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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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Wow, and most of the funding comes from just him? That's very generous.

[What a nice guy, right!?]

I mean -- maybe most of it does. I can't say I've ever had a chance to look at their books.

Well, either way, it's pretty cool.

Are you looking for people from the same world, then?

Fixing to. I can't say I've been having too much luck.

The universe is a lot bigger than I thought it was. At this point, I'm surprised when anyone has people from the same world in the fleet.

I've got plenty of those. It's fresh specimens I'd like to find.

Hah... sorry I can't help with that, then. Any reason why, though? Most people go looking for their friends.

And most of mine aren't here. [ -- clint's not even a friend really. what they have transcends friendship. more like partners. ] But I figure even an alternate version of a super smart hero from an alternate version from home is still...a super smart hero. Even if they don't know me.

[ and that's someone she wants on her team. ]

That's fair. Sometimes I'm tempted to do that myself, but starting friendships is not a strength of mine.

[It just sort of happens by accident.]

More of a homebody, huh?

More accurately, a nerd shut-in.

You're speaking in hyperbole, right?

[ it's not the 'nerd' thing that worries her. ]

Well, maybe half. But in general it was self-imposed. I used to be really bad about letting people in.

[Look, he's doing better! He even starts conversations without prompting!]

-- But not anymore, right?

[ he's talking in the past tense. ]

I have been officially cured of my chronic solo behaviour, for better or worse.

What did it, in the end?

[ cured you. ]

[This is becoming weirdly personal, considering how the conversation started. He's not sure what to make of it. He could joke, really, or brush it off. What reason does anyone have to change their nature? Sometimes you just grow up.

Sometimes you wake up.]

....Honestly? I almost died.

[Well, it's not like that's an unusual reason to suddenly rethink your life choices.]

[ well, damn.

beneath that superficial tension through the conversation, kate can understand. at least -- she can empathize with how trauma ushers in change. but her personal experience in such matters is a secret kept between herself, her therapist, and jessica jones of all people.

kate clears her throat. ]

...Then I'm glad you didn't.

[ die. smooth oper-kate-er. ]

[She gets a quiet little laugh out of him for it, so there's that.]

Yeah, me too. Life lesson, right? No matter how strong someone is, sooner or later, everyone needs help.

Right. Me? I'm fond of teamwork. Being stronger working together. Helping each other.

Plus the company. It can get kind of lonely, working solo.

Exactly -- if you're not careful, you'll end up working all lone but for a cat whose waaay too picky about what food he eats. Blue label only.

Okay, that sounds like the voice of experience.

The very wise and qualified voice of experience. The cat was kind of a bastard.

I've never had a cat, but I've heard they can be bastards about anything. Were you pet-sitting?

[It's hard to imagine another circumstance that would mean working for a cat.]

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alone* sigh

i'm not sure i even noticed