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[alsohawkeye]

[ The camera is met with an angry-looking Kate, one angle of her jaw flexing as teeth clench. Her forearms are folded on the tabletop in front of her and she leans her weight onto them. The way she launches right in gives the impression she's been holding back this bad mood for a while before giving in. ]

Okay, so first of all, whoever stole my bow at the jump: bring it back. It's a cheap piece of crap anyway and it's not like we have arrows laying around but it's the only one I have here and there aren't any more in the armory and it's not exactly an inconspicuous weapon so what are you even going to do with it without me finding you?? Seriously, just bring it back before you damage it somehow and I promise I won't hit you with it no matter how tempted I am.

And speaking of people around here being total assholes [ Because whatever, she's started now and trying to make her no-hitting promise sincere just has the frustration shunting off into another topic, ], is someone turning people into animals seriously allowed now? That's just a thing we're cool with, going to let that slide on by, no brig time involved? [ She's not generally a very animated speaker but her hands twist off the table into the air into a 'seriously?' gesture. ] FYI never annoy this Gold guy because I guess he can just turn you into a cat if he feels like it and nobody will ever do anything. If I disappear after posting this be on the look-out for new pets wandering around or something. On second thought maybe that'd be a nice change from this place's bullshit for a while. Gold, if you're watching, just make it a dog or a bird or something, alright? Cool.

[ It's hard to make a dramatic exit on a touch-screen device but she pushes the STOP button as abruptly as she can anyway. Hawkeye out. Nope, wait, spoke too soon. It starts up again after a second just long enough for her to shout: ]

And bring me back my god damn bow!

[ Okay, now it's done. ]

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[alsohawkeye]

[ Eh, it's kind of funny, enough that Kate sort of huffs a breath out her nose in what isn't quite a snort of laughter. ]

I can understand that, but unfortunately I don't appreciate the idea of someone running around the ship turning people into animals when he gets annoyed. The whole rogue-sorcerer thing seems cool for a minute but usually just turns out to mean 'dangerous criminal'. But apparently the people involved have handled it as much as they want it handled, so. [ She lifts her hands, palms out. ] Just don't make a habit of it and we won't have a problem.

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[gilding]

[He doesn't make the point that he's been here over a year and this is the first time he's turned anyone into anything. In his mind, Derek and Aidan had felt it okay to try messing with him specifically because they didn't know what he was capable of. He'd never have that kind of trouble back home - in some respects, Kate's done him a favour.

Not that he's planning to owe her on it, though.]

I don't run. Even if I did, I very much doubt you'd manage to be a problem for me.

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[alsohawkeye]

[ How long he's been here is just one of the obviously many parts of this situation Kate didn't research before lashing out. She's usually smarter than that, but. Welp. It's harder to be the sensible one when the only bad ideas getting thrown around are your own.

So she shrugs. You know your life is fucking weird when the prospect of fighting an evil magician with your bare baseline-human hands just doesn't really sound that scary. ]

You may be right, but that's never intimidated me before.

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[gilding]

Well then, I suppose we'll just have to consider this a stalemate.

[Not really. He's dealt with people who aren't intimidated before. He just isn't interested in getting into a pissing contest on the network - not with her, anyway.]