➽ VIDEO

[ladybro]

Who: Kate Bishop + YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: Bishop, if you like. Sorry guys.
When: Valentine's Night

[ bless her, but she's figured out these devices pretty quickly. and why shouldn't she? they're only a bare step above her top-of-the-line smartphone. except that thing hasn't been getting service since before the marsiva. and now... ]

So. I've heard it's February 14th. And how good of the Atroma to get me my very own monogrammed ship. Apparently it's the perfect gift for the girl who so recently had everything. [ tacky, much? kate kinda cringes every time she sees her family name on her assigned ship -- regardless of how coincidental it might be. ] Kate Bishop, reporting for duty aboard the SS Bishop. I kid you not.

[ haha, tres funny. ]

Can we change? Ships, I mean. Not that this one isn't lovely, sure. But I'm getting flashbacks to summer camp at Interlochen and my mother writing my name on all my shirt tags.

[ speaking of shirts... ] Rogue? Can you hear me? [ she knows rogue taught her about the locked transmissions, but that still kinda evades her at the moment. ] I think it's time you showed me 'round this space station I keep hearing so much about.

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[touchofrogue]

Oh hey, you're shuffled? That was fast... [Momentary distraction from her dizzy, busy afternoon.] Ya find a shuttle ta take ya down here?

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[ladybro]

...Is that anything like hailing a cab?

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[touchofrogue]

Not unless ya wanna pay for it. [Which, as she pointed out earlier... ya kind of can't yet.] Each ship's got a number of shuttles - I don't know how many the Bishop ...[A pause because, yeah, wow, she can see how that would get old real fast] ...has, but ya need ta get in one ta get onto the station.

[This might be a bit much for a newbie, actually. Rogue pauses, considers.] ...have ya flown anythin' out in space before?

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[ladybro]

[ yep. she winces. the name thing is inconvenient. ]

I haven't flown anything anywhere. But I do have mad moped skills.

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[vagabond_code]

[Was he happy to see her? Yes. Did he wish the Atroma had left her well enough alone? Well yes.]

Hi Hawkeye.

[But guess which one won out in the end?]

If you're gunna be on the station anyway, you should drop by The Trophy Room when you're done lookin' around.

[It was about time someone beat him at darts.]

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[ladybro]

-- Clint?

[ she's dumbstruck. and he doesn't need to hear her to know it, because there's a mix of emotions on her face. a sucker punch of relief, quickly followed by reproach. the last thing she remembers is clint. apologizing. ]

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[ladybro]

[ she's angry. she's happy. she's over-the-moon in a lot of really potent ways. and to think she thought running into the likes of wolverine and rogue had been windfalls. somehow (despite everything he'd done and failed to do) it's clint futzing barton whose presence sparks the most confidence.

she wants to yell at him for failing to somehow magically know she was here sooner. she wants to punch him in the arm. she wants to smile, but it just doesn't quite happen. ]

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[ladybro]

So. [ she clears her throat. ] What the hell's The Trophy Room?

[vagabond_code]

It's not a trophy room, for one thing.

[That was an important fact that he had so far had failed to mention to basically anyone else.]

It's a bar. A bar with a dart board.

[He catches a glimpse of all that weirdness, but only because he's watching her face so closely with the ear-thingies not being in. It could be the weirdness of the kidnapping and everything. Probably.]

[ladybro]

[ the woman's cold. downright frosty -- as though she hasn't quite figured out which tried-and-true box clint deserves to be stuffed into today. she bites her bottom lip. ]

We've both been kidnapped by the alien version of Big Brother and you've been...playing darts. [ why is she surprised? ]

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[takeabow]

You must be a favorite if you got your name on the side of one of these things. I'm still waiting for the S.S. Everdeen.

[ she knows better than to expect people she recognizes to recognize her back, but she can't help but fall into slight comfort with Kate. bows before bros ].

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[ladybro]

Trust me -- it gets old fast. Like, three seconds after beaming aboard fast.

[ but, oh well. ]

[takeabow]

For the record, I think it's been that way since before you showed up.

I'm Nova.

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[reconstitution]

You can change ships. Just put in a request.

[ That's it. That's the video. ]

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[ladybro]

That simple, huh? No catch?

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[reconstitution]

None that I'm aware of. It could be different because of the overcrowding, though.

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[huaaaaagh]

Most of the ships are full right now, so fair warning, wherever you go will probably be cramped.

[IT'S BECOMING A PROBLEM]

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[ladybro]

I can handle cramped. [ i think. ] So long as cramped doesn't also share my name.

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[huaaaaagh]

Makes it easy to remember the ship's name, doesn't it?

[Bishop of the Bishop! You'd never forget.]

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[two_jedi_sticks]

[ ....from the other side of the ship. Jaina and tech, honestly. There's a small tool tucked behind her ear as long as she's at it.]

No offense taken. I'd love to do some serious personalization on this thing.

Do you actually have name tags?

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[ladybro]

Hm? [ a beat. ] Not, uh, on me. Per se. It's been a long time since --

[ well, it's been a long time since her mom was even alive. let alone writing her name on shirt tags. ]

It's been a while.

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[two_jedi_sticks]

If it would help, I'll go find a marker.

[Because why not? Have to keep things positive.]

[passingthrough]

Well, now I'm jealous. The SS Pryde would be a great ship name. [But she's not responding because this needed to be said so much as because Rogue got a name drop.]

[ladybro]

Pride, huh? [ the i/y difference isn't properly translated aloud. so kate mistakes the spelling. ] First or last name?

[passingthrough]

[It's tricky that way unless it's being written. One of those names you always have to spell for people if you want them to get it right and even then...]

Last. Goes nicely behind Kitty.