passed by the cafe on her walk, she was only here because she was looking for a good deal on groceries and she was bored out of her mind.

happens to look up from the paper and notices someone familiar. "Isn't that..." she murmurs to herself. "Ah, excusez-moi?"

blinks a few times at that, she hadn't expected anyone to stop her. She looked over and froze when she saw France. "Ah... Pardon..."

"Suisse! Bonjour! I didn't expect to see you here~" Marianne moves forward to kiss her cheeks in greeting. "I haven't seen you in a while, _

are you well?"

pretty unresponsive to the kisses for a moment before she rubbed her hand on her cheek a bit. "I'm pretty well, how are you?"

groans and rubs her head achingly as she enters the cafe. She had partied /way/ too hard last night. At least most of the drinking had

happened after the gambling. Monaco could only assume how much she would have lost- an unacceptable concept to her. While looking around

for a spot to sit, she can't help but see two familiar-looking girls. And yet... that wasn't right? It must be the hangover.

smiles, "I have been very well~ Come, sit down, let's catch up. What's been happening for you?"

extremely hesitant about sitting down but she doesn't think she has much of a choice. "A fair bit I suppose... How about you?"

(Sit down too, Mona~ xD)

"A fair bit? Mmm, nothing much really... though everyone's making a fuss about the alliance with Allemagne." She shakes her head and sips_

her coffee. She didn't think that it was such a big deal to have better relations with the German.

nods a bit as she listened to this. She couldn't say much on that matter. "I've been negotiating with China over trades and such, dealing

with the banks and the drop in the Euro..."

sighs, "Oui, the euro..." She shakes her head, it was best not to talk about touchy matters like that. "Mmm, China? More imports?"

agreed on that, she would rather not talk about it. "Exports and imports. Mostly machines, chemicals and so on..." She waved a hand

dissuasively.

nods as she listens. "I see. China's been growing rather strong lately, hmm?"

sighs a bit and nods. "Yes... China has been... Not sure if that's a good thing though."

hums in agreement. "Nothing we can do for it though.. We need her about."

nods again. "Agreed..." she'd not really spoken much to another nation in a while... this was weird.

sits down to join the two ladies and listens politely to their conversation about politics. Although feeling a tad bit confused on *who*

exactly they are. But they remind her of France and Switzerland... (Eeep sorry guys! I didn't see the OOC note!)

surprised by the woman who suddenly joins them. "Ah, you... look familiar... Monaco...?"

She frowns a bit. Of course she's Monaco. Who else would she be? "Oui, I am.But you look a lot like France... but you're obviously a woman..

She pauses a moment. "Unless that's you in drag?" Maybe that was Francis's and Vash's secret kink.

frowns a bit at the new comer. She looked to Marianne for a moment before she looked back at the other. "Unless Francis can grow boobs over

night she's not Francis in drag."

bursts into laughter at the thought of Francis in drag or growing boobs. "Non, non! I am Marianne, his counterpart." She's still chuckling,_

but she manages to gasp out a greeting, "You must be Monaco's counterpart then, nice to meet you~"

"... Counterpart?" she inquires. She takes a pause for a moment ignoring the other woman's laughter. "I see, as in other dimensions then?"

"I suppose that makes more sense than growing boobs over night or going out about in drag... although with Francis I wouldn't be too

surprised. A pleasure to meet you Marianne. I'm Monaco as you guessed... or Louise. Am i a man in your world?" Another pause, "I cannot

imagine myself as a man..."

surprised that Monaco has not heard of the counterparts. "Oui, it is very strange, but we come from another dimension.. where all of us are_

of the opposite gender of yours." She chuckles again at Monaco's non-surprise of Francis in drag. "Perhaps I should make him do that someday

then~ Louise, what a lovely name!" She smiles at her. "Oui, the Monaco we know is male."

nods a bit with that, she held her silence for the moment as she watched the other.

can't help but twinkle at the mischief of seeing Francis in drag. "Perhaps you should~ I'm assuming the two of you have met then?"

Mon dieu. She could only imagine how that went. Mon dieu, what would she do if she ever met her counterpart? "Ah, thank you. Marianne is a

lovely name as well." She turns her attention to Mitzi, "And you're Switzerland, non? What is your name?"

blinks at the sudden question, pushing a hand through her hair she frowned a bit. "Mitzi... and yes I'm Switzerland's counterpart..."

"A pleasure to meet you then Mitzi. It sounds like things aren't much different in your guy's world than the world I'm in... just different

genders." A thoughtful look comes over the girl. "How very strange... yet fascinating."

shakes her head a bit. "It's slightly more different than just that..." she pointed out. "We're not exactly the same personality wise."

nods at Mitzi's words. "It would be too strange if my counterpart liked makeup or wearing heels~"

The thoughtful expression deepens. "I see, that does make sense. Men and women are different after all besides the physical differences."

"I wonder what my counterpart is like then..."

smiles, "You'll find out eventually, oui? We seem to arrive at different times..."

nods with that. She'd not actually met her counterpart yet.