video

[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!

Comments

[the_tailor]

[He might be gasping for air once he smacks his hand against the wall for the finish, but he still manages to give out a loud "whoop". Take that! He's still got it! Lance is ready to playfully shittalk Keith, who's just made it as well, but suddenly he's being shoved underwater.

Oh, now you've started it, boy.

When he surfaces, Lance braces himself against the side as if he's about to race again, but this time, launches himself right at Keith to drag him down under the water.]

[tempredmental]

[Keith managed to catch his breath just enough so he didn't go under without any air. He rolled them both, attempting to get above Lance in the water and surface first.]

[the_tailor]

[Heck no. He's not letting you win, not in his territory! Lance twists around in the water, yanking Keith back down further, taking advantage of the depth of the pool they're in.]

[tempredmental]

[Lance could also definitely hold his breath longer than Keith could, so the yank down was a bit nerve-wracking as Keith wasn't exactly sure how to signal if he needed to surface. He went for an alternative tactic, letting Lance pull him down, and then using the bottom to try pushing himself up harder and back to the surface again.]

[the_tailor]

[He'll let Keith surface. For now. He'd laugh underwater if he could, but propels himself back up to the air as well, laughing breathlessly.]

Sore loser!

[tempredmental]

[Keith sputtered a bit as he surfaced and then laughed at Lance's comment. He splashed him.]

Sore winner.

[the_tailor]

Hey, you started it!

[He rolls his eyes, splashing his boyfriend right back.]

[tempredmental]

[Keith yelped a little, and then just laughed, getting a really big splash back at him. It probably didn't really go anywhere, but it looked impressive.

Snow, in the meantime, had moved away from the water's edge. Swimming was one thing. Splashing was quite another.]

[the_tailor]

[Oliver, on the other hand, just squeaks and swims around and between them, realizing it's play time. Lance laughs at both that and the big splash, and proceeds to try to make an even bigger splash.]

[tempredmental]

[Keith laughed and splashed back again, but he was just having fun now, so it was a pretty lame attempt.]