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[whatchoice]

[ the video feed comes to life with a young woman slumped against the counter of what looks like brooklyn's finest water bar. behind her is a blue sign that says 'the HYDRAtion station', but the lights on HYDRA seem to be broken because they're currently not lit up.

she looks vaguely unamused, ribbons of red energy swirling idly around her finger tips as they drum against the counter. ]

I'm taking suggestions for a new name for this... water bar. [ she gestures back to the sign, red energy following the motion like the tail of a comet, her thick vaguely eastern european accent not thick enough to disguise her disdain. ] English is not my native language, I'm afraid my puns will not do it justice.

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[whatchoice]

Are you familiar with magic?

[fujita]

i've been to a place where there was a lot of it
even though it was outlawed
or maybe because it was

[genice]

My thoughts exactly! Such an unfortunate tendency with the names here.

Though I guess with a water bar, you could always call it the Marina, or something like that.

[whatchoice]

It was commonplace enough to be outlawed?

[fujita]

yeah
funnily enough the guy who outlawed it calls himself the wizard

[whatchoice]

I'm not surprised it was a man.

[ stares directly at the camera. if natasha romanoff was in charge of the avengers nothing bad would have ever happened ok ok. ]

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[ouzel]

Why does it have to be in English?

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[estrayer]

[ u m ]

Did you just break that sign?

[ He sees that magic she's playing with. He hasn't been here five minutes and already he's surrounded by Downworlders. ]

I hope you have a reason better than how much that name sucked. You can't just use your powers to damage property. The hell are you thinking?

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[amelioraate]

[ oh for fucks-- you can't see the look of utter disdain but you can probably imagine it. ]

Now that is just in bad taste. Sounds like one of those ridiculous school house rock videos with that terrible aftertaste of terrorist organization. Good call on the renaming idea, though I really don't see why it has to be English. Or a pun for that matter.

[slackbeard]

[If only everyone had a captain america of their very own to help them learn]

even better!

fight the power and the lame name with the weird, pointless capitalization

[angele]

I just had to check. It would have been an interesting story to hear.

Find any good name replacements yet?

[whatchoice]

[ all it takes is a flare of red in her eyes for the lights to briefly reignite before they shut off again. f u, jace. ]

I don't remember asking for a lecture.

[whatchoice]

[ BECAUSE SOKOVIAN IS A MADE UP LANGUAGE ]

The rest of the signs are. The price of globalisation.

[whatchoice]

[ oh.

it's tony.

for joy.

no, come on, wanda, give him the benefit of the doubt, at least he is on TEAM HYDRA SUCKS ]

I learned English from Conjunction Junction.

[whatchoice]

I would hate for someone to try to park their boat inside.

[whatchoice]

Good, yes, but none that have grabbed me so far. I might be too picky.

[genice]

I'd love to see that! For one, to see how they'd manage to get it that far with the way streets are designed in here. Imagine the chaos!

[whatchoice]

[ he sounds like a teenage version of her which, admittedly was like last year. stick it to the man! ]

I welcome your support.

[whatchoice]

Maybe the name should be Water You Doing? in that case

[ BABY'S FIRST PUN, HER BROTHER WOULD BE SO PROUD. CLINT WOULD BE SO PROUD. ]

[estrayer]

[ Don't worry, he gives those free of charge. ]

So don't use your magic on people's badly named water bars, and I won't give you one. What do you have against it, anyway?

[ouzel]

[ WELL THAT'S NOT HIS FAULT IS IT? ]

Hm, well. Not my first language either.

What is that, the red at your fingers?

[amelioraate]

[ Hey. HEY NOW. Don't be like that, wow. Rood. He is not the Tony that sent you to your room, wow.

And if there is someone out there who isn't on TEAM HYDRA SUCKS they need some serious cognitive recalibration. Like... yesterday.

With a repulsor beam.]

I think that is how everyone learns English, especially grammar, I mean, who has time for those rules that are broken every other word anyway. Also, just call it the watering hole. Or, to fuck with everyone, change the name every week.

[slackbeard]

hey, space kidnapped solidarity

if I ever need to get fancy water I'll hit up your place first for sure

[genice]

( he ends up laughing on his end, sending back a reply fairly swiftly: )

Wow, I love it! What a great name! You should definitely go with that one. ♥!

[whatchoice]

Hydra is another name for the Nazi party.

[ so, you know, she has basic human decency against the sign. ]