past prologue.

[SKYE]

Ward has a journal now. Why does Ward have a journal? Did he steal it? Did he overcome one of his guards and steal a journal in order to communicate with outside contacts he may still have in order to coordinate his breakout and secure a new identity so he can go into hiding, regroup with his whatever escaped remnants of his team exist, and coordinate a full-out assault on the Tower, us, the Avengers, and everyone?

Are May and Coulson fighting?

Edited to add later...

[FITZ]

Mum & Dad are fighting. Again.

So, apparently I've been upgraded from books to actual communication. I don't really understand why but I'm not sure how much of an improvement it'll be, but we'll see.

So. Is everyone...recovered?

BE ADVISED. THIS COMMUNICATION IS BEING MONITORED BY STARK INDUSTRIES SECURE NETWORK. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT, EDIT, OR REMOVE RESPONSES AT ANY TIME.

Who: Bruce, Skye, Sam, Fitz.. PLUS any Avenger, SHIELD or Tower Resident
When: BACKDATED, Monday, August 25 - early evening.
Where: Tower Common Room
What: Pizza tasting experiment + socialization.
Warnings: Pizza with pineapple and almonds
Status: OPEN
Note: Let's have fun while everybody's still happy and the bad stuff hasn't happened yet!

( If you're going to do something, do it right... )

Hello everyone.

After much debate, my doctors are now allowing me to use voice-to-text software to communicate on this. They would have continued to allow me to type like usual but the extra exercise has begun to interfere with my physical therapy. Who knew typing with only your index fingers could take some much energy? I mean, a monkey could easily type with the right amount of training. But I digress.

Until they left my ban from the engineering labs, I am left to my own devices in the medical ward. You can imagine how bland the view is.

[Skye]

Please tell me you're fairing better than I am here. I bet you've met every Avenger and have become what you Americans called "besties".

WHO: Phil Coulson, Leo Fitz, & Grant Ward
WHAT: Ward asked to see Fitz. Fitz asked to see Ward. Coulson reluctantly agrees.
WHEN: August 16th
WHERE: Avengers Tower; Medical Ward
RATING: TBA
STATUS: In Progress

( What he hadn't expected to come out of that was for Coulson to show up the next morning with a set of heavy duty shackles in hand and the promise of a little trip and a surprise. )

I never thought I'd miss the cramped quarters of the Bus, but here we are.

[SHIELD]

Strangest thing. I've received a hit from the DNA analysis! But not to any standard government database, oh no. It was from SHIELD.

Maximoff, W. First name and any other personal details have been completely redacted. In fact, I only managed to get that much thanks to a minor record in an oft-overlooked thing called SHIELD's vaccine database (which is often nestled within the general health records database but which is, in fact, an actual separate entity thanks to its overlap with certain tactical operations), which contains surprisingly scrupulous records of its patients' vaccine histories (if not so much any personal identification).

W. Maximoff enrolled in the Operations Academy in 2009 but left after six months due to an unspecified family emergency. He (she?) also incidentally received a tetanus shot. Fell off the grid entirely after that, it would appear. No official government records of legal existence or family, nothing.

I honestly can't tell if this was SHIELD's doing or HYDRA's. Or both.

[Dr Banner]

Hullo, Doctor Banner! I hope you are well. I'm forwarding to you the results of the forensics DNA analysis. I know it isn't much, but it's a small lead nonetheless.

Do you enjoy sandwiches? What is your favourite? Was that a bit random? That was a wee bit too random. Sorry. It's for a good reason. Bribery.

[Fitz]

Agent Morse says you've been wired up again! I know you've missed it. Don't tell anyone else, but I think I prefer these Stark tablets to the SHIELD-issued ones. Just a bit. Seems narcissistic to name all one's products after one's self, don't you think?

[May]

You're in charge for a few days.

[SHIELD]

I'll be out for a few days. May's in command.

[Fitz]

Not sure if they've let you on this yet, but glad you're awake. I'll stop by to visit as soon as I'm back in town.

WHO: Leo Fitz & Bobbi Morse
WHAT: Sometimes it never hurts to get a second opinion. Or at least, give the primary doctor a night off.
WHERE: Avengers Tower; Medical Ward
WHEN: August 8th
RATING: PG
STATUS: COMPLETE

( Bobbi had to admit, the files that Jemma had provided her with did look positive. )

Who: FitzSimmons
When: Late at night, after Jemma assists Bruce in Dothan, AL.
Where: Avengers Tower, medical ward
What: Fitz finally wakes up.
Warnings: None.
Status: Complete.

( The large space was precisely half-filled with equipment, the other was waiting to be defined and populated by its rightful owner. )