net.

This place is scary but fascinating at the same time! I wish I had all of my equipment here. It'd make studying this place so much easier.

How sad is it that I'm reduced to having nobody to talk to about my problems except for a stupid electronic journal? What am I, a thirteen year old girl? Christ.

Anyway.

Talk about going from the penthouse to the gutter almost overnight. I had it all... and then the next morning, I woke up and it was all gone.

The Corps? Gone. Babs? Gone. Worst of all... Teresa? Gone.

I had the love of my life. After all these years I had her. She showed up here, and she actually WANTED to be with me. I felt like maybe, just maybe, there was some part of me that was salvagable. That maybe deserved  to be happy.

But I see what I am now. I'm always going to be the killer who doesn't deserve happiness. Who was I kidding to think that someone as good and proud as Cap would ever actually consider me a friend? Or that a woman as perfect as Terry would ever be with me?

Face it, Wade... you're garbage. It's all you've ever been, and all you'll ever be.

Wherever you are, Terry.... I miss you.

God it sucks to be unkillable.... when all you want is to die.

Darcy is gone.

I know I'm being selfish. I know I should be happy that she was sent home and is no longer stuck here but I miss my best friend already.

I'm restless. Which normally doesn't fare well for those who aren't... Me. Consider this your warning.

Unless someone has an idea of what to do with me. I am always open to suggestions.

[Filter to Thor]

Darling brother.

Charming, thoughtful, compassionate brother. Who Is fully worthy of the greatness bestowed upon him. Have I told you lately how much admiration you deserve for your just opinions and ---

All right.

I'll stop.

I haven't been telling you the entire truth about something, also I'm about to unapologetically control someone's mind to felt him gain back his memories -- and also because I want to see what it's like.

Don't be mad.

Fail!Filtered to Wanda and Tito:



Just a little update for you guys, since I haven't been around much the last few days. 

I'd like to rejoin the Avengers once I find a way to clear Cap's name. Even if some of the people like the Carter girls are being stuck-up beeyotches about it. How can they doubt Cap? Geez, I don't know if it's their time of the month or WHAT. Kinda makes me wanna become Native American and join the Smackaho tribe, ya know?

You guys notice how many gorgeous people are here? It's like the best place EVER. I mean, there's Jane and Barbara, who HOLYCRAP are just as sexy as they are sweet (and trust me, look even better without the clothes), there's Alex, who has about the best hiney I've ever seen (wouldn't mind takin' a ride on THAT caboose, lemmetellya...), and now my ginger angel Teresa is here!!! OH HAPPY DAY!

Oh, also... Tito, you up for a stealth mission? I'd like to secretly put a crapload (pun intended) of ExLax in  Loki's ale. Let's see if a God can indeed poop his pants.

Would someone like to explain to me why I am in Vegas?

Hippie Viagra Day.

Public service announcement: Everyone stop getting shot. Jesus.

[Tony Stark (63)]

so like where the fuck is Steve then.

Right, so I'm going to bake my heart out in one of the kitchen, I'm the cupcake bitch.

Don't steal, just ask for one

On the menu will be Max's own creations
The Salty and Spice Cupcake (For the more adventurous customer)
The Very Very Vanilla (For the uptight white people)
The Beer Batter Maple Bacon Spring Break Cupcake (For Stoners)
Chicken and Waffle Cupcake (The Ludacris Special)


So there we have it. I don't take request, I'm not getting paid for this, though I should.

An entire race arrives at your door, confused, lost, frightened. They, like each of you, were kidnapped and brought here against their will -- like each of you -- but somehow they are different, the Jotuns, and instead of being welcomed -- they are attacked without mercy.

You say you stand for justice, SHIELD, that you wish to protect -- yet you chose as will who deserves it and who should fall to your efforts.









[OOC Note: Loki really, really doesn't give a damn about the Jotuns. Or the fact they're being beaten up, subdued, injured or killed. But you know, rare is it that what he says is what he means or that his motives are as clear as he states them to be.]

Who would dare kidnap me?

Okay, so now that I've got the weird out of the way. Or, I mean, at least better established that what's going on here is weird, and what I'd look like if I were a woman. I guess it's time to figure out what we're going to do about it, so.

Avengers? Assemble.

(I'm Tony Stark. Obviously)

[Filter to SHIELD Green Team: Angel (canon), S. Carter, Rogue, Rhodey, C. Sands, Tony Stark (canon) + Jane Foster, Darcy Lewis]

It is breaking my heart to say this, as much as it is probably breaking some of yours to read. But you lot heard Director Carter and she is not wrong. Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff have gone dark.

Time was, Steve Rogers was one of the best men I could imagine having the fortune to know. But times change, people change, and we can't take that sorta risk to public safety that these three are out rescuing puppies from burning buildings as opposed to lighting those blazes based on friendship. So we are gonna put and keep the pressure on them by stepping up patrols, finding them, coordinating with others, and we are gonna drag their sorry arses back if we have to smack whatever sense is left in that boy back into him.

All three are considered armed and dangerous. So, orders right now are track, tag, and do not engage unless you are backed into a corner. If you've gotta choice then, shoot to warn or injure. God help us all.

Marching orders are as follows. Want you patrolling in teams along our selected quadrant. Areas of interest are highlighted in the brief. Get your briefs are available at my room, 714 Mandalay Bay.

• Team 1 is Rhodes goes with Rogue and Angel. Go NS.
• Team 2 is Carter with Stark and Sands. Go EW.
• We are following an anti-grid formation. You meet, you switch. We keep this up and meet at 0600 tomorrow to reassess.
• Home team is Foster and Lewis. I wanna know how can these computer thingies track folk?
• Everyone keep comms on and radio in hourly.
• I'll be lookin too but am ready to arrange and run whatever it is you folk need.

[ETA: Filter to Peggy Carter, Tony Stark (AU), Dinah Lance (AU), Phil Coulson, Clint Barton (Canon)]

I am gonna recommend we meet sometime and talk about strategies for Rogers, Romanoff, and Barnes the Winter Soldier. I've fought a long time at Steve Roger's side and shadow, but don't know a lick about the other two. I imagine in several cases, that's reversed. We need to be prepared as can be. If we are gonna suss them out and bring them in.

How's everyone's afternoon looking.

I keep forgetting I have this silly little 'phone' thing. 

Anyway. Everyone alright? Anything I can do? I tried to send a message out to my pals, to come and help us, but they either didn't get it or can't find us. Or if Drax got it, he possibly got distracted ripping people apart and forgot to tell anyone.

Claire? You ok, kid? I haven't heard from you in a few days. Wanna grab some chow or something?

Stark... you come up with any new contraptions that might be of use to us? You know I find your little toys so adorable...

Seriously... someone: give me a reason to blow things up and/or shoot someone. I am SO bored.

What the hell is this?

Come on, people.

A small earthquake hits, and not ONE PERSON starts singing AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long"?

HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING???

...Looks like the boundaries of this place are changing.

[SHIELD | AVENGERS]

Can anyone give me an estimate on when that happened?

[Filter to Green Team (Angel (can), S. Carter, Rogue, J. Rhodes, C. Sands, T. Stark (can), J. Foster, D. Lewis) + Peggy Carter]

Alright ya lunkheads. I am not one for speeches, but we've been roped together into a team for SHIELD here, and I am one for teams. SHIELD is not a 9-5 job like some wall street junkie or doc who blows off to go play a round of golf and because of that it's a heckuva lot more fulfilling. That means that these other men and women here are not your co-workers. They should be your second family. SHIELD is made up of individuals, maybe, but at the heart and soul of it. It is comprised of teams. Now I don't expect everyone to get along all the time, heck, I don't expect most of you lot'll be fond of me before we're through here. But I sure as heck expect you all to treat each other with respect and like the comrades in arms you are.

SHIELD stands for the Strategic Homeland Interventions, Enforcement, and Logistics Division. And that might just be some bureaucrat's way of making an acronym, but SHIELD stands for so much more than a bunch of goldarned letters. SHIELD stands as a line of defense against the threats normal folk aren't near prepared or ready for. We are a paramilitary, intelligence agency that defends this world, and we are run like one. That means we follow hierarchy, we follow marching orders, and if you go off book you had best have a goddamn good reason for it. However, that don't mean I won't tear you one for it.

Working with SHIELD means there's always something we don't know, you won't know, or we can't know. SHIELD works through compartmentalizing intelligence so if, not when, there's a leak, we can cover your arses quickly. SHIELD business stays within SHIELD. Our team's business stays within our team. Any and every bit of knowledge exists on a need to know basis. You don't think you can handle that, don't let the knob hit you on your way out.

That's my piece there, now if we're gonna be a team, we're gonna need to know one another and start acting like one. So I'll start. I am Sgt. Dum Dum Dugan. I was part of the first team with SHIELD when Director Carter and Howard Stark founded this op. I have been there about seven years before I came here. During the War I was with the US armed forces, 69th Infantry, then with Special Forces and the SSR as a Howling Commando. I took over that battalion after Steve Rogers fell. After the war, I worked cleanup, then found my way to OSS. Then SHIELD. My folk back home were with the circus.

I've read briefs on near all of you, but I wanna hear it straight from the horse's mouth so to speak. Go around tell me who you are, where you're trained, what you're bringing to SHIELD, and anything else you feel like sharing. You got questions. Ask them now too.

Tonight I want everyone out being sociable. The Bar @ the Tropicana. 2000 hours. Everyone makes it to tomorrow, we're gonna see about starting up this team. Tomorrow we get to work and we are gonna train together until I am convinced you don't need to anymore. Got it?

[Filtered to Steve Rogers + Peggy Carter]

Gosh, meeting the cherries makes me kinda get why Steve was always giving all those speeches.

Alright guys. Enough playing around, we have work to do. Guys?

So, in a rare moment of seriousness, I have a few things to say to some of you.

To Captain Crunch America: So, maybe we should go have a few beers and talk over ideas to keep this place safe... what say you?

To The Jolly Green Giant: I have an idea to run by you to set aside for when we find out who stuck us here... but it would involve letting your big buddy out to play. It's a little crazy... but if you're as pissed at the people doing this as I am, I think you'll like it.

To Droidpool Kara and My boo Jane: My main ladies... you're both awesome. I'm thinking that the three of us together could come up with some good science-y stuff that could help our cause here.

To Charity: ...any chance you could get Karen to sign my copy of "Love Songs"?