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[Good morning, fellow abductees of the Tower. There is a cheerfully smiling man in a lab coat on the terminal feed now and there's nothing you can do about it! Well, okay, you could just walk away, but where's the fun in that? He gives the screen a little wave.]

Hello, hello! Done poking around our strange new prison yet? No? I guess you won't be through with that for awhile. Still, I failed to introduce myself before everyone set off!

[He had more important things to do than talk to all the little lost boys and girls, but now he doesn't!]

I am Lloyd Asplund, an engineer in the employ of the Britannian Empire. That's really all there is to that. Now on to something more fascinating! Our collars! [He taps his own, an orange one.] I did find myself a few tools, but it was all for naught! These have no obvious means of coming off. No seams, no screws, nothing. Makes you wonder how they managed to get them on in the first place, hmm? I suppose if we got our hands on a welding torch, that might be somewhat more effective, but you might not enjoy the process.

[because lol fire.]

They appear to be quite durable, as well, so you may be better off not trying anything drastic to break them. You'll just end up hurting yourselves~.

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Britannian Empire? [She raises her eyebrow] I don't remember England going back to calling himself that...

Yes. The Britannian Empire. Hmm? What was that? Something about calling himself... what?

Ah, yes, England used to call himself the British Empire, not exactly the same, but then he is commonly called Britannia as well.

[She then shakes her head, because she forgot to introduce herself, when he already did.]

That said, it is nice to meet you, Lloyd Asplund! I am Vietnam.

Aren't those places, though?

[Oh, here we go again.]

Vietnam... [Well, at least this one seems polite.] I can't say it is particularly nice to meet any of you, Miss Vietnam, in this particular situation. It's all rather unfortunate, hmm?

Yes, we're countries personified, hence our names.

[Ahahaha...she's slightly awkward.]

That's true, in that case, hopefully, we will all be able to collaborate well in order to ensure our survival, and hopefully our leave.

I must say that's a difficult concept to believe, although there appear to be quite a few of you.

Ah, yes. Of course. Unless our worlds truly are gone. I wonder where we would go then.

Aha, hard to believe, hard to explain, even though it's actually kind of straight forward. [Which actually worries her too, if they're here in great number, are their worlds really destroyed?]

It's something we'll have to find out, since it's their word, and we do not know if it's true. Usually when a world is destroyed, we nations should be too. So it raises a lot of questions.

Oh? Do you 'nations' only exist as long as you have people?

Pretty much. No people and no national identity, and we disappear. A little morbid, but maybe it's a good sign here.

Maybe they've stashed a few of them away in some place you can't find.

[WAY TO BE COMFORTING, LLOYD.]

[COUGH. SADLY EVEN THAT'S POSSIBLE.]

.........

As depressing as that is...it's...possible.

[GOOD GOD THIS NEEDS MORE THINKING AND ANALYSING.]

I guess you and your friends will just have to look faster. Who knows who else is here!

[DON'T PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO HIM, HE'S JUST VERY GOOD AT THINKING UP THE WORST POSSIBLE THINGS EVER.]

[S-SOB, BUT IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.]

Who knows indeed. Well, considering our current position, there's not much more to lose, so search we will.

[Which reminds her...]

You have engineering skills, yes? Would you be able to do anything with the materials from this tower?

[YES, YES IT DOES.]

Once I get around to picking a part a few things for materials, most certainly!

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