[ thank you, Fitz, that's great advice and perfectly timed to be well received...
on he goes. our data. whether or not our data will prove to be useful, it's definitely going to get old fast. ]
I'm sure they do. Did you do a poll?
[ it's dry. he's going to want to know a little more about this data and where it came from, and maybe now won't be when he finds out, but it's worth planting the seed. discussion to date hasn't been entirely encouraging now he's got a little more insight. ]
[ crisply — ] Survey, actually. Post-Accords. You'd have been sent a copy, if you signed.
[ not that he's particularly gung-ho for registration. SHIELD simply adapts to the terrain. ]
I'd like to hear about your trip with Stark first, however.
[ his willingness to talk stems from an effort to make up for his previous lies (and his earnest desire to be respected by strange on some level), but he expects intelligence in return. ]
[ a little huff out through his nose. the idea of anyone out of Kamar-Taj registering is more laughable than it's worth trying to explain. ]
I'm sure you would. [ but how much to tell? Fitz is from their past. one day, Stephen's present will be his too. there's a complicated chance that telling too much of this story might start a completely different fight - who can tell what of this might carry over, if they somehow make it back?
it's too many variables to account for. he goes with the minimum, the rest needs discussing with the others. it's almost inevitable that he'll tell them eventually, but it still needs talking through. ] I was taken hostage by an alien for an item in my possession. Stark didn't want that item falling into alien hands, so he came along for the ride. The ride being that trip into space I mentioned.
[ short and to the point. there you go. the floor is open for questions ]
[ His brow creases with irritation, perhaps precisely because Strange is doing exactly what he did to Bobbi weeks prior — hitting the key points vaguely enough to avoid mucking up the timeline. ]
Alien or aliens? You mean a specific alien, singular? [ and not the bloody Cree or Chitauri or Skrulls. ] And would you describe the object as potentially cataclysmic, if left in the alien’s hands?
[ Rumour has it the world is going to end in the next few years, so he’s trying to chart their route to that future. ]
Alien singular, seemingly part of a merry band of mismatched aliens plural.
[ Fitz' reaction to his obvious withholding doesn't go missed, but he's just going to have to deal with it. he'll get what he's given, when he's given it. Stephen hasn't made any promises here. ]
If left in that alien's hands? No.
[ the Maw wouldn't have stood a chance at wielding it anywhere near efficiently without the requisite spells. if passed from that alien's hands to daddy alien's hands? absolutely. and that's information he's going to have to pass on eventually if any more signs of power bleeds spring up. but for now, a little at a time. ]
[ but in another's hands? maybe yes. it's good enough for him, tucked into the overstuffed "ways the world might end" folder of his brain. ]
Okay. [ it'll do, for now. ] How often do you work with the Avengers? [ a beat. something clicks. ] Is Thor the associate that you mentioned, when we first spoke? The one from another universe.
[ if he is, he and Strange may actually come from the same place, adjacent to Thor and Loki's universe. ]
Because he's not the right Thor for my universe, either. [ a beat. ] For you, were the Avengers first publicly on the scene in 2012, facing off against Loki and the Chitauri aliens?
Yeah. Giant alien thing over New York, spent the day living under the desperately misguided assumption that that was going to be the weirdest and most dangerous day of my life.
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on he goes. our data. whether or not our data will prove to be useful, it's definitely going to get old fast. ]
I'm sure they do. Did you do a poll?
[ it's dry. he's going to want to know a little more about this data and where it came from, and maybe now won't be when he finds out, but it's worth planting the seed. discussion to date hasn't been entirely encouraging now he's got a little more insight. ]
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[ not that he's particularly gung-ho for registration. SHIELD simply adapts to the terrain. ]
I'd like to hear about your trip with Stark first, however.
[ his willingness to talk stems from an effort to make up for his previous lies (and his earnest desire to be respected by strange on some level), but he expects intelligence in return. ]
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I'm sure you would. [ but how much to tell? Fitz is from their past. one day, Stephen's present will be his too. there's a complicated chance that telling too much of this story might start a completely different fight - who can tell what of this might carry over, if they somehow make it back?
it's too many variables to account for. he goes with the minimum, the rest needs discussing with the others. it's almost inevitable that he'll tell them eventually, but it still needs talking through. ] I was taken hostage by an alien for an item in my possession. Stark didn't want that item falling into alien hands, so he came along for the ride. The ride being that trip into space I mentioned.
[ short and to the point. there you go. the floor is open for questions ]
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Alien or aliens? You mean a specific alien, singular? [ and not the bloody Cree or Chitauri or Skrulls. ] And would you describe the object as potentially cataclysmic, if left in the alien’s hands?
[ Rumour has it the world is going to end in the next few years, so he’s trying to chart their route to that future. ]
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[ Fitz' reaction to his obvious withholding doesn't go missed, but he's just going to have to deal with it. he'll get what he's given, when he's given it. Stephen hasn't made any promises here. ]
If left in that alien's hands? No.
[ the Maw wouldn't have stood a chance at wielding it anywhere near efficiently without the requisite spells. if passed from that alien's hands to daddy alien's hands? absolutely. and that's information he's going to have to pass on eventually if any more signs of power bleeds spring up. but for now, a little at a time. ]
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Okay. [ it'll do, for now. ] How often do you work with the Avengers? [ a beat. something clicks. ] Is Thor the associate that you mentioned, when we first spoke? The one from another universe.
[ if he is, he and Strange may actually come from the same place, adjacent to Thor and Loki's universe. ]
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Only once. [ so far, he's guessing, if their adjacent universe is anything to go by. ] Thor, yeah. Why?
[ he's guessing Thor just so happens to be the sound of a couple of tracks connecting. ]
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Because he's not the right Thor for my universe, either. [ a beat. ] For you, were the Avengers first publicly on the scene in 2012, facing off against Loki and the Chitauri aliens?
[ put it together, lads!! ]
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Yeah. Giant alien thing over New York, spent the day living under the desperately misguided assumption that that was going to be the weirdest and most dangerous day of my life.
[ he was Mistaken. but yeah, that's the one. ]
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If we're not from the same universe, then the similarities are uncanny.
[ unless there's an infinite number of universes... where minor differences splinter off... jesus christ. ]