Joint Pact Meeting [China Attendance Required] [Open to JP]

Bolivia had remained silent for a large part of the meeting. It wasn't that she disapproved of the meeting, or that she didn't have any input into the meeting itself, the meeting was just surrounded with: tension, anger, depression... Jeez, why was everyone so gloomy. Throughout the entire meeting she just watched as her allies discussed back and forth about the "Japan question".

Like her senior ally: Venezuela, she saw Japan as not much of a threat, his nation was small and was just filled with anime lovers, however according to everyone else... he was a global force to be reckoned with. Bolivia wasn't usually frustrated, but seeing the other nations refer to Venezuela as a boy really got to her... In fact the whole time the two of them were simply ignored. Bolivia knew that this was not how allies should treat each other. 

And so as the meeting continued, she just stared at the table, once in a while looking up to see a new drama (e.g the knife incident). It was rather sad... So this was the Joint Pact? According to the other nations, this was a united alliance to combat the United Allegiance, Bolivia saw nothing united about this alliance. Please, someone lighten the mood for crying out loud! They sounded as if some nation had just died! But finally there was hope... Bulgaria had just come in and offered... yogurt? Nice.

Standing up, she greeted the new comer. "Ah, hello Mr Bulgaria! Thank goodness you have come! Welcome to the meeting, we've just been discussing some things, right everyone?" As she turned towards the group.

If Vietnam knew for a moment that China considered himself to be loyal to her, she would have laughed. He hasn't been there for her since it stopped benefiting him. Where was he when France decided to colonize her? And did he live up to his promises during the Vietnam War? No. She trusts Russia, of all people, more than she trusts him - and he deserves that position in her life. But just like he only helps her if it benefits him, she'll only acknowledge his help when it benefits her.

She listens patiently to Lithuania but doesn't really react to his words. Though she actually respects him somewhat - from what she's heard he used to be quite the country - his entire manner now seems to be pathetically weak to her. In fact, it's because she holds that small respect for him that she doesn't react - otherwise her reaction would not have been complimentary.

Which is exactly unlike how she reacts to some of the other nations now piping up. First Bulgaria - his late entrance is greeted with a long, disapproving look. And the yogurt he offers is given a completely unimpressed glance - no, she's not even going to try it. Not unless someone hands it to her directly and ignores her protests about how they shouldn't be so generous - then she would have to try some in order to be polite - but as it stands she can ignore the meager offering without consequence. She also doesn't need to react to Bolivia's completely uncalled for attempt to speak for the group - that can also be ignored without consequence.

No, she'll concentrate on things that actually matter, such as her eldest brother's words. They cause her to smile and she is quick to say, "Vâng, that would be very helpful! It would allow me to better plan my own efforts. It is very important for allies to coordinate their plans in a war. Is that not why we are all here?" In retrospect, perhaps her brother now regrets teaching her so many of his methods for getting people to do what he wants. Then again, it's not like he taught her directly - he used them against her too many times and then she learned by example.

When Todor arrives, at first Vicente pays him little attention. He's attempting to keep a close eye on all the little details of the interactions between all the main powers of the alliance - even the slightest glance could mean something important and he doesn't mean to miss anything that might prove to be important. However, when Todor mentions something about food, he can't help but glance over and at least see what's being offered. ...Yogurt? That's a bit random. And certainly not one of his favorites. But that doesn't mean that he doesn't immediately say, "Hey, pass one of those over here!" It's free food, after all, and there is more time than he'd like between the last time he ate and the next time he expects to eat.

After staking his claim to one of the yogurts, he listens now instead of commenting. After all, though he's obvious not shy about expressing his opinion about side conversations (or at least ones between nations he likes), at the end of the day it's up to Yao to decide how to manage what the other nations present think of him. After all, though he's not completely without influence, Vicente's opinions only count for so much among the nations present. Still, he reminds everyone that he's unhappy with the general trend of the conversation by frowning.

Though when Adela suddenly speaks up and starts insisting that she needs help from Yao, Vicente is quick to interject. "Hey! There is no need to ask him for tanks!" he says, sounding irritated. Not that he really feels that irritated about Adela herself, but he's kind of frustrated by the entire meeting right now so he'd probably sound irritated no matter who he was talking to or the topic. "I mean, that is not really the problem - our allies have already been so generous toward me and I am doing so well in the war that I could easily give you a small army's worth of tanks myself," he states quickly, seeking to establish the fact that he's doing just fine. The other nations here already don't take him fully seriously, and the last thing he wants to do is sound like a charity case.

Especially because it's true that they have been generous. Yes, what they've given him is probably their spare, outdated stuff, but it's not like he needs his military to be good enough to tackle Alfred right now - he just needs to be able to fend off Izalene. Still, that hasn't been without a few problems, and Adela is right to be complaining, but she needs to be complaining about the right thing. So, directing his words now more to the Joint Pact in general, he adds, "The problem is not that we don't have enough weapons in South America, the problem is where they are and getting them to where they need to be. I have more than enough weaponry to give to Adela, but Izalene has air and sea superiority - if I put anything important in the air then she shoots it down, and if I put it on a ship, then she sinks it. The reason why I'm doing so well against her is because she is absolute mierda at fighting in the rainforest. But it is not so easy to get tanks or anything like that all the way to Adela's place - that would require them to travel all the way through the Amazon rainforest. The terrain is just impossible! I can get small arms that people and animals can carry to her place in large numbers, but in order for her to be reasonably expected to go on the offensive properly, she needs tanks and artillery. I cannot air lift them over to her without Izalene shooting them down, and even if I managed to slip ships past Izalene's, Adela is landlocked and the easiest route is through Chile - but Chile also has sea superiority over me, at least that far away from my lands. So if someone could help us conquer a route from the Pacific coast into Adela's lands, we could get her properly supplied and then all of South America will quickly be in our hands."

Though he seems to say it all very easily, those who know Vicente best would notice that the young nation just admitted to a lot more weakness than he'd normally admit so freely - he's more the type to boast that he can handle everything single-handedly unless he absolutely needs help, and even then he'll downplay exactly how much help he needs. Instead he's laid out the situation accurately because it's Adele who needs help, he cannot give it to her by himself, and if he doesn't request the proper amount of help then it's her who will suffer.