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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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[ladybro]

As for names, [ she raises her voice over a burst of melodic brass, ] the team also had Vision, Iron Lad, and Patriot. I had nothing to do with those names. Hulkling and Wiccan were part of it too, but...I guess they're fully fledged Avengers now.

[ she might be the teeniest bit jealous. ]

[winn]

Vision as in -- a version of the captain of the Windrose?

[ he knows they're from different realities - but he likes vision. a lot. ]

-- and good job on not picking those names. [ because wow. ]

[ladybro]

So similar to the Windrose's captain that I knew him on sight. [ -- another dead teammate, but she doesn't let her smile falter. ] Not that much else is the same. He and I come from very different worlds.

[winn]

That's gotta be so weird -- I'm so glad I haven't met any twins so far.

[ladybro]

It's the same with Kitty, if I'm honest. [ and she may as well be. ] I mean, I never met her back home -- but I bet Clint has. It's not like anyone involved in the biz doesn't know who Shadowcat is.

[winn]

You got any good stories?

[ all the stories from kitty's world are depressing as hell. he can't ask her of tales of adventure any more than she can ask him for fond family moments. ]

[ladybro]

Of the X-Men? Not really. My one run-in wasn't exactly amicable. [ and kitty wasn't present, regardless. ] Clint would, though. I'll ask him. See if he's willing to spill any beans.

Should've asked Wolverine while he was here. He probably taught her.

[winn]

Yeah. I didn't get to meet him.

[ and as disappointing as that is - it's nothing compared with how heartbroken he is on kitty's behalf, because yes - he taught her. and he was important to her. and she lost him. again. ]

[ladybro]

On the other hand, it might be for the best. [ the song ends; kate's steps slow, and she begins to tug winn back towards the booth. ] Wolverine's an asshole on a good day.

[winn]

[ he follows along ]

I don't buy that. [ kitty wouldn't care about him if he were really an asshole. probably just...rough around the edges. ]

[ladybro]

[ she glances over her shoulder. ] He straight up sliced a crewmate. Wolverine's a good guy, but not the greatest person. Understand?

[winn]

...wait, what?

[ ok, people are different between dimensions, right? (does it make him a bad person that he's now glad he's gone?) ]

[ladybro]

It was provoked, mind you. But still a pretty dire move. [ she sits back down. ] Wolverine's a force onto himself. I've been on the bad-end of his claws, before. Bastard broke two of my favourite bows, back home.

[ technically, it wasn't wolverine. not the one from her universe. but ah well. ]

[winn]

[ he sits down in front of her, not really sure what to say anymore. ]

[ladybro]

Don't get me wrong. The guy's as heroic as they come. [ she signals for a round of fresh drinks. ] But sometimes, heroes can be jerks too.

[winn]

There's a difference between 'jerk' and 'slicing a crewmate'.

[ladybro]

Like I said, he was provoked. She was some kind of pyromancer -- tried to burn him up, but luckily for him Wolverine doesn't hurt so easily.

[ kate's taking neither side in this story. azula legitimately tried to kill the man, but just didn't realize that the man couldn't be killed. not so easily, at least. ]

[winn]

...

[ he's just going to lean his head against the table and long for days where this would have sounded cool first, awful second. ]

[ladybro]

Right? [ kate leans her elbows on the table. ] Wolverine's -- well, he's his own brand of wild. But I'd still be glad for him to have my back when things get well and truly futzed up.

[winn]

This superhero business is a lot simpler back home.

[ there's the good kryptonians - they do good things. there's the bad aliens - they do shitty things. it's such a simpler world when everyone knows their role. ]

[ladybro]

Yeah, the lines can get a little blurred with so many people running around. There's a fair amount of in-fighting.

[winn]

We in-squabble, at worst.

[ladybro]

Iron Man and Cap threw down, once. Everyone took sides. It wasn't pretty. [ ... ] I ended up in jail.

[winn]

The registration conflict, or something else?

[ladybro]

The same. Some of us were actually arrested for doing what we do every day -- being heroes -- only with our masks intact.