012 || Sharon Carter || LYING AND SAYING DAY 74 OKAY?

[agentx13]

[ Sharon is far from pleased to find herself back here. She can remember it now, even though she could swear she had gone home. She and Steve, Sam, Rachel, and SHIELD had fought Codename Bravo and Madame Hydra, and- But it doesn't matter now, because she's back, trapped here by forces she still can't understand.

She surveys the house, noting that if nothing else, the Doctor has been here, and finally stops at the a window. She pours herself a glass of water, takes a sip, and then cues up the video. ]

This is Sharon Carter. Again. It seems I'm back.

What did I miss.

[ Oh, damn it. And she'd better do that, too. But- you know what? No. She can track people down and apologize for screwing them in a sex-crazed haze privately. ]

Comments

[Audio]

[agentx13]

Thanks. Sorry to disappear without taking anyone with me.

How long was I gone? Does anyone know?

[Audio]

[bostonhowler]

[Brigid sighs.]

I can't tell? I think you and your one roommate disappeared about the same time though. Maybe? I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have been.

[Audio]

[agentx13]

[ Sharon freezes, her tone changing to one of carefully repressed panic. She's been in bad situations before. She can handle this. Whatever it turns out to be. ]

Who? The Doctor or Natasha?

[ But she thinks she already knows the answer. Evidence of the Doctor is all over the house, but she had been hoping that Natasha's tendencies might hide signs of her presence and she was still around. ]

[Audio]

[bostonhowler]

Natasha. I spoke to the Doctor recently.

[Audio]

[agentx13]

[ Damn it. She hates being right. Or sort of right, as the case may be. She leans forward and starts rubbing the bridge of her nose. ]

Did anyone notice when she disappeared?

[Audio]

[bostonhowler]

Sorry. You'd have to ask someone else. I just noticed that she wasn't there when I went past one day. I try to make a circuit around town once a day, but I've been busy lately.

[Audio]

[agentx13]

[ Okay, Sharon. Keep calm. You can talk to others later and try to find Natasha again. ]

Busy with what? I've been kind of... out of the universe.

[Audio]

[bostonhowler]

Hunting, mostly. Trying to find some supplies. Nothing big, just... I got focused. I'm sorry.

[And trying to calm her wolf down, but that's not working well at all. It's very distracting.]

[Audio]

[agentx13]

It's okay. This isn't the first time she's disappeared. And apparently the same thing happened to Tony and Bruce that happened to me. It'll be okay.

[ It has to be okay. ]

[ And she switches to private ]

Can you tell me anything about the new people?

[private]

[bostonhowler]

Not much. One turned up injured. One of the ones that was here before has come back. Um, I think her name is Lydia? Everyone's been really quiet.

[private]

[agentx13]

Lydia's back?

[ That's good. At least something is turning out all right. ]

Good. Thank you. I'll be sure to talk with her later.

How have you been, though, Brigid?

[private]

[bostonhowler]

I didn't speak to her. I just saw her on the network.

I'm fine. Trying to keep busy, trying to... not get used to this place, because that would probably be a bad idea.

Are you alright? Do you need anything?

[private]

[agentx13]

Just a couple questions. Is food still low? [ With the way the Doctor eats, it's hard to tell. ]

And is it winter again or winter still?

[private]

[bostonhowler]

There haven't been any shipments or anything like that, as far as I know. There's a poker game planned and the prizes are supplies, I think.

[She sighs.]

It's getting warmer, a little, but it's still winter.

[private]

[agentx13]

[ Her tone turns thoughtful, as if she's thinking about something else entirely. ] I've been gone... a long time. I mean, back home, a long time has passed.

[ And then her attention returns sharply to Brigid. ] Who arranged that?

[private]

[bostonhowler]

I never got his name. I told him to keep it to the bar and not the church. St. Raphael lives there, and it'd be impolite.

He probably won't listen.

[private]

[agentx13]

Did you get a description by any chance? Maybe I can talk to him.

[private]

[bostonhowler]

He sounded like he was from New York. That's the best I can do, sorry. If I heard him again, I'd be able to point him out.

[private]

[agentx13]

Thank you. I'd be interested in finding out more about the guy.

Is... Is Logan still here? I've talked to some of the others, but not to him.

[private]

[bostonhowler]

Logan? I don't think I've met anyone with that name. What does he look like?

[private]

[agentx13]

Short, stocky. Hairy. Grizzled?

He hangs out around the woods a lot.

[private]

[bostonhowler]

I'm sorry. I haven't seen him. But the name doesn't sound familiar. Everyone's been putting up if people have left.

[private]

[agentx13]

Putting up?

[private]

[bostonhowler]

On the network.

[Duh.]

[private]

[agentx13]

Oh, great. We have slang for it now.

I guess I'll poke around and see what I can find.

Thanks, Brigid.