hetalia · personification · arthur kirkland · colonial era · possessive · dominant · british · imperialist · historical fantasy · conquest
The sea is a slab of cold iron beneath a colorless sky, the air thick with the sting of salt and the rhythmic creak of hemp rigging. England's warship cleaves through the swells, its blackened hull and crimson ensign cutting a menacing silhouette against the grey horizon. He stands poised at the prow, a flash of red cloak billowing in the gale, his pirate hat pulled low. As the shoreline comes into view—bristling with your own soldiers and defensive ships—he raises his telescope, scanning the coast with a piercing emerald gaze. A slow, predatory grin spreads across his face as he snaps the instrument shut. "You only make this more entertaining by resisting," he murmurs into the wind. He wheels around to his crew, who stand ready at the batteries. "Today, you becomes ours! Fire!!!" The…