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[notthaticequeen]

what paint sticks to metal

metal paint

paint store

place to buy paint

enamel paint

shit this isn't the search thing is it

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[justakidfrombrklyn]

I'm sure you could find someone in Tomorrow who'd be willing to do the work. There's plenty of painted metal there.

Or heck, I'd do it for you, free of charge. It's been a few years since I was an artist by trade, but I think I could do a paint job.

[notthaticequeen]

[Fucking hell, it was him.

Shit fuck shit hell what the--

The stream of internal profanity in multiple languages continued as she looked at the message, now sure beyond doubt that she was talking to Steve. Of course, the question was if it was her Steve, or just somewhere else's Steve. If she should say yes. If she should first ask Rita if she should say yes.

She'd already decided to talk to him, but this him? Now?

Shiiiiit...

And she still had to say something. Anything. Something that didn't betray how much she was ready to reach for her backpack and run like the hounds of hell were at her heels, as the saying went.

Time to decide, Bets.]

it's not like I was going to do anything special, just cover up an old paint thing I didn't like

[justakidfrombrklyn]

You'll actually want to remove that old design, if you can. It'll work better that way.

[notthaticequeen]

the old design might not come off, I don't know

[But it was something that made her pull up her sleeve and poke at it. Touch it, see if it was raised off the metal surface. ...Maybe it was.]

[justakidfrombrklyn]

If it's paint, I know how to get it off.

[notthaticequeen]

right now, my list is oil primer, acrylic paint, and some kind of top coat

what else do I need besides brushes and rags?

[The decision had slipped up on her again. Yeah. She... was going to do this. Shit.]

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Sandpaper. At least if you have the time and the patience.

[notthaticequeen]

okay, so primer, paint, top coat, brushes, rags, and sandpaper

how much will I owe you for this and where do I need to go?

[She wasn't going to invite him back to the hotel. No, no, no that wouldn't end well. Probably.

Oh God, what was she doing.]

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Oh, I guess we could meet at the City of Tomorrow. Easiest place. I've actually been renting some studio space there.

Though it's going to be a few days. I'm on a hiking trip in Adventure at the moment.

[notthaticequeen]

that's fine, I'll drop a message when I've got everything

[And right now, what she had was relief. She could talk to Rita about this and get her head in a better place before facing someone she wasn't really sure she was ready to face.]

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Sounds great.

I'm Steve, by the way.

[notthaticequeen]

[Weird how that made her skin go cold, even though she'd expected it.

The worst thing was, she'd yet to really connect with her old name. It was there. She believed it was her. She knew it was, but there was still something strange about looking at herself in the mirror and thinking 'Betty'. So... there was only one answer.]

you can call me Barnes

[justakidfrombrklyn]

[ ...there's a few minutes before the answer comes. ]

All right. Barnes it is.

[notthaticequeen]

[She knew him. He wasn't dumb. He was putting together prosthesis and Barnes and...

It'd be an interesting few days.]

around three days or so

see you then

[Unless she chickened out.

Shit.]

[justakidfrombrklyn]

See you then.

[ ...and with that, he's going to start hiking again. Keep his mind off of it. ]