Well, fuck,

( somewhere, he can hear one of his kids telling him that that was a bad word and he shouldn't be using bad words. but his kids are a long, long way from whatever this is and all clint can think about is how hot it is and how freaky those...people in the distance look. it's like they're not quite right, a little too out of sorts. clint can't exactly place why but it turns his stomach either which way.

so, he was just going to do his best to avoid all that, if he could, let someone else deal with it for once. that's what he's decided on and he turns to do exactly that but...something stops him.

he sighs, shoulders slumping and he curses under his breath five seconds before he turns around to face the weird, freaky people again. )

Okay, so what's this now? What are we dealing with? Is it too much to ask that they're just a very strange welcoming party?

( probably not what that is. )

( it feels a little bit like high school again what with the recruiters slinking around like they are. except this time it's recruiting for guilds instead of recruiting for various military branches. clint's not sure one's better than the other.

he mostly ignores them though, focused more on getting something to eat and thinking than he is on playing the game. he doesn't even know if he's ready for anything close to it so he's just going to keep his head down, hood up and hope that gets him some privacy.

he doubts it'll be that easy but he can try. he's just some guy that ended up here who's trying to have a decent meal. see, totally normal behavior. )

( clint's been followed before by any manner of man and monster. he's been followed but he prides himself on his ability to slip free of the situation and not end up kidnapped and hogtied in some dirty warehouse somewhere.

but this feels different. it feels like something else all together. neither man nor monster. there's a whisper in the air, something low and sinister and it's hard to ignore. he swats at the side of his head like that might dispel the voice. he knows if he turns around, he's going to see something that he doesn't want to see so instead he ducks into the first open store that he sees.

he doesn't need anything from this place but he wants to get that voice out of his head and away from him. he needs a minute to breathe, get his focus back.

and maybe he'll buy something to distract himself later. )

( if there's something else you'd like to do, feel free to toss it at me. i'm at jortles for plotting/questions. )