Oh, don't worry. You were hardly the only one and I'm a big girl. I can handle rejection.
[ the latter part of that is meant as a casual tease, aiming for a little lightheartedness as a counter to the higher sense of tension that looms past the wall behind her. it's also to make herself feel better, aware that things didn't turn out exactly as she'd hoped, even if she tried to keep her expectations low. ]
Besides, there's more than enough debaters in there. Along with a massive too-cool-for-school crowd left lurking in the back of the room, whispering gossip under their breath while drilling holes with their judging looks. [ though she keeps her tone light, clearly there's a slight edge of disappointment the more she speaks. ] I've been in enough audition rooms watching the bored stares of countless self-important producers to know what a condescending presence looks like.
So, we're going to come out with a totally chill, hivemind crew at the end of all this, right?
[ It's said jokingly, of course, because even he knows that in a best case scenario, there are always going to be a few naysayers ... and the quiet judgers in the back. A single meeting isn't going to solve all the tensions from last mission either, not when everyone carries their own experiences and seem pretty adamant about sticking to their guns. It's not a bad thing, exactly, but it makes it hard to agree on a single idea.
Even Shang-chi ... well. Of course he's got an opinion but he's hardly going to voice it in a meeting just to have something to say. ]
I'm sorry it's going a little rough. But hey, kudos to you for trying.
[ she can join in the joke, especially since hivemind isn't really what she had in mind with this meeting anyway, even if that seems to be something of a quick protest from some of the presences in that room.
rita does manage a minor smile at his sympathies. ]
Thanks. I ... know it was a long shot. I just thought it would be a good opportunity for us all to step into each other's shoes for a little bit without everything else pressuring our minds at once. [ she sighs, finger poking at her half-bitten donut, trying to decide if she still has an appetite for it. ] I know what it's like getting thrown together with strangers and having to put aside our differences to work as a team. I hoped my experience would be enough to find a way to make it work again.
[ It's definitely not a common experience for Shang-chi whose first real experience being on any kind of team is ... well, this one. He'd never even been on team sports, choosing to avoid amassing with more than a single person at a time. Too many people to know too many things about him all at once β and that wasn't safe. That meant more of a chance of discovery.
He thinks about the Avengers and how they might have run things but ... well, they surely had their issues too; that had been in the news too. ]
Were they this full of differing opinions and experiences too?
[ rita nearly laughs at his question, not because it's a silly one by any means, but it prompts her to begin imagining everyone back home. jane's apathy towards anything anyone else happened to be involved in, cliff swearing up a storm while breaking into another panic revolving around his daughter, larry muttering every scenario in how their ideas are likely all doomed to fail, victor presuming his heroics while likely deciding he could more easily accomplish it all on his own.
she misses them all much more than she could ever describe. ]
We were all probably twice as terrible with coming to terms towards any unanimous agreement. I don't think you could have found any group so ridiculously different.
[ except in the way they had all been brought together. saying they were trauma bonded is an understatement. ]
But we found our ways. Every once in a while, we'd be lucky in having a common goal, and though we were plenty different, it was those differences that highlighted our individual strengths. And I think ... I think it's exactly that which helped benefit all of us.
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Well, we do have a common goal here: get the orb. I think it's the methods of how people think we should be getting it that often puts us at odds with each other.
[ And then there are the heroes, the ones who want nothing more than to leave each world better than when they'd arrived. Which, you know, is a great idea in theory and all, but the execution ... leaves something to be desired.
He's been through a fair handful of missions now and he's seen the way they could help and the way they could hinder, and it's hard to know what method is best to take.
He's really never been on any kind of team before. ]
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[ the latter part of that is meant as a casual tease, aiming for a little lightheartedness as a counter to the higher sense of tension that looms past the wall behind her. it's also to make herself feel better, aware that things didn't turn out exactly as she'd hoped, even if she tried to keep her expectations low. ]
Besides, there's more than enough debaters in there. Along with a massive too-cool-for-school crowd left lurking in the back of the room, whispering gossip under their breath while drilling holes with their judging looks. [ though she keeps her tone light, clearly there's a slight edge of disappointment the more she speaks. ] I've been in enough audition rooms watching the bored stares of countless self-important producers to know what a condescending presence looks like.
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So, we're going to come out with a totally chill, hivemind crew at the end of all this, right?
[ It's said jokingly, of course, because even he knows that in a best case scenario, there are always going to be a few naysayers ... and the quiet judgers in the back. A single meeting isn't going to solve all the tensions from last mission either, not when everyone carries their own experiences and seem pretty adamant about sticking to their guns. It's not a bad thing, exactly, but it makes it hard to agree on a single idea.
Even Shang-chi ... well. Of course he's got an opinion but he's hardly going to voice it in a meeting just to have something to say. ]
I'm sorry it's going a little rough. But hey, kudos to you for trying.
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[ she can join in the joke, especially since hivemind isn't really what she had in mind with this meeting anyway, even if that seems to be something of a quick protest from some of the presences in that room.
rita does manage a minor smile at his sympathies. ]
Thanks. I ... know it was a long shot. I just thought it would be a good opportunity for us all to step into each other's shoes for a little bit without everything else pressuring our minds at once. [ she sighs, finger poking at her half-bitten donut, trying to decide if she still has an appetite for it. ] I know what it's like getting thrown together with strangers and having to put aside our differences to work as a team. I hoped my experience would be enough to find a way to make it work again.
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[ It's definitely not a common experience for Shang-chi whose first real experience being on any kind of team is ... well, this one. He'd never even been on team sports, choosing to avoid amassing with more than a single person at a time. Too many people to know too many things about him all at once β and that wasn't safe. That meant more of a chance of discovery.
He thinks about the Avengers and how they might have run things but ... well, they surely had their issues too; that had been in the news too. ]
Were they this full of differing opinions and experiences too?
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she misses them all much more than she could ever describe. ]
We were all probably twice as terrible with coming to terms towards any unanimous agreement. I don't think you could have found any group so ridiculously different.
[ except in the way they had all been brought together. saying they were trauma bonded is an understatement. ]
But we found our ways. Every once in a while, we'd be lucky in having a common goal, and though we were plenty different, it was those differences that highlighted our individual strengths. And I think ... I think it's exactly that which helped benefit all of us.
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[ And then there are the heroes, the ones who want nothing more than to leave each world better than when they'd arrived. Which, you know, is a great idea in theory and all, but the execution ... leaves something to be desired.
He's been through a fair handful of missions now and he's seen the way they could help and the way they could hinder, and it's hard to know what method is best to take.
He's really never been on any kind of team before. ]