13284/Training for the next Ops

Training for the next Ops
Date of Scene:	15 May 2021
Location:	Sporting Courts, The Triskelion
Synopsis:	Red tape and training don't mix
Cast of Characters:	Hawkeye (Barton), Quake, Phobos, Detective Chimp

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Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Late in the afternoon, most of the agents and SHIELD crew leave the Triskalion to return home, or get ready for a night assigment. Which is the perfect time Clint choses to train, the sporting courts being relatively quiet - way quieter than in the early hours of the day anyway.

Today, Hawkeye had an extra equipment installed for his training session: asymetric bars! Because, yeah, for him, bow practice on his two feet is like watching TV on the couch. Clad in his action/ops outfit, Clint starts with some warming up routine, executing a few loops around the upper bar, switching to the lower one to return on the higher one, and turning around. This is done a couple times, before he jumps on his feet by the apparatus, to get his bow and archery equipment. Now that he's warmed up - and did some showing off as he noticed Skye coming in - Clint is ready for the real training.

Quake has posed:
Skye was a night person. But today she came in early for her archery practice for exactly the reason Clint did: nobody around, and quiet. She has to laugh as she sees him. "Well, well. Are you skipping the scheduled times too?"

She began to take her bow, Merida, and the quiver of arrows, and she began to get ready. Stringing her bow, she asked, "That's neat. New course?" Of course she meant the bars.

Phobos has posed:
    Certain sections of SHIELD maintain that around the clock watch, the transition from one shift to the next to the next often is the source of a good measure of chaos when one portion of the team hands off responsibility to another. There is procedure for it, of course, but sometimes an errant wrench is thrown into the works which ends up in a cascading series of failures...
    Which leads to a level 1 agent roaming the hallways with a clipboard tucked under his arm. Not in the heavier armor of the Tactical Response Team, instead today Agent Aaron is wearing just he black combat harness and gear that comes with the standard around about SHIELD wear.
    He'd walked down the hall, opening doors and peering inside, further on down. Until eventually he heard the faint sound of commotion, perhaps the tell-tale sound of a bowstring's twang.
    After a moment or two, Agent Aaron emerges through the door and pauses there, lifting his eyes upwards and around, espying the two agents. After a little bit of time he'll clear his throat to announce his presence.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
"Naw," Clint replies to Skye, as he grabs his bow. "I need more challenging training, is all." As he speaks, he grabs the remote which brings the targets to life, sliding out of the walls randomly, at various distance. "You're good, but I doubt you can mix acrobatics with archery just yet. And," he chuckles at that, "I doubt I'd let you try, best to keep you in one piece."

Then Alex clears his throat, and Clint looks over at the agent. Ah, everything about the guy screams RED TAPE and heck, if Hawkeye will help anyone with paperwork. His thumb pointing towards Alex, he grins at Skye, "Client for you!"

Quake has posed:
"Excuse me, ahem. You wouldn't let me try?" Skye was caught between laughter and 'oh no he didn't'. "I'm a big girl. Besides, I'm taking time to destress, not train. Or else we'd be having another conversation.. Did you hear about the joint mission between the X'men and SHIELD, well the Avengers too."

She noticed the *ahem* but did not turn. Really she usually could identify persons by their heart beats. Sometimes even who. "Hey, coming in or out?" She finished putting her string on.

Phobos has posed:
    The blond SHIELD agent does have that look to him. It's the look that says, 'Message for you, sir!' in all but language. Yet he does keep to his place there near the door, content to wait as he looks between one and the other. His attention is then directed towards Skye even when she doesn't look in his direction, though he nods to her just the same, "Ma'am."
    Perhaps to be a little formal considering they're in mixed company and he's on the clock.
    "Coming in, but had a few things. One for yourself, one for Agent Barton." Which is when the dreaded clipboard is produced, this one with actual paper instead of electronic records curiously enough.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
All jokes about training on the uneven bar while shooting at the targets are left behind, as Clint shakes his head. Mission with the X-Geeks, SHIELD and the Avengers? "Naw, wassup with that? I'm assigned to something else for the next days, so wasn't given the memo. Must be big if all the big ones are in."

Oh, the eyes. Hawkeye has such a way of rolling his eyes, as if to say /Get the... out of here/. Since he has his bow in hand, and had just adjusted the quiver back over his shoulder, the archer decides to send a message to whoever dares send him any bloody piece of paper.

And then, an arrow splits the air, hitting the clipboard, which is thrown against the wall just behind Alex, and is then effectively pinned to it with the arrow. "Nothing personal, man. I'll look at it later," Clint grins. Maybe. Or never. Depends.

Quake has posed:
Skye was just going to see what was on the clipboard when it was thrown away with an arrow.

*thunk!*

"I guess I could see what is on that later?" But Skye really was a stickler sometimes. "Probably nothing, but.." She walked on over and checked it out. Head cocked to one side she tried to read it. "And yeah. The big three. I think we're going to round them up? If we can find them."

Phobos has posed:
    There's that twang and the thwip, and then the arrow stabs the clipboard straight into the cement wall with a /whummmm/ as the arrow vibrates right where it was shot. Which leaves Agent Aaron with one eye scrunched up a bit as he looks over his shoulder, then back towards Skye and Clint as he points to them. "Got it."
    Duty discharged he crinkles his nose a little as he takes a step back. "I'll leave it here and you can peruse it at your leisure." He says as he does pause long enough...
    To lean in and dig his pen out of the small broken mechanism that holds the paper in place, disentangling it from the broken spring. While Skye looks the paperwork over he holds up the pen like some trophy, "Seeya around."
    And with that he moves back toward the door, shouldering it open.

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp comes walking into the room, as the other man leaves. He looks about as if he maybe looking for someone. He has an unlit cigar between his teeth. He walks along the path checking the courts, and sighs a moment. Seeing Clint he will not to the man in greeting.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
"Hey," Clint calls out to Alex, "A lil' more perseverance on your mission, even if it's to deliver bad news to us?" He grins at that, visibly amused and not angry about the agent doing his job. And as he watches Alex depart, his eyes catch a seldom seen face around, the face of Chimp. The archer nods at the older agent, "Hey there, long time no see. What's shakin' there days?" Then turning to Skye, a puzzled look on his face, "Rounding up who?"

That said, yes, Clint jumps back to grab the higher bar of the uneven bars, flipping around it a couple times, then chaning to holding the bar between his leg and tighs, and effectively shooting at the targets on the wall. That is training.

Quake has posed:
"Apparently yours was a second call out for a physical." Fat chance. Twice?! With Clint they're going to take at least that, and then some to get his attention. Skye doesn't talk about hers.

"Hey Chimp. Long time no see." She grins. Damn but these ranges are busy today!

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp nods, and says "Hey, how you two doing, you aint seen a white dog about ye tall." He holds his hand up about his own height. "Goes by the name of Rex, may have asked about where the tennis balls are kept."

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
After shooting a few times, Hawkeye executes a final flip around the upper bar, then lands on his feet, not sweating or showing any sign of exhaustion.

"Second remainder for my physical, c'mon!" he laughs at that. Then he frowns lightly at Chim, "Come again? Did ya just say, ye're looking for a dog - Red - asking for the tennis balls?" Ok, this is getting weird.

Quake has posed:
Skye leaves the clipboard where she has found it, which must mean her note wasn't anything anyone would know, but she does.

Merida was ready. Thank goodness.

"No, I didn't see a dog named Red. A real talking dog?" Skye frowns, but she keeps her mouth shut, and draws her bow.

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp looks to the two "Rex, as in Rex the Wonder Dog. He joined up about the same time I did. Rex is my oldest friend, was supposed to meet me here today, but it is looking like he was not able to make it in.m and using cell phones is not his strong suit." He looks to the two agents "So, anything interesting been going on, besides Clint, not wanting to talk to the doctors?"

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
While Chimp can add some details on the dog he's looking for, Clint shoots a few of the appearing targets sliding out of the wall just long enough to be spotted and hit. A few of them are dealt with, then he stops, waiting for Skye to hit some if she wants. Then he glances back at Chimp, grinning, "Well, I'm just back from stunts in Asgard and then the Amazonia. Oh, with the Czech republic in between."

Quake has posed:
"Me? Not much, just trolling the internet. The usual." Skye usually isn't in liberty to discuss the bulk of her missions. "We took down the AIM front. Mostly I've got reams of data to read through. Boring." At least to the regular sort of person it was. Skye isn't regular.

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp nods his head a bit and says "Have to give me a shout next time your heading someplace tropical, would be nice to get a little sun without having to deal with blood cultists, and ancient sudo gods."

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Clint laughs at that! "I guess it would! I was kind of surprised you weren't on the mission, to tell the truth. I'm just glad I came back in one piece, no new scar and no snake bite!"

Quake has posed:
"Gee, thanks. You'll take him before me?" Skye laughs. She knows she could go anywhere with Clint. It doesn't keep her from teasing him. "I've got to visit you know who."

She got maybe 5 shots off?

Quickly and quietly she unstrings her bow and packs it up.

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp looks over and says "He just hopes, I will show him all the good bars, where ever he goes." He offers with a smile and says "That and he figures, he takes me some people might think he is the cuter one." He jokes.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
With a good laugh, Clint gathers his equipment, done with the training for the day. "I used to have a dog too," he says, "Was mighty smart, but heck, he'd leave the beers to me!" And on that, the archer walks to the door, nodding at Skye, "I'll see you later." And at Chimp, "Next time, come in early, we can have lunch... and you can bring Rex, if you find him!"