[text] un: mantis!

[feelybug]

H

ha

hiiii

hello

Hello??

[mantis! is typing...]

[mantis! is typing...]

HI!!!

[ooc: some spoilers for Guardians Vol 2 within.]

Comments

[feelybug]

I was given a patch for my uniform but it will not stick when I place it in the appropriate spot.

[No one has explained to Mantis how patches work.]

[nostalgiabomb]

Oh uh.
You probably have to sew or iron it?
Or slap a safety pin on there, but that probably wouldn’t look very professional.

[feelybug]

Can you sew or iron??

[nostalgiabomb]

Uhhh

[ It takes a few moments to respond, and the message “star.lord is typing...” appears more than a few times as he formulates a response.

At length, his nose wrinkles as he peers down at the comm. Then, ]

Kinda.

[ At least, when he was a kid, he would insist on personally putting patches onto his backpacks and jackets. They always came out crooked, and the stitching was always uneven. Mom liked to say they had more “personality” that way. ]

Yes on the ironing. Less on the sewing.
It’s been a while

[feelybug]

Can you teach me how to make it stick? I would like very much to have the patch AND the hat.

[Then no one could second guess the fact that she actually had a job.]

[nostalgiabomb]

I uh
... I mean, I CAN but I can't guarantee the results? I can't say I'm an expert or anything

[feelybug]

Thank you Peter Quill.

You are a good person and I believe in your skills.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ ... what the hell that's not fair.

It's a good thing Peter isn't on camera, or else Mantis would see the way he physically deflates, head lolling back so he can sigh at the ceiling.

Then, ]

Okay, okay.
Do you wanna do this now? I can pick up a sewing kit on the way over.
... Guess I should ask if you have an iron, too.

[feelybug]

[She has no regrets.]

I have no current plans!

[mantis! is typing...]


...What does the iron look like?

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He sends along a picture of a clothes iron. ]

Like that.
Earth thing. We used them to get wrinkles out of clothes.
Also to heat up beads to make fun, cutesy arts and crafts. Also the patch thing.

[feelybug]

I will look.

[...Some time later...]

There is one in the closet of the room where I wash my clothes.

Arts and crafts?

[nostalgiabomb]

It’s when we would make things for the sake of making things. Popsicle stick birdhouses. Little clay pots. Lanyards made out of beads. Kid stuff.

Anyway I can be over in a bit if you really wanna do this.

[feelybug]

[She's completely lost, but she wants to try those things. Mantis has never experienced much in the way of kid stuff.]

OK! I will wait by the elevator with the iron.