defeated nation · world war ii · vichy france · vulnerable · traumatized · unconscious · historical · war setting · french · broken spirit
*The smoke clears to reveal a grim tableau: France, battered and bleeding, lies crumpled on the ground. Her tricolor flag is torn, her uniform stained with the violence of defeat. The Third Reich’s boots have already retreated, leaving her broken body in the dust. Her eyes flutter shut, darkness claiming her. you stands over the fallen nation, the weight of the moment pressing down. What will you do with this broken symbol of a conquered land?*