( colligo ¬ get collected ) → communications.

( Canton Everett Delaware III: You have 7 new messages )

( Canton Everett Delaware III: You have new messages )

Merry Christmas. ;)

We need to have a little talk. You and I.

( Left outside Clint's door )

Where are you? I've checked all the apartments, and I'm on my way back from Stark's. Where are you?

( Canton Everett Delaware III, you have THREE new messages )

( Clint Barton, you have TWO new messages )

( Faith Lehane, you have ONE new message )

( Sif, you have ONE new message )

( Loki Laufeyson, you have ONE new message )

( Jason Todd, you have ONE new message )

( Canton Everett Delaware III: You have 4 new messages )

This is a mass text.

[ sent immediately after ]
Does anyone know where the fuck I am?


[ several moments later ]
Guys?

[ sent immediately after ]
Rogers? Banner? Barton? Guys? Hello? I think we've got a problem.

[ sent immediately after ]
Why did I just wander outside of the tower into a city that is not New York?

[ sent immediately after ]
I know the city's under construction, but this is definitely more change than anticipated.

[ sent immediately after ]
Is this more of Loki's bullshit?


[ several seconds later ]
And why the fuck is there a painting of ROBERT DOWNEY JR in the lobby?

Fun fact. Apparently the other guy thinks my name is Cupid.

( immediately after that )
Still not as bad as Katniss/Legolas/Robin Hood/every other name Tony uses.

( Clint Barton, you have TWO new messages )

( Katniss Everdeen, you have ONE new message )

( Jason Todd, you have THREE new messages )

( Loki Laufeyson, you have ONE new message )

( Clint Barton, you have ONE new message )

I have debated how to broach this topic or whether it is appropriate to address it at all, but I feel, given recent events, that to remain mum when my instincts demand otherwise would do both of us a great disservice.

[ a few seconds later ]
I had never fully considered the position I was placing you in when I took you after I first arrived. You were strong, capable, loyal, and you had the thing I lacked most in my own being: an ability to follow through upon what had been laid out before me. Your Coulson was right when he said I lacked conviction in my actions, probably more right than even he realized.

[ immediately after that ]
I needed you. I cared not for your safety or your well being. In the moment, you were tools to me, no more, no less. But even tools are something to be respected and admired when they perform their tasks admirably, when they outstrip all of your assumptions about them. In the end, I admired your capabilities as well as your personal strengths.

[ a few seconds later ]
It was never my intention to cause the lingering damage I did as I was always certain that there would be no lingering to be had. Perhaps not the best of reasonings, but it is what it is. It is easier, I thought, to have others direct your way. Easier, perhaps, but not always as desirable.

[ immediately after that ]
I know my words likely mean very little to you. There is nothing trustworthy in my tongue. There never has been, and there never shall be. Take what I say however you wish to, but know that I am truly regretful of the pain I have caused.

( Clint Barton: You have (4) new messages )

( Clint Barton: you have 4 new messages )

( Meg: You have 3 new messages )

( Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, Peter Parker & Kitty Pryde: You have 4 new messages )

( Text Message for Sherlock )

( Text Messages for Canton )

( Text Message for Clint )

TO: ( MYCROFT HOLMES )

TO: ( CLINTON BARTON )

I got a message to text this number, and usually I figure that stuff's spam, but what the hell. I'm on an alien planet because Morgan Freeman is bored and grabby. Why not.

( a few seconds later )
What can I do for you?