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Accidental Video

Who: Everyone
Broadcast: Fleetwide, accidental video
Action: Goldstone
When: Nowish

[Strange things have been going on recently. You may have noticed notes appearing on your bookmarks or in your cookies that aren't even fortune cookies or written out in the dust on your desk—you should really clean that. They include:

"Mon-El and Kara are cousins."

"Kara dyes her hair."

"Mon-El glitterbombs his enemies."

"Kara is, like, really old."

But it hasn't kept the couple from being extremely cute with each other. His communicator kicks on for what can only be Atroma-related reasons as they walk hand-in-hand into the Goldstone's cargo bay.]

So, Princess Bride again tonight?

As you wish!! I mean, we could branch out, but you really can't top it for quality.

[He laughs.] Seventh time is the charm? Or are we on sixth? [He leans in, ready to kiss her when something catches his eye—a crate with his name on it.] What’s that?

How should I know? It has your name on it. Do you have a secret admirer now?

Maybe. I am a very good bartender. [Smiling as he walks over to it and without so much as a crowbar, he flips it open easily despite it being obviously nailed shut. Reaching in he pulls up a handful of condoms. He doesn’t notice the note.]

[Kara laughs. Not like a ha-ha-funny laugh but she's really taken off guard.] Um. Well that's… useful? I guess? How good a bartender are you?

If I’m this good I need a raise.

[Kara raises her eyebrows and notices something distinctly not-condom-like fall from the crate and goes to pick it up]

What’s that?

[She takes a moment to read it for herself before reading it aloud with a skeptical voice] "Mon-El and Natasha had sex."

[Mon-El’s eyes widen, but before he can reply the video cuts out. You’ll have to call in for the details.]

(OOC: Part of the Rumors event. | Mon-El | Kara | Both will respond and also possibly Natasha.)

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He doesn't think I'm lying -- he's, he's in so much god-damned denial that he thinks our timelines split. Alterna-events. [ a puff of her cheeks. ] Not that I blame him, I mean...

[ kate glances at kara. she offers a shake of her head. ] You came here to lean on me. I shouldn't be unloading this crap on you. Not tonight.

Come here.

[ YOU'RE GONNA GET A KARA HUG, KATE ]

Just because I have dumb stuff going on doesn't mean that your stuff doesn't need space, too.

[ jackpot, kara hugs! ]

Are you sure? 'Cause if I start talking about it, I don't know if I'm gonna be able to stop.

If I say "Mon-El" one more time I'm going to explode.

[ ALRIGHT, KARA. you asked for it... ]

Just a few months ago, back home? Clint -- he killed a guy. [ a puff of a sigh. kate rubs the heel of her palm into an eye. ] Not just any guy. One of the good guys.

What? How did that happen?

That's the million dollar question. Once he got taken into custody, I didn't even have the chance to talk to him about it -- he never called, he never reached out, he never said anything. But he didn't deny it, either. The court case dominated the news networks.

[ Kate's... kate. how did she not find a way into his holding cell and interrogate him about it. that seems like a reasonable thing to do ]

What do you think of the situation?

[ this is what she gets for sending deadpool in to do a job she should have done herself -- and he didn't even manage to convince clint to break out. ]

I think the proof is irrefutable. But the technicalities of the case means he was acquitted all the same. [ ... ] Clint won't listen to me, of course. As Avengers go, he's the real hardliner about us not killing. Not ever.

I mean, obviously I'm sympathetic to that. It's important to me, too. But... there has to be some kind of explanation.

His defense was that the victim asked him to do it. Sure enough, there was a video diary from the guy corroborating that story.

You don't seem satisfied.

Oh, he did it. I even believe his reasons why. I just -- this story would be a lot easier to explain if you knew who the Hulk was.

Is there a short version?

Think Jekyll and Hyde.

[ she counts plot points off on her fingers. ] Bruce Banner's a scientist -- brilliant, of course. Messes around with gamma radiation and so when he's angry he turns into this giant unbeatable green dude. The Hulk. I mean unbeatable. Hitting him just makes him stronger.

But he's one of the good guys?

It's complicated. Think of him like a -- like a bull in a china shop. Only this past year, Banner's had the transformation under control.

Do you believe he really meant the video?

He must've. The request came with a special arrow -- none of the usual ones would've come close to taking down the Hulk. This was a green bullet, of sorts. Custom designed by Doctor Banner to take himself out. He provided it to Clint; he's the only one who could have made it.

[ ... ] And in his testimony, Clint says he knew he had to use it 'cause he saw a green flash in Banner's eyes. I know how good Clint's eyesight is. If he says he saw it? He saw it.

Doesn't change the fact that the kill was premeditated. He went there, that day, with that arrow in his quiver.

It's... It sounds complicated. And devastating.

I am very strictly no-kill. There has to be a better way. But... I've also been changed before. Everything kind about me was suppressed and everything unkind was brought forward. I hurt my friends. I broke Alex's arm. If that happened again and I really wanted to do damage?

I'm just saying... I kind of also get Dr. Banner's motivation.

Totally. Banner lived with a burden I don't even want to try and imagine. But why'd he ask Clint, of all people? And why did Clint agree? [ ... ] As long as he's still months and months behind me, I'll never get those answers.

[ she squeezes kate's arm ]

It's really hard. I'm so sorry.

Here or home. It's the same kind of hard. [ she shrugs, but only after she leans into kara's touch. ] It's part of why I left New York.

Wanted to reinvent yourself out west?

Reinvent. Rejuvenate. Rediscover. You know, all the buzzwords.

[ plus, find her dad. ]

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