Carbuncle dances!

I was up a little too late last night running around Vana'diel. Questing around with Nabiki, then fighting in Besieged with Aniko after Nabi went to bed, and then Aniko and I stood around trying to thin or something to do when...

The two Tarutaru Summoners behind us started spamming /dance, and when we turned to investigate, Aniko saw something strange. The Carbuncles were dancing! Summoner pets don't dance. But I didn't see them doing anything. (Neither could one of the Summoners, actually.) I really wanted to see what they were talking about, though... So I turned up all the settings (as I've mentioned, I typically play with them fairly low), then ran off until they were all out of loading distance. Then I ran back!

... And still saw nothing. Augh! Buuut.... then one of them summoned a Light Spirit, and... wait a minute, what was that?! Normally they bob slightly, but this one was bouncing around crazily! Check it out!

Does this mean I can see the atomic squirrels dancing now?! :D?

YES, IT DOES!

They had two different "dances" they did - one involved spinning in the air, and the other was some kind of strange seizure twist...

Both Carbuncles twisting around.

Carbuncle flipping.

(OH, HEY, SEE? I learned how to compress the video files, so now they upload without any problems! Maybe someday I'll go and replace the chocobo ones.)

Other random clips:
Flipping and twisting.
Twist 1
Twist 2
Twist 3
Twist 4
Twist 5

It was awesome, and well worth the lost sleep.