➽ 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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[ladybro]

-- But not anymore, right?

[ he's talking in the past tense. ]

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[huaaaaagh]

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

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[ladybro]

What did it, in the end?

[ cured you. ]

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[huaaaaagh]

[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.]

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[ladybro]

[ 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. ]

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[huaaaaagh]

[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.

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[ladybro]

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

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[huaaaaagh]

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

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[ladybro]

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.

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[huaaaaagh]

Okay, that sounds like the voice of experience.

alone* sigh

[ladybro]

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

i'm not sure i even noticed

[huaaaaagh]

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.]

[ladybro]

And trailer-sitting. [ kate tries to explain with as few unnecessary details as possible. ] I moved to LA for a while and in order to make ends meet I looked after things for this sweet old couple while they were on vacation.

[huaaaaagh]

[LA, huh.]

Not a bad job, I hear. Pickiness aside. What's LA like? Is it nice to live there?

[ladybro]

Beautiful. And I was right on the beach and -- and the people were decent. Not like New York decent, but a different kind of decent. Some of them, anyway.

[ the rest were d-bags and she barely left that city alive. ]

[huaaaaagh]

Sounds amazing. I've been researching schools in the area back home, so I'm asking everyone I can about it.

[ladybro]

Really? [ she sounds enthused. ] What are you hoping to study?

[huaaaaagh]

Robotics and advanced computer tech- specifically mechatronics. I've been taking courses in my high school, and it's amazing stuff. Research tells me that the US is the place to go for top-tier education in that field.

[ladybro]

That's some heavy stuff. I used to work with a guy who was a robot -- well, android.

[huaaaaagh]

[Well, you're doomed now. You've pinged his favourite thing.]

Android? Seriously!? What was the AI like?

[ladybro]

Top of the line. Apart from the appearance thing, he might as well have been human.

[huaaaaagh]

Oh man... that's so cool. AI is just- amazing. Back home there's a little girl AI living with me, and it's the same with her- when we first met, I had no idea she wasn't a regular human.

[ladybro]

[ but then she can't bring herself to explain how the vision -- that vision, jonas -- is dead.

so kate keeps up the braver face. ] Is that how you got interested in AI?

[huaaaaagh]

[If you want to break hearts, maybe. He's pretty clueless.]

Mostly, yeah. I was more interested in the computer aspect of it- building the system with the most advanced technology, stuff like that. But having Yui around keeps me motivated to learn how to get them to communicate.

[ladybro]

Who made her?