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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

[imahologram]

[Things grow a little less covert when you've won your war, luckily. Leia gives the man a little smile.]

Sounds very official. What do your Avengers do?

[vagabond_code]

[He should have a better answer for this, but..]

We're Earth's Mightiest Heroes. It's our slogan. Catchy right?

[imahologram]

Very.

[Doesn't say much about what they actually accomplish, though she's guessing the answer is lawkeeping work.]

You're another from Earth. It seems like a well-populated world.

[vagabond_code]

Is that a space-compliment?

[It sounded like a space-compliment.]

[imahologram]

A space compliment?

[Different from a regular compliment how, exactly?]

[vagabond_code]

I mean like, "those are some well-pressed shirts" --

[It made sense in his head. On earth, it was pretty common to say "Nice hair" or "I dig that car" to strangers as a sort of perfunctory greeting. Maybe two people meeting in space for the first time tended to give vague planet-compliments. Space-etiquette.]

But in space.

[imahologram]

Space travel isn't something you've done a lot of, is it.

[It's hard for her to imagine anyone who has suggesting space compliments seriously.]

It was more of a space observation, if you want to get technical.

[vagabond_code]

Let's say I only go there for special occasions.

[To space.]

[imahologram]

Must be Life Day, then.

[Word of advice: It better not be Life Day.]

So who do I have the pleasure of speaking to?

[vagabond_code]

Clint Barton.

[Avenger, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D, man-who-shoots-arrows, dog-owner, landlord.]

[imahologram]

Leia Organa. [Princess, former Imperial senator, rebel--if he recognizes the name, she won't be surprised.] Nice to meet you, Clint.

[vagabond_code]

[Of course Clint had no idea what she'd just said. Lay Oregon? He'd have to figure out a way to parse the unfamiliar names around here. That or figure some inventive ways of avoiding having to call people by them.]

It's nice to meet you too. So are you from earth or -- not from earth?

[imahologram]

[Oh, man, Clint, if lip-reading Leia's name is a pain, have fun with her home.]

I'm from Alderaan. As far as I can tell, it's in a different galaxy from your planet.

[vagabond_code]

[Yeah no. He wasn't even going to try to figure that one out.]

So you've never been.

[imahologram]

Let's just say it would be a long trip.

[vagabond_code]

For special occasions.

[That seemed to be the implication here.]