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[falcony]

IT'S SAM.
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
VOICE. TEXT. VIDEO. ACTION.

CREDIT.

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[falcony]

WEIRD IS ONE WAY OF PUTTING IT, YEAH
PRETTY SURE STEVE’S CAUGHT UP IN IT, TOO
IVE ONLY GOTTEN CORRUPTED MESSAGES FROM HIM
AND HE MISSED OUR RUN

I FIGURED IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CITIES BUT IF YOURE REACHING OUT…

WHAT’S HAPPENING OVER THERE?

[assembles]

[ Steve only receives bits and pieces of the correspondence from both of them, but he tries (for the umpteenth time) to send something back. As if he can make the message send by sheer force of will. ]


There are others ḧ̵̘͍̱̜̦͛̀͗̊̽̅̔͌͂́͝e̸̢̥̖̤̖̟̒̏͑͛r̶̢̧̢̝̠̬͗̑̈̂́̃̃͋̕͘͠ͅẹ̷̡̢͔̞̥͙̯̩̬̲̯̺̍͒͒͊̍̋̾͛̎̌͆͑̃ ̴̗̗̬͕͗̄͂͒͑̾ẅ̵͙̜̣͎́̊͜i̸̳̗͈̗̰͓͚̱͉͆̃̽͜t̴̢̜̹̜͍̺̗̮̠̤̰͎̝̘͕̀͂͝ḩ̸̤̹̬͔̳͂̽͐͒̔̌͒͌̀͊̄́͛͆̚ͅ ̵̙̗͈̭̦̀̈́̓̂̂̏̂͂͘m̵̢̧͖̪̖̦̜͎̮̺̏͜ę̷̨̛̗̘̠̗̻̺̖̥̖͕̑̽̿̇̚.

Ẁ̵͈̃̐̒̏e̵͎̰̰͕͎̱̞̗̾̃̒ͅ'̵̳̮̞͖̲̳̹̦̟̯̝̝̲̐̈͑̋̉ͅr̸̭̒͊̅́̾͝e̷̛͚̙̯̘̪̱̒͒̀̓̇̀̑͆͘͝hanging i̷̧͈͗̓̃̀̇̃̚ń̸̡̦̣̦̪͈̖̬̃̎͊̇ ̵̺̥͈̲̺̅̓́͠t̴̡̡̖͇̮̫̦͍̩̙̳̫̭͕̐̍̍͐͒̀ͅh̴̠̮̥̣̗͖̺̿̐̊̾͛͋́̀̆e̴̢̺̩̣̰̻̫̱̻͙͎͔̘̪̔̊̇̓̽̈͋͒͒̽r̴̢̛͍͔͓̤̯͕̺̫͕̗͗̎̅̈̃̎̋̾͜è̷̡̛̖̙̽̾̊̈́̐̇̃̇̔̂,̷̧̢̛͈̻̘͖̬̙̜͎͕̤̪̔͐͛̀̄̉͊̿̕͝, looking f̵̱̦͚̣̺̗̖͖̮͚͖̂ơ̴̡̖̰̦̩͙͙͂̍̆̇̓̈́́̾͝ͅr̴̨̧̡̮̩̼̫̝̿͌͒̐̀͝ ̵̘̝̙̭̟͚͔̦͚̱̟͇̃̚a̵̳͍͎̬̰̜͚̮͍͚̳͇̖͚͑͠͠ͅ ̵̪͍͇̮̪͌̊̓̊̓̌̽͛͗̍̏w̶̧̢̝̝̺͇̟̲̠̰̞̺̃̈́͆̈̚a̴̝̯̮̗̺̎͊̓̌͋̏̈́̀͘̚ý̴̨̬̦̦̖̯̪̽̆̅͐͐̋̄͗͌̇̕͝͝͝ ̶̳͍̥̫̓̿̀́o̸̡̞̟̬̪̱̤͕̟̿̎̉̾͋͊̽̀́̑͑͊̇̚ų̷̨̧̯̻͓̻̣̫͚͈̞̻̗͖͆̑͆͂̂̆͛̀͗̀͝ṭ̷͙̼̹̫̩̯̒̑͌̀̍͒̊͒͆̚

N̵̡̥̭̠̜̱̞̩͕̬̹̞̗̟̍̃̌̏̊̃̿̈́̓̀̇͋͠ö̸̡̧̜̣̯͚̱͚̞͚͓̲̎̂͒̑̆͊̔̚ţ̴̛͓̺͕̥̖̠̘͎̳̞͍̯̍̊́̃͂̉̅̾́̋̚ͅͅ ̴͕̱̩͎̟̝͇͔̳̫̹͉͑͠s̶͈̔̿̒͌̍̅͠u̴̢̡̟̳̩̞̪͔̙̮̞̅́̑̃̽͗̆̔͗̿̕͜͠r̵̜̠͊̋e̵̛̪͉͔̘͎͑͂̔̿͆́̈̀̾͂͛̇͘̚͜ ̵́͋̏̍̆̎́̀ͅi̶̙͇͋̈́͆̏̔̎̑̐͜͠f̴̡̠̩̤͕̦̼͉͙́̾͌͐̈̚ ̶̠͙͒̀̽́̄́͛͗͆̋͗͘͘͠Į̷̬̥̱̟͕͇͇̻̳̭̈̓̈̀̽͗͊̍̕ ̷̗̯̮͔̟̟̫͇̈́̆̈́̀͛͂̀̚̕̚͝͝c̴̻̳͛̓̅̀͐̀͊̂͂̍͘a̴̢̛̛̳͚͕̤̦͍̫̪͓͚̭̾̌͋͌̐͋̓̃͘̚͝ͅͅn̶̗̪͖̝̼̦̱͇̼̪̑́͋̔ access Horizon

[falcony]

[ sam does get it, but the corruption through the letters almost makes it worse. he's seen this before, he knows how completely futile it is to push back against it, but he tries all the same. there's no telling when steve might receive this message, but sam can't let the chance to actually contact him slip by. ]

STEVE?
MAN, YOUR MESSAGES ARE ALL KINDS OF SCREWED UP
SOMETHING'S BLOCKING YOUR CONNECTION
WHERE ARE Y'ALL? ANY INFO ON THE OTHERS?

[assembles]

W̶̫͎͂̈́́̒̈́͐͑̈́̔̂͌͘a̴̩̘͕̯͕͎͔͍͚̿̂̇̀̅̔͛̃͜n̴̢̧̞͕̠̦̤̺̈̑̈́̒̅̓̔̅͑͐̚͝͝d̴̨̨̛̫̻̤̦̮̗̝̰̋̓̌͆͒͂̓̓̕͝ͅa̷̢̛͇̤̺͚͎̘̠̥̮̟̠͐̐̎̊̇̕ ̶̰̋͌̾̓̓̿̿͛̿̆̄͐̈́͘ǟ̶̺̺̣̭̖͉̼̻̖̙̥̯̅̚͝͝ͅn̸͈̥̙̬̖̓̏̏̅͜d̴͉̦̤̹̰̲̲͔̲́ͅ ̴͚̰̳͙͙̞͚̰͍̦̀͂̀̅̃̂̅͜S̵̮̟̗͌̋ͅť̴̡̬̭͚̩̗̭̻̟̜͓̹͖̟̿̿͘ͅë̴̢͍̼͙̟̌͗̍̓p̶̞͖͚̱̩͓̿̑h̴̩̓͆̆̍̄̃͝ę̵̛͖̱͇̮͖̗̻̞̝͈̼́̾́̔͑̽̇̀̽̚n̸̥̣͙̻̠̅͗̂̋͊̇̋̅͋̈́͑̅͐͝͝ aren't here, as far as I̶̢̨̨̞̘̗̳̤͓̙͙̒̈́̏́͑͂̌̐̔ ̸̧̫̼̐̈́͂̅̍͒̿̎c̵̢̛͎͍̲͎̘̣̦̱̙̼̤̓̽͆͘ą̵̧̡̖͈͇͈̙̤̯̭̜̪̟̣̓͗̏̓͛͆̈́̿̈́̃͒̚͝ņ̴̞̣̠̻̽̐̋͝ ̴̭͕̈̆̏͛̀̚ţ̸̺̣͖̻̰͚̮̥̳̦͎̟̗̅̓̀̓͊̋̕̚ͅe̷̞̹̐͗̑͋͛̈̂̊̑̄̕l̷̢̲̻̟͚̰̯̟̽̇̂̀͑̎͌͊̈́́̑̕̚̕͝ͅl̸̨͇͎͔̳̮͖̩͚͕̘̰̣̤̰̋̆͑͝.

Matt is, though. Ẅ̶̢̺͚̰̠͔̭̠̤͖̭̘́̓̐͗̃̏͋̾̌̆̾̀̄̇̀͜ͅé̷̛̙̘̈́̈̾͠͝'̴̛̛̼́̉̎̂̏͋͆̇̾̑̿r̸̨̢̛̰͎̰̤͉̥̠̞̐̍̀̿͂́̀̉͆́͐̕͜ë̴̦͕͖̠̹͖́̀̀̿̍͆̃ ̶̟̖͍̲̳͍̾͋i̶̹̰͕̊̔͒̔̽̌͗̕͝͝n̴̽͝ͅ ̶̫̙̰͚̫̭͈̟̫̱͙̃å̵͕̙͈̠̬̪̠͚̮̪̫̘̺̈́̌͋̄͂̒̐͜͠ ̸̧̣͚̺͙̺̙̲͙̤͍́̃̂̈́̍̉̑̾̉̾̋͌͆̕ͅģ̷̢͕͚̩͙̗̦͉͍͕̰͚͖̎̃̐̑͒̎̋̇̾̃͊̀ͅi̷̦̦̟͙̙͙̻̙̥̝̬͉͈̦͇͛͊̈̿̑̽͆̇̕a̸̧̝͍͈͐͐͘n̸̛͖͊̍̔̈́̊̋̃̾̔́̇̓͝t̷͖̘͎̗̅͌̑͒̈́̈́͌͐͗̅͑͐̆͘ cavern of some kind, b̸̨̟̞̠̬͓͙̑̎̔̐ū̴̧͈͎̳̻̰͓̼̣̩͍̤̦͉̔̂̍̽͐͑̏̕͝͝ͅẗ̴̢̲͓͎́̾̎̀̅̕͜ͅ ̴̢̪̘͈̳̘͔̖͓͇̞̠̪͕͂̀̀͆͛͆̚͜ị̷̧̛̛͔̙͆̌̾̐̾̈̐͒͊̋͝ţ̴̡̨̛̬̝̹͖͉̣͂͛̿̀̀͜'̴̟̘͕̫̰̞͔̰͖̮̳̱͑͆̄̅̇̉͜͜ͅs̴͉̙̫̠̏̒͛̋̓̔͠ ̸̡̡̘̺̹̜̤͔̓̽̂̍̐̄́͘ç̵̯̞͉̟̩͑̋̈́̒̇̂̿̿̋̑̎̋̽̀̄ő̴̘͇̳͑̊͂͛͂́́̾v̶̨̡̛̗̺̞͖̣͚̬̪̥̓̍̇͗̅̍̾̀͑͐̏͊͠͝e̷̱̖̍̊̉͊̌̏̄r̵̥̘͕͓̬̱̻͚͍̻̈́͑̌͘ê̶͇͇̻̭̺̬͈͎͇͙̫͎ͅd̶͙̜͇̼̥̮̮͉̦̯̖̄ in fungi.

Ḯ̷̧̙̬̼̥̩̳̹͕͍̭͎̇́͠t̷̢͎̗̦̲̺͈̓͌̀̐̃ ̶̢͙̊̈́̈͂͊̈́ŝ̶͙̰̙̀̊̉m̶̛̮͙̗͇͓̻̪͆̐̿̏̍̃́̿͆͗̕ę̴̢̥̙̺̦̪͔̪͐̾̆̌̅̊̚͘͘͝l̵̨̳͚̥̻̬̲̟̩͗̈́͂͐̏̽͂̌̂̔̎͜l̶̤̦̘͔͙̙̩͉̩͍̺̇̉̏͘͜s̵̫̳̬̬͖̫͕̘̒͆͐́̌̑́͋̀́͋͘͜͜͝ͅ ̸̢̡̛̲̠̝̪̻̠͙̞̜͉̈́̎̌͗̽͆̄̿̽̋̈́͆͋͝ like death down here. F̶̠̓̃̅̓̽̎͒͘̕͠o̵̗̳͇̝͕̾̃̐̅̽͒͋́ŗ̷̛͚̼̪̩̃͂͐̀̈̒̀̅̊̋̽̈́͜͝ ̸̰̞̙̥̗̮͕̦̜͑̅́̈́̄̕̚̚͘͠͝s̶̫͚̤̳̭͚̙̞̤͍̮̪̋́͋̚̕͝ͅͅo̵͓͕̞͎̜͍̦̹͐͂́̊̐̈͒͑̽̒́͌̕͠ͅm̴͈͖̱͇̖͕͕̹̬̤̻̃̃̌̍̇͜ę̸̠̗̯̮̞͚̞̦̋̂̆̽̅̕͠͝ ̷̨̡̢̛̦̳͈̭̥͕͚͓͙͇͇͓͗̓̇͒̑̔͌̚͠r̶̢̤̤̎̀͒̆͌͌̈́̆̓̄́̋́͌ę̷͖͉̭̹͉̮͓̮̥͕̾̒a̵̻̱̿̔́̃̔̚͝s̷̢̡̰̩̰͙̪̙̣̟͕͙̈́̓̋̅͛̓̐͋̀̆͘͠ͅo̷̡̡̳̥̞͎̺̹̣̺̜̻̽͆̑̈́͐͜͜ǹ̶̛̪͔̝̊,̶͎͗͑́̕̕ ̵͖̅̑͆̀͒͘̚t̵͖̤͉̘͖̿͗͌̂̋̓̅̃͂̆͌͘͘͘͜h̷̛̖̞̙͕̀̂͒̓̋̅͋̋̎̾͐̕͝e̷̳̗̎̑̈́͂͗̆̌͗̃͌͝͠͝͝r̴̡̜̹̠̞͗̍̿̕͜ȩ̴̡͉̘̟̪͉̠̪̰̠͍̂͛̕'̸̗̘̯̖̹͆̾̾̅̉̽̚s̴̡̙͇̖̦̝̼̯̞͍̺̹̞̃͒̆̓͘ there's also a lot of corn.

[falcony]

I'LL CHECK WITH WANDA AND STEPHEN
SEE IF I GET ANYTHING BACK
BUT STEVE- I SERIOUSLY CAN'T SEE HALF OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE
DID YOU JUST SAY /CORN/? AND /DEATH/? IN THE SAME SENTENCE?

[assembles]

W̵̨̨͇̖̟͚̲̮̫͚͇͕̗̣̖̼̄̍̄͐́͑̌̌̎͝͝h̴̨̩̙̜̯͕̟͉̩̱͕͍̭͎̪͑͛̍̽̽ã̵̢̛̞̻̫̯̟̥͖̺̻̰̻̾̎̈́t̴̡̧͔̠̝͉̱̻̬̤̪͙͔͇̫̉͗̄͋̽̅̆́͋̚͜ͅ ̶͖̫͈̦̘̺̬̰̹̥̗̳̬̹̹͋̈̽̆̑̌͋̈͂d̵̡̡̨͔͍̭͎̪͇̙̩̀̆̒̍̚o̶̡̫͓͉͖̲̹͙̾̊͋̈͂͋͑̄͊̃̇̅̐̈́͝͠ ̷̢̢̡̺̝̤̭̘̭̠͚͔͚̍̉͗̾͛̀͒̽̈́̔͒͗̉̕͠͝ͅͅỹ̶͙̱̹̲̈́̓̈̂͆͠ơ̸̢͕̜͓͇͖̭̖͍̞͈̹͂́̀̋̇̈́͐͑́̀̓̚͘͠u̸͕̔̽̓̈́͝ ̵̡̨̮͇͇͍̘͉̫͔̫̈́͊̎͌̏̋̈́͝w̵̨̡̧̼͕͔̯̝̗̞̝͔͙͈͙̭̯̎́̆͘á̴̺̙̺̀̓̃͑̀̓̃n̶̡̘̍̊̾́̃t̶̨̠̮͉͈̫̣͓͉̳͚̀̈́͛͊̔̃͒̿̿͛̕ ̵̢̨̨̹̬̅m̵̢̮̖͓͙̠͈̪̥͍̬̥̈̐͗̀͌̃͂͂̔̂͑̽̂̉͂̃̕é̸̢̨͔͕͈̥͕͚̺͚̬̿͝ ̷̢̧̢̡͔̮͖͙̞͓͓̳̝̬̤̓̇̑͐̌́̔́͆̀̚ţ̶̨̰̋͗̒͐͐̽̿̌̉̎̆̔͐͆̔͒͝ͅo̵̟͍͑̆́͐̉̿ ̶̛̛͍̾̃̉̅̎̅̀̚͝͠ḍ̵̨͕̆͂̑́̈́͒̓͛͛̾̏̏͜͜͠ǫ̸̧̰̠͕̤̣̆̂̋͂̔ͅ, think harder?


[ It's not like Steve even has an idea of what's going through and what isn't. Still, all he can do is keep trying. ]


W̸̢̢̞̙̘̜̳̖̩͎̘͈̫̟͌̒̇͜͜ͅę̶͚̻̖̟͈͍̮̫̫͖͓̦̰͚̱͐̊͐͋̏̀̄̒͂̐̋̆̑̕͘̚͝ ̵̧̧͕͙͇͉̱͇͙̳͉̹͉͈͎̇̾̂̇͝ͅm̵̢̧̧̟̼̜̮̼̺̰̖̟͚̘̱͔̔̂̃̊͑̎͐͗̈́̕̕͝i̷̛̞͍̟̲̹͖̬̮̫̽̌͐̇̀̋̏̀͘͝͝g̴͔̤̟͎̲̲̺͇͇̰͍̈́̒́́̊̆̾̚̕h̵̡͇̲̩̩̺̰̪̰͇̣̤͚͖̹̩̪́͌͗͒͗͝t̴͔̳̫̜̤̱̞̱̽̆͑ ̴̨͉̮̖̟̺̘̩̦̠̫̠͖̎̈́̒̓̍̈́̆̿̓͑̾̅͜͝ͅb̷̡̨̦̬̭̤̘̤͈̱͇̘̺̘͕͒̂̓̀͑̓͊͊͋̀̆̓̾̂͜͠é̷͙͓̦̗̌͛̋͊́́̽̉͘ ̷̧̝̪̹̱̳̺̘͔̀̎̐̕͜͝ͅb̸͙͖̭̖͎̤̄̀͛̏̆̂̑̐͋̿̓͑͐̕͝e̸̝͈͙̰̪̜̽͗̉͝t̴̥̂̇͆̓̊͑̈́̍̓̚͘̕t̵̨̛͔͔̰̫̯̲͚̥͙͖̟̰̑̈́͋͗̈́̏̆̄́͗̆̉͑̎ͅe̴̡̖͎̮̼̖̪͊̅̒̓̂̍̓͒̽͒͐͒̔̃̊͝r̷̫̟̓ ̴̛͇̩̹̔̿͊̑o̶̥͈̰̖̫͚͚̟͉̦̺̙̓̒̚͜f̴̢̡̫̤͈̺̝̺̗̱͈̱̳̣̪̥̄̎f̷̙̥̊͑̎̈́̓̽̏͋͒́͘͘̚ trying to talk î̶̡̨̢̛̠̗̝̜̜͉̞̙̃̈́̏̈̈́̌͊͘͠n̶̼̺̳̖͎͚̩͉̹̞͂͐̅̐͆ ̷̢̧̗̩͖̼̯͕̬̗̦̠͇͋̂͛̋̎͋̚͠ͅt̴̹̮̼͇͈̣͗̽́́̐͐̅h̷̡̧̛̳̮̳̬̹̙̙̹͈̺̙̝̤̲̋̈ͅȩ̷̛̛̭̠̮̱͙͙̈́̔͐̽̇̈́ Horizon.

[falcony]

YEAH
THAT WORKED
THINK HARDER, STEVE
BUT DON'T HURT YOURSELF

[ which is a little more ribbing than it is actual help, but sam figures it's the least he can do to keep them from getting too frustrated. ]

YES- LETS DO THAT
MY HORIZON OR YOURS?

[assembles]

[ If you ask someone like Steve Rogers to put his all into something, that's what he's going to do, so this is what happens. ]

YOURS

[falcony]

SEE
I KNEW THAT WOULD WORK
CRYSTAL CLEAR

BE THERE IN TEN

[assembles]

[ All Steve gets from that is "work," "crystal," and "ten," but it's enough for him to fill in the rest. Let's do this, co-Captain. ]

[widows_kiss]

Istredd seems to be missing. Urianger, too. I'm not sure of how many others yet.

Steve's missing???

[ Shit. That's not good. Who the hell managed to get the drop on Steve? ]

[falcony]

STEVE'S THE ONLY ONE I KNOW FOR SURE
BUT I'M STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT A LARGER LIST
INEJ IS MISSING AND I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM CAS OR GERALT
BUT NOTHING ELSE BEYOND THE MISSING PEOPLE
AMBROSE OR ANYONE ON YOUR SIDE HAVE IDEAS YET?

[widows_kiss]

Ambrose doesn't know who I am and I'd prefer to keep it that way for a bit. But I'll put out some feelers and ask around, see what we're looking at over here.

Sam? Be careful.

[falcony]

IF I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THORNE RUNS THINGS
THEY'RE EITHER BEHIND THIS OR WILL HAVE SOME KINDA PLAN, AND SOON
WATCH YOUR SIX AND CHECK WITH STRANGE
HE'S GOT CONNECTIONS WITH AMBROSE AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT

NAT- I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE LONG
BUT SHIT CAN GET WEIRD, AND DANGEROUS, AND /FAST/
BE EXTRA CAREFUL
I'LL BE CHECKING IN WITH YOU IN A LITTLE BIT

[ now is a perfect example of just how freaking thankful he's got her over there, but it also stands as a reminder of how freaking awful this distance can be. he doesn't want her out there alone, and yet he knows there's no real alternative. ]

[widows_kiss]

I'll get in touch with Stephen.

And I promise not to blow up any buildings until Steve is back to frown disapprovingly at me for it.

[ Honestly, she's more worried about him without Steve there to watch his back. ]