A think on your feet plan [Germany]

Though one might think that it would be very difficult in his present situation to do so, Ludwig is fast asleep when the alarms in the prison go off. But when they do go off he's quick to pay attention. It's not exactly normal for the alarms to go off in a prison - at least not one that's reasonably well-run - and he knows that they could very well have something to do with him. While he knows that his brother would be more interested in Ivan's blood than actually rescuing him, he has many other allies who would have both the desire and the ability to attempt to rescue him. Of course, it's also possible that the alarms have nothing to do with that, so they merely cause him to ready himself in case it's the former - he could need to respond quite quickly.

And then suddenly his window opens. And then it immediately closes again. Germany rolls his eyes at that, but gathers that this indeed means that he's being rescued. But by Denmark? He would have thought that it would have been... well, nevermind. A rescue is a rescue and he won't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Even before the other nation realizes his mistake and comes back, Germany starts working on the chains that bind him. Perhaps if he was at full strength he could have simply broken them, but while he's been healing well from what Russia and his sister did to him, he's not quite fully recovered yet - it takes time to heal after a pretty much total loss of blood. But even without his full strength, he's still an engineer at heart, and Russia gave his chains way too much slack. Breaking them is simply a matter of using them against eachother, using his bodyweight and what strength he does have to make them break at their literal weakest link. In other words, just a few twists and he's got a nice set of bracelets and anklets that aren't attached to the walls.

Of course, by the time he's finished Denmark has realized his mistake and opened the door. And he finds the first words out of the other nation's mouth to be vaguely insulting - of course he knew that he'd be seeing Denmark again! Anyone who thought for a moment that the man who designed the German War Machine didn't have a plan on how to escape on his own is an idiot. It's just that his plan would require for him to escape when conditions are just so and they haven't been yet - he is, after all, one nation and getting out of this place is more complicated than breaking a few chains. So to suggest that he was sitting here with even the slightest worry about not being able to leave... "I've never been so lucky," he remarks dryly, feeling that jab is perfect vengeance.

Though the remark about his brother causes him to lift his eyebrows in surprise. "It's Prussia vho has been more trouble in my absence and not Italy?" he asks, "I vouldn't have thought..." But as he's well aware that time is not likely on their side, he steps past Denmark to look outside his cell and see if anyone is coming. "Vhat is the plan?" he asks, quite eager to leave now that escape is no longer a long wait away - merely having another nation of decent strength helping changes the situation dramatically, even more so because he presumes that they're prepared to get him out of here in a relatively smooth fashion.

Germany responds to Denmark's posturing and boasting the only way that he can - by not responding to it at all. Which is a good thing, because that means that he's not being distracted by their conversation - and being distracted could have been costly when he has to hastily withdraw back into his cell because of the guard in the hallway. Fortunately, Denmark makes quick work of that problem, though Germany is quick to note that it's a bad sign - where there's one there might be more, and if so they were right behind Denmark.

So he's quite cautious as he peers back around the corning again, seeing the guard's body. Hmm, he wants that gun - the guard clearly doesn't need it anymore. "But you're apparently stupid enough to hang around my brother vhile I'm behind enemy lines," he comments, proving that he was listening in spite of all appearances. The hallway seems devoid of life at the moment, so he quickly darks out toward the fallen guard - ready to change course the instant that he needs to if the situation changes abruptly. Once the gun is in his hand, he stays alert as he searches for... ah, there's the extra clip. Good. Well, good except for the fact that he'd much have a German gun in his hand but, though he'd never say it out loud, guns are one thing that Russia isn't entirely terrible at.

Making sure that the gun is ready to go, he turns back to Denmark and responds to the 'plan' by stating, "So in other vords, there is no plan." He really shouldn't be surprised by this - this is Denmark that he's talking to. Who apparently came here with America? Yes, so there's definitely no plan. Pausing for only a moment to consider, he says, "Okay, here is the plan: ve're going to the vall, vhere ve'll break into a guard tover. If ve take out a tover, ve can escape over the vall vithout being shot in the back. If ve are quick, they von't be able to stop us. Then ve vill find America, Ja?" It's more of a sketch of a plan than a real one, but he'll have to make do - there are too many variables that he doesn't know to get as specific as he'd like. But it's still way more specific than Denmark's. Which he will berate him for - but later. Now is not the time.

The German people are a strong people. Practical and efficient. Tentatively proud of themselves - they know that they're good at many things but they no longer have that arrogance that they were once infamous for. Not overtly, anyway, they're too keenly aware of the bad marks on their record, and especially wary of anyone thinking that they think that they are better than anyone. But Ludwig can tell that his people are doing quite well in his absence, as he himself is doing quite well. Still, Belarus really did a number on him and how many times has he been killed since all of this began? And it sounds like Prussia has only been managing so well in his absence, though he trusts that his Boss and his other people are what's holding it all together so well still.

Still, he's noticed some side effects of being imprisoned. Much of it psychological - restlessness, uncertainty, weariness - how much is it his own reaction and how much of it is coming from his people? Or are they one and the same? Either way, suddenly having something to actually do feels incredibly good, even if the weariness of his mind also extends to his body somewhat. But what can he do with that besides forge ahead? The cure for everything that ails him lies outside of here, not in. Besides, even with no plan in addition to all his other failings, simply having Denmark here to help him greatly increases the odds of a successful escape.

"Your plan included informing the entire facility that ve are escaping," he can't help but point out, simply because he finds any attempt to defend this so-called plan to be ludicrous. But this is why he always finds himself in charge of these sorts of things. The moment that Denmark indicates his agreement to the plan, he starts forward - moving quickly but cautiously. His caution is clearly because he'd very much like to avoid getting any injuries - he's suffering still from blood loss as it is - but he looks for all the world like he knows what he's doing.

Though his cousin's question dispels that illusion somewhat, however, as his answer is, "No, but if the designer of this place is not an idiot, there vill be one this vay. And if not, then ve may not need to bother vith a tover." It's more of an educated guess, based upon the layout he can see. Buildings are just like giant machines, after all - its just that instead being powered by a fuel of some sort passing through them, buildings are powered by people. And form always follows function, especially when the function is something as important as keeping prisoners inside a prison.

As they move forward Germany is paying far more attention to his surroundings than he is to their conversation, not just keeping his eyes peeled for the barest glimpse of a guard but also to what his ears and logic tell him. Any bit of information that might tell him where that danger is located besides simply running into them is a good thing. Still, his distraction with the task isn't so great that he can't listen and respond to Denmark. Which is fortunate, because Denmark is quite annoying when he's being ignored (even when he deserves it). "Actually I think I might have done that once," he comments, "But it's hard to remember - I vas smashed."

Ready for action, so far their luck seems to be holding as the only people they've run into are those that nobody need worry about - Denmark's handiwork, he's assuming. But he can hear the sound of the guards trying to chase them down, and unfortunately the hard, flat walls of the prison echo easily and it's difficult to tell just where and how far away they are. But is the sound getting closer or is that just his imagination? "I'm not at my best right nov," he admits, knowing that the anemia will make him feel winded much faster than he's used to. "But I'm sure I can keep up vith you," he adds, making it sound like that's not a difficult thing to do at all.

Which he's not saying to be a jerk (well, not only to be a jerk - Denmark is fun to tease so how can he resist?) but to encourage them both to great effort. They both ought to be able to outrun humans if they try hard enough, though Germany does worry that he might not be quite up to it. But what's the worst that can happen? Getting killed again? More torture? Really, he's more worried about Denmark getting caught - most nations don't handle torture like he does, and even if Denmark doesn't crack he'd rather not give Ivan the opportunity to try. If this fails, he's hopes that it's because he gets caught while Denmark gets away - he can face those consequences if he has to.

Still, with the thought of putting this all behind him to spur him on, he picks up the pace - actually attempting to see how far he can get ahead of Denmark before the other nation realizes what he's doing.