"Noorwegen, a word?" Netherlands asked with the typical informality of North-Europeans. Norway waved Denmark away.
"Sees," he said before turning to greet the taller nation. "'Dag Nederland, what is it?"
"Sorry to hold you up," Netherlands said, and chewed on a straw. "Just going to take a few moments, once Belgiu-"
"Hoy brother! You wanted to talk to me?"
"You're late."
"Barely a minute."
"Two minutes, and twenty-three seconds."
"It's nothing."
"Time is money."
"And waffles are delicious. Oh, good day Norvége, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you, but my brother can be such a nitpicker at times."
"It's fine." Netherlands cleared his throat pointedly.
"If we could get down to business? I've got empty prisons." Belgium and Norway stared blankly for several moments, waiting for something more. When nothing came they blinked owlishly.
"That's great!" Belgium said with a smile. "But I don't see why we need to know that?"
"Empty prisons gets closed down, and the guards lose their jobs."
"That would be bad."
"What I meant to say is, I have some cells to spare, you can rent one of my prisons." There was a brief pause where Belgium and Norway thought about it.
"Sounds good, call later and we'll arrange a meeting." The Netherlands and Norway nodded a farewell to each other, and Norway left the other to be dragged away by Belgium. The last he heard before slamming the cardoor was Belgium singing "waffletime~!"
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Translations:
Noorwegen (dutch) - Norway
Sees (norwegian) - See you
'Dag (norwegian) - Good day (informal dialect, similar to "G'day")
Nederland (nor.) - Netherlands
Norvége (french) - Norway (according to Google Translate)
Notes:
The Netherlands does actually import convicts from Belgium and Norway, you can read more about this here: bbc news/ magazine - 37904263
I have also heard that Northern Europeans tend to be informal, also in important meetings, and that Norwegians take this to the extreme. We really aren't good at being formal, we don't have a word for 'sir', we call our teachers by their first names, and while honorifics like 'mr.' and 'mrs.' do exist, we don't use them often.
Author's note:
Sorry!
The update wasn't supposed to be so late, or so short, but at least I'm working on several now. Just hang in there, okay?
Please review (I assume you've already read it) and have a nice day,
Shrizyne