"Is it over yet?" the fancy dressed girl asks. She is holding her knees, with her back turned to the TV.
Niš, still dressed in her evening wear, cheers on a World Cup with a wide grin. The large TV is placed near with the stadium noises in full blast. "What do you mean is it over. Didn't you watch?"
"No I didn't want to jinx us" was the reply.
The girl sitting below her turned to the cube, baffled and annoyed. "Well, it's no wonder we lost! You were supposed to cheer for our team. Give them your energy, as people would say, so we would end victorious."
Serbia puffs, turning towards her. "It's too early for that." Her companion ponders, shrugs and shifts her attention to the game. The nation watches her, slightly annoyed by her gleeful expression.
"Do you want to watch with me?" Niš utters.
"Okay, but it's not as much fun when we are not playing."
"Well, I it's glorious. All that running and tackling. Such fighting spirit. And not a shield or helmet in sight" Niš adds with a vicious chuckle.
The girl on the cube raises an eyebrow increasingly disturbed by her weird set of priorities. Luckily, her assistant soon arrives carrying something heavy.
"Do you two need anything else?" the human asks.
"No thank you. Hey, do you want to watch football with us?" Niš says smiling.
"Umm, I'm not what you would you call a sports enjoyer. In fact I hardly watch at all" the assistant adds timidly.
Niš puffs annoys. "You're not going to get your womanhood card revoked if you watch a game or two, you know. Sports are fun. They're exciting and unpredictable. It's like a play or hands and feet, with elements of drama, tragedy, comedy and epic alike."
"Yeah and it doesn't hurt that they sometime take their shirt off, ay Niš" Serbia teases.
Her friend looks away, lowering her head as if taking it harder than intended. This worries the nation, leaving the assistant to make things right.
"Perhaps I will stay. What's the harm, right" the girl says adjusting the two camp chairs she brought with her. Once nestled it, the girls continue to watch the game.
"Hey, this is a bit fun" the girl next to her adds.
"Told you" the city says shaking her hands as someone tries to score a goal.
"You know what else is interesting? How all of this is presented to the people from other nations. And also how they see and act to it" she adds.
"How? Like rioting?"
"That too. But other provocation can also be a problem. Old rivalries, for example. Some countries may take jeering too far and reopen old wounds with mean comment, presentations and news articles" she says calmly.
The nation and the city look at each other, in slight bewilderment.
"That would be in poor taste" Serbia slowly replies to the political mayor. Turning to her other companion, she adds: "Want to watch some basketball."
"Most definitely" she says clicking on the remote.