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[expatriates]

Happy New Year. :)

[ Which is, of course, notable only in that it puts her give or take six months ahead of the timeline she was working prior to her arrival here. But putting words to it anchors her. ]

This is Natasha Romanoff. Looks like I'm experiencing a little Wonderland^TM Amnesia. If you could fill me in on the particulars of how we knew each other, I'd appreciate it.

And, while I admire everyone's patience with new arrivals, feel free to spare me the welcome packet. "Welcome to Wonderland, you can't leave by your own design, sometimes people come and go +/- their memories of Wonderland." I think I've managed to sift through most of the basics.

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[catchacold]

How we knew each other.

What if I just made something up?

[expatriates]

Little late to try it now.

[catchacold]

Not really, I just gotta believe in myself.

What about two lies and a truth?

[expatriates]

Gotta admire the persistence.

[ And frankly, playing lying games with the Black Widow is a little precious. So. ]

Alright.

[catchacold]

[Hey, he knows the Black Widow relatively well on that basis, fun enough to play.]

We shared ice cream. Filled a room with glitter. Tied someone to a chair.

[expatriates]

My three favorite hobbies. I must have really liked you.

[ It might be text, but there's no mistaking that dry snark. ]

[catchacold]

Only one of those actually happened, but I'll maintain all three seemed likely.

Sure you did. I'm very likeable.

[expatriates]

[ Admittedly, sloughing through the network archives has been a pain, keeping her to skim the basics before drawing the necessary conclusion to post this. Which means no, she doesn't yet know the particulars, and yes, all three of them seem feasible at this point.

That leaves the question whether she should take the most obvious for face value (the chair) or opt for the unexpected. Psychology dictates the latter. ]

I feel confident saying we haven't tied anyone to a chair. Yet.

[ Maybe starting lie by lie will allow her time to tease more hints out of him and win the day. ]

[catchacold]

Not even each other. Whatever, day's long.

[He's likely not serious and even though it's hard to convey tone over text, especially given she's never to her memory talked to him, he figures that would translate anyway.]

[expatriates]

[ All it gives her is an idea of his humor, which to be fair, is informational, if not in the way she's looking for. So she sits down with her options and evaluates for patterns. Getting ice cream, that's pedestrian. Something you could do routinely, while the other two are more specific.

It's also arguably the most personal, as level of comfort goes. There are a lot of people Nat would interrogate someone with (tying to a chair seems lazy, but you work with what you've got) and play pranks with. ]

Better put ice cream on the calendar, while you're at it.
So why glitter?

[catchacold]

Seemed festive. Also an annoyance, which is fitting.

[If she knew the person whose room it was, she'd understand.]

Ice cream I can do. The weather's just right for it.

[expatriates]

If you're trying to be funny, I should warn you, I'm Russian.

[ if she didn't eat ice cream in the cold, she'd never eat ice cream. then again, for most of the time she spent in russia, you literally had to kill a man to eat ice cream. ]

[catchacold]

Oh, I know. I spoke Russian for a while. But I just like the cold.

[Theme appropriate and true. He thinks the weather's lovely right now.]

[expatriates]

Everyone's a sucker for sweater weather, I guess.

[catchacold]

So that ice cream offer stands. Whenever you're done being told what you think about people.

[expatriates]

Such disdain. You're not very trusting, are you?

[catchacold]

Either that or I don't like people. Don't think you're all that trusting though, so this has to be interesting.

[expatriates]

Why, I don't know what you mean.

[ ttly innocent. definitely believing everyone out the gate. ]

[catchacold]

That's what I like so much about you. The charming naivety.

[expatriates]

That's too bad. I was starting to think you were something special.

[catchacold]

Me? Nah, just your average crook.

[expatriates]

I still don't have this average crook's name.

[catchacold]

I've had it for years, you get used to it. Leonard Snart.

Nice to meet you again.

[expatriates]

Likewise.

I've got an appointment with a bottle of vodka and an old friend. Rain check on the ice cream, though?

[catchacold]

Cool.