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[vytis]

[1. Lithuania has just learned he has a job at the bakery. This is news to him, of course, but he ends up going anyway, so if you happen to be in the bakery today, you can see him bustling about, baking things or sorting things or attempting to do both at once. Most are Valentine's Day themed, since that was what he was told to make.

Also, he made free samples. Have some. They are delicious.]

[2. After that, there's more exploring to be done, in the interests of not resting until the day he can walk around town without getting hopelessly lost in the identical streets.

That day is not today, as he is rather lost. Maybe he should try to find a map...]

[3. [1333 Benny Street] And now back at sort-of-home Lithuania has decided the house needs cleaning. If you have some reason to be in the house, he is cleaning all the things.]

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[vytis]

Is it the 1800s there, then? [a chance to compare a world that at least has similar countries to his own is interesting]

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

[Theta's used to this assumption by now--hence why she says it in such a way. She's having a laugh at his expense, though not maliciously. There's amusement in her voice when she speaks.]

Oh, goodness no. Her Majesty is coming up on her 175th anniversary on the throne; she's immortal in my world~. It was 2010 when I was taken from~.

notifs would be nice, LJ

[vytis]

[whoa, that takes him a second to absorb; there are a lot of questions this raises, but he'll go with the first one that pops into his mind for now]

You have immortality in your world?

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

Only for Her Majesty. The technology is just too costly to maintain otherwise; and realistically the few of us [subtle detail to catch--'us', Theta is included] that know how it is done...realistically wouldn't offer it to anyone other than Her Majesty.

[vytis]

Something like that could cause trouble if it were widespread. [He catches it but doesn't really recognize the significance for the moment.] If England's still an empire, your world must have different nations than mine.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

It does. I could have sworn Lithuania was a Russian province, but I know that you are a place, at any rate.

I...have never been fond of the idea of immortality, especially after having met Her Majesty in person on several occasions. [An involuntary shudder goes down her spine, especially as she thinks of the most recent encounter.]

[vytis]

I was, after I got conquered, though eventually I regained independence. [after way too long]

You must be fairly well-known to have met with her personally. [subject change once he sees the shudder]

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

My father is her most trusted and beloved advisor, as well as the one who oversees the care and upkeep of the mechanism that keeps her alive long past where age should have overtaken her. ...I am...expected to follow in his footsteps. [And something about that bothers her severely.]

[vytis]

That seems like quite a large responsibility to have expected of you.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

It's quite an honour. [She smiles about that part, even though she's bothered by it. What else would she have said, after all? She seems to be very patriotic.]

[vytis]

Of course. [He has gotten the feeling she's rather patriotic.] Is it something you want to do?

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

I...don't believe humans were intended to be immortal, to be honest.

[vytis]

That would make taking up that sort of job difficult.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

Not particularly. One does anything for one's Queen and country. [Not really, but... Is it really wise to say to a country that she doesn't agree entirely with her own country?]