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Who: North Italy and ALL Y'ALL
Where: Plaza (willing to travel)
When: Today, whenever
Style: whatever you like
Status: Open

Italy had finally stopped shaking, thanks to his many friends he'd made here. He hadn't seen any signs of the Boogeyman (read: Grand Highblood) anywhere so it must be safe to go out again.

A few weeks ago, Medic had suggested opening a bakery. There seemed to be interest in it and he even got a partner, a pretty and very sweet mouse queen!

Now there were two questions left in the country's mind:
1. location, location, location
2. cost?
Everything was essentially free here, though Italy had no idea how that even kept their economy alive (Vatheon was anything but impoverish). But giving the baked goods away for free just didn't sit right with him. He could only think of how poor his people had been lately. But money was meaningless here. So the idea of trading for goods sat pretty well in his mind. Bartering was his old way of trading (in his early country days), but that didn't mean he couldn't do it again.

Anyway, he stood in the plaza, staring at the buildings, sketching them out to see what sort of storefront he should have.

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"Right here~!" he pointed at the nearby cafe. "It's the best!" Oh he was so excited, then again, pasta was one of the best things in the world.

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"Then what are we waiting for, let's go inside already!" She shouted before waiting for Italy to go inside with her.

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Italy happily complied, darting into the store. Without even looking at the menu, he knew what he wanted. After all, he should know Italian pasta. He was Italy after all.

"Ve, what to have today?" he pondered aloud. So many choices and not enough stomach room. He'd had practically the whole menu twice over and every single thing was good.

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Meanwhile, Bianca was carefully looking over the menu. There were so many choices, she just couldn't pick on at all! "What would you recommend?" It was clear that he knew a lot about pasta so she asked him instead. "What about you? What are you going to get?"

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"Everything's good here," Italy replied. "I think I'll have cheese-filled manicotti~!" Cheese-stuffed noodle tubes were always amazing.

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"Then I would like to try the same too!" She raised her hand up for an order. "I never tried it before so now is the time!"

[savemegermany]

"Ve, you'll love it~!" Italy smiled, ordering two manicotti. Everyone loves pasta. Who could hate it?

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"I hope so! I never tried this kind of pasta before! But if it's anything you recommend, it can't be bad at all!"

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"Really?" Italy looked shocked. How could someone have never had pasta? That was like blasphemy. "We'll have to come here a lot so you can try everything on the menu~!"

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"Haha, hopefully when we have the time!" Bianca giggled. Despite what she has heard about Vatheon, she doesn't think it's a bad place to be. She met a couple of friendly people so far so it can't be that bad...right? "But for today, I'll have the manicotti!"

[savemegermany]

"I'm sure we will!" Curses aside, Italy did have quite a bit of time on his hands. He'd love to spend that time with friends and trying everything on the menu.

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"By the way..." Bianca said suddenly. "How long have you been here again?" She wanted to know more about Vatheon in general. Just in case if anything happened...

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Italy tapped a finger on his chin. "A month or two?" So much had gone on he forgot to keep track.

[needsmoregreen]

"Oh I see!" She smiled. "Has anything strange been going on here besides these random curses? I don't see anything that's too odd just yet!" She still doesn't see the real dangers in Vatheon just yet. However, she does wonder when these curses would be too much for her.

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Italy shook his head. "Nothing other than the curses." Italy hadn't been in Vatheon long enough to see larger events, like the invasions or giant monsters wreaking havoc.

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"I hope that it stays it like that!" And before she could say anything else, the waiter returns with their food. "Hooray, the food is here! Let's eat up and we can talk about this later okay?"

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Italy nodded. He'd rather talk about food than scary stuff anyway. Scary stuff was, well, scary. Italy didn't like scary things.

And as usual, the food was up to the country's standards. "Ve, ve, so good~~~!"

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"Does it taste like anything back from your world? I never had pasta like this before and it tastes really good!" Bianca then ate as much as she could.

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Italy nodded. "Si, si, just like home~" It was like his little slice of home right here in Vatheon.

[needsmoregreen]

"Can you tell me a little more about your world, Italy? It must be a really nice place if it has good food over there!" And hopefully a little more peaceful compared to hers.

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"Ve, it's really nice," Italy replied between mouthfuls. "The weather's always great, the food's great. Some of the other countries can be mean, but Germany's always there to help me!"

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Then there was a pause at what Italy meant. "Is there a lot of fighting back in your world?" Please don't let it be war.

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"There is," Italy nodded. "It wasn't always that way."

[needsmoregreen]

"What do you mean by that?" She asked him curiously. "What...happened?"

[savemegermany]

"There were lots of arguments and fighting over the last war," Italy frowned. "But before that, it was pretty nice, at least for me."