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driftfleet2016-04-22 09:36 am
vagabond_code) wrote in driftfleet2016-04-22 09:36 am
◉ Video + Action
Who: Clint "Hawkeye" Barton and alls a' yous
Broadcast: Fleet-wide
Action?: First Breath if you wanna.
Where: Casa de Barton aboard the SS First Breath
When: Now
[The camera of Clint's communicator device flicks on, and it stares for a few seconds at some high, dull grey corner of a room. By mistake? It's dusty up there, dingy you might even say, but it sets the tone pretty perfectly because although the claustrophobic angle widens when he begins to pan the camera around, the dinge does not receed. It's his room, but, it could be anyone's room. No single foot of it declares 'Clint Barton'. It barely declares 'human habitation'. He owns a bed, and there are things lurking under it. One corner of the room is where the duffle bag lives... and that's it for home decor. So actually, as it turns out, he's showing the fleet a three-sixty degree view of his dismal quarters on purpose. He sets the device on his bed and angles it toward himself, where he sits on the floor a few feet away.]
Hey.
[How to start with this? Seriously.]
Okay, I need your help. Does anyone think maybe there's a way to make this place look like it isn't a prison cell? What kind of person lives in a place that looks like this? Seriously I ask you. Maybe a rug over there, or I could put some paintings up. I could get one of those elephants that you point at the door.
A vase?
[That's literally all of his ideas. He's gesturing non-noncommittally over his shoulder, even, so it's not like he's got plans for where to put these things even if he had them.]
...Mood lighting...
[He'd heard that somewhere one time.]
And I know there are some new people, so just, fair warning - I need to see your mouth. My ears aren't working right. It's a hassle but whatever. So, ideas?
Broadcast: Fleet-wide
Action?: First Breath if you wanna.
Where: Casa de Barton aboard the SS First Breath
When: Now
[The camera of Clint's communicator device flicks on, and it stares for a few seconds at some high, dull grey corner of a room. By mistake? It's dusty up there, dingy you might even say, but it sets the tone pretty perfectly because although the claustrophobic angle widens when he begins to pan the camera around, the dinge does not receed. It's his room, but, it could be anyone's room. No single foot of it declares 'Clint Barton'. It barely declares 'human habitation'. He owns a bed, and there are things lurking under it. One corner of the room is where the duffle bag lives... and that's it for home decor. So actually, as it turns out, he's showing the fleet a three-sixty degree view of his dismal quarters on purpose. He sets the device on his bed and angles it toward himself, where he sits on the floor a few feet away.]
Hey.
[How to start with this? Seriously.]
Okay, I need your help. Does anyone think maybe there's a way to make this place look like it isn't a prison cell? What kind of person lives in a place that looks like this? Seriously I ask you. Maybe a rug over there, or I could put some paintings up. I could get one of those elephants that you point at the door.
A vase?
[That's literally all of his ideas. He's gesturing non-noncommittally over his shoulder, even, so it's not like he's got plans for where to put these things even if he had them.]
...Mood lighting...
[He'd heard that somewhere one time.]
And I know there are some new people, so just, fair warning - I need to see your mouth. My ears aren't working right. It's a hassle but whatever. So, ideas?
Re: [ video ]
[ Do you want hippie Charles to decorate your room, bro. ]
[ video ]
[No he's not joking.]
Re: [ video ]
Well . . . trinkets help. Perhaps any souvenirs that catch your eye. Drapes, rugs . . . a few lamps, probably?
[ video ]
[Were they universal? Did different planets have different power outlets? Who knew.]
Do you have lamps? How does that work?
Re: [ video ]
[ Save the scientific material Charles intends to study in a lab. ]
Well, I imagine there are special lamps with an energy source implanted in them.
[ It doesn't seem to be a stretch considering they're in space. ]
[ video ]
[Then he'd have to stock up on batteries because what if he ran out and couldn't find any more? Perpetual darkness, that's what. And where would he keep the batteries? In a battery drawer? So now he'd have to buy a battery drawer. It would become a whole thing, he could see it now.]
Re: [ video ]
[ He's seen some examples around. ]
[ video ]
[He'll keep his eye out. And, maybe he'll sneak a look into other people's rooms. It's not creepy if it's research.]
Have you not been here long? It's just, not many belongings, you said.
[Clint assumes. There was a word that he didn't make out a few seconds ago, but he's pretty sure he caught the rest.]
Re: [ video ]
[ video ]
[It sounded better than, 'go shopping'. More manful.]
Re: [ video ]
I wouldn't mind doing that.
[ video ]
[Honestly he'd kind of expected a soft 'no'.]
I have some credits hanging around if you're -- you know.
[Poor. Clint was actually trying to save up and buy himself a bow, but that was tough when he kept giving his money away.]
Re: [ video ]
[ He pauses, realizing his lapse of manners. ]
I realized I haven't introduced myself. Charles Xavier.
[ video ]
[No, seriously, is it? Clint had always just kind of assumed Xavier had been born bald and late-middle-aged. He kind of just assumed everyone knew that.]
Re: [ video ]
. . . The last time I checked, yes. Why?
[ video ]
[Clint watched for any sign of recognition on the guy's face. Surprise, warmth, anger, anything.]
Re: [ video ]
Should I know you?
[ video ]
[Was it even worth trying to obfuscate any of this? The guy was probably reading his mind this very second. Probably already had. So he probably already knew all this. God damnit.]
Where I come from you're the leader of the X-men, and some of your X-men are Avengers. I'm an Avenger. Nice haircut by the way.
Re: [ video ]
I had no idea. I thought the X-Men and the Avengers were quite separate. It's nice to know we don't have a monopoly on ridiculous names.
[ video ]
[Because if not, it's quite possible Clint's world can lay claim to that particular monopoly.]
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[ video ]
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