SHIELD ACCESS: level eight

Clay Quartermain. Field Agent. Closed blog for Fight as One

[nickfurywasright]

Get down there and help in any way you can. I know that you want to. Take a team with you.

[quartermainofshield-blog]

Yes m'am. [he nods and calls in a few capable agents over his radio] Want me to save a Nazi just for you?

[nickfurywasright]

Clay…

[quartermainofshield-blog]

That look mean what I think it means?

[joshholloway-source]

[whatwouldnickfurydo]

Yeah, I know the feeling. [ She offers him a flat smirk and shrugs. ] I’m supposed to go schmooze with some senators for money this weekend, you can take a crack at that, if you’d like. 

[quartermainofshield-blog]

That's your call. Senator's wives find me very charming. Actual senators...But I suppose I could stand in the corner with an earpiece for one night.

[whatwouldnickfurydo]

—I’m not that short—[ She is, she just hates to admit it. And when she sizes up the free weights rack, it’s obvious. ] ….Well. You’re exhausting. Keep up the good work. 

[quartermainofshield-blog]

Ain't exhausting, just bored. [he slides off of a bench and towels off his face] Hill's got me on call, but no assignments.

[whatwouldnickfurydo]

Are you gonna spend the entire night working out like you know I’m watching, because I don’t know whether or not to be impressed or exhausted by the effort. 

[quartermainofshield-blog]

I'm flattered, but the truth is, you're too short to see over the free weights rack. Didn't know you were there.

[sa-design-em]

[quartermainofshield-blog]

[nickfurywasright]

It’s not what I meant, but if you’re going to pout about it, I’m sure I can have something arranged.

[quartermainofshield-blog]

Oh, if I was pouting, you'd know it. Consider me on board. 

[nickfurywasright]

Eager, eager. Glad to see it. But we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. At the moment, I don’t need anything in particular. Just keep a clear schedule. 

[quartermainofshield-blog]

If you meant desk duty, don't read too much into that "eager", Director.

[nickfurywasright]

There’s something about you working around the Avengers that always ends with you injured in one way or another. I can’t afford that right now. I need my best assets close by at all times.

[quartermainofshield-blog]

Only if they got robots. Which they probably still do. So this assessment ain't exactly unappreciated. What do you have in mind, then?

[nickfurywasright]

[scoffs] Like that’d be hard.

I agree though, I suppose it’s not. For a second I considered you for a liaison position.

But I have more important matters for you… 

[quartermainofshield-blog]

Liason position? [grins] Well, we couldn't have that could we. [his grin sobers slightly and he nods] M'am.

[nickfurywasright]

That’s never been the case with you, Quartermain. I know exactly the extent of your loyalty. I’m just being careful. [She takes a breath]

What do you think of a possible re-alliance with the Avengers? 

[quartermainofshield-blog]

I don't think it's the worst idea we've ever had.

[nickfurywasright]

Well firstly… I’d like to think that you’re someone I could come to for unbiased counsel. Is that the case?

[quartermainofshield-blog]

If you're uncertain of my loyalties, this is the first I'm hearin' about it.

[nickfurywasright]

Aren’t I always?

Listen, Quartermain.. I need a favor from you. I’ve trusted you with a lot of surreptitious information in the past, but this is different. I need to know that you can handle it.

[quartermainofshield-blog]

Yes m'am?

[quartermainofshield-blog]

Well. Ain't that sweet.

[joshholloway-source]

[quartermainofshield-blog]

I always embarrass myself; that’s just how I roll.