this is a [test] of the emergency broadcast system

[titansno]

TEST DRIVE MEME

> The Park. Man, what a nice day out. Why not enjoy it? I'm sure -- shit, yep, there's some echo monsters.
> The Mall. Exactly what it says on the tin! Dodge the hordes of teenage mallrats or take part, whichever suits your tastes.
> Rainy Day. Agh, it's fucking awful out. And is it raining those vermilion things?? Now you've got an Echo to contend with on top of everything else. Find some shelter, quick!
> PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, HOW FUN
> The most horribly kitschy Arts and Crafts Fair you can imagine.
> Wild Card! Make up your own.

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Åsa | Finland | Hetalia

[moimin_mama]

Network; Video

[An eager blonde leans into her camera, clearly excited and looking much younger than her 27 years. Her voice is accented, some people might recognise it as Swedish, but her English is good.]

It really feels like winter now! And December's getting so much closer! Is everyone getting excited for Christmas? I am! I need to catch up on my christmas shopping, though, there's so much to do! I was going to try and make scarves for people, but I think I've left it too late now. When I was at university I used to make little presents for everyone that took part in my secret santa and I had to start that really early!

Oh! There's a thought. Would anyone be interested in doing a secret santa over this networky thing? I wouldn't mind arranging that! And it'd be a way for people to get to know each other better! I think that would be nice. I think there's still enough time until Christmas to get something organised! If people are interested, that is. If you are, let me know! I think if maybe... five or ten people say they'd like to I'll work something out. So let me know!

[As she leans forward to turn the camera off, she notices something that makes her frown, leaning in closer.] Do my eyes look... purple to you? [She spends another moment looking at them, and it's true in this light they're certainly darker than they were before for anyone who saw them and they're starting to look like there may be a touch of purple in them that wasn't there before.]

[longstockings]

There should be a secret santa for everyone on the network, even if they aren't making something.

[You just found yourself a companion in this endeavour. LET'S GIVE GIFTS TO EVERYONE BECAUSE CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT EVERYONE FEELING HAPPY AND WARM INSIDE.]

[moimin_mama]

That'd be a really nice thing to do for everyone! [If only she didn't have work! Maybe she can rope other people into helping her as well] But how would we know what to get for everyone?

[longstockings]

[She rests her head on her hands and lets her head tilt left-right-left-right, thinking. But that's easy, if you think about it. Everyone likes sweets after all, right?] We could bake something for everyone, or get those big bags of sweets from the wholesale dealer and prepare small bags or boxes.

[moimin_mama]

Baking would be fun! We'd have to make sure that there's alternatives for people with allergies or anything as well though! [Oh no she's thinking about this now what if, what if]

Or we could make lots of little things and make it into a lucky dip for everyone!

[longstockings]

...Everyone can have lemonade, right?

[Allergies weren't something that she thought about when thinking about this plan before, since they haven't really cropped up on people that she knows and thus are not really present to her. But she knows what they are, and easily enough involves them in her plans. Nobody should feel excluded, after all.] Or we could have non-edible options if someone says that they can't have food. We could hang them up, that would be like a lucky dip but with two sides, and everyone can pick either from the normal side or from the one for people with allergies.

[moimin_mama]

I think so! But lemonade isn't really a christmas thing. We could make everyone lemonade in the summer, though! [That sounds nice. Because who needs to keep the gift giving just to christmas?]

I like the idea of hanging them up! Like stockings! We could do a different one for children as well!

[longstockings]

We have lemonade every Christmas.

[She chews her lower lip for a moment and seems to bring her legs under herself to tilt her upper body forward towards whatever she is using as a screen.]

But if you give adults different things from what you give children, both sides will probably turn out incredibly boring because that is what usually happens. Next you will give all boys matchbox cars and all girls tiaras, and women... flowers and men ties. [Not that those things are bad {though let's be real ties are only fun when you dress up, they seem to indicate utmost boredom at all other times, and so does giving someone flowers, you only do that when it gets really stuffy}, but if everyone gets the same in groups like that, what you get is mindless mass processing and boredom, in her experience, because the putting thought in tends to stop with "let's split things up", or something. She's not sure, but if you don't have categories people usually have more creative ideas and it's more fun, and more people get things they like.]