13850/Darts and Starts

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Darts and Starts
Date of Scene: 16 January 2023
Location: Avengers Mansion - Study
Synopsis: Natasha and Bucky catch up on recent SHIELD events.
Cast of Characters: Natasha Romanoff, James Barnes




Natasha Romanoff has posed:
It was late night and Natasha Romanoff was, of course, working over on reports. Reviewing the analysis from the last SHIELD raid on a bio-weapons lab and what they knew of the Scourge. Information from the various attacks on the spaceport. The occasional twist of her fingers as she would move to shift a holo-screen. A half dozen of them floating in front of her, occasionallys witching over to another one as she would highlight, evaluate, and then wave away.

James Barnes has posed:
"Working hard or hardly working?" Bucky's question is far more casual than he has any right to be around her, but he asks it anyway. Maybe it's his way of starting off smooth or something. Who knows. He steps up next to the table she's working at, in a pair of dark jeans and a blue Henley. "Scourge?"

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
Natasha Romanoff would glance over at James, "Ah, Mister Barnes. Good to see you. Hopefully you've missed the normal state of affairs that has been about." Alien tech gunrunners, evil elves from another dimension, Thor missing.. "And something I'm not sure if you got to the review yet." SOmething Natasha felt that she had to actually make sure Bucky was aware of? Rare.

James Barnes has posed:
"Been doing some ... off-book stuff, so I'm kind of way the fuck behind. If you don't mind giving me a run down, I'm probably gonna need it. But if there's something specific..." Bucky grabs a chair and pulls it over, spinning it around so he can straddle it and drape his arms over the back of it, giving her his attention.

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
Natasha Romanoff would nod and slide down, "Well, Loki is acting Regent of Asgard. For the duration, the Director has put all alerts and warrants for him to inactive to try and minimize any sort of inter-dimensional diplomatic incident."

James Barnes has posed:
Bucky blinks at Widow. "Are you fucking kidding me right now?" He laughs. "Loki is ruling Asgard? For fuck's sake, what happened? Did Odin finally kick it? Where's Thor?" He shakes his head and rubs his face.

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
Natasha Romanoff would go to sigh, "For what we know Thor is missing and the Asgardians can't find him. Odin is indisposed. So Loki as the enxt in line to the throne is Prince-Regent until thea ffairs sort themselves out. I'm guessing by the fact that tehre hasn't been a revolt is that he's doing a decent job of it or the Asgardians have enough violence to the side to keep them occupied for now."

James Barnes has posed:
Bucky just shakes his head and lets out a slow, long sigh. "That can't be good." He grabs the back of the chair and squeezes it, trying to think, and then shakes his head again, this time to clear it. "All right. What else?"

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
Natasha Romanoff would shrug, "That's the priority issue that's outside the normal protocols you should be aware of. Nothing else outside of the normal standard derivations of operations."

James Barnes has posed:
For a long moment, Bucky just sits there. Then he bobs his head and nods. "All right then. well, Loki ruling Asgard means everything is going to go to shit eventually. I'm sure everyone's already thought that maybe the reason Thor is gone and Odin is out of commission is because Loki made it so? We discard that already?

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
Natasha Romanoff would go to shrug, "Well, there's consistency to the world. And you can always see about being sent on another long term gone to ground mission. Those can help." Bucky would know.