video & action »

[ladybro]

Who: Kate Bishop and YOU.
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: Aboard the Blameless, as well as in Málum aboard the Iskaulit.
When: Today.

So I know I'm not the only one here who can boast both some experience and frustration with alternate worlds, dimensions, timelines, so on and futzing so forth. [ kate hits the network like she hits the ground: running. no hello, no hi, no how-do-you-do. ]

But, uh, I figured it might be good to gather some intel from people outside my little social circle. Personally, I've counted no fewer than six different versions of home. Including mine, but not including any other generally Earth-based worlds. I'm talking we had mutual acquaintances in common, but details were...different. Shout out to anyone who can identify me a seventh. It's like Pokemon at this point: gotta learn'em all.

What about the rest of you? Are other worlds a thing where you're from? A fact of life? Or are they pretty much the stuff of sci-fi -- culty, but soon to be a blockbuster reboot on a big screen near you?

Hawkeye, out.

[ -- and with that, she kicks back and waits to discuss the existential can-o-worms she just opened. part of it is almost masochistic, because she knows how little she doesn't want to learn about yet another world where the avengers exist, but she doesn't.

to take her mind off things, kate heads for her shift at málum over on the iskaulit. but something's...off, tonight. usually a paragon of coordination and balance, she's been breaking a lot of glasses tonight. futz, that's gonna come out of her pay. it puts her in a foul mood, so patrons can expect a bit of petulant surliness with their drinks. ]

Comments

[spacebro]

[How do you judge futzing though?] Extra slippery glasses? [It hasn't felt slippery to him.]

[ladybro]

More like an extra glitchy augment. [ a huff. ] In the immortal words of one Mike Myers, I've lost my mojo.

[spacebro]

I'm starting to think they need better technology. [More sarcastic than naive here, but he does follow it up with...] Was Mike Myers a leader of your world?

[ladybro]

A leader of bad box office comedies, maybe.

[spacebro]

[He just nods to that.] I'm guessing this is not your favorite glitch. [He sees some Kara in her and doubts she likes not having more control.]

[ladybro]

I got one thing, y'know? [ she sighs and slumps onto a bar stool, propping her chin up in her palm. ] I never miss. I don't fumble. At least, not when it counts.

[spacebro]

[He frowns at that.] Kate, I haven't known you very long, but I can already see you have many things. You were a good friend to me when I really needed one without ever needing to be fumble free. You're smart, beautiful, funny, kind, and in a few days you'll have the rest back too.

[ladybro]

Oh, Mon-El. [ a crinkle of her nose and a rueful smile. it's easy for her to reach out and give his wrist a gentle, grateful squeeze. ] That's really sweet of you to say. And you're right -- I'm pretty awesome.

[ but beautiful and funny and kind doesn't win battles, and she'll never be smart like the real clever-clogs heroes even if she's no slouch in the library. when it comes to being hawkeye, and a valid candidate for the avengers team, she needs to hit her marks. otherwise she's just another gorgeous socialite with daddy issues. ]

But it's hard to be Hawkeye if your aim's off.

[spacebro]

Well, if a Hawkeye thing comes up before it's over call me. [He smiles.] And then I'll call Kara. Until then, you'll just have to be awesome Kate.

This does seem like a great time to challenge you to a game of darts though.

[ladybro]

Oh, Hell no. Nice try, though.

[spacebro]

[He laughs.] It can wait. Do shots still count if they accidentally go through the target?

[ladybro]

As long as you can locate the hole it made when it did? Sure thing.

[spacebro]

It's probably leave a dart-sized hole.

[ladybro]

I mean -- as considerations go, I'd expect this one to hypothetical. Unless you're planning to Hulk out on the game.

[spacebro]

[He smiles.] I did something like that early on when I was learning to control my powers. I still have my off moments. [But so does Kara.]

[ladybro]

Man, at least I don't have to deal with that. [ an odd way to be cheered, but hey. ] I've got a friend who used to grow, like, giant when she got upset. Before she had her powers under control.

[spacebro]

[He'll take what he can get in the cheering department.] So, extra awkward if she's indoors?

[ladybro]

Sure was. At least until she joined the team and we helped her out.

[spacebro]

Teams are helpful for making things easier. It's hard to do everything alone. Especially hard to do the right things that way.

[ladybro]

Mmhm. Teams keep you in check. They're the people you're supposed to touch base with when things get out of hand -- they'll help.

[ and that's exactly what clint failed to do. it's still eating at her. ]

[spacebro]

Are you feeling teamless now?

[ladybro]

I guess I am -- that is, I am running solo. Back home. It's just me and my job.

[ far away from the heroes she used to know. ]

[spacebro]

[Now you're just a hero that I used to know.]

Why did you go solo?

[ladybro]

A lot of bogus shit went down in New York -- a lot of conflict, a lot of damage. And before that, my old team started to go their separate ways. Don't get me wrong; we stay in contact with each other. But it's more back-to-back snapchats than back-to-back fights.

[spacebro]

[He nods, thinking it might be related to some of the things she told him before too.] Do you miss having a team or do you like it on your own?