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1205 Banana Bread Drive

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[birdwingsandthings]

"But," Luce responded, "What if everyone thought we were making things for them?"

[telecosmetic]

"Well...then maybe we should wait a bit til it's closer to Christmas," suggests Eliza. "Because then it makes sense to give everyone gifts."

[birdwingsandthings]

"I heard of Christmas at the castle, we don't have that back where I'm from."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza nods understandingly. "What kind of holidays do you have then?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"Monthly festivals celebrating an aspect of the Deity!" Luce seemed a little excited about it. "Winter is when the Deity can rest!"

[telecosmetic]

Eliza blinks. There are a few Legendary Pokemon said to have multiple forms, but she doesn't know that much about them. Still, Luce's enthusiasm is infectious. "Oh! How do you celebrate, then?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"The town puts on a big party,there are plays and games, and some people-" most if you're not Luce."enjoy a huuuuge dinner with the town. Kids get a present from their parents that ties into the Deity."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza nods, taking in this new information. Although "a big party" seems like something that a lot of holidays do. "Are they good presents?" she asks, a little jokingly. She thinks they probably would be, if Luce is so excited about this.

[birdwingsandthings]

"Last Festival I got my backpack which I had been looking at for a while, I also got some DVDs." He missed the Festivals from back home.

[telecosmetic]

Eliza smiles at that. "Really? That's really nice of your parents! Was it a big surprise to see they got you that backpack?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"My Dads told me my backpack from the year before was still good so I didn't need a new one. I was really happy when I got my new one."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza chuckles a little. "That's the best way to do a surprise. Although there aren't any stores here, so I guess we can't really use that to figure out what people here want."

[birdwingsandthings]

"There is no money here either it seems." Luce nodded, "My Dads normally do my gift shopping for me."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza nods some more. "Yeah...maybe we just need to watch people more. If we can't think of anything, we can just draw pictures of themselves or something."

[birdwingsandthings]

"Or just draw things that are just nice. Like birds."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza chuckles. "Or flowers! I know how to make flowers out of origami, definitely."

[birdwingsandthings]

"Whats an Origami?" Luce never heard of it before, and now seemed very curious. "Show me."

[telecosmetic]

"It's folding paper into pretty patterns..." Eliza looks thoughtful. "Do you have any construction paper? Or just thicker paper in general."

[birdwingsandthings]

Luce perked up at the mention of it, he moved over to a box at the foot of his sleeping area. "I have a lot of it."

[telecosmetic]

"Great!" says Eliza. "You've got any in square shapes? That's best for origami."

[birdwingsandthings]

No, but I got scissors [He pronounced scissors as ski-ssors]

[telecosmetic]

Okay! Well, there's actually a very easy way to make squares out of paper that isn't square. So let's make some, and then I can show you some flower folds! [She'll demonstrate the way to fold over one corner of a rectangle to make a square shape, as well as how to cut along folds for better straight lines. Of course she's also watching to make sure Luce handles the scissors correctly.]

[birdwingsandthings]

[Luckily Luce's scissors are child-safe as he carefully mimics Eliza's fold and cut technique. He unfolds his and the edge is a little ragged.]

Like this?

[telecosmetic]

She nods. "Yup, that looks good. Now here's a pretty simple flower fold-" She'll demonstrate the procedure slowly so that Luce can follow along, happy to go back to a previous step if necessary.