past prologue.

You know your social life is in a really sad state when you run to a forum for some socialization. The last few days, I signed in and stared at the screen, trying to figure out a way to introduce myself. I never really had a problem talking to people. In person is great because you can get a sense about how everything is going. On here, though, I just imagine that everyone is rolling their eyes or mumbling under their breath. It's not really conducive for communication.

But I thought what the hell! Captain America is on this thing. Jane Foster certainly can.

See how I did that? Snuck my name it? It took me 15 minutes to come up with that, and I am spent. It's Wednesday! Yay hump day?

[Text to Skye right after this]

- Hi so I need to talk to you about something before someone else mentions it.
- I went to see Ward.

WHO: Grant Ward & Lincoln Campbell
WHAT: They meet face to face and have a surprisingly candid conversation.
WHEN:
WHERE: Vault D
RATING: References to betrayal, grief, death, destruction, etc.
STATUS: log; complete.

( They don’t realize that they’re playing into all of the exact same tendencies they used to that made it so easy for HYDRA to hide within their midst. )

WHO: Grant Ward & Leo Fitz
WHAT: Ward's already been through a small parade of visitors, but Fitz is someone he never expected to come see him voluntarily.
WHEN:
WHERE: Vault D
RATING: PG
STATUS: Log; COMPLETE

( Honestly he was still relatively surprised that Jemma hadn’t made an appearance to undo all of the work that she’d put into sewing him up the first time he’d been here. He doubted her desire to see him dead had changed in the few weeks that it had been since her last attempt. And it probably wouldn’t be hard for her to disable the camera either. )

WHO: Grant Ward & Skye
WHAT: Skye stops in to have a little chat with Ward. As per usual, heads end up butted.
WHEN:
WHERE: Vault D
RATING: PG
STATUS: Log; COMPLETE

( They all had, in the worst ways, and it was disheartening to see these people that he loved so fragmented, broken, and hard. Particularly knowing he was at least partly to blame. )

log placeholder for ward & may

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WHAT: An announcement. Science! Senators! Spectators!
WHEN: Monday 17th of August (but playing out from NOW!)
WHERE: The New York Hall of Science, Queens
WHO: Members of the public! And some other characters. If your character would have a reason or desire to attend the event, please join in. :)
NOTES: This was meant to go up yesterday, but I am a failboat. Please imagine there has been plenty of publicity towards this event.



( BIG NEWS )

Who: Leo Fitz and OPEN
Where: SHIELD HQ
When: August 14th, 2015
What: Fitz works on an upgrade to the I.C.E.R.
Warnings: n/a
Status: TBD (Will be complete if left alone to become a narrative)

( Something else to do. Aside from the blasted rock. )

Who: Natasha & Bruce
Where: Stark Tower
When: Friday, August 7 - very early in the morning
What: Conversation
Warnings: n/a
Status: Complete in gdocs

( Warm milk oughta help with that insomnia... )

Who: Norman Osborn & OPEN to Tony Stark
Where: Stark Tower
When: August 10th, 2015
What: Norman attempts to have a meeting with Stark.
Warnings: n/a
Status: incomplete

( A (Potential) Meeting of the Minds )

Text
» Peter, are you awake?

School is going to start back up soon. So I guess I have two choices - start shopping for supplies or find something fun to do before I buckle down and study.

( Peter )

( Private )

WHO. Lincoln & Skye
WHERE. The SHIELD base.
WHEN. After the events of 4 July.
WHAT. A lot of feelings. And gym bag abuse.

***

( What’s your favorite Rolling Stones song? )

I'm reading the same papers you're reading. I see the shootings and the terror; I see the flash point, the fever pitch. And what I think we need, more than anything, is a minute to sit back and talk to each other. Everybody is afraid of what they don't know. Everybody casts aspersions when its all they have. But knowledge is a good, strong righteous right arm. And not everybody can stare truth in the face and with a lie on their lips.



A lot of intangible stuff up there, I know. But it's a formula.

You scared of something? Find somebody, talk about it. You wanna talk? I'm always going to be here to listen.

[SAM]

How's Mom? I got her a thing.

[TONY]

What's the news from DC?

[AVENGERS]

You wanna stretch your legs? Cause I think we oughta stretch our legs.

WHO: Elektra & Fisk
WHEN: After this little kerfuffle.
WHERE: An undisclosed location in New York City.
WHAT: What goes down for medical care these days.
STATUS: Narrative; complete.

( We have matching battle scars now. )

[TEXT-TO-SPEECH: ELISE]

- Does this number still work?

WHO: Bruce Banner and Vision
WHERE: Banner's room
WHEN: Right after Banner got back, before his big apology. We took our time. :)
WHAT: Vision's curious to get to know one of his dads.
RATING: Light! Some angst.
STATUS: log; complete.

( I still don’t understand everything about you, but what I’ve familiarized myself with, I like. )

WHO: Grant Ward & Bobbi Morse
WHAT: Initial interrogations w/ their favorite repeat intake.
WHEN: Not long after Ward's capture
WHERE: The Playground; Interrogation Room
RATING: PG
STATUS: Log; COMPLETE

( When he’d said that they were alike, he’d meant it. He’d meant it in all of the very worst ways. They knew exactly what it meant to play with the lives of others in order to get the results they wanted. So he had absolutely no illusions about what this interrogation was going to consist of. )

Everyone keeps telling me I need to take a break. See the sun. Eat more. Maybe they're right. Maybe I should give in. I keep getting told I should write more, get my feelings out, and honestly that's the only reason I am typing this now. A few lines of text and hopefully I will be able to return to my work uninterrupted.

And failing that I will turn up the volume on my collection of bag pipes CD's.

Skye:
I may have to make a difficult decision soon.