𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑺 .ᐟ

ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ in 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 — 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 time , the team will agree on 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘺 . it would be an abuse of my 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 to tell them this . ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ

❪ slow blinking one eye at a time . ❫

cue a little squint && a curious head tilt . “ . . . are you of terra .ᐣ “

( she doesn’t mind the looking ; she gets far more judgmental stares elsewhere . ) correct .ᐟ i am . . . from space . a planet that does not exist anymore .

𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊.ˊˎ- hate me all u want but there’s no way mantis doesn’t smoke the loudest grass ever and makes the whole ship smell . i don’t make the rules 🗣️🗣️

( a swift nod , antennae rising at the contact . ) andi — i will remember that . i am assuming you are from earth , yes .ᐣ

( slow blinking at the * reader — one eye at a time . )

peter will not stop saying ‘ six seven ‘ and moving his hands up and down .

i feel the same way .ᐟ although it is not because of my age . . . more so being unfamiliar with earth slang . peter keeps doing that six seven thing and moving his hands really fast . it makes me laugh but rocket hates it .ᐟ

𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊.ˊˎ- of course .ᐟ .ᐟ

hmm . . . i actually do not know this one . let me ask peter .ᐟ

ah . i have heard of that tradition as well . the guardians didn’t do anything , really — i tried to set up an egg hunt with alien eggs but they . . . ended up hatching . i’m still trying to catch them all .

then i am mistaken . ( holding one hand out , a big smile on her face . ) i am mantis . it is nice to meet you .ᐟ