[Voice] Reboot the mission?

[arrowminded]

What the--

[There's a series of muffled clicks and thumps as he fiddles with the phone settings for a bit, and then his voice comes through clearer, more decisive.]

This is Hawkeye requesting a situation update on what the hell just happened to my team. And, uh. The entire operation, while we're at it.

Can anybody read me?

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[pepperspray]

I wish. Although -- small bright spot -- the raptors are at least the little feathered kind rather than the Jurassic Park ones.

[What, says some quality of Pepper's expression, is her life. She's giving a briefing on dinosaurs.]

Well. Comparatively little. They scavenge around the edge of the city in packs, and while I have no doubt you can handle them, I thought you should know.

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[arrowminded]

Oh, well there's a relief. [Not really much of one, Pepper.]

Anything else I should watch out for?

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[pepperspray]

Mm, mostly the Outer Authorities -- paranoid military police belonging to the city behind the big blue energy dome you'll see as you step off the ship.

[She pauses for a moment, looking considering, before adding a quick reassurance.]

Um. Nothing to do with tesseracts or Loki, that we've been able to tell. Just a totalitarian hermit kingdom that makes North Korea look laid back. They take pot shots at anyone who comes too close. Miraculously, Tony hasn't poked them yet.

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[arrowminded]

Got it. Man, this just gets better and better.

How do you feel about giving me a full briefing once I get settled in? [Somehow he's sure she won't mind.]

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[pepperspray]

And this is why I enjoy working with SHIELD agents. You actually want briefings. Here.

[Pepper's brow furrows with mild concentration, before a few swipes and taps pull up a map of the Old City -- rough though it may be -- with a few annotations for things like the Flop's housing for new arrivals, the hospital, and the apartment for Pepper herself.]

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[arrowminded]

Breakfast of champions.

[Said absently; he's already squinting at the map she's sent him. He doesn't take too long to study it yet-- he can do that on his own time, and hopefully Nat will show him around a bit. But general bearings gotten, he nods.]

Thanks. I'll give you a call before I swing by.