@Pete_T Springfield is old, and these guns all have child skins/ look childish apart from her IIRC. Ironically, I think Nagant may be even older, but I have to check.
all of them are "almost" equally old being pre world war 1 designs Nagant and Kar98 are like 1870s designs slowly being modified and updated till war were declared for WW1 and subsequently re updated for WW2, and I'm pretty sure Colt 1873 never saw action in WW2 but I could be wrong while true "she is old" by today's standard but I dunno Mauser 98's background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEBnXIqCJu8 Mosin-Nagant's history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqmkRZOIlfY
I think it's from a chinese custom that in new year, the adults will give the children red envelopes w/c contains money, and in this picture Springfield wants to give G36 just that but she argues she is already an "adult" but then commander made her a "kid" so she would have no reason to decline Springfield's offer, but then she begun to collect envelopes from other "adults" but Kar, SAA, and Nagant doesn't have money to give(judging from why they are hiding and Nagant's coin purse being empty probably from giving the other kids money IDK) so they are hiding from her til the end of the event.
I think it's from a chinese custom that in new year, the adults will give the children red envelopes w/c contains money, and in this picture Springfield wants to give G36 just that but she argues she is already an "adult" but then commander made her a "kid" so she would have no reason to decline Springfield's offer, but then she begun to collect envelopes from other "adults" but Kar, SAA, and Nagant doesn't have money to give(judging from why they are hiding and Nagant's coin purse being empty probably from giving the other kids money IDK) so they are hiding from her til the end of the event.
and started collecting them like the mob would from thee sound of it
Well, this is clearly an otoshidama instead of the Chinese hongbao/"red envelope". White envelope bound with red cord, and the text all call it "otoshidama". Date of posting matches the Japanese New Year too instead of the Chinese Lunar one (that would be on 25 Jan 2020).
I'm not sure why the translation uses the Chinese term, other than maybe some weird inference from the fanartist and game developer's nationality?
Petit WaitressRed Envelope
Red envelope is a monetary gift given during Chinese new year. The equivalent of it in Japan is called "Otoshi-dama", which is what this comic wrote it as.Happy new year~Here you go.Your Red envelopeI'm fine, thanks.I'm not a child anymore.But you are.Heh heh...uᴉɹɐpuɐWA child.Hold on to it, okay~Don't mind me.Red envelope!Red envelope!BAMBAMBAMPOOF