➽ VIDEO

[ladybro]

Who: investikate and you!
Broadcast: fleetwide video
Action: the iskaulit or the blameless
When: evening

[ the feed jumps straight to broadcast with kate bishop's face framed in the shot's centre. she must have only recently been below on the poisoned moon because she's still wearing her mask. give her a moment, and she's tugging it down around her neck before removing it completely. ]

Quick and painless interruption. I promise. Couple weeks ago I talked to a guy who didn't even know about the Avengers. So who does? What about the Young Avengers? I've seen a few familiar faces but there's gotta be more of us. Right? [ oh, she sounds hopeful. ] Or maybe you've heard of the Avengers while you were stuck somewhere else before here. I'd love to hear about it.

[ --- kate waits in silence for a moment, before adding: ] Also, I wish the fleet had a dance club. [ ... ] Hawkeye, out.

[ later that evening, she can be found at the classier gin joint on the iskaulit. although she's in a dress and her hair could be accurately described as done, kate sits with a nursed singapore sling and a notepad at her corner of the bar. it looks as though she's reviewing earlier conversations from the network, and is transcribing the occasional note. that said, she seems approachable. whenever someone passes by, she nods a greeting and smiles. doesn't hurt to be polite. ]

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[precedented]

[ He hesitates. He did know the Avengers. Albeit, probably not in the way Kate was expecting. What would she say if she knew that he had known Stature for a while?

Not to mention the can of worms bringing up Loki would be. ]

I know of the Young Avengers.

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[ladybro]

-- You do? [ hey, there's that hopeful tone again. kate gives herself for composure's sake. ] Like, back home?

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[precedented]

[ Again, he pauses. ]

Yes and no. I knew the same ones you do. They were with me in another place called Aather.

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[ladybro]

[ well. kate went through this with nova, so she doesn't bother easing in. head first, she plunges: ] Did you know me?

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[takingkarabusiness]

Avengers? I don't think so...

Are they a sports team?

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[ladybro]

Only if you consider good deeds to be a sport.

[takingkarabusiness]

Probably not, no. What sorts of good deeds do they do?

[ladybro]

That mostly depends on which Avenger you're talking about. Some are happy to help a kitten out of a tree -- others only really get involved for the big cosmic stuff.

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[unbearablynaive]

[Hi Kate, have someone who may or may not look somewhat familiar....]

Good evening. I've most certainly heard of the Avengers, though the Hawkeye I'm familiar with is Clint Barton.

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[ladybro]

[ good god. the colours aren't perfect -- and he looks older, somehow. but there's something unmistakable in the face. perhaps its redness, or the stylized widow's peak. kate's breath catches. ]

-- Jonas? [ she leans in, staring awe-struck. ]

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[unbearablynaive]

[That actually makes him look visibly taken aback. He's had a lot of strange reactions to his appearance, but nobody's ever mistaken him for someone else.]

I'm afraid not, though now you've made me curious who "Jonas" is. I am the Vision.

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[ladybro]

[ surprise gives way to curiousity. and curiousity to sadness -- after all, it doesn't take a genius to decipher what's happened. ]

Jonas is the Vision. The Vision is Jonas. [ kate exhales. ] A -- a version of him, at least. And one I haven't seen in a while.

[ one she still doesn't see now, she understands. and that slices sadness into her heart. ]

Sorry.

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[huaaaaagh]

Something about the name sounds familiar, but I don't have any specifics. Like... a guild, maybe?

[There'd been a lot of nerd guilds back in SAO and beyond. ...Which is redundant, really, since you kind of have to be a nerd to play a VRMMO.]

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[ladybro]

I dunno if I'd call them a guild, but -- [ oh hell why not. ] If there was a guild for saving the world, then sure?

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[huaaaaagh]

Saving the world? That's a pretty lofty goal.

[And yet also vague. Save it from what?]

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[ladybro]

Not just a goal. For a plenty of Avengers, it's their 9-to-5. With overtime.

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[universal_charm]

Is it really that strange that someone wouldn't have heard of these 'Avengers'? Cause I haven't. Considering how many worlds and time lines we all come from, it would be stranger if they had, don't you think?

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[ladybro]

Actually? [ kate doesn't seem to miss a beat. ] We're no strangers to alternative worlds and timelines, back home. And most of them tend to have some version of the team kicking around. Heck -- coming here, I've met people from at least a few more versions thereof. So the question isn't exactly unwarranted.

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[universal_charm]

Even so, if you believe in the infinity of multiverses, the odds of picking out to many that have heard of the 'Avengers' is fantastically small. It's still more probably they haven't heard of you.

But it is interesting that there would be more than a few who have. Maybe Atroma isn't choosing as randomly as I thought...

[intelligently]

A dance club wouldn't be a bad idea.

[ladybro]

Right? Someone ought to tell the bar-owners that it's not all about the sorrow drowning.

[intelligently]

You could always find out if there's another space you could use.

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[reconstitution]

[ Hello, Kate. Someone's still chillin' on the moon. ]

I know of some of them. The others by name, nothing more.

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[ladybro]

[ oh hello, you silver-armed siren you. ]

Which ones do you know?

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[reconstitution]

Captain America. Black Widow. Iron Man.