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[krasnayapautina]

[A woman appears on the network's video feed. She has her medium-length red hair tied back in a ponytail.]

For the many of you I haven't yet met: hi, I'm Natasha Romanoff.

I've been here for a few weeks now, and I know we have a lot going on right now, and probably more of us are - rightfully - antsy and-slash-or pissed, but I have a simple inquiry for everyone today: I could use a sparring partner or ten. Anyone else? Whether you want to blow off some steam about our current situation, or you just want to keep skills sharp, or so on.

Interested parties are free to contact me now, or later. I'll be around, obviously.

[She's not even adding a disclaimer that she's not superpowered, and/or that she only wants responders who are also not superpowered -- she can be a decent match for many with superpowers. Certainly not all the time (she has very fresh memories of being telekinetically tossed several feet and against a truck back home, and she lived, so it's fine ok), though. But she'll take her chances -- that's part of the challenge.]

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[cockade]

Sadly I'm not a professional- just a courier. But if anything, I think being on the Moira has taught me it doesn't hurt to be prepared.

I'm Arno, by the way. A pleasure, mademoiselle.

[krasnayapautina]

That's never a bad thing. [Being prepared.] Better to be ready to be kept on ones toes than to get complacent with something else. I take it you've been here a while? [It sounds like it, anyway, with his statement.]

Nice to meet you, as well.

[cockade]

One would think- especially considering there's something always bound to happen here and a revolution back home.

For a while, yes. If we're not counting that one time on a certain island, I'd say I arrived almost eight months ago. [He doesn't want to talk about the island.]

[krasnayapautina]

Revolution? [If everyone here is from a different time and place, there's no telling how many worlds have vastly different histories from one another. So, she can't be sure which one he speaks of.] I just got through a civil war - of sorts - back where I'm from.

[She does file the comment about an island away, though.]

[cockade]

Yes, in Paris. The French Revolution, as most call it in modern day. [He pauses.] The year is 1792 for me back home.

I certainly hope yours didn't have as much bloodshed as mine. [His tone is humorous, despite the topic. He means it more as a joke than anything else.] Civil wars are a common thing, regardless of where we come from.