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WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, CLINT BARTON. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 008.01.023.11 * HAWKEYE has joined 008.01.023.11 <hawkeye> this is clint barton, please leave a message. <hawkeye>** if you need something fixed in your apartment please just knock on my door or something, it's faster.

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[The super? What? Like--oh, superintendent. Duh.]

oh, sure. yeah, i'm the superintendent. it's a nice place, got a pizza shop, casino, and best of all, you don't have to pay rent. utilities are surprisingly good for a no-rent place, but if you ever need something repaired, just say the word and i'll send people.

what's the name to put down?

[Crap. She hadn't prepped a backstory for this!]

Marley. Marley Blinn.

Gee, that sure does sound nice! Is there like, furniture? What's parking like?

[Good thing she hadn't run into this guy while she was living there- Harley only moved out of the 38-8s herself in like, September.]

You've been here awhile, right? In Ryslig. What's it like? How do you, you know, cope? Is it, uh-is it rude to ask what kind of monster you are? I know there are different types.

[Marley....Blinn.....at least they seem friendly?]

um, furniture is kind of minimalist but you're free to decorate more as you like. we have street parking, because i don't actually know if any monsters here own cars.

oh, well, i've only been here since september, but i've been here a few months, yeah. i'm...a werewolf. uh. more of a dog than a wolf, but that's fine. it could be worse. i mean, it's definitely one of the nicer alternative universes i've seen. and that's with all of the people-eating and stuff.

Oh wow, yeah, that's a lot. Can I ask what it's like? Like do you *feel* you know, doggy? Do you suddenly devlop strong feeling about squeaky chew toys and rawhide bones?

[She's actually kind of curious on this one. Harley's a sim; most of the folks she knows aren't the transforming kind. Except her boss the were-bear, but you can't ask your boss if they have a sudden craving for pots of honey and picnic baskets.

(Harley knows a lot more about dogs than she does bears.)]

Wait- you've been in OTHER alternate universes? Like this is a thing that happens to you on the reg?? Seriously, how do you cope? Hobbies? Meditation? Medi*cation*?

hey, now, we're getting into personal territory here. you can't just ask a guy if he feels dog-ish.

...but, yeah, sometimes. i'm getting a handle on it, though.

[He is not.]

the universe thing doesn't happen, uh, regularly. at most, once or twice. but it's a thing that definitely happens. kind of like a tsunami or another natural disaster. i'm not usually the guy who's sent to deal with it, but i tend to get swept up in it....

mostly i just pursue hobbies to get my mind off stuff. i do a lot of archery in my spare time?

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry! I don't mean to pry- just, you know, being a regular normal average boring human girl who just got here, I'm just curious. The pamphlets they give out are, uh- not exactly illuminating.

Ooh, archery! That's so cool! I had a friend back home who was into that- She had this crossbow that folded up all cool and tiny? And then she could whip it out and it would snap open and go PING! WHOOSH! And bam, arrow right through

[Crap part two; she's supposed to be Marley, not herself!]

An apple! On someone's head! Pin it back into the wall! She did it at parties, she's a REALLY good shot.

So uh- kind of like that?

yeah, i know. must be exciting.

[Lucky for Harley, Clint doesn't know anything about her, and thus would probably not be able to draw any sort of conclusion from this.]

oh, man. that sounds really cool! and, uh, also kind of dangerous, but also cool. the most dangerous party trick i ever try is usually shattering a glass bottle with a thrown nickle.

but, yeah, i mostly do longbow archery. sometimes if i'm feeling like it, i'll use a compound bow, but longbow is the go-to. if you ever wanna learn, i can show you the ropes.

That would actually be super cool??? I prefer more blunt force trauma type weapons, but I'm pretty good with a gun- but I ain't never got to shoot a bow before. What's the difference between a longbow and a compound? There's special gloves you're supposed to wear, right? Is it true girls have to be, you know, especially careful with the bow string?

[This is Harley wracking her brain for any knowledge about archery, and mostly coming up with bad fantasy movies.]

um, no, that's not true at all. i wasn't even aware that was a myth? you've gotta be careful with the bow string regardless because that's 50 odd pounds of weight skimming by your nose and whatever other unfortunate bits of skin you've left in its path. the glove and extra stuff is just so you can get a better grip and guard against getting burned by the string.

compound bows use a pulley system to make it easier to draw them back--less effort and easier to keep drawn. but also, they're much harder to maintain than longbows. and they're pricier. longbow'll probably be perfectly fine for whatever you want to use it for.

Well, if you've never even heard of a tit getting caught in a bowstring, must a myth. That's good to know; and it sounds cool as hell. I totally want to try it.

[Harley's halfway through an invitation to trade lessons before she remembers. She can't very well show up at his door; Marley's still a human.]

But uh, I'm pretty busy at the mo, got a lot of boring human stuff to do while I still can, you know how it is. I've got some friends who offered me a place to stay, but if that falls through, I'll totally come a-knockin!

You got like an office at the apartment building? Just running things out of your place?

[Hm.....]

i don't, um, think so? at least, i was in the process of cleaning the office, but then i got sidetracked....

but i live on the 2nd floor. apartment 204. you can just buzz in and ask to be let in, introduce yourself, etc. hope things work out for you.

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