh, I know. ^^ 171 reviews. I'm thrilled.
[Randomanime] :: XD Arthur Kirkland: Personally, I prefer Bing over Google, but... whatever's clever, I suppose. It sounds like a song, so I had assumed that much... I just can't believe I can't remember this... Normally, my memory's much better. Wait. Unless Akane actually did use my spellbook and made me forgetful... Goddamnit, Akane, NO! That's why I don't want you to have it! Paranoid bastard. I love you too, Kirkland. Oh yeah, this'll definitely keep him busy.
[rae1112] :: Ivan Braginski: Oh, rae-rae, you make me laugh. This is such a funny and untrue suggestion... [/reaches for his faucet pipe] Oh~ that is not going to happen, not in this era, and not if I have any say in such. (Yeah, it will. XD Because Ivan, dearie, you don't have any say.)
[Lydiacatfish] :: LOL, the grocery store? XD He should definitely go to Publix. After all, there shopping is a pleasure~ Arthur Kirkland: Well, obviously you can purchase other thing besides coffee there... and yes, I loathe coffee, but - don't tell me you actually agree with that wanker... W-Well, don't believe him. It's a lie. I have no romantic interest in Lovino Vargas... at all. It's a platonic relationship only.
[ZoosWho] :: Hm. =3 Glad you like it so far! That makes ME happy. Well, the name of the song is helpful for him, but it's the place he needs to find. Of course, he's probably gotten the hint by now and is on his way, so I'm trying to respond to you and write down some of these spells at the same time. Of course... the teleportation one is in Latin, gosh darn it. Amelia F. Jones: Wait, you're requesting what? ME? And BRAGINSKI? Oh, yeah, 'cause THAT's gonna happen. He hates me! And that hate is SO mutual, kay? I get the whole opposites attract thing because of Gilbert and Mattie - who are SO in denial, my God, Mattie just hit that already! - but really? Besides, last I looked Braginski was chasing after Yao (don't know why). So, like he's going to have any interest in me...
[The Dino that writes- Rawr] :: Yeah, there's AuSwiss. Actually, it's more of a Elizabeta x Renate x Chantal deal going on, but that will be covered later. Leave no potential OTP unturned, as the old saying goes... wait, oh! It's leave no STONE unturned. Eh. Who gives a flying fish? :) Oh, there's definitely be RusAme, even if both parties will object at first. XD Ohonhon~ Jealousy? Oh, darling, I can do jealousy... There will be PLENTY of it, just you wait...
New review layout, new arc. Go me.
session twenty-one :: decode [paramore]
- august 30th
PROBLEM SOLVING:
question :: what does antonio find at the bottom of the lake?
hint :: the best way to answer this question is by finding out what tarot card is affecting Yao, not Ivan. once you find this out, just look up the card's appearance, and that particular card's signature feature should be your answer.
Gilbert Beilschmidt: I love all of the haunted house stories here. They're so freaking awesome.
Jeanette Bonnefoy: What now?
Antonio Carriedo: Is it that old cabin by Baltic Lake? ;)
Gilbert Beilschmidt: You know me too well, Tonio. ;)
Gilbert Beilschmidt: Supposedly there's a ghost of a woman who walks over the top of the lake's surface, sobbing. No clue why... plus, not many people have seen her. They can HEAR her, but seeing her is a different story.
Jeanette Bonnefoy: I don't know... I'm not really in the mood for ghost stories...
Gilbert Beilschmidt: Oh, c'mon, Jean, that's so unawesome of you!
Jeanette Bonnefoy: If you weren't having a panic attack over Matilda, you were possessed by Autumn. So, frankly, you have no room to talk.
Antonio Carriedo: If Jeanita doesn't want to go, she doesn't have to. I'd LIKE you to go, but...
Jeanette Bonnefoy: Je t'amie, Toni. Plus I can't swim, remember? I can't use my right hand yet.
Gilbert Beilschmidt: You don't HAVE to swim though. Besides, if we're in the water, who's going to watch out for the ghost?
Antonio Carriedo: Por favor, Jeanita? :)
Jeanette Bonnefoy: Alright... I shall attend.
Jeanette Bonnefoy: But knowing Gilbert this is merely an excuse to see me in a swimsuit before fall kicks in, non?
Gilbert Beilschmidt: Guilty as charged~
Xiang Wang: Something is not right.
Kiku Honda: Xiang-san, what seems to be the problem?
Xiang Wang: Yao. This morning, for reasons unknown, Im wanted me to show him tarot cards, so I went and like, asked Yao what some of the different ones mean, and I know how much Yao loves reading people's fortunes and stuff so I knew that he'd know, and he kinda blew me off, right?
Kiku Honda: ... Right.
Xiang Wang: Are you, like, getting this? Because this is serious.
Kiku Honda: Yes, Xiang-san. I am.
Xiang Wang: So I was just randomly picking cards up and whatnot and asking him, but then I picked up three and he just like, totally flipped out.
Kiku Honda: I don't understand. What do you mean by he "flipped out"?
Arthur Kirkland: Yao flipping out over anything sounds illogical...
Matilda Williams: What cards did you pick up?
Xiang Wang: At first, he wouldn't really look at them and just kind of answered them half-heartened, then I pulled out those three, and he, like went totally rigid. It was as if I'd gone and, like, Petrificus Totalus'd him.
Kiku Honda: ... What?
Arthur Kirkland: Nice analogy. So, what cards were they, if he was so freaked by them?
Xiang Wang: The Hermit, The Devil, and Death.
Matilda Williams: The Hermit?
Arthur Kirkland: What, Matilda?
Matilda Williams: Ivan is acting off today as well, and he said something about that card...
Xiang Wang: Okay, like, THAT is creepy.
Kiku Honda: Odd. So do you think that Yao-san and Ivan have had the same dream?
Xiang Wang: Dunno... this is no longer my problem though.
Arthur Kirkland: Just like his brother... so fucking helpful...
Arthur Kirkland || Matilda Williams: Talk to Ivan for me, and I'll talk to Yao. Alright?
Matilda Williams: Alright.
Arthur Kirkland || Yao Wang: Morning Yao.
Yao Wang: ...
Arthur Kirkland: Well, someone's in a good mood, aren't you?
Yao Wang: What do you want with me now, Kirkland.
Arthur Kirkland: ... I just wanted to see how you were doing, Yao.
Yao Wang: I'm fine, Kirkland. Anything else you need?
Arthur Kirkland: Alright, that's it - what the fuck is wrong with you? And you better give me a straight answer, or I swear to God, I'll come over and get it out of you in any way I can think of.
Yao Wang: ...
Arthur Kirkland: Goddamnit, TALK TO ME.
Yao Wang: :)
Arthur Kirkland: ... What?
Yao Wang: You sound like Lovino.
Arthur Kirkland: I - wha - NOT THE POINT, YAO.
Yao Wang: ... Nothing's wrong though.
Arthur Kirkland: Don't lie to me, Yao.
Yao Wang: Nothing's wrong!
Arthur Kirkland: Stop acting like a hermit, Yao. It's killing me.
Yao Wang: ... W-W-What?
Arthur Kirkland: I said. Stop acting like a hermit, Yao.
Yao Wang: ...
Arthur Kirkland: It's killing me.
Yao Wang: I didn't - I'm not! Nothing's killing you!
Arthur Kirkland: Yao?
Yao Wang: J-Just go. Go. Leave me alone!
Arthur Kirkland: Yao, what on Earth - what did I say?
Yao Wang: I have to go.
Arthur Kirkland: Y-Yao! Really?
Matilda Williams || (Mobile) Ivan Braginski: Hey Ivan. ^^
Ivan Braginski: Privet, Matanya. How are you?
Matilda Williams: I'm fine, thank you. What about you?
Ivan Braginski: ... Fine, Matanya.
Matilda Williams: Are you sure about that, Ivan? You don't sound like you're okay...
Ivan Braginski: It's nothing, Matanya.
Matilda Williams: You expect me to believe that? I can't, not with you being so reclusive...
Ivan Braginski: I am not "reclusive".
Matilda Williams: Normally, no, you're not. But at the moment you're being almost... hermit-like.
Ivan Braginski: Mathilde, what do you WANT.
Matilda Williams: You're being difficult.
Ivan Braginski: What. Do. You. Want.
Matilda Williams: Just tell me what's the matter? Something's obviously bugging you!
Ivan Braginski: Well, Mathilde, did you ever think it is YOU who are bugging me?
Matilda Williams: No. I'm trying to help you, in case you hadn't noticed.
Ivan Braginski: You are being a nuisance, not helpful.
Matilda Williams: ... I really don't care what you think of me.
Ivan Braginski: Why is that? Because I am one of the few who remembers your presence anyway?
Matilda Williams: You HAD to say that, didn't you? No wonder you don't have any friends, Ivan...
Ivan Braginski: That is NOT true, Mathilde, take that back. Take it back NOW.
Matilda Williams: W-Why should I? I don't care what you do to me! You can do whatever you want to me, and I don't CARE.
Matilda Williams: Well? What are you going to do? Threaten me? Stalk me? Torture me? Murder me? WHAT?
Ivan Braginski: ... I don't want this.
Matilda Williams: ... Ivan?
Matilda Williams: Ivan? Where did you go?
Arthur Kirkland || Matilda Williams: Get anything?
Matilda Williams: No.
Arthur Kirkland: I think I got something out of Yao, but I'm not entirely sure. It was a very awkward conversation.
Arthur Kirkland: Matilda? Are you there?
Matilda Williams: Yes.
Arthur Kirkland: Well, from what I picked up it doesn't have to deal with The Devil. But The Hermit and Death however... there's a possibility.
Arthur Kirkland: Hmm. I've never had a nightmare that's affected me so badly that THIS happens but...
Arthur Kirkland: Matilda.
Matilda Williams: Yes?
Arthur Kirkland: You're awfully quiet.
Matilda Williams: There's nothing really I need to say...
Arthur Kirkland: Alright then...
(Mobile) Arthur Kirkland || Xiang Wang: Okay. Your brother is messed up.
Xiang Wang: I know THAT already, Sherlock. XP
Arthur Kirkland: No really. All I did was show him my brother's horse, Thestral.
Xiang Wang: What?
Arthur Kirkland: I was explaining the name to him - because a thestral is a creature in Harry Potter that have a reputation of being an omen of Death, and all of a sudden, Yao freezes up and then he says something about him not feeling well and he jumps off the horse and runs off.
Xiang Wang: That's definitely hermit-like behavior.
Arthur Kirkland: I know... this is definitely odd.
(Mobile) Gilbert Beilschmidt: Has just learned that most ghost stories have some merit. Serious merit.
Ludwig Beilschmidt: Has the Bonnefoy House taught you NOTHING?
Lovino Vargas: That was Matilda, not an actual ghost, potato-bastard, pay attention.
Ludwig Beilschmidt: I meant the seven other ghosts in the house, Lovino...
Gilbert Beilschmidt: Yeah. But THIS is different.
Ivan Braginski: How so~?
Gilbert Beilschmidt: Well... we found a necklace.
Ludwig Beilschmidt: ...
Ivan Braginski: That's not scary.
(Mobile) Antonio Carriedo: It's what the necklace was on that was creepy.
(Mobile) Jeanette Bonnefoy: Creepy in a "on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-it's-a-11" basis.
Gilbert Beilschmidt: More like a 13.
Antonio Carriedo: Definitely a 13.
Jeanette Bonnefoy: The necklace is rather pretty, rusted shut though, but that can be fixed.
Arthur Kirkland: How did you find it?
Antonio Carriedo: I was just swimming along the bottom of the lake and I saw something shiny. So I swam over and retrieved it, and that's when I saw it...
Arthur Kirkland: Did you bring it up?
Antonio Carriedo: I tried to, but I don't know what happened it.
Gilbert Beilschmidt: Antonio ran out of air just before he broke the surface and dropped it...
Lovino Vargas: YOU IDIOT. DX YOU COULD HAVE DIED.
Antonio Carriedo: On the plus side, I beat my record! :D
Gilbert Beilschmidt: There's still too much water in your brain, I think.
Antonio Carriedo: Whatever~
Lovino Vargas: Che. Fucking moron.
Ludwig Beilschmidt: So then, what, exactly did you find with the necklace, Antonio?
Antonio Carriedo: You're not going to believe this, but...
special agent akane: Insert cliffhanger, gets chased by angry readers. But, on the plus side, guess who got his spellbook back! :D
Arthur Kirkland: Me, obviously.
special agent akane: Hilarious that it took you TIME to actually figure out where I was.
Ivan Braginski: So you were in Arthur's house the whole time. So clever~
Arthur Kirkland: NOT AMUSED, DAMN IT.
special agent akane: Okay, so. Arthur does have a surprise for you. Only thing is, we can't act on that surprise now considering what we're doing now. SO, just kick back and relax but you're definitely getting something for your efforts!
Arthur Kirkland: I don't think you can do much relaxing in this arc...
Ivan Braginski: Da. Arthur's right.
special agent akane: Hn. I forgot about THAT. So. Basic rundown of the arc. In the question section, every chapter will be a mini-puzzle you have to solve. I will provide hints, so don't think I'm not helping you. The next chapter, I'll tell you the answer to the last question and also tell you how I got to that conclusion. Then I'll provide that chapter's question and hint. But let's see how you all take to this riddle thing. Also, you don't need a deep knowledge of tarot cards for this puzzle. All of my knowledge is from a picture I found on zerochan of tarot cards with the Katekyo Hitman Reborn! characters and Disney's The Haunted Mansion. So... yeah.
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