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Natasha Romanoff ([personal profile] outstandingbalance) wrote in [community profile] entrancelogs2018-10-27 04:57 pm

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Who: Natasha Romanoff
Where: Various
When: 10/27-10/28
Rating: PG-13
Summary: One dangerous lady just trying to go about her business.

The Story:

[Wonderland gets Natasha restless sometimes. Not because she's an impatient woman. She has to be patient in her line of work. Still, she's not used to staying in one place so long—especially being in one place without something to do. There's no mission here. No one to hire her, and no real reason to take a job even if she were offered one since money is meaningless and no one has enough power to make it worth playing along for their favor.

But all this time doing nothing, keeping her distance, keeping her head down until she sees her time to leave gets under her skin.

She goes about her day radiating a sort of cold challenge, almost daring someone to start something. The threat is palpable, riding just under the surface of her stoic expression as she goes through the motions of her day. Workout. Coffee. Food. Alcohol. More or less in that order. Later in the evening, after she's wasted time on a few glasses of vodka, she can be found on the roof lost in thought.

Not exactly outgoing, but anyone brave enough or curious enough to approach her will get a raised eyebrow and an expectant look, like she can't imagine anyone would walk up to her without a very specific purpose in mind.]
hypoxic: (how can you trust)

[personal profile] hypoxic 2018-11-02 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[A very specific purpose is exactly what the doctor has in mind as he approaches her, moving dutifully as he seeks his target. With Monika to keep eyes on the network, he has limitless surveillance; it's been enough to take stock of this event, to take advantage of the situation. How fortunate that everything has turned out this way, while he remains, he imagines, unaffected.

He settles down beside her as she's drinking, a position that has the ghost of familiarity to it.]


You seem bored. Getting restless?
hypoxic: (show me your hidden strength)

[personal profile] hypoxic 2018-11-02 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
No.

[And, frankly, it's a relief that she doesn't want to engage in small talk for a moment longer than necessary. This is a business transaction. Details are superfluous.]

I was more interested in the potential acquisition of your... Talents.
hypoxic: framework (of what can bloom)

[personal profile] hypoxic 2018-11-02 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Just something I'd like to see handled without my direct involvement.

[He orders pours himself some scotch and sips it a moment.]

The current event seems like an appropriate time to manage it. Wouldn't you agree?
hypoxic: (it might still be too early)

[personal profile] hypoxic 2018-11-02 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
I've been waiting entirely too long to accomplish some goals. [Right now, though, he's having trouble understanding why he's dragged his feet as long as he has. It isn't as though he's had anything to hide.]

What I've seen of your work is impeccable. It's the sort of service that might encourage a person to be able to name her price.
hypoxic: (and together)

[personal profile] hypoxic 2018-11-02 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh? How clumsy of me

[Everybody wants something. One hand washes the other, even in a place like this. They'll work something out, he's sure.]

It wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary. I have a pest problem that requires an exterminator, temporary as it might be.
hypoxic: (staying undefeated)

[personal profile] hypoxic 2018-11-02 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
I would never insult you by asking you to meow.

[Because that's exactly the plan.]

Everyone is granted five chances here. I'd simply like this particular pest to have one less. It might make them more cautious about their footing.
hypoxic: framework (lies are a good tactic)

[personal profile] hypoxic 2018-11-02 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[The name could potentially end the deal outright. But avoiding it more will only make him look less reliable as a business partner.]

One Margaret Carter. She goes by "Peggy" normally.

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[personal profile] captain_america 2018-11-15 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Steve’s reactions to the last event are similar. He initially retreats into his room not wanting to talk to anyone- especially Peggy. Seeing and knowing the life he could have had- having actual memories of a life that never existed is a little too much to handle, even for him. He immediately knows solitude is a mistake because he can’t stop playing those memories over In his head.

So, he moves on to the gym determined to forget. He makes a good go of it- working his way through two reinforced punching bags and on to the third before Natasha seeks him out.

He looks up when she enters and he can tell by the look on her face that it’s importants. He steadies the bag and steps away from it, ignore his bloody knuckles Nat, they’ll heal.
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What’s going on?
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[personal profile] captain_america 2018-11-15 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He’s grateful she doesn’t mention it. And her words get his attention quickly. He shifts, pushing his own feelings and emotions aside- there’s something else to focus on and he’s going to embrace that fully. ]

Tell me.

[ Problems they could deal with, together. This was a familiar situation. ]
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[personal profile] captain_america 2018-11-15 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hazards in their line of work. ]

We believe he’s the one who killed Claire. Has anything else come up about him?

[ Because Steve hasn’t heard anything else on the subject yet. ]
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[personal profile] captain_america 2018-11-15 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember that post. [ It didn’t sit well with him then, and it still didn’t. ]

Peggy said the same, that’s why she sent him to see Claire. [ Something he knows she feels guilty about. ]

What do you think? [ Whatever it is he trusts her and her instincts, he knows she is mostly likely right in her assumptions. ]
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[personal profile] captain_america 2018-11-15 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He’s tempted to tell her to talk to Peggy herself and then she mentions Hydra. He bites back a curse. ]

Of course it’s Hydra. Even in a pocket dimension they are somehow still around. We should definitely go find Peggy, she needs to know before he realizes she’s watching him.
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[personal profile] captain_america 2018-11-16 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Steve falls in line with her as they head out of the gym towards Peggy’s room. He knows Natasha probably wants to tell them both what she’s learned at the same time so he refrains from asking anything else as they walk.

When they get to her door he knocks quickly hoping she’s actually in there.
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