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[notthatstraight]

so new people showing
hi everyone! I'm Kate, or Hawkeye
there's a lot of younger people in the mix as well
before the adults get involved and start poo pooing the idea of *kids* saving the world
I'm sure mine isn't the only one that's been saved by the younger gen a time or two

anyway
I've found a building here that is basically mine from home
my home
it's marked as Bishop Publishing

any teens or 20 somethings need a place to hangout
it's open
there's several games, an archery range, gym, and a lot of other things that can be used to either train or just relax

[address of building here]

feel free to join us
it's all good

Comments

[mostdangerousbird]

I said charm. I'm not going to publicly lay claim to "charming".

I took high school physics. Does that count?

Did you meet anyone particularly artsy? Somebody with a really strong mind's eye. They'd have to be able to think of it like it's real.

[equivo]

And humble! You're a real triple threat.

It's what I'm counting for myself, so I'd say yes.

I haven't exactly been asking. Another thing to add to the 'getting to know you' checklist. Or we could wait for a world saving freehand painting competition.

[equivo]

Not necessarily. Maybe board game jail is normal where I'm from. It's not, but you can't rule that out being true somewhere.

There's different and there's different. It's not the big things, like powers vs no powers. It's more the ways people think. Different moral values, and so on.

[mostdangerousbird]

Am I missing something?

[ Why all the flattery? It’s so much. ]

If Aurora is reading this, please no painting competitions. I want my world to live.

[equivo]

Are you? It sounds like you've got it all.

I'm messing with you, FYI.

[ He can hand out a dollop of mercy, from time to time. Especially if it prevents him from being misconstrued as a genuine suck up. ]

At least you've got world-doomingly bad art skills to humanize you.

[wannasmash]

Really? Thank you so much Kate-san!

[ Watch out, there may be a gift of healthy(ish) snacks left in return anyways! ]

...Combination publishing and training building? That's unusual for a Hero agency.

[ She gave an alias, therefore it must be a Hero name, like his own! Surely! And Pro Heroes have agencies if they're successful enough. ]

[mostdangerousbird]

Great, mess with someone else. And come on, I’m humanized. What am I supposed to do? Start every conversation on this thing like a social media bio?

[equivo]

Why not? We're supposed to be advocating for ourselves. Might as well be putting your best foot forward at all times.

I'll start. Krouse, 18, Wisconsin, USA, Earth. I like long walks on the beach, playing games that aren't bullshit, and speculative conversations about how fucked we all are.

[mostdangerousbird]

What Aurora hates the beach?

Then we’re both doomed, because I’m from Jersey. My name’s Tim, I’m 17, and I like arcades, skateboarding, and artichoke on pizza. Think that’ll get me in good with the powers that be?

[thetombkeeper]

I haven't played many modern games either so it could be that.

Yes, the whole "your having to defend your world" thing shows that particular difference quite well. Especially with us not knowing what the powers that be consider good and bad.

[plangona]

it better otherwise that'll be really disappointing.

@vdova ; text

[waytodie]

Kate...
Bishop Publishing...
Are you saying you are Kate Bishop?

[Suspicious. She looks nothing like her.]

[ontologically]

[It's so idealistic. An ugly part of Amy thinks back to all the times she prayed her power would just one day disappear, leave her relieved of the incredible burden forever. It's easy to forget about the millions of kids around the world who looked at her - looked at Victoria - and wanted to be just like them.]

It's a nice sentiment. But there's a pretty big difference between helping people and fighting a fifty foot tall city destroying Kaiju. I guess you must just have to do a lot of training or something.

[Shouldn't everyone do what they can to help others? Shouldn't they rejoice in all that they can grant others? It's a sentiment that she can understand. Something that she desperately wanted to believe in. And it's a sentiment that shattered her with all her good intentions.]

It's admirable. Just not really done in my world. Capes are best for fighting other capes, generally, with some aid from the non powered employees and leadership of the various hero agencies - but there's a very clear divide. Having said that I was never really a combatant. Just the girl they came to when they were missing half their body or something.

[She feels a twang of unexpected bitterness and resentment as she describes them. They threw her in a meat grinder for what amounted to a lie, after all.]

[notthatstraight]

it wouldn't surprise me that depending on how things end
they make us forget everything
can't have us trying to save our worlds on our on at home

for all we know she may be lying about that
or they have no control over the things that show up

you'll either love it or hate it

[notthatstraight]

that's my name

[Excuse you, she looks 100% like Kate Bishop.]

me silently hoping no one from mario ever shows up so i don't need to retcon this conversation

[counterstep]

that's exactly what I'm thinking
which just annoys me more

for all we know, our universes might not even be in jeopardy right now
or are facing a separate threat
so we've got a real bag of worms in any case, being stuck here

hm
well what kind of video games do you have?
I don't know much about them except for the one with the guy in a red hat that goes in the green tubes
cause my birthday is also Mario Day

lol

[notthatstraight]

there are a few fps, some post-apocalyptic survival games with and without zombies, a couple of fighting games and Mario cart

[counterstep]

what kind do you play the most? the ones you play by yourself? or stuff with friends?

[notthatstraight]

I prefer to play with others
makes it more fun

[notthatstraight]

I would never tell someone when to annoy another

[waytodie]

The same Kate Bishop from New York, with the pizza dog?

[notthatstraight]

due to the multiverse being a thing
I should say I'm a Kate Bishop from New York who just happens to share ownership of Lucky the pizza dog

[counterstep]

I'll try something like that, then

if I catch you while you're there
cause I don't really know anyone else and I don't know how to use the game machines either

[waytodie]

You believe them, then? About all the worlds and things?

[She’ll get back to trying to prove you aren’t Kate Bishop in a second. This takes priority for a second.]

[notthatstraight]

whether I believe the battle of the worlds is real or not
I know the multiverse is real
this isn't my first jump between dimensions