un: Hawkeye| video

[notthatstraight]

[Hello fellow kidnappies. Wow, that really doesn't sound right even in her head.

Anyway, Kate is figuring out the whole network process here and has decided to put it to good use. 2 birds, 1 arrow or something like that.]

I was thinking. They want us to get to know each other better to help with teamwork and all of that. Which is great, teams take work. Lots of work in some cases.

So, I was thinking we could play a game to help facilitate things. And not a game like the whole murdery Bingo deal they gave out before. Let's try Two Truths and a Lie. I'll go first and everyone can jump in if they want. I will even allow for questions before you determine your answer.

One: I'm Hawkeye. [Kate that is quite literally your username] Some people have actually called me the world's greatest archer. [modesty, never heard of her]

Two: I found all this stuff [she points the feed toward a table with a shield, a stuffed Superman plushie, and an opalescent stone, gold shot with red, blue, and violet that is threaded onto a leather cord] and I already know who it belongs to, I'm just waiting to give it back.

Three: One of my teammates at home has baby landshark as a pet. She named him Jeff. He's the team mascot.





[ooc: consider this a free for all and go wild]

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[bad_habit]

[He hadn't really put too much thought into this stupid little media device that they were given when they first got here but there seems to be something going on with it now and when he checks it out because, well, he wasn't doing much of anything else, and he'll find someone suggesting they play another game. How is this his whole entire life lately? Even before he got to this world...
At least he's used to 'playing the game' as it were.]

Ain't you the generous type? Alright I got two for ya; first things first who the hell uses bows and arrows anymore?! What time period are you from?

And second; what is a land shark?

[notthatstraight]

[Uh excuse you. She's kind of offended. Who uses a bow? Only the best heroes ever.]

I do. [Duh.] The other Hawkeye does as well. And it's 2019.

And a land-shark is a shark with legs that can walk on land. They were created by this super-villain named M.O.D.A.K. in an attempt to kill me and my team and cause general havoc.

[bad_habit]

Huh. Time is cyclical. Who the hell knew. [He's been dead a looooong time. And apparently superheroes are bow wielders now? Crazy. Who knew aiming was such a prominent superpower.] The other Hawkeye? So what is this like, a son of superman thing?

[And then she's talking about MODOK and supervillains and sharks on land, which is actually the less weird part about that. But it all seems a little too weird, why would someone just make a whole bunch of shark people to go after one team of young avengers we know why. There has got to be a better way.]

That's gotta be the lie. Who the fuck goes around making shark people? [Says the man spider.]

[notthatstraight]

No, Clint had the name first, but he was dead, and so I took the name. When I learned he was alive again, it's a long story, I tried to give him the name back, but he said the world was big enough for both of us. It is usually unless someone is looking specifically for him, and they get me instead.

[She really hates that.]

M.O.D.A.K. And they aren't shark people but sharks with legs. Kind of like a dog, but really futzing big ones.

[bad_habit]

That happen often?

[Okay that get's a brow raise.]

Are they like legs, legs or robot legs?

[Okay so he probably wasn't supposed to ask this many questions but he's knee deep in it now.]

[notthatstraight]

Which part? Someone looking for Clint and being disappointed to get me? It happens, thankfully it's only happened once or twice where they were looking to kill him.

[At least she knows most of his exes.]

Actual legs. As if they grew there normally.

[bad_habit]

I kinda assumed.

[...]

Like little baby legs? Or like long legs?
Are you bullshitting me?

un: michiho; video

[michiho]

I want the landshark thing to be true sooo badly.

Let's see uhhh.

One: My hair is naturally this color!
Two: I'm an only child
Three: I was involved in several deadly ghost investigations

[She grins broadly] Pretty sure I did this correctly.

[notthatstraight]

The land-shark is absolutely a truth. Jeff is pretty great.

[michiho]

I love that. Is he like, house-trained? Is he pettable? Honestly I just need to know if I can safely pet him without losing my entire arm.

[notthatstraight]

He is house-trained, which is good because he makes enough of a mess as it is. And he loves pets, and hugs, and pizza.

He also only bites the bad guys. It's a house rule.

[michiho]

[Michiho laughs brightly]

Sooo then I guess the 'lie' is that you don't know who that stuff belongs to?

[notthatstraight]

You got it. I know who the shield belongs to, or rather I know a few people it has belonged to, I just have to find the specific one. No clue on the other items, yet.

[michiho]

[She considers the options for a long moment, before she shrugs and shakes her head]

Sorry, I don't know who they'd belong to either. None of it looks familiar.

Have you found any of your stuff yet from someone?

un: fett; video; private

[shabuir]

[ Fett's well-aware of the notes and packages that have been distributed amongst the conscripts as of late: secrets and belongings from home, passed around in a strange game of matching item to owner. It's the secrets that have grated at him more than the objects—he's not a particularly materialistic person and most of the items he values are of tactical value to him rather than sentimental.

The heart-of-fire is one of the rare exceptions to that rule—though, if one asked Fett, he'd say it didn't belong to him at all. ]

The stone is mine. [ There is no face in his own video, just the cold iron stare of his helmet. ] Where are you?

[ He doesn't mean to sound threatening—he's just not very good at sounding anything but. ]

[notthatstraight]

[Kate gets the whole secret identity thing. She's known Spider-Man, both of them, for years and has no idea who they are under the masks.]

Oh, I'm in my room. I can meet you somewhere else, though.

[shabuir]

[ Tersely: ]

I'll meet you outside the apartment building.

[ Indeed, he'll head in that direction immediately after sending the message. He shouldn't be hard to spot at all when he arrives a few minutes later—no one else here has armor like his. ]

text » un: robin

[brat]

Where are you?

[notthatstraight]

Please tell me the plushie doesn't belong to you.

[She's already worried about you, Robin.]

[brat]

It doesn't belong to me.

( but he does know who superman is. )

[notthatstraight]

Good.
Not that there's anything wrong with it, if it did.

Also you now know the lie.

[brat]

I wasn't playing your game.

Where are you?

[notthatstraight]

Doesn't matter.

My room.

[brat]

Very descriptive, thank you.

[notthatstraight]

You didn't ask for a description or the exact location. You asked where I was.

[brat]

Fine.

( give him. . . fifteen, twenty minutes, and if kate is in one of the apartments, she'll spot some brat with a yellow-lined cape right outside her apartment window, idly picking the lock. )

text; un: rrrzrr

[serio]

How'd you manage to find who that stuff belongs to? ( didn't see her put up a post about that on the network. )

[notthatstraight]

I'm a detective.

[serio]

So, what? You can just detect where stuff's at? ( wait. he's confused. just how many drinks has he had? ) I mean, you can detect who the stuff belongs to just by looking at it? ( yeah. now we're talking. ) Sounds like bullshit. ( what? he'll believe that bit about the baby landshark, but not this? eh. after running into arlong and his fish-men, that's completely believable. )

[notthatstraight]

It is the lie, but only because I haven't figured out who a couple of the items belong to yet.

I do recognize the shield and know 3 people it could belong to.

But normally, I figure things out like this. Just look how many people I've got talking to me. You don't have to do things the hard way to get them done.

[serio]

( yes. small wins. he'll drink to that. )

So. World's Greatest Archer, huh? ( interesting. ) That weird doll probably belongs to some kid, right? ( hm. ) Then again, haven't seen too many of those around here.

[notthatstraight]

Some people have called me that.

[Including the original Hawkeye.]

It could, but there are other possibilities as well. It could be a pet toy. It could be a comfort item for someone who has trauma or sensory issues.

[serio]

( considering he can't be apart from his sword... wherever he goes, the wado ichimonji goes and it's a good thing it's here with him too, if this toy is important to someone then hopefully it gets returned to its owner then. )

Looks like if I ever lose something, I'll know who to ask. Good luck with your detective work, Hawkeye.

text | un: barnes

[counterstep]

uh yeah about that shield
I should probably hold onto that...

if you don't mind


also, last I knew, Hawkeye was a middled aged old man who's actually retired back to the farm
and I doubt you're better than him cause you look way younger and way greener
so that's the lie

[notthatstraight]

barnes as in bucky? if so, I mean it is yours depending on what world or time you're from

and I mean Clint's old but I wouldn't say he's middle-aged
you're way off on that one
even he's said I'm better than he is

[counterstep]

( ...what. )

well
not where I'm from
for better or worse

( him? with the shield? that's...very difficult to imagine. but that seems to confirm her guess to be correct. )

hey, he's more middle-aged than you are
but I wouldn't really know the rest since I have no idea who you actually are
no offense.

you know who the shield belongs to, though. unless the lie is that you don't know who all of it belongs to? honestly, I don't know what a landshark really is either, but it sounds ridiculous enough to be real. like bigfoot or aliens.

[notthatstraight]

I'm going to assume different worlds then.

None taken. I still get that a lot at home, even though I've been doing this for a few years now.

Aliens are real. And there's some guy in Canada that goes by Sasquatch. I only had a clue about the shield. It either belonged to Steve, you, or Sam. No idea on the other two.

[counterstep]

yeah

oh ( damn, now he just feels extra bad. )
did you take over for him, then? where you're from

yeah, see? cryptids are probably real too, if you think about it.

I really had the shield? as Cap?

[notthatstraight]

Started out that way. Everyone thought he was dead, so when the Young Avengers formed, Cap gave me his bow and the name. Then he came back, and now we're off and on a team and both use the name.

And yes, it can get confusing.

You did. Costume and all.

[counterstep]

young avengers? how young are we talking here...

confusing sounds like putting it nicely, but then again, I think we're deluding ourselves if we think anything that's happened to our worlds isn't confusing to just about anyone else. super soldiers and super heroes just sounds like a bunch of fiction, and the second you start talking about all the different groups of people separately trying to rule Earth, sometimes at the same time, you've basically got a tangled ball of yarn at that point. and that's not even really including the aliens yet.

seriously? with the stripes and stars and all that? ugh. God, please, never let that happen to me.

[notthatstraight]

Stature was the youngest at 15. Everyone else was 16 or 17 when we grouped up. And no, the Avengers weren't happy about it. Didn't stop us. They eventually realized we were going to do what we wanted and decided to keep an eye on us. Not that we needed it.

Sounds like your version of Earth is just as targeted as mine is. It's all kind of crazy, but that's life.

I think he pulled it off pretty well.

[counterstep]

technically Steve and I were kicking asses together since primary school, so I guess I can't be too mad about that situation... even if Steve was mostly getting his ass kicked, half the time.

yeah, I imagine it'd have to be since you said Young Avengers which means there are Avengers which means SHIELD or some other entity also had the bright idea to start the Avengers initiative which also means bad shit probably happened, like aliens or HYDRA.

it's just hard to picture me going into combat in a spandex Suit. I much prefer tac gear, and I wouldn't be without a gun anyway. where would I even put my gun? or my knives??

[notthatstraight]

there are so many versions of the Avengers, X teams, as well as the Inhumans and Eternals. things had to go down at some point or another.

still used them, just had to use holsters. put your own spin on the name and costume for the time you wore it. did good.

[counterstep]

as is typically the case
that's why I prefer working alone

oh. huh...

( okay, maybe he could dig that. a little. but it does feel wrong. steve entrusted the shield to sam. he shouldn't. steve didn't even want to stick around anymore either, so... )

text | un: barnes | ota

[counterstep]

1. I'm a professional marksman.

2. I have three sisters: Rebecca, Ruth, and Esther.

3. I'm handicapped but no one can tell the difference.

video — un: willa

[infirmiere]

Hawkeye is an excellent code name. My friends and I sadly never had code names which I only realized was truly disappointing when we watched the Incredibles for the first time and my boyfriend told me I'm not allowed to call him Frozone.

[ she tsks, shaking her head as if still disappointed that sylvie didn't see her vision. (he did, she just wasn't allowed to call him that in public because he is a chump for her in private.) ]