STAR.

you speak like constellations but you're just a b l a c k h o l e. ripley ryan. infinity stone extraordinaire.

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casslang​:

“I forget that supervillains have feelings too, I guess.”

“and that makes you a very bad superhero. we’re people. you can still hurt us.”

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casslang​:

“Does it not affect you if things get royally fucked? Given the whole stone in your chest thing?”

“i’ll book myself a one way ticket back to earth-616. it’s more stable there.”

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hardycat​:

“Easy for you to say when you have a reality stone in your chest.”

“a reality stone that turned me into a walking target. it’s not been all sunshine and rainbows.”

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ladylckis​:

“What is there to talk about? If you’re asking me how I ended up here, I don’t know. Probably has to do with the mess S.H.I.E.L.D. created.”

“if it’s any help, it has nothing to do with me. i’m not in the business of dragging loki’s around.”

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destroyrofworlds​:

“I’m not pretending to know you, just saying.” Daisy shrugged as she raised an eyebrow at the blonde’s next words. “Emphasis on former. I didn’t agree with what they did to you.”

“really? because that’s kind of how it’s coming across.” her eyes rolled. “nobody does, and yet, it took so long to stop it.”

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destroyrofworlds​:

Daisy could definitely feel herself leaning closer to Ripley, but she wasn’t making an effort to pull away. The former agent was close enough to smell Ripley’s perfume, and just before she could make out the scent she felt her center of balance nearly go out from under her and she managed to catch herself before falling down off of the stool. She listened intently to Ripley explaining the stone and smiled stupidly as she leaned her head onto her hand. “That’s crazy..” She said quietly, genuinely fascinated by the fact that Ripley had an entire reality stone in the center of her chest. As Ripley filled her cup up, Daisy clenched her fist and muttered a small,  slurred ‘yes’ before taking a sip and blinking at Ripley. “I can do seedy. I used to live in a van for awhile. And maybe I needed some peace tonight too.”

“you’re looking for peace in a bar filled with petty criminals?” that earned a genuine laugh. “you’re stranger than shit. i think that i like it.” it was amusing, at least. ripley needed a little humor after the pleasant hill fiasco and the repercussions. she and the stone felt the most in-tune they ever had; that didn’t change the fact that it had been an incredibly invasive experience. “not a van. even i used to have a bed. you know, you’d probably like who i used to be. she was way more palatable and she almost never said no.” she had been a weak pushover. that’s what she had been. “maybe tonight you can be seedy and i’ll be less psychotic, or whatever S.H.I.E.L.D. labeled it as.”

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bcrtonhawk​:

Clint tried to come up with a response on the fly, but the automatic call out caught him off the spot as he took a deep breath and nodded at Star. It wasn’t like he could lie, of all people she would know. “I think so. It’s nothing I can’t handle.”

“becoming someone else? it doesn’t look like you’ll have a choice. do you even like kids?”

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xmoonsilk​:

Cindy frowned at Ripley’s response, although it was hard to sympathize with the blonde. She really, really wanted to, but Ripley was not a nice person. And some of the stuff Cindy had heard definitely made her understand why everyone didn’t like Ripley. But that didn’t mean she deserved to be treated like a human experiment by S.H.I.E.L.D.. No one deserved that. “Tell me about it. I’m quite literally a different person than I was going into that place.”

“earth-616.” ripley paused to take in the energy that cindy was emitting. “better there than earth-65. she’s awful, and it’s so terrible what you did to gwen. oops, sorry. she did to gwen.”

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hardycat​:

“I think S.H.I.E.L.D. has more on their plate right now than they can handle after that whole mess.” Felicia shrugged, figuring that they had a good few months of slipping under S.H.I.E.L.D.’s radar while they dealt with this PR nightmare. She rolled her eyes at the mention of her Pleasant Hill persona. “It was. It’s very nice to not be in there anymore. Still beats being comatose, though.”

“it just means they’ll cut corners and make it worse.” ripley pointed out. at the mention of being comatose, the blonde scoffed. “it’s a lose-lose here. comatose, walking around like an oblivious idiot. S.H.I.E.L.D. screwed us all. what are you doing about it?”

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mahdthena​:

“That look in your eyes— I know what it means. I see it everywhere I go. You want to ask me something, yet you hesitate. Why? Are you afraid I might hurt you?”

“it means i have an infinity stone and you need to back the fuck up.”

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blackniight​:

“you see, history is much more fascinating than you’d expect it to be.”

“please, educate me. i’m dying to know here.”

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casslang​:

“Do you think everything’s going to be okay after the fact? I talked to Cindy Moon and she’s definitely not my age anymore.”

“oh, hell no. everything is royally fucked. good luck.” ripley paused. “seventeen going on thirty?”

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bcrtonhawk​:

“What the hell?” Clint deadpanned towards Ripley, shaking his head at her as he looked back at his arrows. “Change them back. Those things aren’t cheap.”

“when i leave. i don’t need you shooting at me.” ripley rolled her eyes. “you looked a little multiverse strained, huh?”

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destroyrofworlds​:

“I think you woulda done that a long time ago if you wanted to, Ripley.”

“i’m fickle. i’m liable to change my mind. don’t act like you know me, daisy johnson. i’m just the star test subject in your former organizations hell scape, remember?” 

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medusaliiths​:

“Our goal isn’t to escalate. I simply do what I believe is best for the Inhumans. And if you don’t agree with that you have that right, I suppose.” Medusa shrugged.

“i’m sure it’s not. your intentions are always better than the messes you make.” ripley shook her head. “it’s like clockwork.”

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casslang​:

“You’re not making your case any better, you know. But you’re right, I guess that was a bad apology on my part.”

“at least we’re making some progress in acknowledging it. god, you all are so tiring.”

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destroyrofworlds​:

Daisy’s eyes widened at the sight of the glass refilling, and the bartender that came up to check on them seemed stunned into silence as he turned and opted to check on other patrons. The whole interaction was enough to get a full on snort out of Daisy as she giggled. “I think you just made that guy shit bricks.” She commented, leaning in closer when Ripley said she had a secret. She nearly fell out of her chair and quickly rebalanced herself as she listened. “Is the stone alive? Cause you’re talking about it like it’s alive.” She asked, genuinely wondering as she finished her drink and turned her head down to it. “Think you can do a gal a favor and refill mine too?”

“well, i tend to have that effect on people.” ripley made a small gesture by her face. daisy leaned closer. ripley didn’t back away. if anything, she moved closer, head tilting to the side with a knowing smirk. her lips parted into a biting laugh as daisy nearly fell and her normal position was resumed. “it’s energy. it moves, it courses. it doesn’t have feelings, but i feel it.” it was hard to explain. ripley knew it was there. they were conjoined now even though she didn’t know why. pointing at daisy’s cup, she uttered the command. “i’m not here to be an instant drink machine. i come to this bar for peace. why are you here? isn’t it a bit seedy?”