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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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[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.

Yeah, I got really lucky. I miss my friends from home, but it's not so bad since I've got my family.

[She looks mildly amused.]

It's not that great for my dating life, though. Dad's...a little harsh on boys I want to go out with.

[She snorts a little. It's not as if she exactly had a dating life back home. But even if she did, she doubts her father would have given a damn about it.]

Hey, at least he notices.

True, but he goes a little overboard with the fatherly intimidation tactics sometimes. Like, he ripped the steering wheel off of this one guy's car because he and his friend were hitting on me and called Dad a geezer. It was kinda rude of them, but a little excessive on Dad's part.

[Although that's still not as bad as the time he made a boy she brought home soil himself... Even if that means she technically dodged a bullet. She's open minded, but she doesn't want to date someone that wimpy.]

...only a little excessive?

Well, compared to what he's capable of, that's not that bad. I mean, it's both rude and a little stupid to call him a geezer.

[Considering his arms were almost the size of Bulla's waist and it wasn't exactly a secret that he always did well in the famous annual World Tournaments...]

I'm not denying that. [But for all she tends to beat up the badguys on a regular basis, violence tends to have a time and a place.] But the guy's car?

Like I said, a little excessive. At least he didn't hurt them. Just their car. If they'd contacted my family's company about it, I'm sure Mom would let them have their repair done free of charge.

[Provided it was a Capsule Corp produced car...but most cars in their area were.]

[It's probably a good thing that Kate doesn't have these sorts of problems in her life. She can't imagine her father ever offering someone a free, well, anything if he wasn't related to them.]

What kind of company?

Capsule Corp makes all sorts of advanced technology, but I'd say the company definitely specializes in transportation. Cars, motorcycles, planes...that kind of thing. Grampa even designed a special chamber for training under gravity higher than Earth's, and Mom improved on it. The thing Capsule Corp is most famous for, though, is the special compression capsules. You can shrink down and carry your car in a large purse.

[And here she has a bit of a sheepish smile.]

Just don't ask me how the science behind it works. I'm comfortable with tech, but not a genius like my grandfather, mom and brother.

[Kate's not even going to try to figure out how that works. Instead, she'll let out a low whistle and nod appreciatively.]

God, you guys totally have a one up on Stark with that one.

I can see if my mom or brother would be willing to help get the club's sound system suped up. If anyone can pull it off, it's them.

Thanks. That'd be really great.