dvidešimt trys; action

[vytis]

[Lithuania has something of a renewed, if subdued, sense of purpose. Not one to sit and mope, he's decided that if he has to be a "fake", and then be forgotten, he will still have a Christmas with his false family, most of which are just as fake as he is.

And he's not about to skimp on presents for everyone else, either. He'll give the girls something on Christmas Eve, but he'd rather get some of them out of the way now.]

A; the grocery store
[Lithuania seems to be buying a ridiculously large amount of paper drinking straws. Seriously, it's all he's buying. What in the world?]

B; 1333 Benny Road
[Lithuania has put the paper drinking straws, along with sewing thread, on the kitchen table. It is Christmas, he has been given a tree, he will put straw ornaments on it and no one will stop him.

He's quite good at it, of course, and he'd be happy to teach anyone in the house how!]

C; Lithuania's CRs' houses
[Lithuania has also given out a few Christmas presents, even though it's not quite Christmas yet. The following have been gifted anonymously, left out in a way that they won't go anywhere until their recipient gets them.
America: A large basket of various baked goods.
Hungary: Poppy seed cookies.
Koharu: This dress.
Sora: A huge basket of food.
Ukraine: Mittens, with sunflowers on them.
Estonia: A neatly wrapped, if large, package. It contains a rather big pile of books, all written in Estonian.
Poland: A Žemaitukas

If Lithuania knows you at all, you'll get various types of food, but he has delivered anonymously, because of the event.]

(OOC: Just a reminder, Lithuania has disappeared, so should be treated as fake.)

Comments

[wingsaflutter.livejournal.com]

As winter comes to an end every year, ponies start preparing for spring. We have to clean up Ponyville to make way for spring.

[vytis]

Oh, a bit like spring cleaning, but before spring, I suppose.

[He is not thinking in terms of literally cleaning up winter.]

[wingsaflutter.livejournal.com]

[Funny he should think that...] We help with weaving nests for the birds, scoring the ice, and helping the animals find their way home.

[vytis]

[Well, that gets a double-take.]

That doesn't just happen on its own?

[wingsaflutter.livejournal.com]

[Are you questioning pony logic?]

It makes it easier.

[vytis]

[YUP.]

I've never heard of building nests for the birds. I suppose there are bird houses, but they just put nests of their own in those.

[wingsaflutter.livejournal.com]

I... I thought you were making nests with these straws at first.

[vytis]

[Lithuania considers the straws in front of him.]

I suppose I could.

[He sets the star he was working on to one side and starts putting it together.]

I don't think birds would want to live in anything I made, though.

[wingsaflutter.livejournal.com]

Oh, they would!

Did you know that if you kept a bird inside your house, the bird will always reach for straw like objects you have around?

[vytis]

It must be instinct. I've never kept birds, only dogs.

[He works through the structure of the next fairly quickly.]

I think I might have to make some straw birds to go inside this, though.

[wingsaflutter.livejournal.com]

That would be just perfect.

[vytis]

[The birds take a bit more thought and more cutting, to make them small enough to fit into the nest and still look like birds. He holds one up when it's done, though.]

I don't think that's too bad a job.