➽ 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.

Comments

[ladybro]

I'm just a little shocked no one's found a way to bust out. Yet.

[takeabow]

I'm not. We're in space. How easy do you think it'd be to get home?

[ladybro]

I figure you just gotta know the right aliens.

[ -- can't be too long before they stumble across some kree, right? ]

[takeabow]

Yeah, well, you can get right on that.

[ that probably sounds a little more flippant than she intends ]

[ladybro]

Trust me. If my cell could get a single bar of reception, I would be getting right on it.

[takeabow]

Well, aside from the shitty cell service, it could be worse.

[ladybro]

Could it?

[ this isn't facetious. she's asking in earnestness -- eager to learn the boundaries of this experience. ]

[takeabow]

No one's seriously tried to kill me yet?

[ completely seriously. yes, that's her bar ]

[ladybro]

Okay. Bonus.

[takeabow]

From where you're from, it probably doesn't seem like much. And the reality tv part is kind of awful, but it's easy to forget about, too.

[ladybro]

No -- both those hazards exist back home. Though it's less reality TV and more...tabloid paps. They're a bitch to dodge.

[takeabow]

"Paps"?

[ladybro]

Paparazzi. Like the Atroma, only even more like cockroaches.

[ that's probably an overstatement. ]

[takeabow]

Oh, yeah. I have to deal with those, too, but we don't call them that. They're the people who make propos and stuff.

[ladybro]

-- Okay, now it's my turn to ask. What's a propo?

[takeabow]

Oh. It's a video or something with a message that the government—or whatever group, really—want people to hear. I think it's short for "propaganda".

[ladybro]

Oh. Oh, I get it.

[ what is she -- some kind of politician? propaganda. death threats. ]

[takeabow]

I agree with the cockroach statement, though, for the most part.

[ladybro]

Gross, right? [ ... ] And so weirdly indestructible.

[takeabow]

And they always manage to crawl out of corners when you least want to see them.

[ladybro]

Mmhm. [ you? you, she likes. ] Oh, well. I guess that's 24/7 reality, here. Has anyone found the cameras yet?

[takeabow]

I mean, not as far as I know, but they're probably everywhere, and they've made us pretty dependent on these communicators.

[ladybro]

Snowden would weep. [ -- oh, wait. different worlds. there's a record-scratch moment while kate gathers her thoughts. ] I wonder if they have any telepaths working for them, too.

[takeabow]

[ that elicits an eyebrow quirk from Katniss— anything that starts with the word "snow" puts her on edge ]

Why do you think that? The telepaths thing.

[ladybro]

It makes sense. If these guys are all about the invasive entertainment, I wouldn't put it past them to have a couple mind-readers working on us as well. Space television probably needs higher stakes just to pull its audience.

[ ... ] Frankly, I'm amazed TV even still exists in space.