Welcome to chapter two, sorry if chapter one was a bit underwhelming. Let's get this party on the road.
~~PM:JF~~
"Be fair, it was only three quarters," Tony said as he looked over at Jane.
"Still, I was just about to crack Einstein-Rosen bridges and-" Jane abruptly cut herself off as she realised that she was rambling.
"So, Twister anyone?" Steve asked as he pointed out the sheet and dial that were laying on the floor.
Several members of the room grumbled as they moved over to the game, with the exception of Natasha, she looked as though she was relishing the task. Jane decided that she would warn the new guy about Nat's competitive streak in the game.
"Jane Foster," Jane stated as she extended her hand.
"Pietro Maximoff. I take it that you're my 'hallmate' then, whatever that is," Pietro said as he shook her hand.
"Good, then I'm not the only one who thinks the idea is ridiculous then. I'm going to warn you right now that Natasha," she emphasized as she pointed out the red-headed spy, "is wildly competitive in this game."
"Don't worry, I can be quite competitive as well," Pietro exclaimed.
Once the game had started it turned out that Pietro really was quite competitive, using his considerable height and flexibility to his advantage. They had decided to use double-elimination, with the first place of three going on to the next round. Jane had made it past the first round, beating out Thor and Wanda in the first round. To be fair Wanda was about the same height as her, and Thor didn't quite grasp the rules.
Pietro had gone against Vision and Clint. He had easily won that match. Clint just gave up and Vision didn't quite understand why people enjoy it, so they basically gave up. That left the final round for determining the last finalist up to Tony, Natasha, and Steve. Unsurprisingly Natasha managed to beat the others through sheer determination alone.
"Are you not going to try Rhodey?" Wanda called out from the sideline.
"Only if you convince me that it wouldn't be wiser for me to stay here," the war veteran replied from his post behind the spinner, "Left foot on red."
With that, the game had begun. A small betting ring had formed amongst the losers, and the pool was getting to be ridiculous.
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"$500 that Pietro wins," Steve said, shocking all of those in the loser and chose to abstain from the game circle.
"I, on the other hand, will root for the underdog. $700 that Jane wins," Tony responded as he placed a small lump of bills on the table.
Clint chimed in soon after, "Well, since she's my bestie and all, $300 on Nat winning."
"Did you just call me your 'Bestie'?" Nat called out from the mat in an accusatory tone.
"Of course fam!" Clint replied.
A heavy sigh was heard from Nat as the attention of the circle was once again drawn to the betting pool.
"Okay, so so far we have bets from Tony, Thor, and myself that Jane wins; Wanda, Steve, and Rhodey all have their pools on Pietro; and Clint is riding on Natasha to win," Vision summarized for all of the betters.
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Back at the Twister Mat things were getting pretty intense, and Pietro was fairly certain that Jane would lose considering that she was the least invested in the game.
"Right hand on yellow!" Rhodey called from his cushion.
Pietro easily got the best yellow spot, to which both girls mumbled angrily under their breaths in response. Natasha managed to easily maneuver her way to the next best spot which meant that Jane would need to cross over or under himself in order to get to the last free yellow. Jane barely managed to pull it off, resting her weight on Pietro. As it stood the game was right foot on yellow, right hand on yellow, left foot on green, and left hand on blue. Given the way that Natasha's legs were trembling with exertion, as she was holding the most difficult position, Pietro could surmise that she wouldn't be in the game much longer.
"I'm out," Natasha stated in a tired voice as she collapsed in a heap, almost taking out Jane with her.
"That's a first," Jane said with exhaustion lacing her tone.
"Go, Jane!" He heard Tony shout from the sideline.
"I'm probably going to lose," Jane mumbled under her breath as Pietro felt her placing more of her weight on him.
"Right hand on Green," Rhodey stated.
True to her words Jane collapsed within the next two turns, her limbs having finally given out on her.
Pietro quickly went over to the short woman and offered his hand to help.
"Thanks," Jane said in a tired voice as he helped her to her feet.
Pietro was vaguely aware that everyone from the betting pool was handing money to Steve, Rhodey, and his sister.
"Good game," Pietro spoke to the astrophysicist.
"You failed me, Jane!" the two finalists heard from Tony.
"Well sorry if I can't beat a literal superhero!" Jane bantered.
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Natasha, in order to remove the embarrassment of having lost, decided to say, "So, are we going to have pizza or play music or what?"
Everyone mumbled their agreement, a few more enthusiastically than others.
The red-haired spy was watching the new recruit to get a read on him. So far he seemed relatively jovial and extremely competitive, with a lot of heart. Given his sister's easy acceptance of The Avengers lifestyle, she assumed he would follow easily. His entire personality screamed easygoing nerd, something that was sorely missing from the few days when she met him.
It wasn't surprising then that he was already getting along well with the resident nerd. She glanced back over to where Jane was sitting across from the twins, easily talking with Wanda and Pietro about something that would probably go over her head.
On the other hand, Tony and Steve were in deep debate about the merits of gambling, probably because Tony was a bit cranky because he lost. It wasn't surprising because lately, those two were arguing about everything. She would need to keep her eyes on them.
Vision looked like he was trying to figure Wanda out. Rhodey was talking up his heroism to Thor, who was listening out of lack of anything else to do. Speaking of Thor, he was occasionally looking back at Jane with the eyes of a lost puppy.
"Jane, how's your work going?" Tony asked.
Jane looked up from her deep conversation to respond, "Well I've finally found a source of exotic matter, so now it's just a question of mass-producing it and finding a way to create string wormholes that are predictable and usable."
"Intriguing, can I look at whatever exotic matter it is that you have?"
"Sure, after all, I should probably know if the hazmat is necessary or not. If I recall correctly you were the only person who understood Bruce's research."
After a few hours passed everyone left the party except for Nat, Wanda, Jane, and Pietro.
"Well I should probably leave now, give you kids some time to talk," Natasha said as she stood up.
"Myself as well, you should probably get to know your hallmate better, brother. I will talk to you again in the morning," Wanda stated as she left the room.
Nat gave the two individuals a curious look before she left the room.
AN: Sorry for messing up continuity with Thor, but at this point, I'm just going to roll with it because f-it, this is my hobby.
