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]

[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.

[video]

[ginger_firebird]

We shouldn't have even had him on our team, but he's constantly aware of all kinds of details that no one should be able to know. The boss kept him around in spite of the history of stabbing people in the back because he was still useful to the plan.

[goldenglasses]

Huh. Like he was really perspective? Or he had a super power?

[ginger_firebird]

A gifted spy with a silver tongue. You can barely keep them at arm's length in our line of work.

[goldenglasses]

A spy with a silver tongue? That sounds like an important thing to have for a spy.

[ginger_firebird]

It is, it's just the man he's truly most loyal to is not my boss. He's not even subtle about it, which makes it more infuriating. The man he adored most is long dead at the hands of my boss's brother.

[goldenglasses]

Well, at least you know where his loyalties are if he's not subtle about it? [He's not going to touch that part about the mystery man being killed. He's not sure that's a can of worms he could discuss without pissing someone off.]

[ginger_firebird]

[Mantis sighs heavily and shakes his head.]

He's predictable. Even if you aren't sure how he'll betray you, you know he will.