Voice testing

[from_a_distance]

Okay, so you've got me. Now what are you going to do with me?

Hadn't thought that far ahead, had you?

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[therealgenius]

Are you going to watch me sleep?

[g a s p]

You like Clay Aiken, don't you.

[from_a_distance]

Don't get too excited, Hammer. I plan on keeping my distance.

[therealgenius]

You keep your circus team away from me, I'll stay away from you. It's like playing a friendly game of tennis—do it right, everyone wins!

...and, also, doesn't get hit in the head with a ball. Or, you know, glass in their eye because some people can't think of a better way to ask a question.

[from_a_distance]

What do you know about doing anything right?

Well, if some people were better at answering questions, maybe it wouldn't come to that.

[therealgenius]

No. No. Nope. Not at all.

Some people can't answer questions if they haven't been asked. Some people aren't psychic. Are you psychic? Is that why you were chosen to tag along with the people who could do actually impressive feats of superhuman strength or skill?

[from_a_distance]

Wouldn't you just like to know.

[therealgenius]

I don't give a damn; I was being facetious.

But good on you, refraining from violence because someone was rude. Why can't more SHIELD agents be like you?

[from_a_distance]

Guess you just bring out the worst in us.

[therealgenius]

If I'm the first man to refer to Agent Romanoff as a bitch, there is something morbidly wrong with the universe.

[from_a_distance]

Oh, Nat? She does that to anyone who calls her a bitch. Doesn't matter if she's on the job or not.

[therealgenius]

[Wait, what?]

Are you speaking from experience?

[from_a_distance]

I've known her a long time.

[He's just gonna leave that open for interpretation.]

[therealgenius]

I guess it's different if you can return it in kind.

[Y'know, not just put your hand on the nearest flat surface and brace for impact all the while trying not to think of high school...]

[from_a_distance]

It definitely makes it more fun.

[Yeah, he doesn't sympathize at all.]

[therealgenius]

Well, I don't know...Loki called her worse, I think, and all she did was go and piss of the Hulk, so.

Maybe it's just one of those things where you see someone weaker than yourself and go for it. That's always what you want in a hero, right?

[from_a_distance]

Hammer, you know even less about being a hero than you do about doing things right.

[therealgenius]

I think the dictionary definition of a hero says everything necessary, actually.

I trust that if you don't have one, Stark will hook you up ASAP. He's just such a swell guy that way.

[from_a_distance]

Yeah, figures you'd define heroes by the book.

[therealgenius]

Oh my Jesus, are you going to start in with that whole words can change their meanings bullshit? Please don't.

[from_a_distance]

Nah, I was gonna go with heroes are people, so you can't define them with words.