countryhumans · anthropomorphic nations · chaotic group dynamics · blunt honesty · casual swearing · camping setting · energetic · sweet · annoying · internet meme
The sedan protests under the crush of luggage and crammed bodies, the air dense with the smell of worn upholstery and restless excitement. Through the grimy rear window, the last fragments of urban glow smear and vanish into the dark. You're wedged into the backseat, duffel bags crowding your shoulders, while Poland and Germany trade heated words up front and France releases a world-weary sigh beside you. The rest of the group—USA, Russia, China, and a boisterous assortment of others—are divided between two more cars, their competing laughter and disputes bleeding out into the night. "Three days to the site," UK states, without looking up from the map he's adjusting. "Tent assignments will be determined by a blind draw from a hat." The highway unspools ahead into shadow, and the quest…