25 Unicorn Street- Wednesday morning

[throughaphase]

After radio, Kitty had wandered around for a little bit, trying to see what she could take care of in town, and found that it was actually more insane than she'd seen just going to the radio station. Once she'd confused the hell out of an angry bear by not being tangible enough for it to charge at her, she figured it was time for a break. And maybe a chance to look up which bears you were supposed to play dead around and which ones you were supposed to climb trees for, or whatever, and how you told them apart. Fighting people, she was awesome at that. Dinosaurs were old hat. Bears were new.

And since she was nearby, Kitty decided to check in with/on her boyfriend by poking her head through the front door. "Clint?"


[Guess who it's for. Just guess.]

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[so_hawkward]

"In here!" Clint called from the living room. He was sitting on the floor surrounded by arrows. Part of the problem was that he had no idea what to use against dinosaurs that wouldn't hurt anyone else, and part of the problem was that he had a bunch of trick arrowheads without labels, and he couldn't quite remember what they did, hashtag fancy archer problems. "Have you been outside? Okay, that was a dumb question, sorry."

[throughaphase]

"Bears and Vikings and piranhas, oh my," Kitty said, taking a seat in a clear spot on the floor. "It's nuts out there. You look prepared."

[so_hawkward]

"Oh good, at least I'm faking it well," Clint said with a smirk. "How are you doing? Wondering if we should have stayed in Genosha?"

[throughaphase]

"We probably would have been better off-" Uh. "-but I would have missed out on the joy that is beating up angry Vikings," she said. "I'm fine. You?"

You can't regenerate if you die this time, Clint.

[so_hawkward]

Pfft, he'd only died a few times last time around, he'd be fine this time. Probably.

"I'll be better once I separate my explodey arrowheads from my knock-out-angry-Vikings arrows," he said. "Tell me the streets aren't full of kids trying to be heroes. Lie to me if you have to."

[throughaphase]

"I haven't seen it yet, so I'm assuming everyone's safe in the dorms." That had gotten hit with a tidal wave, not that she knew that or she'd have mentioned it on radio, la. "Honest truth and everything."

[so_hawkward]

"Okay good. And I know you'll be safe." Aww, look, he was learning. "Have you heard anything about what might be causing it? I haven't heard anything good on the radio but I also haven't been over to the school in a while."

[throughaphase]

"Something about that weather machine left over from the last crisis? I've been meaning to get over there to get a better explanation but then there are things that need punching and I never get that far," Kitty admitted. "Not sure if it'd be a bad idea or not just to phase through it and hope that doesn't make things worse..."

[so_hawkward]

"Maybe you should skip phasing through machines when you don't know quite what they do?" Clint said, leaning closer like he might have to grab Kitty to keep her from doing that. Because that'd totally work, of course.

[throughaphase]

"I'll refrain from phasing through any important machines unless it's agreed upon by others," Kitty promised, smiling. "For now I can stick to things like fighting monsters. And bears. You know, I don't know how to fight bears?"

[so_hawkward]

"...yeah, that's not something that comes up often in our line of work, huh?" Clint said. "I guess you could let one try to hit you until it gets tired and then knock it out?"

[throughaphase]

"I'd rather not waste that much time. It's getting insane out there. But I don't want to hurt anything I can see in a zoo, either." Except Warwolves. Those were fine.

Maybe it was a good idea she came in for a break. She was feeling kinda funny.

[so_hawkward]

"Yeah, that's why I've got my tranq arrows. You know, somewhere in here," Clint said. "The piranhas, on the other hand, I don't think I'd mind hurting. That's not weird, right?"

[throughaphase]

"Oh, no, those are weird supernatural flying fish that want us eaten. Hurt away," she said, making a face. "You know, I don't feel too-"

And that was when Kitty was suddenly a tiny lion-shaped lump stuck in the shirt that she had been wearing a second ago.

[so_hawkward]

"Aww, island," Clint muttered, sighing and pulling on the shirt to get Kitty free. "Hey, are you okay in there?"

[throughaphase]

It was probably hard to tell from the shocked meowing- roaring was never going to happen ever- but she was not okay! She was a lion! Again! And not even a big lion that could go toe to toe with a bear!

Was it still toe to toe when you had four feet?

Anyway, she was just going to be here, looking pathetic.

[so_hawkward]

"Awwww, come here," Clint said, picking Kitty up and petting her. "At least you're still adorable, right?"

[throughaphase]

She was not adorable! She was fierce! She had claws! ...that probably wouldn't do anything to him even accidentally, but still, they were there.

And she was not purring at the petting, okay. That was your imagination.

[so_hawkward]

Right, she totally wasn't purring, but Clint kept petting her anyway. "Looks like we won't be fighting any bears today. But maybe that's a better idea for both of us since neither of us will end up hurt."

He was willing to admit, sometimes, that he got injured a lot.

[throughaphase]

Aww, he was growing as a person! Kitty rewarded him by trying to snuggle up in his arms for more petting.

Wait, was that a reward for him? Oh, well, it's what was happening now anyway.

[so_hawkward]

Having a cute little lion in his arms was kind of a nice reward, even though he knew it must have been annoying for Kitty. Sigh, Fandom. "Come on, let's find you something to eat," he said, getting up and keeping her in his arms. "I'm sure there's something lion-friendly in the fridge."