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[So, avoidance. It's a fun thing. Everyone should try it sometime. Because when your idea world comes and goes and you find out that a couple of your best friends nearly died while you were too busy living out a fantasy life? It's remarkably easy to take up a new job path of professional shut in.

Okay, so it hasn't exactly been that severe. She's gone to visit Teddy and Billy multiple times. There's training with Logan to attend (like she's going to miss the chance to show off to an X-Man-slash-Avenger). Girl time with Cassie and a nightclub to keep planning. Not to mention a chance to finally wien Lucky off of his pizza-rich diet.

Kate's been good at keeping busy. But, if she sits down and considers her situation frankly, it's kind of clear that denial's not just a river in Egypt. She hasn't seen Tommy since Billy's spell ended, making certain that their visiting hours with Billy and Teddy haven't overlapped. Because, seriously? In an ideal world, she's in love with Tommy Shepherd?

That's not something that she's touching with a ten foot pole.

She also hasn't talked to Wanda much, either. Some business partner she is. But things are a little weird and complicated on that end now, too. There's the whole mutant thing, not to mention the fact that she had played mother to Kate's then boyfriend.

Yeeeeeeeah.

[Action]

Most of her day's been spent doing the normal activities. Taking Lucky for a walk, dragging him around with her as she staples advertisements for nightclub positions on trees all around town. She's already recruited Elrich to build the place - a decent sized building right near a couple of the stores. And when Billy's better, she'll recruit him to help do the interior design rather than dare let him slip into a depressed slump. She's had enough of that already from him back home, thanks all the same.

But there are other jobs - permanent jobs - that'll be needed in order to have things run smoothly.

Around lunch, she'll stop at the coffee shop (still with Lucky in tow) for a break. She stretches out on one of the booths by the window, people watching rather than reading the book on the table in front of her. That evening, Kate can be found at the Battledome, testing out some of the bows Clint left behind.

[Video]

It's not until night that she opens the journal again. Sitting on her bed, dressed in a white tanktop and purple pajama buttons, she absently scratches the mutt's head. The feed is set to video and she forces a grin on her face.]

Bored? Looking for a little bit of gainful employment? Then I've got the job for you. [Grin, grin, grin. She's absolutely trustworthy, Luceti. Not to mention determined and stubborn.] For all those of you I haven't had a chance to meet, my name's Kate Bishop. I hail from one of the many Earths represented here. The same one as Billy Kaplan and Teddy Altman, in case you've met them.

[Because it's always good to have people who can vouch for you. She lifts her hand from Lucky to wave it in dismissal, earning a mildly irked look from the dog.]

But that's all beside the point. I mentioned jobs, didn't I? With all the crazy space opera drama going on lately, if there's anything this place needs, it's a little bit of fun. Yeah, we have a bar. But what good is a bar if you can't dance? Since Cloud Nine's fallen into disrepair, Wanda Maximoff and I have taken it upon ourselves to offer you - the lucky citizens of Luceti - a brand new, even better option. Cloud Nine 2.0. Or something. We're still working out the kinks in the name.

So, this is where you come in, Luceti. There's only so much Wanda and I can do on our own. And though we've got some great people helping us now, we're going to need permanent staffers. I'm talking DJs, soundguys, bartenders, waiters and waitresses. Hell, even a bouncer or two if things get rowdy. Think of the perks. Free alcohol, a chance to give back to your community in the most entertaining way possible. A break from the ennui that doesn't involve war and death.

Interested? Contact either myself or Wanda for more details. There are signs posted all around town in case you need the reminder.

[She places two fingers to her forehead and gives a quick salute. Lucky glances up at her and then at the journal, before resting his head back on his front paws, disgruntled by the lack of attention.]

See you there. Hawkeye, out.

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[This? Is exactly the sort of response Kate's been expecting. Some complete and utter stranger (as far as she's concerned) eagerly (enough) looking for a way to keep busy in this prison of a town. All it took was a little bit of patience and, really, not all that much badgering.

So it's greeted with a grin.]

Do either of you have experience?

Not specifically, but my brother's good with all kinds of technology and I'm decent with it. Our family owns a tech company - mostly transportation tech and stuff. Dad and my brother are also world-class martial artists. Dad taught me, and I've been training a lot more lately.

[Then there's the super strength and the whole half-saiyan package.]

Sounds promising.

[Because even if Kate might like to think herself capable of handling any fight that might break out in the future, crowded interiors and arrows don't exactly go all that well together.]

Like I said, I'm Kate. And you are?

It's nice to meet you, Kate. My name is Bulla Brief. I know Billy, Teddy, and Wanda, too, so I definitely had to reply to your message.

[Especially since she supports the idea of there being more entertainment in Luceti. This place is downright boring sometimes when all is well.]

It's good to meet you, too, Bulla. [Her words are punctuated with a genuine smile. Billy and Teddy usually have good taste in people and so far, everyone she's met through them have been pretty cool. Even better? Bulla's interested in the club.] Even better if you're serious about working at the club.

I am! Aside from Fashion Club, training and Billy's Alliance club, I've got plenty of free time and a nightclub is a fantastic idea. I train at the highest gravity setting in the Battle Dome so I'm strong enough to handle someone getting drunk and out of line with no problem. Hopefully people wouldn't need anything more than being talked to and told to calm down, but just in case...

[She could quite literally throw someone being belligerent out if it came to that, though.]

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[Just in case... Best to prepare for the worst possible outcome.]

Do you think you could handle someone with superpowers?

As long as they weren't as powerful as my dad, sure. But anyone I can think of who's got that kind of power is also the sort of person who wouldn't go causing trouble at a club.

[It's also a fairly short list. Saori, Goku, and then there's Billy's reality warping...]

[Wanda is still, technically, Kate's business partner. Even if they haven't really talked since Billy's reality warping. And Billy, Kate knows without a doubt, would never start something in her club without a very good reason.

Still.]

Just how powerful is your dad?

Strong enough that he could destroy a planet if he really wanted to.

[And lest Kate think her father's a bad guy (even though he used to be before she or her brother were born), she adds in a bit of context.]

He surpassed the power of a creepy intergalactic warlord who actually did destroy planets. Needless to say, I'm nowhere near that strong.

[She'll jump to conclusions every now and then. But, for the most part, Kate's willing to take things at face value. Including descriptions of vast strength. It's kind of hard to surpass someone capable of destroying a planet.

Brows raise. She looks impressed. Extremely impressed.]

Remind me never to get on your bad side.

[Bulla grins.]

I'm pretty easygoing most of the time, so it shouldn't be too hard to avoid. But...yeah, if you want a bouncer for the club, I'm willing. Anyone who makes trouble gets the added shame factor of having their butt handed to them by a short teenage girl.

[She's just a half inch over five feet tall. It would indeed be embarrassing for a troublemaker.]

I like you already.

[Because anyone with that kind of attitude is a-okay in Kate's book.]

Consider yourself hired.

Awesome. The feeling is mutual, and Wanda's a friend of mine.

[She's kind of curious how Kate knows Billy and Teddy, but she can ask that another time. First things first.]

So, when's the big opening day?

[Very good to know. She'll have to run Bulla by Wanda then. The next time she talks to her. If she ever talks to her again. Things haven't exactly been normal since Billy's perfect world fell apart.

There's only so long she can keep hiding, when it comes down to it.]

Hopefully by New Year's. They do celebrate New Year's here, right?

I think so. They seem to celebrate a lot of other holidays here, so why not New Year's? ...and if they don't, then the club opening can be Luceti's first New Year's party.

[Either way, she'll be bugging everyone she knows to come out for the opening.]

Sounds like a plan to me.

[She grins broadly. Yeah, she definitely likes the way this girl seems to think.]

So, are you going to have any uniforms, or do we prettymuch wear whatever we want to work as long as we can do the job in whatever we're wearing?

[If there are uniforms, she wants a cute baby-t that says "security" on it.]

[If she wants to wear that, Kate's not going to stop her. Uniforms aren't that bad idea. Something she'll have to think about adding to her list.

Note to self: check in with Wanda some day soon.]

We don't even have a name yet. Let me get back to you on that?

[Bulla's fairly indifferent to uniforms, but they do help to determine who the staff are when it's not immediately obvious.]

Sure. If you wanted to stick with a cloud theme, how about Cirrus?

[It seems like a polite nod to the old club while being more than just a copy.]

[It's not a bad sounding name. A little like circus. Not a bad thing for a nightclub to be mistaken for.]

I'll run it by Wanda.

In the meantime, I can talk to my mom and brother and see if either of them are willing to help build a really awesome sound system. They both love tinkering with technology and they're geniuses, so I'm pretty sure I can get at least one of them to help.

[But both are possible. There's not a lot of tech to work with around here, so they might enjoy the challenge just to have something to do.]

[She raises her eyebrows, looking a little surprised.]

Is there any part of your family not here?

[Bulla laughs a little at that. Normally, if someone is fortunate enough to have people here in Luceti from their homeworld, it's an acquaintance or if the person's really lucky, a friend.]

My grandparents and my aunt and uncle aren't...but my immediate family is all here. So's a close friend of our family, Goku.

Wow. [Kate lets out a low whistle.] I mean, I shouldn't complain? I have friends here. That's a lot more than some other people have.