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Danny Rand (dannyrandkai) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-08-06 09:20:00

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danny rand (616), kate bishop (616)

WHO: Danny and Kate
WHAT: Hanging out, potential door adventure, who knows
WHERE: Kate's place
WHEN: Today
RATING: PG (?)

Danny knocked lightly on the door. He wasn't so foolish now as to fully expect Kate to be awake. He woke early himself, before sunrise making his trek down to the clearing to practice. The sun had risen now, though, and he was dressed casually in his somewhat ill-fitting clothes. He thought it not unreasonable to expect Kate up now. Maybe eating breakfast. Making coffee. Doing the general little things to imbue this life with something close to normalcy. He knocked again.

"I come bearing gifts," he called. "Or. Well. At least potential gifts. I mean, breakfast? We could - try to get something together if you aren't busy?"

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hawkeyetoo
2019-08-17 05:35 am UTC (link)

Kate almost snorted. Almost. Because yak milk? No, she'd pass. Hard pass. She didn't even like goat cheese. Weird, because drinking cow milk? Yeah, that was normal. Milk from any other lactating animal just felt wrong somehow.

"Danny, relax," Kate said, grinning at his awkwardness. "It's a joke. The bad penny is the one you can't ever get rid of. You've never heard of a bad penny?" She shook her head and set her coffee mug down on the counter, now drained of most of the liquid.

"I did say we should hang out again and I meant it. Just lemme go get dressed and we can figure out what to do."

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dannyrandkai
2019-08-19 01:55 pm UTC (link)

"I'm relaxed," Danny protested just a bit too loudly. He huffed, but listened as she explained. A bad penny. Why would you want to get rid of a penny? Didn't people want pennies, money of all kinds? He looked at her, confusion there, however hard he tried to hide it.

"I'll wait?" He asked. Definitely a question. He looked back at the tea as he indeed did wait. He moved to sit at the table, pondering over the phrase again. Bad penny. Weird. He was never going to understand this, was he?

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	hawkeyetoo 2019-08-19 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	Kate couldn't help but smirk a little at his indignant huff. She shook her head as she headed back toward her bedroom, then closed the door behind herself so she could get dressed in privacy. But she called through the door. "What's our adventure today? Besides breakfast. You promised me breakfast and I'm holding you to that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dannyrandkai
2019-08-19 05:14 pm UTC (link)

Danny sat and sipped his tea. He let his gaze roam over the kitchen curiously. The place looked lived in, far more like a home than his own place managed. He wondered if she'd gone through the Doors, or if she just had a bit of an eye for making a place her on. It would be inappropriate to ask, he thought. He took another sip, and glanced up at the sound of her voice.

"What would you like?" He replied. "I wasn't - entirely sure what you'd be wanting to do. Just, you know, anything."

He wasn't even certain how much there was to do.

"We could go for a hike?"

Right. Ask the city girl to go on a hike. Great idea.

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hawkeyetoo
2019-08-19 09:12 pm UTC (link)

A hike? Kate frowned a little as she selected one of her t-shirts from the closet. She wasn't sure she wanted to go hiking. She might if it'd make him happy... but maybe they could try something else?

She came out of the bedroom a moment later, wearing jeans and a David Bowie t-shirt. She carried a pair of black, low-top Converse and socks in one hand and reached for her coffee much with the other.

"Have you been through the Doors yet?"

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dannyrandkai
2019-08-19 09:31 pm UTC (link)

"No." Danny replied truthfully. "I thought that maybe we could get breakfast through them. If that's how they work, I mean. Something... tasty. Would it be a guarantee, or?"

He looked up, blinking for a moment at the sight of her. Casual. Relaxed. His smile grew, and he raised his mug to gently clink against her own. He downed the remainder of his tea, and pushed to his feet.

"So, we go through the Doors and... that's the day?"

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	hawkeyetoo 2019-08-19 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, we can do that." Kate grinned, clinked her mug against his, and then gulped coffee from it before setting it down. She stole a seat opposite him at the table to put her shoes and socks on. Her hair was up in sloppy ponytail, sunglasses resting on the top of her head. "So long as you're up for an adventure." She tied her shoes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dannyrandkai
2019-08-19 09:41 pm UTC (link)

"Adventure? Of course." Danny boasted with ease as he relaxed back in his seat. He looked well rested, at least. There was a playful twist to his lips, a certain glint in his blue eyes as he regarded Kate. "I like a challenge, you know. And I need breakfast."

Yes, he had gone there with no idea how he would get breakfast... but lucky him, this seemed to be working out well. He rolled his shoulders back, and dragged his fingers through his curly blond so. He sniffed.

"So, we go through the Doors and... then what?" He asked as he looked at her. "We end up in another dimension? Fight dinosaurs?"

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hawkeyetoo
2019-08-19 09:48 pm UTC (link)

"Well, hopefully, we won't have to fight to the death to get breakfast... but you never know." She finished tying her shoes and climbed to her feet. The coffee was helping, and getting dressed made her feel a little more awake, too.

"Yup. Well, I don't want to fight dinosaurs. I figure we just open and close the door until we see something that looks civilized. Maybe a diner or something." ...paying for said breakfast might be easier said than done, but Kate wasn't really opposed to... y'know. The bad stuff.

Okay, so Kate was moral. Mostly. But she had to survive. People stole from the other dimensions all the time. She didn't have anything to trade, really, so they'd have to figure out something.

"Let's go. We'll figure it out when we get there." She gave him a smile, and opened the apartment door to let them both out.

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dannyrandkai
2019-08-19 09:53 pm UTC (link)

"I could fight to the death for a good breakfast," Danny mused as he pushed to his feet. He followed Kate, his gait an easy lope. Relaxed. Content. Hungry as he was, he was enjoying being around Kate and the ease with which the banter came. He hummed as he slid out the door, and began to follow her towards the Doors.

Whatever those Doors were.

"Portals usually have something they emanate from, don't they?" He mused. "I knew of one that held the door to the place I grew up open. Had to destroy it... the guy opening it didn't have the best intentions. Would've been nice to have that now, though." He raised his shoulders in an idle shrug. "Of course, if they need me in K'un Lun I guess they'd be able to find me and bring me there anyway. They've done that before."

Not the most reassuring thought, that at any moment he could be yeeted into another dimension. But there it was.

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hawkeyetoo
2019-08-19 10:19 pm UTC (link)

Kate snorted. "Depends on the day, really. I'm not looking to get my ass kicked today." She could hold her own, for sure, but Kate often came home wrecked. She wasn't looking forward to bandages today.

"I dunno, I'm not all science-y." Kate spoke as they walked. She walked with purpose: get to breakfast asap. The sooner they got to the doors, the sooner they'd be eating. "Sounds like you know a lot more about portals than I do."

She listened and nodded. "Funny how things turn out the way they want them."

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dannyrandkai
2019-08-20 10:26 pm UTC (link)

"Are you looking for it most days?" Danny asked, eyebrows raised. He pointedly looked her up and down, and gave a small sharp exhale. "Didn't strike me as the type... I'll have to keep an eye on you."

He matched her pace, but still looked overall calm. It was nice, getting the day started as he had. He felt more in tune with his chi and the world at large around him. He cast her a sidelong glance.

"It's not really science-y. More mystical...ly. You know. Magic and stuff. Or something near it." He raised his shoulders in a shrug. "I don't question it too much. And I mean. I agreed to do things the way they wanted them. It's the only way it could've been."

He slid his hands in his pockets all the same.

"I mean, it was destiny. Fate. All that. You don't have much of a say in it. Sometimes your life is kinda chosen for you."

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hawkeyetoo
2019-08-21 04:42 am UTC (link)

Kate caught him looking her up and down and raised an eyebrow. It didn't feel like a leer she might have had from other kinds of men--it was more appraising than sexual. That was refreshing. She shrugged one shoulder gently. "Some days. I'll make sure to put on a good show, then." She gave him a wink.

"You just mentioned mystical, magic, destiny, and fate in as many breaths." It was interesting. This place breeded that kind of talk, didn't it? "I don't think my life is ever chosen for me."

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dannyrandkai
2019-08-21 09:15 pm UTC (link)

An appraisal, but not a leer. He'd made no lewd suggestions to her, simply joked in a less than subtle way. His smile was sheepish, a touch self-degrading. A blush lit his cheeks as he looked down at the road before them rather than meet her gaze.

"Not chosen for you?" He asked. On this topic, at least, he felt confident. "I know mine was chosen for me. But. Maybe it's different across cultures. Maybe you make your own destiny? It's a romantic thought, at least. I know everyone has different views on this stuff."

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hawkeyetoo
2019-08-22 12:38 am UTC (link)

"I dunno I'm pretty stubborn. I'd probably grind my heels into the ground and refuse to budge if someone tried to tell me who to be or what to do." Kate smiled sheepishly. She knew that stubbornness wasn't exactly a virtue, but it meant she could be who she was, and not what other people wanted her to be.

"So, who chose your destiny for you?" She asked, then held open the door so he could enter first. The Doors were down the hall. She motioned for him to lead the way.

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dannyrandkai
2019-08-22 05:20 pm UTC (link)

That was an interesting question. Who chose his destiny? He couldn't name a single person, it would be like trying to isolate one bit of water in a raging river. He scratched at his chin as he considered, and idly thought that he could also probably use a shave. Hm.

"It isn't so much someone choosing," he finally said. "It's more just- the Way. This is the Way it was. I was always Iron Fist, before the trials, before the dragon, before I even set foot in K'un Lun that was already laid out before me. Before my father... I mean. It's just the way things are." He looked at her sideways. "Which probably doesn't make sense. This uh - this is just... things."

He ducked through the door, and looked at the hallway questioningly. He looked back to her, but then began down the hall. He might as well go first.

"It would be like trying to decide if you were always going to be a hero or if something in particular made that path... open to you. If circumstances had to happen, or if... I don't know. Everything has its place, I guess. Even you and I here - that's part of it."

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hawkeyetoo
2019-08-22 08:09 pm UTC (link)

Kate didn’t understand a lot of what he was talking about. He’d talked a bit about Iron Fist, so she recognized that part. But some of the other stuff was way over her head. She nodded, though. So they had different opinions on destiny and that kind of thing? No big deal.

She stopped in front of the first Door, motioning for him to stop with her.

“You and I, huh?” A smirk crossed her lips as she turned to him. “We’re in the right place? This is destiny?” Okay, maybe she was flirting. A little.

She reached forward and opened the Door. It opened to what looked like a 1950’s diner—maybe the bathroom of the diner? Kate’s smirk turned into a full on smile. “Maybe this is the right place.”

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