Faust: Apparently, my dad did deploy once to Japan and he told me how... different it was.
EX-4: Not like my district? Did they become poisoned that soon?
Faust: Uh- The people all had strange antennas my dad told me. And they all acted all elitist as well.
EX-2: I should contact your father sometime, he might have some useful intel.
Faust: I'd rather you not :(
Treditial: Wasn't Japan the one that started the war with Mexico?
EX-4: They were getting overzealous. Their new biotech allowed them to trade narcotics with them.
EX-4: ...EX-1, get on here.
EX-1: I WILL NEVER FORGIVE WHAT THEY DID TO MY FAMILY.
EX-1: No, I will tell you all everything. EVERYTHING.

Atrocity. They spread a deadly toxic to each other, it was planned in secret by both nations, actually. And on that same day in 2029, January 5th, a cold day on both parts was released in the capitols. But the fight was already decided: The virus from Mexico was incomplete, theirs wasn't. It killed everyone in Mexico-city. It spread like a fire, but the fuel wasn't fresh oak, it was straight kerosene. I wish I could say the same for what happened in Japan, but of course my enemy must get the greatest perk of all: The incomplete virus gave the people enhanced intelligence and a means to communicate even beyond the mouth. An antenna, like that of a bug, sprouted out of all of the infected. ...That's all I know.

EX-1: Tried to be as formal as possible.
EX-4: I see why you hate that "Forlorn Company" so much.
EX-1: You know them too? Well--that's another topic.
EX-1: Just thinking about it hurts my head, every night, that same voice from the TV rings.
EX-1: I WILL get my revenge, their evil won't go unnoticed any longer.
EX-2: Pipe down. Your job isn't to be a terrorist. It's been more than a decade since that incident, get over it.
EX-1: Don't you be pulling my leg, fucker. I thought we were friends.
EX-2: Oh really? Every single time we talk you HAVE to mention Japan in some convoluted fashion!
EX-2: If you really want revenge, then go to Japan and throw your entire bomb supply at them! See what that'll do!
EX-1: Oh and then you'll say "You'll never do it, because you're a coward!" or some bullshit--
EX-1: I'll make my mark on that stupid banana soon. It will be inscribed on every single shrine!!
EX-4: I'm starting to wonder if he's actually okay.
EX-2: He has his reasons, even beyond the war. The Japanese have gotten quite overzealous.
EX-2: They have conquered most of China and Korea, using them as their own twisted laboratory.
Faust: Is that where the narcotics came from?
EX-2: Yes. The map was updated recently to account for the sudden gain of land.
Faust: I haven't heard about that at all... even in history classes.
Treditial: Maxon should've updated their curriculum by then... I--oh recently.
EX-2: The whole Eastern war happened at the same time as the American Civil war in-what, 2009?
EX-2: Basically, the US never bothered until everything really setteled down.
Faust: Isn't like the west and east coast still up in flames or submerged in water?
Faust: Not to mention the tundra here.
EX-2: Settled at least in the midwest. There are plenty of other places that have recontructed.