➽ 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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[passingthrough]

We should really demand a refund. [Little smirk.]

[ladybro]

But you just know all we'll get are those stupid flight vouchers.

[passingthrough]

Good point. Guess there's nothing to be done about it. Though they could at least upgrade us to first class.

[ladybro]

Or spring for some complimentary wine.

[passingthrough]

Seems like the least they could do.

So where are you from?

[ladybro]

New York. [ and then after a moment. ] City.

[passingthrough]

Chicago for me. [Admitting there are other parts of New York would be like admitting there are other parts of Illinois.]

[ladybro]

Not too-too far away. Not that I've spent much time there, myself. But I've passed through once or twice.

[passingthrough]

I've spent some time in NYC too, but it's...probably not as hospitable as it is where you're from.

[ladybro]

Didn't have such a great experience, huh?

[ she loves her city. loves it. but she can understand how it might not be so kind to all folks. ]

[passingthrough]

It's the stronghold of a psychopath bent on world domination and mass genocide, so not my favorite.

[ladybro]

[ -- she should honestly not be surprised how often that sorta thing happens. and yet, even so, she can be seen leveling a sorta look at the camera. ]

Sounds like a Wednesday. [ deep breath. exhale. the pieces are starting to fall together: kitty pride/pryde? psychopath strongholds? ] Just please tell me his name isn't Victor. Because I really don't like the idea of Latverian fashion invading the garment district.

[passingthrough]

[Huh. Maybe their worlds are more alike? Or...maybe not. She shakes her head.]

En Sabah Nur. But he goes by Apocalypse.

There's a Victor from Latveria who works with the Human High Council though.

[ladybro]

[ ...well, that's weird. the names are the same(ish) but the details are definitely different. but she's at least a little more certain on who kitty might be. kate's playful facade seems to drop away, and she becomes (all at once) a lot more serious. ]

Human High Council. That sounds -- [ ominous. ] bad. Especially if Doom has anything to do with it. And Apocalypse...

[ a little before her time, she'll grant. but. ] Ok. We should probably iron out some details, here. You and me.

[private]

[passingthrough]

It wasn't good. [More the fact that they needed one than that it existed, though they didn't pull any punches when it came to the X-Men even if they had the same enemy.]

[She sets the line to private and looks at the other woman curiously.]

You've heard of Apocalypse?

[private]

[ladybro]

Kinda tough not to have heard of him. [ which is saying something, 'cause it's not like she rubs elbows with the X-Men all that often. ] I mean, he showed up again after M-Day and...

Kitty. [ bear with her for a moment but: ] Mutant, right? X-Men.

[ except she can't say for certain what's happened to the other woman recently. just -- the way you sorta know a good baseball player's name, and their team, without knowing much else. ]

[private]

[passingthrough]

Both are true.

I don't know what M-Day is, but then I've never lived in a world where Apocalypse left so he could show up again either. [Okay, she has, but only in the sense that it was before she was born and the guy is kind of immortal.]

Who are you? I mean other than Kate Bishop. [Because the name means nothing to her.]

[private]

[ladybro]

[ it's safe to tell kitty, right? not that kate's ever been all that thrifty with her identity. ]

Hawkeye. [ she lifts her chin. proud. ] Ringing any bells?

[private]

[passingthrough]

[There's a pause as she considers the name. It doesn't exactly ring a bell but it might brush past one? A name on an intelligence report for an area she wasn't covering. How likely was she to remember he was a pilot for the Human High Council? Especially when she's trying to place it with a woman. Not likely enough.]

I don't think so. Do you know Namorita? She recognized me too.

[private]

[ladybro]

[ wow. things must be really different, then. because she'd always considered clint's codename to carry some weight with it. and then there's the question of...namorita? oh, the name is familiar enough. kate had watched the same news footage as everyone else. right before the war started... ]

Not really. Not personally. [ namorita is a distant figure. another young hero, but not part of kate's team. instead: ] I'm an Avenger. Sorta.

[ kinda. ]

[private]

[passingthrough]

Like Vision. He's on my ship. [She likes him. His name starts with "the".]

Sorta?

[private]

[ladybro]

[ be cool, kate bishop. ]

The Vision's here? [ a little too hopeful. ]

[private]

[passingthrough]

Yes, he said most of the Avengers are. He only listed two as missing. [Neither of those two was Kate Bishop, sorry.] The one with wings, and I'd probably remember the other guy if I heard his name again.

[private]

[ladybro]

[ -- well, that's news. kate takes a moment to digest. ]

That'd be a long list of Avengers present if only two were missing. [ unless the vision meant only current avengers, in which case... ] Did he say anything about the Young Avengers?

[private]

[passingthrough]

[She shrugs.] I wouldn't know. [She'd never heard of the Avengers. At least she thought she hadn't, but when Kate mentions the Young Avengers it does remind her of something she heard once at the prison.]

Wait, the Young Avengers? Were there mutants on the team?