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[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

[There is a little girl skipping down the hallway counting.]

1, 2, 5, 6, 7- 7- 7....

[Not very well, but with all the lessons she'd been getting from M!Mantis her English was at least improving a little.]

9, 10!

That's terrible! Start over!

[Oh yeah, and she found her older self's dolls! She's carrying a mini Psycho Mantis, Sorrow, and a blood elf?]

Don't be so hard on her Mantis, she's doing fairly well for a beginner.

((OOC: Mini mantis talking skills will be a little better, but not by a whole lot. Feel pree to poke~))

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[justdevastated.livejournal.com]

[Hal hears a voice and hopes its his Sunny in the halls. He doesn't let his disappointment show when he comes up to her.]

Oh, hello.

[He greets awkwardly.]

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

Hello!

[Maria makes the two puppets wave at him.]

[justdevastated.livejournal.com]

[Sees the puppets.....]

Screaming Mantis?

[Hal questions, looking down at her disbelievingly.]

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

What? No, I Maria.

[Screaming Mantis was the man who took care of her. Why would she be confused for him :|]

[justdevastated.livejournal.com]

Maria. Right.

[He nodded then crouched down to be more at eye height with her.]

What are you doing out here?

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

[She shrinked back a little.]

I play, why ask?

[justdevastated.livejournal.com]

[He pushed up his glasses.]

Just making sure everything is okay.

[Hal nodded.]

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

Everything is fine.

[worldpresident.livejournal.com]

[Woah...There are girls in the nexus? Ones his age?]

Hi...

[She was singing a strange song, but that's okay. He's curious about the dolls, though. That one kinda looks like The Sorrow.]

What are those?

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

Hi!

[She's happy to see another kid in the nexus~!]

Dolls! I find, and dolls talk and move!

[worldpresident.livejournal.com]

Talk and move? Like puppets?

[She has a strange accent, so Solidus figures she can't speak too well yet.]

Can you show me?

1/2

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

Yes!

[She put them on the floor then poked the Mantis puppet with her foot.]

done

[pyschicfluff.livejournal.com]

HEY!

[He kicked her foot back, not that it did anything since it was a stuffed toys foot.]

[He cursed then knocked her over with his powers, not with enough force to actually hurt her though.]

1/2

[worldpresident.livejournal.com]

Woah! They really do-!

Done~

[worldpresident.livejournal.com]

Hey! You're not supposed to hit girls!

[Glares at the Psycho Mantis doll and steps protectively in front of the girl in question. Ever since his dad had gotten hurt, Solidus has been trying to be strong so the man could have a break.]

[Even if it means standing up to stuffed toys that knock little girls down.]

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

[Mantis topples little Solidus just as easily.]

[Maria got up and smacked the little doll.]

No! That bad, stop!

[worldpresident.livejournal.com]

[Tumbles to the ground but gets back up in time to see the girl scold the doll.]

Will he listen to you?

[He's being cautious, wondering if he should get Vamp again if something weird happens.]

How'd he knock me over?

[backinblackout.livejournal.com]

...hello again.

[Vitaly's in a bit of a mood since coming across Elisa's bloodied corpse. The kind of mood where he's pissier than usual at everyone other than the sort of young girls he keeps kind of befriending whether he likes it or not. Those, he's actually being slightly friendlier than usual towards.]

[It's probably the end of the world.] Practicing your puppetmaster skills already, I see?

Mantis yay <3

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

Hello!

[She offers a big smile for her strange friend.]

I find dolls, this like you!

[She held out the little grumpy doll.]

See?

[backinblackout.livejournal.com]

And you've made progress on your English, I see.

How... nice. [He'll never have the hang of faking enthusiasm. Looks like she's found replicas of-- wait a second.] Where'd you find those?

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

Yup, I have help!

[She thought for a long moment.]

I can't remember, they just in hallway somewhere. Why ask? They yours?

[backinblackout.livejournal.com]

From whom? [Not that he couldn't find out for himself, but giving people the opportunity to make conversation probably passes for polite.]

They're a great deal like the dolls of someone I know, yes. I recognize the elf in particular. [Mentally, he pokes at the dolls - She's lost you again? Or was she killed off when I wasn't looking too?]

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

From Mantis, he help me lots!

[The little mantis doll pokes back]

[Lost us? She doesn't even really pay much attention to us anymore. We just wander about on our own now.]

[Nope, He's not bitter about it... maybe.]

...holy shit I just implied V's seen Toy Story 2. OH WELL SURE WHY NOT

[backinblackout.livejournal.com]

Mantis? [A helpful, male, Mantis? These AUs are getting increasingly absurd.] He doesn't look like me, does he?

Then why are you still bound as puppets? [...how cute.] You're not going to start singing some poignant Sarah McLachlan song at me, are you?

xD

[noscreamsyet.livejournal.com]

No, he look different. Also name is Scream Mantis, not Sigh-co Mantis.

[The little Mantis fumes a little.]

[Right because I WANTED to be stuck in this sack of fluff to begin with!]

[We're stuck like this, and we're not sure why.]