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Hi, I'm Kate Bishop, and I'm a superhero. [There's a pause before she goes on.] There's a chance that doesn't mean much to many of you. There may even be some of you questioning the legality of vigilantes, but I'm not the type that goes too far. There's a reason why we kind of prefer "superhero" over "vigilante" anyway. For those of you who do know them, I'm an Avenger. But that's meaningless here. And I'm not really here to ... brag, either.

[Her voice is warm either way. There's a reason why she's here.]

Back home, I've got a like-minded group that tends to go on missions like the ones here. I was hoping to form something like that. It won't be the same, but I've got a couple teammates and not the whole set. We'd do pretty well for ourselves, but we need a couple more helping hands. So that's why I'm here. Well, partly.

[There is a question she has about this whole alternate earth business, but she'll get to it. She really wants a cohesive unit working together, as that seems to be the best way to proceed forward.]

The other goal I'd like for our group is to mobilize and help people in need. I can do this myself, and I'm planning on it, but more hands at the deck might help out. We don't just need this in missions, and from what I've read, we don't know what's gonna come next. I know it's risky to put together a group like this with how people come and go, but I'm prepared to deal with that. Plus, I don't just back down from something. I'm kind of stubborn that way.

If you've already got something like this going and wouldn't mind a few more people, I'd love to chat with you. I'm an archer mostly, but I have other gifts. One member is a ... [a trickster? How does one even sell Loki?] ... well, I'm sure he's good at something. And the final is an alien with advanced knowledge of technology that he might share. He's also got bug DNA and is extremely flexible. [That last bit. She really had to add that last bit.] So let me know.

The other question is: in the annals of this world, have people of Earth found evidence that they existed? Back home, alternate Earths like this usually mean ... alternate versions of us, which can either be a good thing, or a very, very bad thing. I'm thinking bad, considering the state of things. I was just wondering.

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You're an Avenger? [Pause, while he thinks- and comes up short.] ...Which one?

[Look he doesn't know all that many of them well enough to guess who the female archer would be. He's probably never heard of half of them, and he's probably never heard of her. Good thing he's too old to try for hipsterdom.]

Hey, at least you know who they are! [Sort of, from what she can tell.]

I'm Hawkeye. I was gonna slip that in there, but it didn't feel like it had a place. No one cares about codenames when it comes down to it.

Everybody's heard of Earth's mightiest heroes. We pick up some of Earth's transmissions sometimes. And, you know, word gets out of the ass-kicking you guys deliver every time somebody tries to crash the planet.

[He will, for the moment, politely dodge bringing up their giant civil war for the moment.]

But it's nice to meet you, Kate Bishop slash Hawkeye. I'm the Star-Lord, and my name's Peter Qiull. Since you asked about groups and stuff people had got going, I figured I'd speak up to say the Guardians of the Galaxy are around, and we've got a couple of irons in the fire.

I'd ask what it is you guys do, but it seems like you've got that covered with the "Guardians of the Galaxy" bit. [She couldn't resist commenting on it.]

How are you ... guarding it here?

Well, we thought about being the "Asskickers of the Fantastic," but at the end of the day nobody wanted to use any name Rocket actually came up with, so Guardians of the Galaxy just sort of stuck as an acceptable compromise.

[He's not going to be offended by the stupidity of their name, ok.]

Wait a day and I'll lay out the entire plan for everyone to see.

Not enough alliteration in that. Guardians works out great. It's memorable. And you don't need to censor yourself around kids.

[She's an Avenger. She's also a Young Avenger. She's the last person who can judge bad names.]

I'm looking forward to the plan, though.

We don't meet a whole lot of kids out in our line of business, Ms. Bishop. But we've got plenty of people with the maturity of your average five year old to make up for it.

[Rocket suggested a lot worse names, to be honest. And it doesn't matter if they ripped off some future team's name for their team because they have a name and it got Rocket to stop talking about names. Important details.]

Well, plans are my specialty. Especially the ones you have to make up at the last second when plan A, B, and C go up in lots of smoke.

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