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[vagabond_code]

Who: Clint Barton, Kate Bishop and Lucky (and you too)
Broadcast: Video from Clint's room aboard the First Breath.
Action: First Breath.
When: Now.

Hi everyone, this is Lucky. Say "hi" Lucky.

[There's a dog in Clint's room. Some sort of beat-up mutt of a golden lab. The dog's left eye is completely missing and he moves a little unevenly, either as a result of old-age or because of another unseen injury. He's a happy dog though, despite it all.]

No?

[Lucky looks up at Clint and tilts his head quizzically. He gives a quiet ruff, but in all likelihood he doesn't know where he's supposed to be looking. Clint tilts his own head the opposite way.]

He's gunna be on the First Breath some days, and on the Blameless other days, so don't be surprised if you see him around. You can pet him if you want, but not if you're wearing a tracksuit. Just, fair warning. Oh, and he doesn't like clowns.

[These might be unnecessary precautions - Lucky isn't averse to clowns or tracksuits themselves exactly, but the last thing they need is someone getting bit. So... ]

He's a good dog. Likes pizza, don't you? Likes everything, but especially pizza.

[The dog is distracted by a low whistle. The camera follows Lucky as his ears perk and he picks himself up to lope enthusiastically over to Kate Bishop. She's sitting on the edge of a footlocker at the end of Clint's bed. She sets aside a mug of coffee in order to give Lucky an affectionate scratchy head-rub.

Clint watches, mock-defeated.]

[ooc: some replies may be coming from Kate!]

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[takingkarabusiness]

[ THERE IS A DOG. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT ]

Who's a good dog!!

[ that baby voice is not for you, Clint, or you, Kate. Kara loses all dignity around cute(?) animals ]

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[vagabond_code]

[Lucky's attention to Clint had been wavering, but that cheery celebration grabs his focus immediately. And now that there's a face on the screen! He approaches the image of Kara with barely disguised caution, but his tail is stirring into a wag.]

Go on, it's alright.

[Clint says.]

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[takingkarabusiness]

Yes you're a good dog!! You are!!

[ she smiles sheepishly at the camera and switches to a normal voice ]

I just can't help myself.

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[vagabond_code]

I don't think he minds.

[The dog's caution toward the screen has turned to reserved curiosity. He sits down to watch it like a television.]

He comes from a big apartment building. Lots of neighbors. He's used to it.

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[tallasaking]

[Both of Tyrion's eyebrows raise - he has nothing against dogs - but ... ah ... ]

Clint? Where precisely is he going to defecate?

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[vagabond_code]

[That's not a bad point actually. But...]

We manage okay. Lucky will too.

[And he's not above cleaning up after the dog himself.]

I'll stay on top of it.

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[tallasaking]

Yes, because of this marvel invention called a toilet, which I am grateful for every day.

[He arches an eyebrow, but it is Clint. If he says he'll do something, he'll do something.]

Well. If you need anything for him, let me know.

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[vagabond_code]

You could probably do a water-bowl pretty quickly right? One of those metal ones? And another one for food.

[A shrug.]

I can put food and water in whatever, but people on the ship might not be happy if I used stuff they were gunna eat out of.

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[ladybro]

Fun fact: in the modern world, responsible pet owners even pick up their dogs' business when it happens outdoors.

All we need are little plastic baggies.

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[tallasaking]

Well, that is a delight.

I am not sure what the responsible parties do for the smell ... but you are going to tell me, yes?

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[ladybro]

You do realize the ship's trash systems are functionally autonomous, right? It's all jettisoned, presumably. The crap won't pile up. Literally.

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[beathach]

He likes pizza? Really?

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[vagabond_code]

Seriously. Like I buy extra because he'll actually steal slices from the box.

[Which Clint lets him do, of course, because for God's sake it's a dog who eats pizza. That's every human's kryptonite. If he used his powers for evil, Lucky would be up there with Magneto.]

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[beathach]

He steals them, huh.

[he sounds DOUBTFUL are you sure you don't just give him all of them, Clint, because who wouldn't, look at that dog]

Watch out though, when you bring him here he's likely to be spoiled.

[because like half the Blameless are going to be excited about a dog]

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[vagabond_code]

Then I guess I'm gunna be the takes-him-for-walks-guy, and everyone else is gunna be the gives-him-treats-guy.

[As if he wasn't going to get treats from Mr. Barton. Lucky had saved Clint's life, after all, and Clint was still making up for it.]

Gotta walk off all those treats.

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

"Lucky?" With you and Kate as his owners, I would have expected something more... well, creative.

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[vagabond_code]

Something like "Arrow"?

[Please hate that name, Wanda, for the love of all that's..]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

Something like that. "Quiver" could work too, I suppose. You are both "Hawkeye," so why not a "Hawk-dog?"

[Did she just make a joke? A pun, in fact?! Yes. Yes, she did, and now she's trying very hard not to laugh at her own bit.]

[vagabond_code]

Not gunna lie. Might have called him Hawk-dog a handful of times.

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[passingthrough]

This is really going to cut into my tracksuit-wearing clown style choices. [Don't mind her. She secretly wants to pet the doggie.]

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[vagabond_code]

You laugh, but I'm getting sorta worried about the jump-suits. They give of track-suit vibes, right? They're tracksuitesque.

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[passingthrough]

Sure. So, why does he have a problem with tracksuits? And what will he do if he sees one?

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[outstandingbalance]

Tracksuits and clowns, huh? Sounds like there's a story there.

[Natasha attention goes from Clint to Kate, lingering on the dog long enough to take in his worn state and the fact that it doesn't seem to be bothering him much.]

You just get him?

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[vagabond_code]

From the tree. Kate and me, we went together.

[It doesn't make a lot of sense to him, mechanically.]

He's from back home.

[outstandingbalance]

[That's because it doesn't make a lot of sense, mechanically.

But Natasha is familiar with the concept, so she accepts it.]

I guess it's a good thing they added a dog park then.