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[Fiona is a little out of breath, like she just hustled very quickly away from somewhere. Which she did, but that's neither here nor there. The background behind her is some innocuous wood panelling; she's in a house.]

Okay. So. Crunch time. Things are getting nuts out there, if you didn't notice. We are gonna wind up super screwed if we don't hop to figuring out what the hell to do.

[She holds up a vial. It has some alien writing on it, as well as a familiar symbol on the label.]

We found this inside the hospital. A shit-ton of them, actually. So who wants to find out what Zymandis asshole is responsible for this mess and beat an antidote out of them?



[ ooc. PS, maya, hanzo, and mccree might show up in your threads. feel free to threadjack as well! ]

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[webdesigned]

Zymandis seeks out ALASTAIR, though, doesn't it? That's sure the impression I got.

( a shrug. he just doesn't have it in him to be overly hopeful that this will get them anywhere, sorry Loki. )

I don't have any time to devote to things that might be a lead. It's worth looking into, it's just not worthy of all the resources we have.

[selfimage]

[ Loki did you just admit that you care that people die???? look, he's not following up on that if Peter didn't catch it. ]

Who said that I believe we have to put all the resources we have into it? A few strong arms should do the trick, and then we're certain as to Zymandis' status on the whole sword thing.

[ then he pauses, and continues. ]

Does Zymandis seek out ALASTAIR? It always seems like we're the ones late to the party.

[webdesigned]

I guess I don't know. Sounds like a question for the big wigs, if ALASTAIR had any. Sometimes that turns out to be a real convenient excuse.

( still, that's probably not the point here. )

If it'll protect our team, then it's worth a try. I guess I'm out of objections.

( I guess he did see it after all... sry Loki. )

[selfimage]

You work on something from your end, and hopefully they'll end up fitting together neatly. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Eggs in a few baskets. We need to side-step the zombie apocalypse, after all.

...

No movie really ends like that, does it?

[webdesigned]

No, not really. There's rarely a happily ever after with mass pandemics.

We're gonna have to see about righting that.

( there's too many lives at stake to give up. which means he can't contribute much to the Zymandis search, though if someone is found? he really does hope they've got information worth sharing. )

Good luck with your interrogation. If you can even call truth sword compelled information gathering that.

You... don't have to stab him with it, do you?

( this is probably the stupidest thing Peter has said out loud in awhile. )

[selfimage]

A little poking should do the trick.

[ but that won't keep him from stabbing if it becomes necessary. Gram didn't need much provocation to elicit the truth. ]

I don't plan on killing him, if that's what you're asking.

[webdesigned]

( damn it. he was really hoping for a wave it around and get the truth magical sword. apparently not even magic can be that simple. )

I don't really enjoy the idea of torturing for information, even if you're certain to get it. Glad to hear it about the no killing, that's more than some of our team can boast.

( mildly infected parker has no shame in throwing shade, apparently. )

[selfimage]

[ his voice gets cool. ]

Assumptions, assumptions. No one gets tortured from the blade itself. It's not the scrapes and cuts that the pointy end may inflict. The blade seeks the truth—not just the easy part of the truth—the lies and falsehoods that people tell themselves.

If he's tortured, it's by the truths that he hasn't faced.

[webdesigned]

If you say so.

( he doesn't sound convinced. cutting your way to the truth isn't that much different from trying to beat your way to it, though it's hard to have a leg to stand on when the information would be valuable.

nobody ever said he had to like it, though. )

[selfimage]

Don't concern yourself too heavily for it. We are relying on you, after all.

[ he doesn't sound too fazed, but not ungrateful, either.

it's a rare thing, take it, Peter. ]

[webdesigned]

( he should technically be used having to carry the hopes and fears of others. maybe it just won't ever get easier. )

Yeah. We're working on it. All of us are. ( he will take it, and with that reminder, he sighs. ) I better get back to it.