hardwearing | [ MEADOWLARK ] IC Inbox

I'm engaging Ephemera in the caves, he is armed with a pistol. Do not follow, steer clear of the area.

If I do not update within an hour, prepare for the worst.

Have you got time for an extra shift tomorrow? We overlooked an event.

[Left by the front door of the apartment is a curious bundle inside a reusable cloth bag; it's an electronic cat, one of the blue and white ones that purr. There's no further message via neural tag or anything else indicating who might have dropped it off.]

Church is here. Not Epsilon. From same place I was.

[ This message is identical to one Maine sent to Carolina a few seconds earlier. ]

[ carolina's at work, which means she doesn't message wash without a good reason. this seems like a pretty good reason, though, when they haven't heard much from maine over the last few days. ]

Got a message from ME. Alpha's gone.

[ The ground has barely stopped moving when this message arrives: ]

Status?

[ Is Maine still avoiding his teammates? Yes. Did he most likely write this message during the quake? Also yes. Did Carolina receive an identical message? Yup. ]

Edited (wrong ic date) 2020-07-14 05:49 (UTC)

[ this message comes while wash is at work, a few hours after he knows she had plans with drake, because both of them are always keen to keep tabs on one another. carolina hasn't said anything about those plans involving confronting maine, but maybe if wash learns from a distance, he'll be less mad at her for keeping him in the dark. or more. it's really a toss-up, she figures. ]

We should have our third back on training rotation in the next few days. What time are you getting home tonight?

[ With the first draft already sent to Nate, Stephen takes the agony out of it and just copies it over into a conversation with Wash and hits send.

It says what it needs to and keeps his feelings well enough out of it. Nobody he hurt should feel obliged to talk to him until they're good and ready. ]

I'll be returning to Red Wings in the next week or so. I intend to work around existing shifts and I'll add myself to the schedule to make that easier on everyone, but I wanted to make you aware that I'll be back in the building.

There are no expectations. If you need to minimize the risk of an encounter, let Clarke know you're taking leave and I'll ensure you're paid.

@angela.roberts - evening of the 12th

@stephen.strange

[Drive-by action]

@august.jónsson — april 6th, late

@carolina.church