[IC] Pre-intro

[stupidcupid]

[ you're being watched ]

Comments

[trickor]

Tell me, little hawk, why you persist on calling me..."boss". I do not mind it, should you wish to continue, though 'tis quite clear you use it in a mocking manner. Still, we are both, the both of us, aware I've no more claim upon your mind.

[stupidcupid]

Stop calling me little hawk and maybe I'll even indulge you.

[trickor]

Oh, but as I said, I do not mind it in the least. It is a...reminder of happier, simpler days. To say the least.

[stupidcupid]

Maybe it is.

Maybe I call you boss because there's no one else who ever will and it'll dig deeper than you'll ever know. You could have had it all, as the song goes.

[trickor]

You are doing quite poorly at, ah, digging. That particular term is a Midgardian one, after all.

[stupidcupid]

Really.

So tell me. Got any comrades yet? It's been a month. What have you got to show for it?

[trickor]

I've not been looking. Would you prefer it if I had?

[stupidcupid]

Just wondering why you have no back-up. You have no one. You can rave about the light and truth, but the truth is?

You're on your own. Easy pickings.

[trickor]

Do you plan to pick me, Agent Barton?

[stupidcupid]

If I could, I'd rip you apart myself.

But I can't. I'll just find someone else to do it for me.

[trickor]

Please, be my guest. Do keep in mind though: the past month has been one of peace--at least from me. Should you incite battle, war, you bring it upon yourself. I'll not be the one to mourn and grieve, to bear the weight of any casualties or consequences.

[stupidcupid]

How come you're Gandhi now?

[trickor]

Who?

[stupidcupid]

For a guy who wants to take over, learn our culture first.

[trickor]

Conquerors impose their own culture upon the conquered.

[stupidcupid]

And that always works out. Sure.

[trickor]

[flat smile]

[stupidcupid]

Thought so. Preach it all you like, you still lost.

[trickor]

Do you really wish to get into that again? Now?

[stupidcupid]

[ haaaaaaaaaate yoooooooooou ]

I don't know. Do you?

[trickor]

I was offering peace. You are the one pushing for war.

[stupidcupid]

Uh-huh.

What did the Tessaract show you?

[trickor]

A world made free.

[stupidcupid]

Of what? Of who?

I think you're looking for a world free of people like you.

[trickor]

I was told that, here, there are always men like me.