[He gives Steve a dubious look.] Yeah, I'm from that time. Guess you'd know all about that time. [He doesn't ask. But it's kind of his way of asking. Steve clearly knows more than him, and it's good, that's a good thing, because it's confirmation from a source he can trust beyond anything else.
Doesn't mean it's not a little annoying.]
Without knowing how we even got here, it's hard to know how to get back. If it's magic, well, we're shit out of luck until Doc Strange falls into the scrapyard.
[ Yeah, Steve can tell that answer annoyed Clint a little bit. ] Guess I do, but I've already told you the important stuff. I'm not that far ahead. [ Would be Steve's way of trying a compromise. A kind of trust me on this answer that won't give away too much. Then again, "too much" is just him apparently going back in time and staying there, much to his surprise and frustration.
But that's another can of worms for another day, if it ever comes up. He doesn't think Bucky would announce it to everyone, but he'd cross the bridge when he gets there, if ever. ]
Magic, though, that's- [ He sighs. ] Not a lot of that going around here. [ Oddities, sure. Magic? Not really. ] Wish we have a scientist we can talk to.
[It feels to Clint like if he isn't that far ahead, he doesn't have to be cagey about the specifics, but what does he know? Not as much as Steve--
Okay. Take a breath. Wanda's not pissy because he tries not to tell her too much about the future, but that's because the future sucks.] Banner shows up, I'm sure we'll be the first to know. As it is, it's just a lot of comparing notes on the forum, and that's not exactly helpful. I did not miss the 90's for technology level.
[ Since, well, he missed all of the 90's. Picking at his noodles again, Steve takes another slurp of it, chews, swallows, before he continues speaking. ]
But you're right. It's hard to keep track of people with this kind of technology. [ Which just means they have to do it the old-fashioned way. ] Took me a week to find any of you. [ A beat. ] You, Wanda, and Bucky.
[That last bit catches Clint's attention, the way his eyes snap up, and then his head raising slowly after.] Barnes is here? [More and more merry crew...]
We've gotta get some kind of comms up. Can't very well have you getting on the forum to cry Avengers assemble and hope the couple of us here are looking. Guess a group text will have to do.
Not really knowledgeable about setting up group texts like that, but we could use one.
[ It's a good option to have, of course. Clint's right. They can't always trust the Forum for these things, and while he has experience tracking people, it's not always fool proof.
Nodding to confirm Bucky's here, Steve leans forward a little, elbows on the table, fingers interlinked. His brow visibly draws together while his jaw tightens a bit. ]
Bucky's from further ahead of me by years. The future gets even more... [ He pauses, trying to find an appropriate adjective for this that doesn't sound too ominous, too negative. ] ...complicated according to him.
[ Which is probably putting it lightly, to be honest, knowing what he knows of his future and someone else's. When Steve stated a while ago that Natasha and Tony are the only two, he meant the only two from his time. And the only two who died while they're fighting Thanos and his armies. Bucky mentioned another one who doesn't make it a year or so ahead of Steve, and she's here.
The thing is, Steve will leave it to Clint if he wants to know more. ]
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Doesn't mean it's not a little annoying.]
Without knowing how we even got here, it's hard to know how to get back. If it's magic, well, we're shit out of luck until Doc Strange falls into the scrapyard.
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But that's another can of worms for another day, if it ever comes up. He doesn't think Bucky would announce it to everyone, but he'd cross the bridge when he gets there, if ever. ]
Magic, though, that's- [ He sighs. ] Not a lot of that going around here. [ Oddities, sure. Magic? Not really. ] Wish we have a scientist we can talk to.
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Okay. Take a breath. Wanda's not pissy because he tries not to tell her too much about the future, but that's because the future sucks.] Banner shows up, I'm sure we'll be the first to know. As it is, it's just a lot of comparing notes on the forum, and that's not exactly helpful. I did not miss the 90's for technology level.
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[ Since, well, he missed all of the 90's. Picking at his noodles again, Steve takes another slurp of it, chews, swallows, before he continues speaking. ]
But you're right. It's hard to keep track of people with this kind of technology. [ Which just means they have to do it the old-fashioned way. ] Took me a week to find any of you. [ A beat. ] You, Wanda, and Bucky.
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We've gotta get some kind of comms up. Can't very well have you getting on the forum to cry Avengers assemble and hope the couple of us here are looking. Guess a group text will have to do.
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[ It's a good option to have, of course. Clint's right. They can't always trust the Forum for these things, and while he has experience tracking people, it's not always fool proof.
Nodding to confirm Bucky's here, Steve leans forward a little, elbows on the table, fingers interlinked. His brow visibly draws together while his jaw tightens a bit. ]
Bucky's from further ahead of me by years. The future gets even more... [ He pauses, trying to find an appropriate adjective for this that doesn't sound too ominous, too negative. ] ...complicated according to him.
[ Which is probably putting it lightly, to be honest, knowing what he knows of his future and someone else's. When Steve stated a while ago that Natasha and Tony are the only two, he meant the only two from his time. And the only two who died while they're fighting Thanos and his armies. Bucky mentioned another one who doesn't make it a year or so ahead of Steve, and she's here.
The thing is, Steve will leave it to Clint if he wants to know more. ]