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[ladybro]

Who: Kate Bishop + YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Iskaulit
When: Yesterday evening.

Want to play a game? [ kate's surroundings are, quite evidently, a lush little corner of málum. the neon-y blue tinge of the bar's decor casts its colour over her features. there's a tall, impressively concocted cocktail at her elbow. ] I mean, I know I do. So here's how it goes: you tell me anywhere you'd rather be but here, with the caveat that it can't just be a home. I think it's safe to say that home is a very understandable answer, but it's also a little too achingly realistic for my purposes. So pick somewhere else. Pick Ibiza. Pick Iceland, if you want.

Well, unless Iceland is your home. Then please refer to rule numero uno. It also happens to be the game's only rule. [ short and sweet, that's our katerade.

and maybe about an hour (and maybe another drink) later: ] ...Does anyone wanna come dance with me?

[ swipe right, dear flooters. swipe right. ]

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[winn]

Right...so what did the - Kree nanobots and bug DNA do?

[ ... ]

Should we be having this conversation in person?

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[ladybro]

Would you rather? I mean -- it's not that sensitive of a subject for me. His genetics had nothing to do with why we broke up. [ ...or did it? damn, this is an angle she'd never considered before.

hmm. ]

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[winn]

The Cyber Securist in me wants to say 'yes' -

[ even as the hater of shuttles in him wants to say no. ]

- besides, I could use a drink.

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[ladybro]

That's right. You're the one who helped Cap with his network flub, weren't you? [ indulgent. ]

Come find me at the bar. The nice one.

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[winn]

That's me - tech support to the stars! Or - superheroes.

[ a position he'd be proud of if that tiny edit hadn't taken him way too long, and was only possible after months of work and the use of an uploading code that wasn't entirely his own. it's so humiliating, he should be able to do that in his sleep. ]

Be right there.

[ right ends up taking him a little while because while he's trying and improving with the shuttles - getting on and off them still requires talking himself into it/giving himself time to recover. he smiles and waves when he spots her, and grabs himself a scotch on the way to joining her. ]

Hi again. Any luck with the dance partners?

[ladybro]

-- Nah. [ a waggle of her fingers as she greets him. ] I thought I had one cinched but he chickened out at the last minute. Ugh, my kingdom for a SoHo dance club with plenty to pick from.

[ she jokes about it -- honestly, as much as she wants to dance -- it's not a huge loss. ]

[winn]

Seriously? Wow, every day, another proof we're in the twilight zone.

[ people should be fighting over the chance to get to dance with kate, way he sees it. she's beautiful and awesome. he grabs the seat in front of her and takes a sip of his drink before putting it down. ]

If you still wanna when we're done talking, I'll dance with you. [ he very much doubts he's anywhere near what she was after - but he can move to the beat and not step on toes, so he may as well offer. ]

[ladybro]

[ kate's grateful -- and she smiles -- even though (in truth) she came here to be ever-so-slightly on the prowl. but what she might admit to kara, she wouldn't so readily admit to winn. how do one night stands even work in such a small, tight-knit fleet? how can she signal to other singles that she's ready to mingle?

but winn's a sweetie. and she'll accept his platonic dance offer with grace. ]

I'd love to. Gotta burn off the booze somehow.

[winn]

[ it's a good instinct there - he wouldn't really let it go after the way she responded to his having a sex life here. ]

It's the responsible thing to do before shuttling.

[ he nods. ]

[ladybro]

[ it's your fault, winn. you put that bee in her bonnet and she's been rotating the thought over since. ]

And -- hey, you can't talk about exes without a stiff drink at hand. At least, I know I can't.

[winn]

[ so whoever she ends up with owes him a drink is what you're saying. ]

I think it's required by law. [ raising his drink and nodding slightly ]

[ladybro]

[ except her taste in partners is notoriously iffy so good luck with that. kate takes a loooong sip. ]

Full disclosure, I'm not an expert on the Kree.

[winn]

[ oh kate. ]

Expert's a relative term. Next to me, you're world class.

[ladybro]

I guess I did date a Kree warrior. [ ... ] And technically speaking, my team does have a guy who's half-Kree. But -- [ kate shrugs. ] To talk about the Kree, I probably have to also talk about the Skrulls.

[winn]

[ he puts his drink down, leans his elbows on the table, and rest his chin on one hand; she has his undivided attention. ]

Yes talk about the Skrulls - [ he can't help himself, this is a subject that's near and dear to his heart. ]

[ladybro]

They don't like each other. The Kree and Skrulls. Like, we're talking galactic warfare. Earth got caught up in it. Wasn't pretty. So the Kree got pretty damn good at fighting -- and at modifying their warriors to that end. Hence, Noh-Varr.

[ ... ] That's the ex. Noh-Varr.

[winn]

So were the Kree trying to protect earth, is that how you met?

[ladybro]

Not -- ah, quite. Not quite. Earth was more like collateral damage to both races. Extra turf to fight over. Noh wasn't exactly one of the good guys when we first met but...things change. He broke apart from his Kree unit and worked with my team.

[winn]

[ her stories always sound like the epics he loves to read, watch, and play. it's so weird that for her - they're real life. ]

So you actually managed to beat back two invading alien armies? [ so much reverence in his voice and face. kate you're such a badass! and her team, yeah, but she's doing all of this with a bow and arrow and she's his friend so he's going to go ahead and fanboy her. ] Man - the Avengers are awesome - [ he can't really stay focused on which story he wants to hear because everything she says raises a hundred other questions and stories and he could just listen to her talk forever. ]

Are they both technologically superior? Do they have superpowers?

[ladybro]

Actually? The Kree-Skrull war was mostly...before my time. But I bet Clint would have some stories. He was on those front lines. [ -- but his admiration is still nice, all the same.

she shifts topics: ] The Skrulls can shape-shift. It leads to some interesting problems.

[winn]

[ mental note to try and get him to tell him some! because alien battles. ]

Shape-shift as in turn into all kinds of huge monsters or as in disguise themselves as part of the team and infiltrate your ranks?

[ladybro]

The latter. [ she lets that sink in for a moment. ] For a while, there was a legitimate threat of skrulls having infiltrated all sorts of teams and organizations.

[winn]

...damn.

[ that's the worst kind of shape shifitng, it brings their first conversation back to mind - his fear of his own evil twin. not being able to trust that the person next to you is who you think it is...that is a really easy way to go crazy. ]

How'd you deal with it? Or -- they -- how'd they deal with it?

[ladybro]

Pass-phrases. Questions that only the real person would know the answer to. [ she thinks about the rumours she's heard about clint and his ex-wife, and how she was one of the ones kidnapped and replaced by the skrull. ]

[winn]

What if they were already switched when the pass-phrases were settled on though...

[ that would be his fear in a situation like this. he shakes his head, clearly it worked out for them - ]

So the Skrull can shapeshift, and the Kree are genetically modified -- to do what?