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Katherine Bishop

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@sriracha

[vdovy]

Kate Bishop, check in please

[purpura]

checking in. glad to see you're in one piece.

you ARE in one piece, right?

@sgr

[altercates]

i'm guessing you're not barton.

[purpura]

omg cap

also no, i'm the better looking hawkeye

🔒un: hap, text

[angelhunter]

Hello again, Kate.

Do you have a moment to talk?

[purpura]

all the time in the world.

@bob — text.

[sensive]

hey kate
sorry i didn’t tell you everything up front
it’s
kind of a lot
but i should have come found you before stephen said it in front of everyone

[purpura]

[ The reply takes a lot of time to come, which is weird, since Kate is a serial texter. ]

hey

it's fine, really. it IS a lot and i guess there was never a good time to dump all of that. i can't imagine the weight of carrying all that inside of you.

i don't know how to feel about learning about it that way (shocker), but what's done is done, right?

we gotta keep moving.

action

[buio]

(It's starting to get cold outside at night now. The sudden reversal of the seasons is fucking Ptolemais up a little, having just come out of winter back home before and now facing a second one; out of everything that has happened to her here so far it touches the bottom of the list of what is unfair but she still feels the sting as she crosses the commune to go meet up for a run with her hands tucked underneath of her armpits. It's like time isn't moving, or nothing is changing. Maybe it doesn't in here.

Anyway. It'll warm up once she gets going.)

Hey, (she says, nodding her chin toward Kate as she approaches.) This was a good call, by the way. (The running. They can't run out of here and away but Ptolemais can pretend that's what they're doing and she's gonna.)

[purpura]

[ Kate waves at her; she looks like absolute shit. 5 minutes after a panic attack kind of shit. Paler than usual, a bit disheveled, but not in the casual, effortless way she usually is; there's a distinct lack of energy in her messiness.

A part of her thinks this was a bad idea, that she should've canceled and just run herself ragged alone, run until she hit the floor and pray for pneumonia or something. But it's too late now, and she has to at least try to not be an ass to Ptolemais ]

Hey. I know, right? Specially after...yeah. Shit day.

[ She's not sure if Ptolemais saw her running away at the accusations. ]

Uh, before we begin, make sure you've warmed up and, um... how do you pronounce your name?

[ Look, she gotta ask. ]

text @renjustren

[ragesagainsttheodds]

[ After the accusations have died down and everyone goes into that strange tense phase of waiting, Ren reflects on what had already happened. And something makes her reach out with a dumb meme first to test the waters. ]



u ok??

this is ren

[purpura]

every fiber of my being wants to say that yes, i'm okay, everything's okay, i feel great.

i feel like shit.

@TRICKY🦊

[endow]

What's it like having not one but two people on your crew turned in?
They are your crew, right? Bob and Yelena

[purpura]

it's horrible!

having to think that two people you hold dear might be unwilling serial killers sucks!

@hap

[angelhunter]

You made the right choice. I know it couldn't have been easy.

[purpura]

i just want this to end

wasn't this place supposed to be all about sex? i'm almost hoping we go back to that.

@sriracha 🔒→

[vdovy]

Hey, Kate
I'm sorry you found out about Bob like that
I thought it would be better if you didn't have another secret to keep right now

🔒 forever

[purpura]

i get that.

and i get that i'm not like you, or bucky, or nat, and that bob has so much more to contend with that i could even begin to imagine. i'm pretty much the boring variety of normal compared to you guys!

so let me help in the ways i can, yelena. i kind of crumble when i feel all useless and easily cast aside.

@wanda

[wundagores]

I found an arrowhead in one of the bodies, and thought you might want to take a look.

[being a hawkeye and all.]

[purpura]

yes, i definitely want to take a look.

where are you? i'll go find you.

@robert.plant

[cholesterol]

Arrow's your poison if you had your pick, right?

[purpura]

my weapon of choice, yeah. i also do throw blades, knives, whatever i can hold, really.

but if i had to choose, yes.

the arrowhead is one forged by the Hunters; i got hold of several of them after i stopped being a tender, with a bow of course.

🔒→

[vdovy]

Kate Bishop,
SHUT UP

[purpura]

i have to know, yelena.

i have to know the details, before someone says or does something stupid and i have no tools to defend myself.

[ And if the evidence is damming... ]

@bob — text. (cw emeto)

[sensive]

everyone is going insane
set thinks it’s WANDA
the vampires are looking at BUCKY
i’m gonna throw up again

[purpura]

bobsicle

embry thinks he knows exactly who killed greer, only that he's been perfectly certain five different times already.

yeko is playing tricks and making me want to strangle her.

and i was THIS close to accuse myself, but gale and astarion got ahead of me.

do you want soup? i've mead literal buckets, i'm just giving soup to everyone that looks like shit.

@buck120 | 🔒➡️

[maoa]

did hap talk to you?

[ she’d seen how kate reacted. ]

[purpura]

we've been talking since we got here.

taking his advice, comparing notes, ideas.

he was cool

likeable

a friend

i trusted him

@barnes.

[restored]

hey, kid
do me a favor tomorrow?
keep an eye on bob
i asked him to stay away, but i know what places like this do to people
i need you to look after him while i'm gone

[purpura]

hey.

don't worry, i've got him.

do me a favour, too? give yelena a big hug; she's too touchy-feely to be stuck in a cage all this time.

@robert.plant

[cholesterol]

Thought I'd let you know I'm bartending at the Hex cult if you're looking to turn my frown upside down on a regular basis.

Surprised we only talked the once last month. Thought you might drag me to that Thanksgiving.

[purpura]

really? that's cool. i might drop unexpectedly, only to see if you have the bartending skills

in my defence i spent the first week or so sleeping and then i slowly worked my way back into society, and also you really know how to make yourself scarce

we still have that shooting thing, don't we?

text ; @doublebluff, after secret santa

[temujackie]

i love my presents. thank you

[purpura]

omg i was SO worried, fortunately i still have the other gifts i wanted to give you

misfire | kool_jewel_08

[mygoodsir]

I cannot stop thinking about that afternoon in the parlour. My darling, you are the most exquisite woman to walk this earth.

[purpura]

holy shit dude, buy her dinner first

@renjustren

[ragesagainsttheodds]

hey so

I know you said you didn't want shit for your birthday or whatever but what if I made you something instead of buying it? Is that cool?

[purpura]

i mainly said that to discourage people that felt they just had to send a gift out of obligation

i'd love anything you give me, and knowing you made it yourself would only make it extra special

text, pretend im not late

[longlegs]

happy birthday kate!!

text un: fianna

[ragesagainsttheodds]

hi
i have ur name in my phone as cupid pew pew
who is this???
this is ren
sorry i was asleep for a month and i forgot some stuff

[purpura]

REN!

YOU'RE UP!!

omg you don't remember me? i'm kate! kate bishop! we totally kissed a bunch!