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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

[westcoasts]

( HAHAHAHA. )

yeah, but how long could that've taken? 2 minutes?

[notthatstraight]

we couldn't say what our drink was
or offer direct clues

[westcoasts]

oh, yeah, i figured that.
i also just figured you sans coffee was a clue enough in itself.

[notthatstraight]

it was for one guy
the other one I did it with was also suffering coffee withdrawl
took us a good while to work it out

[mostdangerousbird]

Pre-coffee Tim is not responsible for his own actions.

[westcoasts]

( OH this makes it even better. )

hi, tim.
it's lovely to meet you.
name's clint.
hawkeye and i work together.

[mostdangerousbird]

Hi Clint. I’d gathered as much.

[westcoasts]

"nice to meet you too, clint."

but i just wanted to make that part clear.
we work TOgether. she doesn't work for me or whatever misconception you have about hawkeye + hawkeye.
now, i don't really care what it is you kids get up to, if you're from some equivalent of the young avengers or if you're just a kid who's had to grow up too fast.
i was being serious when i said that as long as there's no reason to intervene, the adults from our - kate's - world won't. we've been there, done that, and kate's more than proved herself.
shame your world isn't on the same page, but that's not my problem.
could be, in the sense that i'm not really interested in adults hassling kids for having their own space. been there and done that a few times.
but try being less defensive.
no-one's going to take you seriously with that as your go-to.

[mostdangerousbird]

Nice to meet you too, Clint.

You haven’t left me anything else to say. If I argue the incorrect assumptions, then I’m just being defensive.

Bye, Clint.

[westcoasts]

( A LITTLE LATER— )

kate.

if those are the children you're offering to harbor, we need to have a conversation.

( clint 2 clint like oh is this how everyone felt when i fucked off to take charge of the thunderbolts?? )

[notthatstraight]

now you see the issue
I don't want to be *that* adult
they already do this at home
they need support here
and I really think the one needs to chill out

[Does she need to actually name Robin?]

[westcoasts]

( yeah, he sees the issue. )

did we ever talk about the t-bolts?

[notthatstraight]

not really

[westcoasts]

it was a while ago.

( as in, "it was a while ago" so that's probably why as opposed to clint's habitual aversion of talking about precisely anything on a deep level unless he absolutely has to. )

i know you know the ya weren't the first time kids decided to run around with a few powers and weapons and see if they could make a difference.
( like, god, clint was maybe twenty. )
t-bolts weren't really any different, but with the added bonus of coming off the back of a stint as villains.
moonstone was a little older, and atlas, but there was a couple of kids.
actually had to convince them to stay in school.
( clint "stay in school, kids!!" barton. )
didn't help all of them, but it helped for a while.

( or — he gets it. )

bit of a jump from the wca, katie-kate.

[notthatstraight]

I had Gwenpoole and Kid Omega on the wca
I think I can deal with anything after that
but I don't plan on doing things 100% on my own
need to see what we have first then divide up things

[westcoasts]

one of them just threatened to shoot me over a conversation.
that didn't happen with gwen OR quentin.

[notthatstraight]

he's a little intense

[westcoasts]

you'll notice that, at no point, did i disagree.

but he's also a kid, so it comes with the territory.

[notthatstraight]

true
feels like he's trying to prove himself, but I'm not sure just who to

[westcoasts]

he knows that other kid, right? the one he offered to shoot me for.

( "i did a lot as a kid under the guise of proving myself to my shitheel dad / barney / swordsman / trickshot" — clint. )

unless he did mean to offer to shoot me for you.
which is insulting to the both of us.
you could shoot me your damn self.

( ... )

not that it even needs to be someone here, depending on what he's got going on back home.

[notthatstraight]

sounds like it
they may have had a run in here
and I think he did mean to make the offer to me
kind of sweet

[westcoasts]

with personalities like that? color me shocked.

adorable.
but still insulting, hawkeye.

[notthatstraight]

different worlds hawkeye
he doesn't know who we are
yet

[westcoasts]

fine, you can be uninsulted.
i'll be insulted on both our behalfs.

and you've been here a month, katie.

[notthatstraight]

unlike some I need more time to make a reputation for myself