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Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: July Planet!
When: The month of July!

[This is another planet mingle since the first one has nearly hit captcha! Feel free to continue threads or start brand new ones!]

July Planet Information

First Mingle Post

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[vagabond_code]

Yeah right.

You ever tried staring at someone's mouth subtly?

[outstandingbalance]

Would you really be surprised if I said yes?

[She deadpans it, gauging his reaction from being a flat humor.]

[vagabond_code]

Actually I was gunna ask for some pointers.

[outstandingbalance]

Might have a few. Are you really the kind for subtlety?

[vagabond_code]

What did you think all this was for?

[He gestures to himself, raises his eyebrows. Again, he doesn't expect he needs to give her many clues. He expects she's already figured him out.

The truth of course is that a lot of what seems clumsy or thoughtless or dense about Clint Barton is actually - well - manufactured. He puts on a persona that invites people to underestimate him, to forget about him, even when he's sitting right there next to them or living in the next room over.

But he knows better than to think he could fool Natasha. Not her. Not any version of her.]

[outstandingbalance]

You call this subtle?

[She raises her brow a little, especially since he can't hear the humor in her voice. She could assume he'd get the joke, but this Clint might not be as used to the abuse as hers.

Seems unlikely.

But it only seems like playing fair.]

Or are you going to tell me you didn't actually end up on the outs with Wanda?

[vagabond_code]

That's a work in progress.

[And one that he can't really afford to fail at.]

All part of the plan.

[Yeah, right.]

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha laughs at that because it does sound a little like Clint. Not precisely, but... he's still recognizable. She's not going to get familiar because of it but, it's still a reminder.]

You'll have to tell me how the plan works out.

[vagabond_code]

I need another drink.

[So he orders one, and another one for her. If she hasn't been drinking at all yet, she'll have to catch up. After downing half of his in short order he turns to her again.]

The Wanda in my world -- we have a history. I don't wanna talk about it really, but it makes things... complicated.

[And that much at least is worth her knowing.]

[outstandingbalance]

My round?

[She appreciates that he's telling her that much; of anyone, she's the last person to push for him to reveal more than that.]

Think we lucked out. From the sound of it, things are a lot more complicated where you come from, and it's more than complicated enough back home.

[vagabond_code]

[Ever died?

Except of course he's not going to say that. He buries the thought in his glass and gestures his approval for her to cover the round.]

Know who else comes from - where you come from?

I'm trying to figure out how many places they're taking us from exactly. Your earth have X-Men?

[outstandingbalance]

[She probably wouldn't answer that, even if he did answer. That feels personal, thank you very much.]

No, no X-men. No mutants at all. [She's had that conversation once already.] Different kinds of enhanced people, though. Some of the same people, but not all o them.

Seems like we have a lot fewer, which probably is where that being less complicated comes from.

[vagabond_code]

Wait - stop - did you say "no mutants"?

[Or did he make a mistake somewhere along the line?]

[outstandingbalance]

That's what I said, yeah. Guess that's a strange on for you.