{ nyo russia | chess player au | dark cyan }

In the Soviets’ view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to simulate: war. 

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{ aph czech republic | student au | raw umber }

There is no friend as loyal as book

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{ nyo japan | ghost in the shell au | cyan }

I feel fear, anxiety, isolation and darkness. 

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{ aph poland | doctor au | amber } 

❝ For Feliks’s strongest psychological quality at that time was his loneliness. The feeling of loneliness, restraint and secrecy meant that he rather avoided colleagues - but colleagues did not avoid him. For one of the paradoxes of the collective psyche is: loneliness, a frequent companion of the internal strength of a human - attracts and captivates the environment. ❞

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{ nyo! russia | ice skating au | cherry blossom pink }

Fire in her eyes and ice in her words. 

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{ nyo! austria | writer au | indigo blue }

I’m not gonna sleep anymore. 

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{ nyo! lithuania | middle ages | lavender purple } 

You wanna make me bad, pay me back

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{ aph germany | modern | powder blue }

The scars on my mind are on replay

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{ aph canada x aph japan | maple leaf | burnt orange }

Stop the world ‘cause I wanna get off with you.

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{ aph czech republic x aph prussia | azure blue }

Eternal game of tug and war

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{ nyo russia x nyo belarus | royalty au | lavender blush purple }

For you I have to risk it all

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{x}Happy 100th Independence Day Poland!! 

// Feliks on the left is wearing a uniform from November Uprising (without the headgear, unfortunately), Felicja on the right is wearing national nobilitycostume. 

My previous post from 2017 

“It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph” - Henryk Sienkiewicz, polish Nobel Prize laureate in literature. 

Some videos that may be interesting for you:

100 Years of Beauty - Poland

Celebrate 100 years of Poland regaining independence

The Animated history of Poland

Game for Independence. Poland

{ aph poland | astronomy theme | indygo dye blue } 

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet 

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{ aph america x nyo belarus | victorian era | midnight green }

I’m using white lighters to see what’s in front of me

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@marine-wvs - hope you like it!