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Country Roads
Mar. 5th, 2021 10:08 pm It had taken no small amount of maneuvering and general moving, but it finally happened. A real house was something he rarely had a chance to enjoy, but the times he had and the things he’d seen across Nexus had sold him to the idea of proper home ownership. It wasn’t even the biggest home. He’s fairly certain that the Antheans curated the largest of all the homes, so a cabin style house closer to the Wilds hardly seemed like a bad idea. No one ever could accuse him of living within the realms of sanity and common sense.
Those who know Mantis for his domestic skills will know the many pies on the kitchen counter, labeled as meat and fruit respectively, were baked by hand in the very oven they pass by. Mantis found himself more than a fair bit of fruits and cheeses arranged on tasteful little boards with crackers on the side for those who wanted to be fancy about it. There were a variety of fruit juices, an abundance of water, and more than a bit of alcohol to start off the people who were truly daring. Just as if all that weren’t enough, there was a beastly quantity of cookies in a variety of flavors scattered through the spaces not taken up by other kinds of food.
Those who know Mantis for his domestic skills will know the many pies on the kitchen counter, labeled as meat and fruit respectively, were baked by hand in the very oven they pass by. Mantis found himself more than a fair bit of fruits and cheeses arranged on tasteful little boards with crackers on the side for those who wanted to be fancy about it. There were a variety of fruit juices, an abundance of water, and more than a bit of alcohol to start off the people who were truly daring. Just as if all that weren’t enough, there was a beastly quantity of cookies in a variety of flavors scattered through the spaces not taken up by other kinds of food.
Mantis himself is taken up with meandering around between the living room and the kitchen in a comfortable new outfit with an equally comfortable shawl and headscarf keeping his upper body warm. He is followed by his two pets: Yaga the catwing, landing on his shoulders at random from all the new vantage points in the home, and Francour. What used to be a humble little espurr has changed, though, and an overnight evolution has turned the one-foot-tall grey ball of nerves into a two-foot-tall purple-blue ball of nerves riding Mantis’s shoulders when Yaga isn’t making use of them.
On the way into the house, the garden out front has already been transformed in preparation for food and general plants to be grown in the soil. Trellises of varying kinds were arranged in between prepared rows of soil. Not an ounce of soil was out of place, not a single seed made to feel like it didn't have enough room. Things were going to grow, and if all went well, quite spectacularly.
The three wait eagerly in their own way for guests to arrive. No small number of friends were invited, and likewise invited to bring others over. All he could hope for was his social battery lasting longer than his guests.
On the way into the house, the garden out front has already been transformed in preparation for food and general plants to be grown in the soil. Trellises of varying kinds were arranged in between prepared rows of soil. Not an ounce of soil was out of place, not a single seed made to feel like it didn't have enough room. Things were going to grow, and if all went well, quite spectacularly.
The three wait eagerly in their own way for guests to arrive. No small number of friends were invited, and likewise invited to bring others over. All he could hope for was his social battery lasting longer than his guests.
