[ she is very much sleeping! she has to get the energy for her powers somehow, and that means lots of naps. she's also very good at taking them close to anywhere, and this is the spot she has deemed most comfortable!
she's right in the middle of a very nice dream, so Rocket's whispering doesn't do much besides stirring her for a moment. you're gonna have to be more creative than that, puppy. ]
[ Rocket groans. okay, great, time for more drastic measures. he scampers up and pulls on one of her antenna. is that gross? hopefully it's not too gross. ]
[ it may not be gross, but it does startle her quite a bit - her antenna are incredibly sensitive, and they're the one part of her that she protects the most. unfortunately, that protection is almost completely instinctual.
which is why, as he pulls, she immediately wakes up and hits him in the gut. she shakes her head to try and will the odd sensation away, but quickly realizes that someone is hurt! ]
Rocket! Are you okay?
[ what she doesn't realize is that she was the one to do that. ]
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definitely pre-iw
whatever. she's in front of where he stores his favorite gun. this isn't going to work. ]
Mantis. Psst, Mantis.
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she's right in the middle of a very nice dream, so Rocket's whispering doesn't do much besides stirring her for a moment. you're gonna have to be more creative than that, puppy. ]
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HEY! Mantis!
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which is why, as he pulls, she immediately wakes up and hits him in the gut. she shakes her head to try and will the odd sensation away, but quickly realizes that someone is hurt! ]
Rocket! Are you okay?
[ what she doesn't realize is that she was the one to do that. ]
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"pissed" wins out. ]
Am I okay? You just punched me!
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[ she's very surprised about this development! she looks at her hands, and then feels at her head - it still feels pretty strange... wait. ]
Did you touch my antenna?
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Yeah, I did. Is that a big deal or somethin'?
[ he's come to accept mantis as part of their weird, dysfunctional, family-like unit rather quickly, but that doesn't make her any less strange. ]