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[vagabond_code]

Who: Clint "a Hawkeye" Barton and yous guys
Broadcast: Fleet-wide
Action: Marsiva
When: This evening

[Clint begins his broadcast with his hearing aids in, but the result is a series of false starts where it’s obvious from the wincing and the head-turning that he’s dealing with some sort of loud or high-pitched feedback. It isn’t long before he ditches them - rips them off and pockets them - and starts over again. lips it is, then ]

Alright this isn’t going to be a big thing - I just want to put my face out there.

[And he pauses, counting out the seconds for whoever might be looking to take a look at their beep-machines and catch sight of him.]

Oh, and to whoever brought us here, nice ship. Also, you’ve got some balls, kidnapping someone who carries one of these in his wallet:

[Casually, meaningfully, accidentally, he produces a blockbuster membership card, with the printed name Clinton F. Barton and a signature. When he catches his mistake he tosses the card down out of frame and the camera catches him thumbing through the inside of his wallet. Following that, the sound of him mumbling:]

Futzing Avengers ID, never around when you… [He trails off. The feed doesn’t.]

[A little later, sitting wherever there’s a seat to be claimed aboard the Marsiva, he’ll be found picking cards out of his wallet and tossing them down onto a table. Reorganizing, dismissing some, yet the cards that he doesn’t tuck back into their leathery hideaway are all landing corner-to-corner in a perfect even pile.

A little later, you might catch him sprawled out and napping. Because he naps. He’s a napper.]

Comments

[vagabond_code]

It could jus' be one guy. Or a great big angry robot or something. I dunno, but I don't like all this hidin' in the shadows.

[truthvalue]

Mm, I think you'll find most people feel the same about that.

[He offers a small, sympathetic smile. All things considered, he's reacting to this much more calmly than the last new arrival Souji spoke with.]

Do you have questions? I can try to answer them.

[vagabond_code]

All I seem t'be doing is askin' questions. Have any questions for me?

[truthvalue]

[Souji blinks. That's definitely not something he's heard before in this kind of situation.]

Not really. People usually ask questions, not answer them.

[He hadn't had many questions, after his own arrival. He'd assumed it was another Jaunt, and in his experience, the Trumps didn't answer questions, so there was no point in asking them.]

Actually ... have you ever heard of Trumps before?

[vagabond_code]

As in cards?

[Somehow he guessed not.]

[truthvalue]

[You guessed right! Souji shakes his head.]

Powerful beings. Like Atroma, but ... different.

[He never met any of them, only heard about them from his friends.]

[vagabond_code]

[He knew of a lot of powerful beings. More than his fair share, and yet...]

Sorry.

[truthvalue]

It's all right. We all come from different places here.

[vagabond_code]

Yeah, they've been telling me. You have any idea why? It is to make us all feel more isolated?

[Which led to another question.]

Are there any patterns to who they take?

[truthvalue]

[Souji thinks for a moment, then shrugs.]

They don't really tell us anything about why they pick who they do. I guess I haven't given it too much thought, about whether there's a pattern.