12994/Of updates and surprise

Of updates and surprise
Date of Scene:	09 April 2021
Location:	Skye's Brownstone, Greenwich Village
Synopsis:	Skye and Clint discuss plans to take on the Hood
Cast of Characters:	Hawkeye (Barton), Quake

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Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
After a couple days of convalescence - couch rest - Clint Barton is about ready to resume his normal activities. That is, as long as it doesn't imply getting any limb busted again. Sitting on the couch, he places the videogame remote on the coffee table, having just defeated the Big Boss.

Glancing over at Skye, he grins. "So, I missed this meeting at SHIELD the other day. Was there anything interestin'? Cuz frankly, I'd be surprised if there was."

Quake has posed:
Skye moved over and plunked her butt at the opposite end of the couch, seeing as he had won. "Nothing much, really. Gave everybody the low down. Met a few members of various teams. By the way you probably have a physical too." Wait till he sees the doctor! "I talked about the odds that IcedLotus was helping them. They were semi-introduced to my alter ego..sorta. I'm not too sure about that, but it's done. Nothing much interesting."

She shrugged.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Clint smirks at the mention of not much interesting. That was expected, he's glad he could avoid it with a valid excuse, being still recovering. Unless it is a prep-operation meeting, Hawkeye usually has a reason to not attend these boring meetings.

"Physical? That's be the day! Ah!" He grins at that, "Oh, so your alter ego will be rather common knowledge within SHIELD. Hrm. Hopefully it will remain there. Yeah." He shakes his head, not convince that it's a good idea. "IcedLotus. Did you find anything interesting on the sim card I brought you?"

Quake has posed:
Skye made a face at him. "How do you manage to miss just about all of these?" Before she managed to hunker down in a corner and pretend she wasn't there, but she had become something of a curiosity even before being Quake.

She laughs. "Good luck skipping the physical. He's got me at ten-thirty tomorrow." Ugh."And no, I found lots of leads but no positive ones. It's like she's baiting me. It will come, eventually, that I'm sure of."

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
"You should know by now, Keyboard," Clint replies with a smile, using her nickname, "That I /do/ have a great imagination. Excuses are a plenty!" Although the last one wasn't an excuse, but rather a fact, that he could not attend. Hey, at least there's a good side to being wounded.

"Shiiiit, ten-thirty? Where's this guy from, the Marines?" He then nods at the mention of IcedLotus, "We'll get her, yes, in due time."

As he speaks, Clint reaches for his jeans pocket, retriving a very small box.

Quake has posed:
"I know, right??" Skye rolls her eyes. "I'm up around the wee hours of morning checking out the dark web. And he wouldn't even change it. I figure I'll take a nap in our quarters in the Trisk."

She nods with her chin. "What's that?"

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Clint gets that boyish grin of his, as he turns the small box in his large hand for a moment.

"Did I tell ya, before I got hrm... kinda busted, I went on a trip with Thor and Avengers?"

Both having being rather busy lately, and him being wounded, changed the priority in his mind, and he forgot to mention this trip to Skye. But what he didn't forget - or rather, was reminded by the jewellery store notification - is that his special order was ready for pick-up.

And now the small box is passed to Skye, "It's a surprise. And no, before you wonder, it's not chocolate!" He knows how she loves chocolate, but this time he really tried hard to find something different. And boy is it!

Quake has posed:
Skye took the box, which doesn't look so small in her hands. "Should I be afraid?" Still, she opened it up, and was floored. "You remembered. The mountain where I first began to train." Up in the Canadian Rockies. "It's.. beautiful." She lopsidedly grins at him. "What.. how..?"

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Ah, she likes it! It took him /hours/ to find a nice gift for her, something that would have a meaning to her and was not made of chocolate! If it's possible, he's as happy as she is.

"Well yeah, hard to forget these mountains, right?" He then pauses, and adds, "So this trip I was talkin' about, it was in Asgard, /old/ Asgard. We went with Thor to search for somethin'... dunno if he got it. Anyway, I had some free time there and was thinkin'. Hey, this asgardian rock looks nice, so I picked a few. Didn't see any sign forbidding it, so, hey, just don't tell Thor! There, your very special asgardian rock hand-made pendant!"

Quake has posed:
Skye set it down and climbed over him, being careful of his leg. "C'mere Hotshot.." And for the next little while her lips are otherwise engaged..

Eventually though..

"Bet you're relieved at getting back to work. Did you think of any strategy to start getting the Hood out of your neighborhood?" She handed the necklace to Clint and asked him to put in on her.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
And so Clint remains speechless for a moment, enjoying the happy kiss. Wait that this leg gets fixed for good! Ah! Obliging, the archer fastens the necklace around her neck, placing a gentle kiss on her cheek.

"Geez louise," he says, "You look wonderful."

That done, he thinks for a moment. Strategy? "Well, Cap said he would help out, that's basically my strategy. Of course..." he grins, "I wouldn't mind you screwing up their communication system at a strategic time, like say, ten minutes before we hit them."

Quake has posed:
"Oooh old school Skye. Or should I say DarkSky." Skye grins. "Tell me when and where, you can count on me. Anything else?" Not that she has anything against breaking into their communications. "When are you thinking about doing it?"

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
"Yup, good ol' school Skye," he grins at that. If anyone can break any type of communications, Skye is the one. And since it is a local gang, their equipments should not be very sophisticated. Automatic rifles, that they have. Clint noticed!

"I dunno yet, I need to see when Cap is available. The sooner the better, I mean, they are threatenin' the whole block, I gotta stop them for good."

Quake has posed:
"Yeah.." Skye frowns. "They seem to have a snit against you. After all, your leg?" If she had to put her finger on it, somewhere along the line Clint had pissed someone off, and badly. "You're sure that they are a local gang, not breaking out?" They might have been a local group, but something made her stop and think.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Clint thinks about if for a moment, "You might be right," he then says, "They want to control the block, hey, that kind of creeps rarely keep themselves to a couple streets. Dang, I have no name yet, I can't give you any clues to start looking for them around the net."

Quake has posed:
"I'll see. Can't hurt, and you guys look around the neighborhood?" After all they were already snooping, what's a little bit more? Skye snuggled in. "You plan on playing your game.. or..?" With emphasis on the "or".

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
"I already spotted some of their hidouts," Clint replies, "And the neihgbor...."

And that is when Skye snuggled in, and majorly distracted him with her question. And there's the boyish grin again, as he answers.

"Definitely /or/!"