[ that's it, that's all she gets. marcos has, of course, made it back home and they've spoken. but as irritate as he was with marcos, that was still his best friend and he was going to take his side above all else. ]
because mutants and inhumans are the same damn thing x-gene or kree blood, we share the same freakshow brand
[ but if she knows anything about johnny, if she remembers anything from her time with marcos, she knows there's something he'll understand far more than identity politics. ]
because the worst thing i ever did was shut marcos out i'd do anything to make up for it
[ he's trying very hard to approach this as a leader and not as marcos' friend. it's still good to hear that and while he might not tell marcos, it makes his opinion of her go up. ]
these are people who've been betrayed by their families in some instances. sold out to sentinel services. turned out and left on the street.
[ like marcos himself. ]
coming in here with a bunch of weapons and technology is going to frighten them. so, how are you offering to do this?
[ they had their sources. and while the information was scant, they had enough to know that, as far as resources went, these people were on par with the inner circle. ]
i can let you come and talk. they decide from there. not me. my loyalty is to them.
[ all of them. ]
some of these people have watched loved go to the inner circle and lose their way. i'm not saying you're like them but they were another resourceful organization that came calling. you can understand our caution.
general, i wasn't keeping that a secret if you're going to consider the offer, there shouldn't be any on either side.
[ she knows that secrets don't make it very easy to trust on either end of the table. if they're going to trust shield, they need to know what shield's got to offer; if shield's going to offer resources and take the mutant underground under their wing, they need to know what they're dealing with. open lines of communication is the expectation in both directions. ]
if you have questions, you can ask them i already told marcos i'm willing to answer anything i can
because up until last night, i had no idea the inner circle existed
[ funny how helpful secrets are, isn't it!!! ]
if you want shield manpower to take them out, you have to be willing to bring something to the table too right now, the offer is strictly supplies and safety. that was marcos' request
as for passing the buck, i have a feeling he wanted somebody who could be objective to call the shots since you've never seen me naked, you probably qualify
[ maybe she was telling the truth but all things considered, john doesn't see how that's possible when the inner circle had been making as much as it had been lately. ]
they've been setting the world on fire and you haven't noticed?
our hands have been a little busy the last few years between radcliffe's aida project dragging us into cyberhell and being sent to space in the future, looking into mutant uprising programs wasn't really on the agenda
[ do you want to have a pissing match about whose life is harder, john? is that really productive? ]
mace might have been an idiot, but he got us funding from the black books again we have the money to support ops programs the lighthouse is being refitted, the playground's being rebuilt
if people want to fight, they're welcome to fight whatever battles you have if they want a safe place to go, they have them nobody's being pushed anywhere they don't want to be
i'm gonna talk to everyone tonight. i'll let you know what they've decided.
[ but one more thing: ]
marcos can do what he wants. he's an adult. and if he wants to restart something i can't stop him. but just know that if the same thing happens again, we're going to have words.
[ he doesn't care if it was marcos' fault. marcos was his brother and blood meant everything. ]
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something something don't call him thunderbuns
[ that's it, that's all she gets. marcos has, of course, made it back home and they've spoken. but as irritate as he was with marcos, that was still his best friend and he was going to take his side above all else. ]
sorry not sorry
why don't you ask me whatever questions you have, and we can make this easy for everybody
[ she's not trying to be defensive, but merchant marine thunderjock really doesn't pull any punches. ]
Re: sorry not sorry
[ the biggest one. anyone could want to help. but anyone could also be saying that to get them out in the open and use them for their own purposes. ]
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x-gene or kree blood, we share the same freakshow brand
[ but if she knows anything about johnny, if she remembers anything from her time with marcos, she knows there's something he'll understand far more than identity politics. ]
because the worst thing i ever did was shut marcos out
i'd do anything to make up for it
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[ he's trying very hard to approach this as a leader and not as marcos' friend. it's still good to hear that and while he might not tell marcos, it makes his opinion of her go up. ]
these are people who've been betrayed by their families in some instances. sold out to sentinel services. turned out and left on the street.
[ like marcos himself. ]
coming in here with a bunch of weapons and technology is going to frighten them. so, how are you offering to do this?
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[ who do these people think she is? ]
i'm not coming in to recruit them into a war
there's already a war on, you and i both know that
[ whatever badges they might wear, whatever allegiance they claim, she hopes they're all on the same side of it. ]
i'll talk
if people have questions, i'll answer them
that's all i can do
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[ they had their sources. and while the information was scant, they had enough to know that, as far as resources went, these people were on par with the inner circle. ]
i can let you come and talk. they decide from there. not me. my loyalty is to them.
[ all of them. ]
some of these people have watched loved go to the inner circle and lose their way. i'm not saying you're like them but they were another resourceful organization that came calling. you can understand our caution.
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if you're going to consider the offer, there shouldn't be any on either side.
[ she knows that secrets don't make it very easy to trust on either end of the table. if they're going to trust shield, they need to know what shield's got to offer; if shield's going to offer resources and take the mutant underground under their wing, they need to know what they're dealing with. open lines of communication is the expectation in both directions. ]
if you have questions, you can ask them
i already told marcos i'm willing to answer anything i can
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[ if they were so hellbent on protecting people, why hadn't anything been done? ]
and why did marcos come back and put this decision in my hands? he knows you.
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[ funny how helpful secrets are, isn't it!!! ]
if you want shield manpower to take them out, you have to be willing to bring something to the table too
right now, the offer is strictly supplies and safety.
that was marcos' request
as for passing the buck, i have a feeling he wanted somebody who could be objective to call the shots
since you've never seen me naked, you probably qualify
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[ maybe she was telling the truth but all things considered, john doesn't see how that's possible when the inner circle had been making as much as it had been lately. ]
they've been setting the world on fire and you haven't noticed?
[ he shakes his head. ]
you say supplies and safety. i want specifics.
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between radcliffe's aida project dragging us into cyberhell and being sent to space in the future, looking into mutant uprising programs wasn't really on the agenda
[ do you want to have a pissing match about whose life is harder, john? is that really productive? ]
mace might have been an idiot, but he got us funding from the black books again
we have the money to support ops programs
the lighthouse is being refitted, the playground's being rebuilt
if people want to fight, they're welcome to fight whatever battles you have
if they want a safe place to go, they have them
nobody's being pushed anywhere they don't want to be
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[ because been there, done that. he does not want to open his people up to someone from the inside taking them down. ]
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we've lost enough friends to know what loyalty means
[ more importantly ... ]
if you think i would ask you to expose your family to harm just to get back with marcos, you really don't know me at all
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[ god, he hopes no one would do that for someone else. ]
but we've had some defections. i don't want that happening with any of yours. it exposes us.
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defections and exposure doesn't help anyone
if there's anything we can all agree on, i would hope it'd be that.
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[ but one more thing: ]
marcos can do what he wants. he's an adult. and if he wants to restart something i can't stop him. but just know that if the same thing happens again, we're going to have words.
[ he doesn't care if it was marcos' fault. marcos was his brother and blood meant everything. ]
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i'll keep my toes behind the yellow safety line, promise
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