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Who: Rikki Barnes, Clint Barton, and YOU!!
Where: Around and about
When: The night of the Dr. Dynamo post, idk, dates
What: Rikki's going out on patrol, and needs a chaperone. Clint is... sort of a responsible adult.
Warnings: Ridiculousness. Lots of it.

"So," Rikki says, staring down at the street below them.

It's... honestly a lot closer than she's comfortable with. She misses New York, the cliffsides of buildings and canyons of streets, where the rooftops are a whole different world from the ground. It's different here. LA doesn't build on the vertical, for the most part - makes sense when the earth would shake it to the ground sooner or later, but she still hasn't quite adjusted to the different scale of things here.

"Let's say we end up running into this crazy maybe-robot dude..."

"You hang back and call CONDOR and Alpha Force for backup," Clint says. "I'll try to keep him talking until they get here."

He sighs and rubs a hand over his face, looking down at the street. He definitely agrees with the feeling that the streets are too close, and he's felt that way since he moved back a few years ago.

If nothing else, it's a lot easier to come up with a backup plan for falling off a roof when you've got 50 floors to fall than when you've got 15.

Rikki presses her lips together, turning to glare at him - if only for a moment or two. "I feel like that kind of defeats the purpose of me being here, but... no, actually, what I was going to say was... if he shows up, are we going to fight, or is it going to end up as this weird creepy worship thing we're all uncomfortable with?"

"I didn't say you couldn't come join in after you called them," Clint points out. "I just don't want you talking to him alone." He purses his lips thoughtfully for a moment, turning the options over in his head. "Whatever will keep him around longest, I think. So, maybe get him ranting, as creepy and awkward as that is. Fighting only if he looks like he's gonna wander off before backup gets there."

She nods, standing up and balancing on her toes on the edge of the roof while she judges the distance to the next rooftop over. She could make it. She's not so sure about MANEYE.

"Uh-huh. The privileged life of the Great Ones, right here..."

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Nilin was already on edge when the crazy-maybe-robot thing started making vague threats on the network. She's barely been in the city a week (five days, in fact), she's still fairly sure none of her co-workers trust her (it's not her fault she has no last name), and now this. Granted, she had been itching for a reason to get out and take a bit of an unorthodox stroll around the city, but not because a crazy-maybe-robot might be out there attacking anyone it thinks is 'Tainted.'

In any case, that's the state of things, so she's wandering around the rooftops and stopping every once in a while to stare down at the streets. In part she's trying to properly acquaint herself with the layout of the city, but it might also be nice to spot something that could lead to an end of the whole Dr Dynamo thing.

She spots Clint and Rikki a few buildings away. She's only suspicious of them for about half a second - she can't quite make out any distinguishing features from this far away - but they don't look like they have any ill will and she could probably take them if they did. She weighs her options, deciding whether to change direction and carry on, but ultimately it comes down to the little voice in her head saying it's time to make friends, Nilin. It's at least time to get to know some local faces.

As she approaches, she intentionally steps a little heavier so they can hear her coming from behind them. When she finally lands on their roof, she expertly opens with, "Watching out for Dynamo-impersonators?"

Rikki hears her a building away, turns to face her just as she jumps onto the roof along with them. Her right hand curls into a half-fist, finger hovering over the button to activate her shield just in case... but then she speaks, and it's pretty obvious she's not out to attack them. She relaxes a little, smiling wryly.

"I think that's what everyone's doing tonight. The petty criminals must be so happy we've got bigger things to worry about."

"Well, I guess the cops'll actually have to do their jobs tonight," Clint says dryly, somewhat betraying how he feels about the likelihood of that. It's not that he doesn't like cops, he just has found, over the course of his life, that cops tend to not be any help if you're not rich or powerful in some way.

He nods in greeting to Nilin. He doesn't know her, since he can't keep track of all the new CONDOR arrivals, but she might've heard of him, considering they're both CONDOR agents and he's a pretty visible member of Alpha Force.

"Don't suppose you've seen anything noteworthy?"

Nilin shakes her head. "Nothing. Can't say I expected much."

She recognizes Clint, having made a point to familiarize herself with Alpha Force at least, but she still keeps a bit of distance between herself and the two of them. Close enough to talk, but out of arm's reach, even as she glances over the edge they're standing on.

"I'm Nilin, by the way."

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Rikki notices the careful distance, and wonders what she thinks they're going to do? Push her over the edge? Maybe she's just not good with people.

"I'm Nomad. This is Maneye." No, she's not letting that go for a while. "So... is Nilin your name or a superhero name? Because I don't recognize it. But I haven't been in town that long."

Katniss has already committed to joining someone on their patrol, but when she notices Clint and Rikki on her fly over she decides to stop to talk to them. Maybe see if they've collected any information yet, though she doubts it. Somewhere deeper, she thinks she is probably hesitating because this whole thing makes her nervous.

"Looks like we've got a whole Great One family right here," she says, hovering up above them with her mechanical wings outstretched. She gives Rikki a careful look - she's been wary of her fellow Trailblazer, ever since their first meeting. "Any news?"

Oh great. It's Mockingjay. Rikki likes her just fine, in theory, but she's pretty sure she hates her. It makes things weird, and now she's giving her that look again.

"None yet," she sighs, tilting her head a little to study Katniss' wings as she speaks. "But hey, with you along it's kind of hard to miss us. Maybe if we hang out here, fake-Dynamo will come by to worship us or something."

Clint raises an eyebrow at her solo arrival - it's not really kosher, according to Trailblazer rules - but doesn't say anything. He's not gonna be the rules police unless they are actually in danger, and the three of them are apparently the least in danger right now.

"Not gonna lie, it's about the best option I can think of at the moment," Clint says, pursing his lips. "It's not like we've got any leads to work."