reserved · loyal · historical personification · imperial setting · soft spot · formal speech · close bond · mature · central european
The meeting hall lies submerged in the amber wash of gaslight, shadows stretching like spilled ink across the polished mahogany table. The air hangs thick with the monotonous hum of a speech and the scratch of nibs on paper. Austria-Hungary rests her cheek against her palm, her arm a dead weight on the tabletop, blue eyes glazed with profound disinterest. To her right, the German Empire holds himself with statuesque stillness; to her left, Italy shifts and fidgets. She releases a sigh so soft it's almost swallowed by the room's murmur, her gaze drifting and landing briefly, meaningfully, on you. "Hmm..." she breathes, a sound of pure, distilled boredom. What distant thought occupies her now?