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[laviny]

[At some?? Nebulous point in time??? Kate is going to return to her newly renovated and no longer charred apartment to find Yelena organizing her cutlery drawer. Because all of a sudden she has more than one fork.]

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Um. Hello?

[Kate takes off her coat, because she recognizes Yelena, and because she figures that once again if Yelena wanted to kill her, she would have.

And instead, he's playing with the flatware.]

Are you doing my dishes?

[laviny]

No, but I have fixed your cutlery problem.

[Nevermind that Kate didn't seem to see it as a problem.]

I got you a full set. Forks, knives, even spoons.

[targetedbranding]

I don't have a cutlery problem. I had a fork.

[And a spoon too. Probably even like... a butter knife.

Look, Kate gets a lot of takeout.]

So unless someone else is going to be eating here...?

[laviny]

You don’t have a cutlery problem anymore. Because I fixed it.

[She finishes organizing the drawer and turns to look at Kate incredulously.]

A person needs more than one fork, Kate Bishop. Surely someone who grew up in such a fancy house understands the importance of cutlery.

[targetedbranding]

I don't live in a fancy house now.

[Sort of pointedly, honestly.]

Maybe I'm a little sick of having three forks for one meal.

[laviny]

So, one fork is an act of rebellion?

[targetedbranding]

I didn't say that. More like... getting rid of things that are unnecessary.

Marie Kondoing things.

[laviny]

Forks are necessary, Kate Bishop. What if you have company? You can’t always give them plastic forks. That is very bad for the environment.

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I recycle.

But usually I just get pizza. On a monster eats pizza with a fork.

[laviny]

So the mostly empty refrigerator isn’t a mistake, then. That’s sad. That is very sad.

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So I guess your fridge is full of, what, reindeer meat and vodka? Caviar?

Oh, and sriracha. I almost forgot sriracha.

[laviny]

I told you already, Kate Bishop. Reindeer meat is very unpleasant to eat.

[targetedbranding]

Which you know because you eat it.

[laviny]

I have eaten it. Yes. You do what you have to to survive, you know.

[targetedbranding]

You still haven't told me what's in your refrigerator.

[laviny]

Well, you weren't wrong about the caviar.

Have you ever had Russian caviar? It's very good. My sister was a big fan.

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Tastes like little fish bombs.

[laviny]

What kind of face is that, Kate Bishop? Do you not like caviar?

[targetedbranding]

Why would I want to eat fish bombs?

[fourthsaken]

[Jade knew that moving to New York City right after her time at Morning Glory Academy wasn't going to be easy, but she refused to go back to Iowa after surviving murder school. There was no way. She could handle the city. At least, that's what she keeps telling herself. And most days, things are going okay. It's easier than she expected in many ways, but a whole lot harder than she thought in other ways. Today is one of those hard days. A day when her refusal to seem like she's new to the city has her leaning against and building and swearing at a dead phone that holds the route she takes back to her shared apartment as if she could convince it to turn back on...]

Shit. Shit, come on. You can't be doing this right now...

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[Kate might not be Hawkeye Hawkeye, but shetries to be observant. That's part of her job, isn't it? If she's going to help people.

Some of it's assessing threats, watching her back.

But some of it's just noticing when people need help.

Like a girl swearing at her phone.]

Hey. Everything okay there? Doesn't look like it's talking back.

[fourthsaken]

[Jade startles, nearly dropping her phone in the process. She eyes the other girl warily, unsure why anyone would stop to speak with her.]

I... Yeah, it's dead. Very dead. Sorry.

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I don't know why you're apologizing to me. It's not my phone.

[She looks Jade over.]

I'm Kate. Are you lost or waiting for a call?

[blackstarred]

[She is in New York, but unfortunately it's in Mia Queen business, not Green Arrow business. When it comes to Green Arrow business, at least she can fly under the radar and not have to deal with fancy parties in her father's name. But she's here as herself, and that's a lot more awkward.

She promised her brother she would not break any hands tonight. So she's doing that by texting, which is rude but at least she's got a lot of people who are understanding she's uninterested.]

Feel like target practice later?