Pangur ban, pangur ban

[ginger_firebird]

Who: Mantis and All!

Broadcast: Yes

Action: Yes

When: Today

Planetside - Action

Libraries. They're repositories of information and a likely candidate for finding information on...just about anything, really. Mantis is therefore very soon distracted by the possibility of entertainment across the many star systems. He's up off his feet, that is to say, in the air and going between shelves with books trailing after him like ducklings. A world of failed dreams ought to have at least one decent novel hidden among the relics of the past. He pauses at several points before setting books down or picking new ones off the shelves. He may yet be a while with all of it.

Iskaulit - Broadcast/Action

In contrast to his grace in the air, Mantis is still struggling to maintain composure and grace upon the ice, but he is trying damn it. The video feed opens up to him doing slow, large spins on the ice, staring down as much at his feet as he is the rink itself. He doesn't stumble or find his knees buckling nearly as often as he used to, although he does visibly strain from all the bending he needs to do in order to turn smoothly. He holds his hands out as he goes into slightly wider spins. Then he rises suddenly, gasping when his feet leave the ice, if only by a small amount. Mantis quickly catches himself before he can spill out on the rink and floats low in the air. He does a small turn in the air, looking down at his limbs before settling back down on his feet.

"Not quite..."

Comments

[video] Just that I tried to tag for a moment with the wrong account

[goldenglasses]

Haha! He is a jumpy kid, isn't he? I mean, sometimes it's well deserved, but I can sometimes startle him coming around the corner too much.

[video] I've done that! The whole response is typed up and then I'm looking at the wrong icons.

[ginger_firebird]

It makes me want to poke him with a stick. People that are fun to mess with.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, well just don't mess with him too much. A bit of fun is one thing, but if it becomes mean then I'll have to give you a "don't be a bully" speech. And I don't like putting my captain hat on.

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

You do realize that for people like me, that just drags any intention of ill-will towards you instead? Yuri probably appreciates it, though.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

I'm alright with that. [And he's being completely honest. He thinks he can take it.]

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

Hmm. I think for you, an indirect assault though the cat is called for. Catnip is surprisingly effective at turning a good cat into an overly excited beast with claws.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, I actually learned that the hard way already. [He thought it was something she was suppose to eat.] If you give my cat catnip I'm leaving her on your ship until it wears off.

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

[Oh Vash, you naive optimist.] Hmm. That's a good point. [The tip of one skate taps on the ice.] Maybe a more traditional prank is called for. If I meet you in person, I can really customize the experience.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

Good luck. Maybe I'll be the one to prank you instead.

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

You can try. I'm hard to pin down at the best of times, but I'm usually here or on the Bishop if you really think you have a chance.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

Hmm, I wonder if I could get flowers to sprout from your mask.

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

[Say what? Mantis comes closer to the camera feed, arms crossed.]

You're a magician, too? Or is it just plants?

Re: [video]

[goldenglasses]

Naw, no magician here. Just wondering if I planted a seed if a flower would grow and if you'd be kind enough to let it grow there once it started.

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

[His eyes narrow behind the orange lenses.]

It would probably grow, but I'd have to stop wearing the mask if it did. I'll pass on this gardening scheme.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

Oh! So you would let it grow without picking it?

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

Plant roots destroy everything in their path. It would be easier to get a new mask than bother trying to mend an old one. I'd make you pay for it.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

Heh, don't worry. I'll find some other prank.

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

Bog moy, you're as persistent as Ocelot. You even smile like a cat.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

Maybe it comes from living with one now.

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

Somehow I doubt it. The cat merely justifies the faces you make when you're happy.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

I will agree to that too.

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

It reminds me of Ocelot. He only ever smiled when someone else was about to suffer at his hands.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

Sounds like my kind of cat.

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

He's worse than a cat. Our team torture expert.

[video]

[goldenglasses]

Oh...

That does not sound like my kind of guy.