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[outstandingbalance]

Who: Natasha Romanoff + you?
Broadcast: Fleetwide, text
Action: upon request
When: now

[If Natasha thought she escaped the rumors, she's going to be disabused of the notion. The notes start appearing here and there—short and anonymous. Things like:]

Natasha has a cat named Boris.

Natasha Romanoff once killed a man in Vegas just to watch him die.

Romanoff has been lying about about her age.

[And—]

Nataasha is a lingerie model.

[That last one, it seems, comes with some evidence. Sponsor drop? Either way, a few files seem to have been uploaded to support the case.

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She shouldn't be surprised those came back to haunt her, should she? The real question is if anyone will dare to comment on them.]

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[ video ]

[revengeofthemordsith]

[ Well. ]

Did you lose your actual clothes?

[ video ]

[outstandingbalance]

[Well.]

You could put it that way. There was a situation.

Re: [ video ]

[revengeofthemordsith]

. . . Someone stole your clothes in an attempt to weaken you?

[ Makes perfect sense. ]

[outstandingbalance]

More like I took off some clothes to seem weaker to someone who'd fall for that kind of a thing.

[Is it one hundred percent accurate? Not exactly. But as spin goes, it's close enough.]

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[noprophecies]

i dont know what lingerie is but goodness, these are pretty

[wrong reaction? Probably]

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[outstandingbalance]

Thank you. I think.

[Is there a right reaction? That remains to be seen.]

Most of them look better than they feel.

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[noprophecies]

it looks that way. they look as though they would be quite cold

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[mucked]

[ well, that's unfortunate. ]

I now see where you acquired your good taste in all things...supportive, I suppose.

[ judicious and careful. ]

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[outstandingbalance]

It was for one of my covers.

[Peggy would understand that answer, Natasha is sure. Since they're already private, she doesn't play quite so coy.]

Though I'd like to say I just have good taste in things.

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[mucked]

I thought as much. Lord knows I've worn all sorts for the mission. Even so, it's bad luck to have it put on display. So to speak.

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[uprightness]

Where are you.

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[outstandingbalance]

Vanquish. My room.

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[uprightness]

Can I come over?

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[reconstitution]

I like the long hair.

Looks like none of us are safe from the rumor mill. At least they had the decency not to dig too deeply?

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[outstandingbalance]

[She's not surprised he's the one who says that, and she can't help but agree. It could have been a lot worse.]

Hopefully it stops there.

Both the digging, and the dragging people in.

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[reconstitution]

Bet you another round of dinner that it doesn't end there.

Never does for us.

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[searingedgelord]

Do you get asked about being cold a lot?

[Velvet doesn't care much about lingerie or modeling or the Atroma's idea of entertainment, but she's bored enough to wonder if she's the only one who gets that question thrown at her.]

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[outstandingbalance]

When I dress like that, you mean?

[Which isn't exactly how she normally goes out.]

Depends on the weather. But someone did bring it up.

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[searingedgelord]

People seem to worry a lot about that sort of thing.

[At least in her experience.]

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[universal_charm]

I don't know if I am surprised or disappointed in the name 'Boris'.

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[outstandingbalance]

Really? You think if I had a cat, I would name it Boris? Now I'm disappointed.

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[universal_charm]

That's both the surprising and disappointing part! I mean - even if it's a rumor, surely there's something more interesting to come up with than 'Boris'.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Hey, Natasha. This might not be a good time—if it's not a good time just ignore me. But I wanted to talk to you about... stuff. And by talk, mostly I mean apologize.

But if there's too much going on right now, don't worry about it.

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[outstandingbalance]

No. [There's a bare hesitation before Natasha responses, not the kind that would indicate a lie, but the kind that says she's distracted by something she'd just as soon not pay attention to.] No, I promise. There is nothing important going on here.

You don't need to apologize to me, though.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Right well.

I want to apologize? I didn't really handle that whole situation with grace.