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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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[He shakes his head.]

The Avengers themselves were only formed in 2012, in my timeline. To my knowledge, I'm the only one to ever bear the name.

Wow. [ give her a moment, this has actually caused a bit of shock. kate frowns. ] That's a new variation on the theme. Even the Young Avengers have been around for years.

[Marvel: shocking even people who are used to multiple timelines. ~~Just wait till she learns they're a Disney franchise.~~]

It would most certainly explain why some of us are parents in your time, if we've been together that long. Though I'm sorry there have been enough crises to require it.

[ well, now she can't help herself. she's tried not to be nosy but... ]

So. Your Clint. He only became the avenging archer, like, four years ago for your world?

Something like that, yes. He was an agent of SHIELD long beforehand, though, and completed many missions for them.

[ that's...actually a little worrisome in its own right. especially considering what's just taken place back home, and what they're up against. ]

A full on agent, huh? [ ... ] He's more of a contractor. I've tagged along on a few SHIELD missions. They're a drag.

[If it's anything like what had happened with SHIELD in his time, it would be understandable. Yay Nazis?]

He had been, yes. Currently he's on leave celebrating the birth of his third child, a son. [His expression softens. It was a very cute baby picture.] There was something of an internal strife with SHIELD recently and the Avengers now operate separately; we claim Clint as one of our own.

[ HOLD THE PHONE. ]

Clint -- has kids? Three of them? [ who allowed that to happen. ] R-right.

[He laughs very lightly.]

Ah, that was my thought on hearing Wanda had children, actually. Cooper, Lila, and Nathaniel, and his wife is Laura. He wasn't exactly forthcoming about their existence, but it's hardly relevant here.

I mean, I know our Clint was married. Once upon a time. But not to anyone named Laura...

[ -- and certainly not with kids. right? ]

[As far as you know. Anything is possible in the multiverse.]

Yet he was quite obviously still Hawkeye the archer. I wonder where exactly our times diverged? It seems to be rather severe.

It's just, some days I don't exactly trust Clint to look after himself -- let alone a family. But...wow, I guess in an infinite number of possible worlds? There must be at least one Barton with a shred of personal responsibility.

[ she's being harsh. but that's what she does. ]

From what I've heard, Laura is frighteningly competent.

She'd have to be. [ ... ] The Clint that I know all too well is actually a part of the Fleet. Met him, yet?

We've talked a bit, yes. I'd wondered when we started issuing membership cards for the Avengers, but if we've been around as long as I gather it would make a certain amount of sense. There must have been dozens of us over time.

Much more than dozens. Heck, when he was still a spring chicken Clint headed up the West Coast Avengers.

Truly? There's been that much call for our services?

[That's...kind of saddening, in a way.]

I guess...I guess the world always needs heroes.

I suppose that can be true enough. Heroes are symbols, and symbols have power.

We've little enough call for the team here, though, I'm glad to say.

-- Which is why I've ended up as a cook on a ship with none other but Wolverine. Go figure.

[ she just assumes that if the vision knows clint, he must know logan. ]

[He's at least heard of him through Kitty, which is enough to get a smile.]

Well, if you'd like to practice together some time to prepare for just such an eventuality, I'd be more than happy to oblige.

...Really?

[ she knows he's not her vision. that guy died on a mission she was supposed to have been leading. but she can't help but feel a twinge beneath her ribs. ] I think I'd like that.

It would be my pleasure.

There's not much space here on the Windrose, but the moon or the Iskaulit both have ample facilities.

For now, I'm still bowless. But just about anything can be aimed if you're imaginative enough.

[ not to mention hand-to-hand. ]

[And tactics, strategy in general, evaluation of abilities, etc.]

The moon has a great variety of nonlethal weapons for the war games as well, though I've yet to get caught up in any not of my own choosing. [Being able to fly helps with that.] Have you looked to see if there's anything you may be able to use?

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