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[the_tailor]

Who: Lance and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide video
Action: Iskaulit
When: Early February


[The scene: The swimming pool on the Iskaulit. The players: Lance (dressed in his favorite blue swimming trunks) and...something splashing about in the water. The aforementioned person is grinning widely at the screen, his hair wet and plastered against his face, skin damp.]

Everyooooone! I can't believe I didn't introduce you all to my new best buddy--okay, one of my new best buddies, no offense to current best buddies. I met him on Selvin-9, and he was too adorable to leave behind. Hang on, lemme grab him--

[Lance kneels down next to the water and gives a little whistle. A small, brown shape swims over, and Lance scoops him up into his arms before moving back to the camera. It's a young otter, looking absolutely adorable, as baby otters should.]

Everyone meet Oliver the otter! He's incredibly cute, he's fast, and he's a great swimmer. Me and him have a ton alike, obviously. We're usually at the Iskaulit every day for a swim, so come say hi sometime!

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[axi]

He really is cute. [Kaname grins at the feed.]

I think Q-Lulu and I should join you two soon.

[the_tailor]

You should! We're thinking of swimming properly planetside too, soon. Maybe we could have a party!

[axi]

I like the sound of that. Actually, I saw a nice lake on Duotera the other day that might be a good fit. What do you think?

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[pidge_out]

[Guess who it is, Lance. Your favoritest gremlin in the world, looking equal parts resigned to and amused by what she's looking at.]

Well, you do kind of look like an otter.

[the_tailor]

[There's a pause before his eyes narrow.]

What's that supposed to mean?

[pidge_out]

[She raises a hand to tick her points off-]

Brown hair, small eyes, long nose, always wet.

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[universal_charm]

Keep them away from shiny things. They're worse than crows.

_{[ He's huffing. Okay, so maybe he had one bad experience. He might be cute, but they're sneaky buggers! ]}

[the_tailor]

Wait, seriously? Aw, man... Keith's got like a million knives in his room.

[He might be exaggerating a bit. But.]

[universal_charm]

Do I want to know why he has a million knives in his room? And do I need to say please be careful to never piss him off?

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[padadin]

[Shiro is still in bed but aww look at this.]

Are we going to need to put a bucket in your room soon?

[the_tailor]

Done and done! I bring him out for swims every day, because, you know. The whole otter and water thing. But he still likes to chill out in the water other times in the day, so I keep a big bucket in my room for him to have as his hangout spot.

[padadin]

Does Oliver need to go out for swims every day or you need to go out for swims every day?

[A ton alike indeed! Where is your fur, Lance.]

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[tempredmental]

[Keith was watching Lance and the otter playing in the water.

He was sitting on the side of the pool, his legs hanging in and swirling around. The small snow leopard was sitting next to him, leaning over the water, and then reached in with her paw.]

Hey... Easy there. You might fall -!!! [SPLASH!] Lance!

[Keith dropped in after the cub to try to catch her, afraid she wasn't going to be able to swim. But, somehow, she started to figure it out, paddling her oversized paws and staying afloat.]

[the_tailor]

[He enjoys the company, both of Keith and his own new pet. Lance is floating about when he hears Keith call out his name, immediately twisting in the water to see what's happening. He hears the splash, but by the time he starts to move, the leopard is already beginning to paddle about.]

...Oh my god, that's so cute.

[tempredmental]

[Keith just tread water, watching her paddle about like it was nothing.]

I didn't... I didn't think she could do that.

[But, sure... no problem... just swimming around like it was nothing. Her long tail trailed out behind her, her ears flat back to keep the water out, she moved around almost like a dog, but with less bobbing up and down.]

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[this_loser]

Well, he's no puppy, but he is adorable. [Kinda wants one now. Oh well.]

[the_tailor]

You definitely don't have to be a puppy to be the most adorable little creature in the universe. Isn't that right, Ollie?

[Whether he understands or not, Oliver gives a squeak to that, so!]

[this_loser]

Does it do tricks?

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[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka isn't usually a fan of animals that aren't meat or useful, though Momo had softened him up to the idea, over the years. ]

...Okay that is pretty cute.

[the_tailor]

[Well, good, because if you try to make his otter into dinner, Sokka, all bets are off. Brotherhood will be set aside and Lance will destroy you.]

I can't handle it!

[alwayscomeback]

[But Lance, he would have given his otter life to feed the crew! ]

Let me know if you need medical help. From the cute overdose.

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[livesfastdiesung]

I wanna pet him, can I pet him??

[The important things.]

[the_tailor]

Of course! He's super friendly and I know he'd love the attention.

[aspearing]

[ It's definitely cute.... ]

An otter? Where did you find it, exactly?

[the_tailor]

The last planet we were on. Selvin...uh, 9 I think it was? They had an adoption center, except instead of cats and dogs, it was snow leopards and otters. Which is weird, but hey, space.

[He smiles at Oliver, who's swimming around him in circles now.]