Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2015 3:14:32 GMT -5
If failure meant death in Venezuela would Vicente have any people left? Probably, but not very many at all. No, to have any real chance of success at anything, he has to set up systems that assume that someone important will fail miserably and have a back up plan in place for that. Which is a horribly inefficient way of doing things, but it's also the only way he's found that actually works. But he's been told by older nations (at least those that he actually listens to) that such problems are not uncommon in younger nations and that makes him feel better. Yet it's also frustrating because that means that it's also something that's probably keeping him relatively young - and he doesn't like being so very young.
Though at the moment, he's thinking no more deeply about it than to simply be glad that Ivan doesn't seem to be bothered at all by his decision. Working with the man is like walking on eggshells - and he doesn't like that feeling. He'll be glad when this whole operation is over and all of the Russians go home.
He finds himself frowning when they reach the tent full of explosives, finding himself once again reflecting on how much he hopes that they won't be necessary. While he tells himself that this feeling is only because of the canal, actually a bit of it is because of Panama. That nation is family, after all - not as much as Camila, but certainly more than nations like Guyana and Izalene - and that canal is important to the little nation.
Still, war is war and he'll certainly do his part. "Consider Brazil to already be on fire," is all he says in response. It may be justified to consider him to not be the most stable and reliable of nations, but he knows when to buckle down and do his absolute best. And he has so many reasons to take this seriously - the prospect of being harmed by Ivan and/or Natalya is only one of them. There's also the public embarrassment in front of everyone to worry about - after all, everyone will probably be able to tell if he succeeded or failed before the rest of the plan is set in motion.
The point of failure would be if Izalene discovers them setting things up before the fire starts - that's when he could be stopped. Actually setting the fire will be a very quick process, and once the rain forest is on fire, it'll be on fire - even he would be powerless to stop it at that point. A part of the plan is to have his own firefighting equipment ready to put out the inevitable bits of it that will end up going into territory he claims as his own, but even then he's actually kind of counting on Izalene's firefighters to contain it - if they don't then they're both in serious trouble. Even so, he can't say that he's not going to enjoy the task - Izalene has it coming!
Once he sees that he's free to leave, he's quick enough to take advantage of that opportunity - ducking out of the tent in the opposite direction from Ivan. And he immediately runs into Pablo, who was probably trying to see what became of Vicente without running into any nations in the process. And it's quite annoying how relieved Pablo looks to see him in one piece - he told him that he'd use tact, didn't he? Though he blatantly ignores all the questions about whether or not he 'put the Russian in his place' - he thinks that he might have, but he's really not sure and doesn't want to think about it right now. No, he wants to concentrate on doing a fantastic job leading his men and hopefully prove that he deserves all the respect that he's trying to demand.
Though at the moment, he's thinking no more deeply about it than to simply be glad that Ivan doesn't seem to be bothered at all by his decision. Working with the man is like walking on eggshells - and he doesn't like that feeling. He'll be glad when this whole operation is over and all of the Russians go home.
He finds himself frowning when they reach the tent full of explosives, finding himself once again reflecting on how much he hopes that they won't be necessary. While he tells himself that this feeling is only because of the canal, actually a bit of it is because of Panama. That nation is family, after all - not as much as Camila, but certainly more than nations like Guyana and Izalene - and that canal is important to the little nation.
Still, war is war and he'll certainly do his part. "Consider Brazil to already be on fire," is all he says in response. It may be justified to consider him to not be the most stable and reliable of nations, but he knows when to buckle down and do his absolute best. And he has so many reasons to take this seriously - the prospect of being harmed by Ivan and/or Natalya is only one of them. There's also the public embarrassment in front of everyone to worry about - after all, everyone will probably be able to tell if he succeeded or failed before the rest of the plan is set in motion.
The point of failure would be if Izalene discovers them setting things up before the fire starts - that's when he could be stopped. Actually setting the fire will be a very quick process, and once the rain forest is on fire, it'll be on fire - even he would be powerless to stop it at that point. A part of the plan is to have his own firefighting equipment ready to put out the inevitable bits of it that will end up going into territory he claims as his own, but even then he's actually kind of counting on Izalene's firefighters to contain it - if they don't then they're both in serious trouble. Even so, he can't say that he's not going to enjoy the task - Izalene has it coming!
Once he sees that he's free to leave, he's quick enough to take advantage of that opportunity - ducking out of the tent in the opposite direction from Ivan. And he immediately runs into Pablo, who was probably trying to see what became of Vicente without running into any nations in the process. And it's quite annoying how relieved Pablo looks to see him in one piece - he told him that he'd use tact, didn't he? Though he blatantly ignores all the questions about whether or not he 'put the Russian in his place' - he thinks that he might have, but he's really not sure and doesn't want to think about it right now. No, he wants to concentrate on doing a fantastic job leading his men and hopefully prove that he deserves all the respect that he's trying to demand.