useofaswhat | 007 ✫ Voice

[Is there a reason Mal is hijacking the network to publicly ask something he could just bug the Avengers about? Why yes, yes there is, and once again it comes down to the fact that he is a terrible warden. He doesn't know Natasha's room number, he can't reach her by communicator, he's hardly met half the Avengers, and thanks to reading through the logs he knows some serious shit went down that he was and remains helpless to deflect. She's given him no choice; he needs to get in touch with her, so he'll do it. He'll call her out.]

Anyone seen Nicole lately? You might know her as that crazy redhaired Russian killing machine? If anyone's talked to her or knows where she is, let me know.

I'm kinda worried about her.

[Private to Tony]

Hey you, loudmouth. What happened with your friend?

[Private to Simon]

Saw what you looked like as a kid. [Note the barely-hidden amusement. To his childlike mind, young Simon had registered as a sentient punching bag.] How bad didya get worked over?

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[Clint just offers a knowing smile] Hawkeye.

....Yours get misplaced, too?

She's no longer in the Zero.

Where she went from there, I don't know.

[ And he ain't offering anymore than that, thanks. ]

Nicole? Do we have a Nicole on board?

I'm startin' to see how you must've felt with your inmate.

Wait, back up. You're saying that a hat drove him crazy? Because it ain't magic? [He still has trouble accepting the stuff, although after Merlin's treatment of his coat he can't help but believe. Still, people going mad over the lack of magic is, where he's from, impossible.

There's a lot that Mal still has to learn. Quite a lot, actually.

The request takes him by surprise, but it's not unreasonable at all. Just odd.] Sure, can't say I'd mind overmuch. [He flashes her an awkward smile.] There somethin' I can help you with?

Figured I didn't need it, put it down somewhere. Now I can't find the gorram thing.

Gotcha. So that'd make you the savior.

He kept trying to fix it. Over and over. [That part isn't too stange at least.]

I just want to take my mind off things. I wanted to ask you about some of the good parts of your universe.

You mind telling me how long she was in there?

[FFFFFFFF stupid Avengers never telling ~~Mal~~ anyone about anything >:(]

No. No we don't. I'm just askin' about folk that aren't here 'cause who knows? Could wish on the right star and she'll pop out.

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Because it lost its magic? Or was he just driving himself off the edge trying to do spells on a hat?

Uh, okay. ["Take her mind off things". He can't even tell when she's flirting and when she isn't. Zev, you are such a puzzle to him.] But it ain't – I'm betting mine ain't the happiest one to hear about.

[Hey, she promised! If she is she doesn't know about it.] Nobody's is. But there must be something that makes it home. You would go back to it, wouldn't you?

[Fun fact: Zev's wiles are so powerful they emit low levels of flirtiness radiation even when inactive.] Course I would. I got a crew and a ship and if we get lucky some work waiting for me back home.