1st Flight - text

[swissarmybow]

[Alright, so Hawkeye may, in fact, have spent some time going through the device and getting familiar with it, and he may have read up on the situation at hand, but he's not one to run in without a plan. Well, not into all-out war, anyway. He may also have noticed some familiar people in the archives.

Unobtrusive, he stands in a corner of the banquet hall, sending out a short message:]

I heard there's some things that need shooting. My kind of welcome.

Comments

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[kneecaptain]

He's not you.

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[swissarmybow]

He's not me, but that's me.

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[kneecaptain]

Okay. Did you ever think about changing it? Maybe wearing a ninja outfit, calling yourself Ronin?

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[swissarmybow]

Why would I do that? I'm the best at what I do, and I might as well keep doing it.

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[kneecaptain]

I dunno, but see, you're not him.

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[swissarmybow]

Right. But I'm Hawkeye.

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[kneecaptain]

And that's why I don't like the alternate universe crap.

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[swissarmybow]

So does this happen often?

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[kneecaptain]

Mostly just here.

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[swissarmybow]

You just sound like an old, tired vet of the situation.

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[kneecaptain]

[He laughs at that. Genuinely amused.]

This stuff is above my pay grade.

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[swissarmybow]

Yeah, I'm thinking it's a little above mine. I was thinking that about aliens before, too.

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[kneecaptain]

This is above my pay grade, but you're still not gonna out-weird me.

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[swissarmybow]

I kinda want to hear why.

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[kneecaptain]

Maybe that's classified.

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[swissarmybow]

Fair enough.

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[kneecaptain]

Really, though. I dunno what you want me to say. I've been professionally stupid since I was sixteen.

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[swissarmybow]

Professionally? That's a hell of a statement. What do you do that makes you stupid?

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[kneecaptain]

I said I was in the army, didn't I? [ See he makes jokes. ]

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[swissarmybow]

[Fffft okay that was funny.]

Early recruit.

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[kneecaptain]

I was fifteen, when I enlisted, if you wanna get technical. [ He didn't get the sidekick gig until sixteen, though. ]

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[swissarmybow]

I waited 'til my twenties to get stupid. Haven't regretted a day.

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[kneecaptain]

Yeah?

[Mentally filing this under: things real Clint Barton wouldn't do. ]

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[swissarmybow]

[Excuse you, real is relative.]

SHIELD conscript. If you've even heard of SHIELD.

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[kneecaptain]

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Yeah, me and Fury go way back.