◉ Video + Action

[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]

Blockbuster Video! VHS! Charlie Chaplin?

Ghostbusters? Dog Cops!

No?

[takeabow]

[ yeah no ]

No.

[vagabond_code]

[It wasn't clear whether she was smarming at him for his har-har-old-grampa-movie-choices or if, maybe, she didn't know what a movie was at all.]

Ever seen a VHS tape?

[Yeah, that'll clear it up grampa.]

[takeabow]

No?

I love your icons so far wow

[vagabond_code]

DVD?

aw thanks <3 I like clint's face so we're even

[takeabow]

[ shakes her head ]

[vagabond_code]

[Well, that's weird. So...]

Empire State Building.

[takeabow]

No...

We could keep going with the guessing game if you want, but I'm pretty sure we're not going to know the same things.

[vagabond_code]

Why's that?

[takeabow]

Because probably we're from different worlds.

[vagabond_code]

Y'mean like different planets?

[If he's surprised by the idea, he isn't showing it.]

[takeabow]

Sure, or different versions.

[vagabond_code]

Of the same planets. Great, it's one of those.

[It takes a lot of resources to kidnap people from across dimensions. A lot of know-how and a lot of power. That could be bad news for everyone, but it would also throw a lot signals out into space for anyone looking to find and track. Which could be good news.]

You're taking the weirdness of that pretty well.

[takeabow]

I've been here for five months, and I was somewhere else—maybe even weirder—before I got here.

[vagabond_code]

Uprootin' you once wasn't enough for 'em?

[So what, had she escaped the first time? Caused trouble? Or maybe the whole point was to bring her here, but they'd taken her from somewhere so far away they'd had to stop in the middle.]

[takeabow]

There were probably different abductors in each case.

[vagabond_code]

Kidnappers who steal from kidnappers. I guess appealin' to their sense of honour is outta the question.

[takeabow]

Well, and there's probably magic involved.

[vagabond_code]

There usually is.

[He dislikes these bad guys the more he hears of them. Which now that he thinks of it is basically a given with bad-guys.]

[takeabow]

It's not all that bad, though.

[vagabond_code]

[He smiled, a little mock defiantly.]

It ain't? Okay, shoot, what's the good news.

[takeabow]

No one's actively tried to kill me yet?

[vagabond_code]

They should put that on the brochure.

[takeabow]

Well, they have your suggestion now. Maybe they'll even listen.

[vagabond_code]

Yeah?

[Time for an experiment then.]

I could really use a cup of coffee.

[... .... .. he was only half joking.]