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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. ]

Comments

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[feathery]

omfg
ok yeah that would be a little traumatizing i dont think alt timeline me was ready for the feathers let alone
i dunno
did you have mandibles

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[ladybro]

Along with six arms.

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[feathery]

six arms doesnt sound so bad
compound eyes might be a different story though

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[ladybro]

I made for a pretty ugly bug, to be honest.

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[feathery]

i think thats an inherent quality of bugginess
no one wants to be a bug i mean how often do you hear about people dressing up as their bugsonas

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[ladybro]

Well, there's Spider-Man.

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[feathery]

he doesnt actually look like a spider though
hes got to at least incorporate some multi jointed limbs or don an exoskeleton for it to start getting weird

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[ladybro]

What about Spider-Woman. She's an empath. That's pretty weird.

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[feathery]

is
empathy a spider trait where youre from?

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[ladybro]

Who knows anymore? There's a couple dozen Spider-people running around these days. Maybe they come from worlds with weirder spiders.

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[feathery]

wait hang on
a couple dozen actual literal spider-people
in like
spandex and shit??

[...]

ok i checked for my surprise and it turns out i forfeited it several years ago so im just gonna shut the lid on the box where it used to be and roll with this
and conclude empathy spiders are definitely well within the threshold of weirdness we keep around here

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[ladybro]

I'm glad we cleared that one up. At least, if Spider-Woman ever shows her face around here, I'll send her in your direction. You can ask her yourself if it comes to that.

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[feathery]

sweet i can continue my trend of saying abysmally awkward shit within the first minute of meeting someone
are you guys friends or something

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[ladybro]

Her ex-boyfriend is my... [ wait, how to describe clint? ] ex-mentor.

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[feathery]

i cant actually tell if thats awkward or not
so are the degrees of separation involved here awkward

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[ladybro]

He's my ex-mentor only because I outgrew him. [ that's kind of the truth? it's kinder than the truth, at least. ] So it's not so awkward. Promise.

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[feathery]

ok
does that make you a superhero too then

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[ladybro]

One of many, sure.

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[feathery]

huh
i guess thats cool
assuming youre into the heroism deal at least itd be kind of awkward if you werent
i dont think ive ever met a superhero before unless they were still keeping their identity on the down low for some reason

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[ladybro]

I guess I just don't have the same incentive for secrecy that some of the others have. And they do have them -- I respect their choice to keep the mask on, I really do.

[ hell, she fought for that right. ]

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[feathery]

yeah honestly being cagey about your identity sounds like a lot of work
its gotta be easier if you dont have to worry about that on the side

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[ladybro]

MUCH easier, it turns out.