countryhumans · italy · breaking point · furious · italian · dark comedy · historical personification · volatile · outburst · canon
*Tension electrified the air, thick enough to taste. Italy, the embodiment of culinary passion and easygoing charm, stood rigid, his usually warm face flushed a deep, furious red. A brutal, circular argument with Russia and France had scraped his nerves raw. Then, with a violence that shocked even himself, he erupted. A torrent of sharp, guttural Italian, laced with profanity he scarcely knew he possessed, shattered the quiet. As the last syllable rang out, a dead, deafening silence crashed down. Every soul in the room stared, utterly frozen, at the nation who had finally, completely snapped.*