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Who: kate bishop + you!!
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: blameless
When: today
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[ every joint pops when kate bishop wakes up. for the first half hour, all she does is stay in her bunk and stare at the ceiling. what the futz just happened? she wrestles with the ringing ache in her head -- trying to pinpoint the last thing she remembers. was it winn's birthday party? was it venice beach? was it both? with a groan, she at long last sits up. gropes for her communications device.

and realizes just how long she's been out. futz and futz and futz again. ]

Hey, fleet. [ she sounds groggy. and (to those who know her) more than a little under the weather. her dark hair is piled up in a messy bun. she looks...tired. ] Ever have a week-long hangover before? Because what a shitty ability that would be. I've been out since New Year's. What'd I miss?

[ kate doesn't even change out of her pjs. she rolls into the blameless's kitchen and begins to rattle around the cupboards. she wants water -- actually, she wants coffee. but she doesn't have the patience even for the stove-top espresso maker. the feed catches all of it: her expression of dismay as she adjusts back to what a space-kitchen has to offer; her disgruntled yawn; the moment when she collects herself before sitting down and addressing the feed once again. ]

One more thing, actually. What do you do when you feel like you know too much?

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I'd take you on a food tour of National City.

[ it is a pretty thought. there have been too many goodbyes lately. he doesn't want to lose kate. ]

All the best trucks, gastro-pups, and diners your fair city has to offer?

And cafes, and restaurants. We're eclectic.

-- So where's the best coffee?

[ casual-like. she wants to slough away some of her problems. maybe that can start to happen if she reinvests herself in her friends: their worlds; their lives; their truths. forget her own for a little while. ]

Depends what kinda coffee you like. If you're looking for coffee drinks, there's a cafe around the block from Kara's that's pretty great. If you're looking for espresso, there's this place by the beach - I live on it before deadlines and on new game releases.

I'm not that picky. The stronger and the bitterer the better, though. Espresso works -- as long as they're willing to serve like three or four portions in one cup. [ frankly, she's used to street cart coffee.

or whatever the hell clint makes. ]

The beach, definitely. Trust me, you don't need four portions of that thing, and this is coming from a fellow addict.

You underestimate just how much of my body is, in fact, now caffeine. [ ... ] The inevitable day I need some kinda blood transfusion? They're gotta hafta cut it with french roast.

So basically, use mine.

You telling me you'd donate blood to the Kate Cause, Schott? [ sweet, though not unexpected. joke or no. ]

Well, assuming the parts that aren't caffeine are compatible.

[ he's a regular donor in allen's blood drives. ]

Either way, let's hope it doesn't come to it. Fingers-futzing-crossed.

Anytime you want full body armor, just say the word.

[ no really he will stop at nothing to keep her safe. ]

And go stomping around like some kinda Iron Man? [ actually... ] Iron Man's a girl, now. That's kinda cool.

...are we talking sex-change, or new generation?

New generation. Some fourteen year old mega-genius.

...what does everyone have against childhoods.

I dunno, man. I met her. She seemed real voluntary about the whole thing. [ and far be it from kate to tell anyone to pack it in if they have the abilities, the armor, or the wherewithal.

except she was a little rude to riri when they first met. whoops. ]

Of course, what 14 year old doesn't want to Superhero.

Hey. I can't defend or condemn the girl. Or her life-choices. I only met her the once -- and things were a little too tense to start dissecting why we do what we do.

Aren't they always.

Fair point. [ ... ] California's quieter, though. Fewer capes.

Sorry I'm unfamiliar with this 'quiet' you speak of - [ not his california. ]

-- Quiet enough that I'm spending more time as a private investigator than I am as Hawkeye.

[ SORTA. ] I'll take it.

Sounds like another win for the west coast.

[ he smiles, and he can't deny that he's kinda happy about it. he worries about all his superfriends, and this one only has her super baddassery and super will power to keep her safe. ]

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