Axis Powers Hetalia - Lithuania - PG - Lithuanian Outsourcing (Part Three)
Title: Lithuanian Outsourcing, Part Three
Author: Ema (lightningrapier)
Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
Pairing: None!
Rating: PG
Warnings: None!
Word Count: 414.
Notes: None.
Disclaimer: APH is owned by Hidekaz and not be me. This was done so I could have a friend in the fandom, not to rip off of his storylines. This was also done from the lovely scanslation by youkofujima, which you can find here. Thank you for the translation!
For the nations, time really flew. Older countries like England thought of a century as nothing more than a drop in the bucket, and while America was a bit younger, even twenty or fifty years didn't seem like too terribly long to him. The World War had ended in 1919, and the year was now 1929. Sometimes, Lithuania was surprised how quickly ten years had passed -- other times, he looked at America, and America would smile at him, and Lithuania would feel so warm inside that he felt like he'd been there, like he belonged there, forever.
Lithuania always waited for America to come home at 5:00 on the dot, and he always stood by the door so he could greet America as soon as he came in. Usually, America would come in and hand Lithuania the groceries for whatever he wanted for dinner -- and Lithuania had gotten pretty good at cooking American food, he thought.
That night, when America walked in, he handed Lithuania a small bag. Inside the bag was a small case of two very nice steaks. Lithuania's eyes widened in surprise.
"Wow! This is really top quality meat!"
"Yeah!" America grinned, slipping off his coat and hanging it up. "I got excited 'cause work was going great!" He moved further into the house, Lithuania at his heels, undoing the buttons at his sleeve cuffs and loosening his tie. "I've upgraded to all the newest technology at the factory! Pretty cool, huh? I can make a ton of stuff real quick!"
"That's great!" Lithuania smiled, happy to see that America was doing so well. Lithuania grilled as America chatted on and on about work and the joys of production, and they ate together and watched the sun go down together and big each other goodnight, the feeling of warmth permeating through the house simply by America's joy at having done a good job.
The next day, when five o'clock rolled around, Lithuania was at the door, ready to take the groceries. America stepped in the door, slowly, his expression a complete reversal from the expression he'd had the previous day. He stared down at the floor, sighing, and handed Lithuania his bag. Lithuania looked inside, surprised to see the quality of the meat. It was ridiculously cheap ground beef. Lithuania frowned.
"What's this about?" he asked, slowly. "America...? You look... down."
"It's great that I made a bunch of stuff," America said, slumping through the house without taking off his jacket, "but where do I sell it?!"
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I think Hidekaz's notes tells the rest of this story well (and there's no more comic, so this is what you get):
At this time, America was industrializing, and it became cheaper to mass produce a ton of stuff really quickly. Thus, he beat UK in producing, and took the title of #1 in the world! It was pretty damn sweet for America.
He got a bit over-zealous and made tons of stuff…but then the situation was demand < supply. The city was brimming with all the mass produced items, and they weren’t selling. Plus the country-side went into an economic slump just at the right time, so they couldn’t buy anything there.
"There’s no choice! I’ll sell this overseas!” …or so he thought.
And right on cue, Russia became socialist and started saying, “Oh, I’m not gonna buy your stuff.”
So it plunged into a state of: bit of demand (A HUGE UNSCALABLE WALL)supply...
THE WALL STREET CRASH
THE GREAT DEPRESSION IS HERE━━(;´Д｀);´Д｀);´Д｀)━━！！
And then the wind of economic depression blew cruelly through the world.
Author: Ema (lightningrapier)
Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
Pairing: None!
Rating: PG
Warnings: None!
Word Count: 414.
Notes: None.
Disclaimer: APH is owned by Hidekaz and not be me. This was done so I could have a friend in the fandom, not to rip off of his storylines. This was also done from the lovely scanslation by youkofujima, which you can find here. Thank you for the translation!
For the nations, time really flew. Older countries like England thought of a century as nothing more than a drop in the bucket, and while America was a bit younger, even twenty or fifty years didn't seem like too terribly long to him. The World War had ended in 1919, and the year was now 1929. Sometimes, Lithuania was surprised how quickly ten years had passed -- other times, he looked at America, and America would smile at him, and Lithuania would feel so warm inside that he felt like he'd been there, like he belonged there, forever.
Lithuania always waited for America to come home at 5:00 on the dot, and he always stood by the door so he could greet America as soon as he came in. Usually, America would come in and hand Lithuania the groceries for whatever he wanted for dinner -- and Lithuania had gotten pretty good at cooking American food, he thought.
That night, when America walked in, he handed Lithuania a small bag. Inside the bag was a small case of two very nice steaks. Lithuania's eyes widened in surprise.
"Wow! This is really top quality meat!"
"Yeah!" America grinned, slipping off his coat and hanging it up. "I got excited 'cause work was going great!" He moved further into the house, Lithuania at his heels, undoing the buttons at his sleeve cuffs and loosening his tie. "I've upgraded to all the newest technology at the factory! Pretty cool, huh? I can make a ton of stuff real quick!"
"That's great!" Lithuania smiled, happy to see that America was doing so well. Lithuania grilled as America chatted on and on about work and the joys of production, and they ate together and watched the sun go down together and big each other goodnight, the feeling of warmth permeating through the house simply by America's joy at having done a good job.
The next day, when five o'clock rolled around, Lithuania was at the door, ready to take the groceries. America stepped in the door, slowly, his expression a complete reversal from the expression he'd had the previous day. He stared down at the floor, sighing, and handed Lithuania his bag. Lithuania looked inside, surprised to see the quality of the meat. It was ridiculously cheap ground beef. Lithuania frowned.
"What's this about?" he asked, slowly. "America...? You look... down."
"It's great that I made a bunch of stuff," America said, slumping through the house without taking off his jacket, "but where do I sell it?!"
----------
I think Hidekaz's notes tells the rest of this story well (and there's no more comic, so this is what you get):
At this time, America was industrializing, and it became cheaper to mass produce a ton of stuff really quickly. Thus, he beat UK in producing, and took the title of #1 in the world! It was pretty damn sweet for America.
He got a bit over-zealous and made tons of stuff…but then the situation was demand < supply. The city was brimming with all the mass produced items, and they weren’t selling. Plus the country-side went into an economic slump just at the right time, so they couldn’t buy anything there.
"There’s no choice! I’ll sell this overseas!” …or so he thought.
And right on cue, Russia became socialist and started saying, “Oh, I’m not gonna buy your stuff.”
So it plunged into a state of: bit of demand (A HUGE UNSCALABLE WALL)supply...
THE WALL STREET CRASH
THE GREAT DEPRESSION IS HERE━━(;´Д｀);´Д｀);´Д｀)━━！！
And then the wind of economic depression blew cruelly through the world.