➽ 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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[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.

[takeabow]

I'm amazed at a lot of things about space. Like being in it, honestly.

[ladybro]

It's mostly terrestrial where you come from, huh?

[takeabow]

Yeah. If there is space travel, someone like me wouldn't know about it.

[ladybro]

Someone like you?

[takeabow]

I'm from a poor area. They don't really like to tell us much.

[ladybro]

[ well, that puts a wrench in her theories. ]

I dunno. Those propaganda things, right? If your scientists had managed space travel, that would have been a huge headline. You'd know.

[takeabow]

Only if it gave the Capitol more control over us. They're not really big on promoting optimism or journeys into the unknown.

[ she's bitter, and there's a lot of story here, but she's trying to be restrained. ]

[ladybro]

[ wow. bleak.

kate hedges her way to another subject: ] Oh, well. You're the one in space now. They can go suck eggs.

[takeabow]

[ that's kind of an unexpected response, so it makes her laugh ]

Suck eggs. That's a new one.

[ladybro]

[ or a very old one.

but kate smiles. ] Keep it. My gift to you.

[takeabow]

So generous for someone you just met.

So... you're on the Bishop? Of course you are. You just said.

I'm on the First Breath.

[ladybro]

-- See? That's a decent name. Very vernal. Hopeful. New Beginnings-y.

[takeabow]

Weird, if you ask me, but I'll take it.

[ladybro]

Silver linings, right?