[network] @ADMIN; Obituary [Day 154]

[snowblindmods]

We mourn the loss of those who have died in the time between the last announcement and this one:

Zach Spencer
Franken Stein
Tim Wright
Rin Okumura
Sam Yao
Clint Barton

Comments

@LELRIC; audio

[armoured]

[Tim.

Why, Tim?

After everything that's happened, after everything that's been piling up, this is just the final straw. Al feels something snap inside him and he's clutching the tablet so hard that he's surprised it doesn't break. He knows Zach and Church are somewhere in the house with him and he doesn't care, he doesn't have the strength to just move on again.]

No.

[His voice is small and furious, shaking and obviously choked with tears that he can't actually cry.]

Stop doing this! I know you can hear me, I know you're listening. Stop it! Stop it! Please...

@totheark; text

[0thingsonmymind]

*This is weird. He doesn't really care one way or another about Al but

well, he's not sure why he's doing this.*

he al ways comes
back

*Even if its been a few days since they found Tim's body at the morgue and he's starting to doubt it.*

[armoured]

[A lot of people might take comfort in that, but not Al. How can he ever take comfort in the fact people might revive here? For someone he cares about to live, that might mean others have to die, and he can't condone that.

He doesn't want to have that conversation now, it's the last thing he wants, so he just swallows it down with a thick gulping sound.]

What-- what do you mean 'always'?

action;

[blueteamproblems]

[Church hears him - in a place like this, it's hard not to pick up even a quiet voice - and runs in, expecting to find an anomaly or an axe murderer or something.

When all he sees is Al at his tablet, he's not sure what to do. Should he just leave the kid to it? (And he is a kid, despite how big he is, that much is obvious) Or should he try to do something? What is he even supposed to do in this kind of situation?]

Uh. Al? Are you... what's going on?

[armoured]

[He doesn't even look around.

He's hunched over his tablet, massive fingers nearly obscuring the screen, and yet his voice tiny in comparison to his size.]

I failed again.

@captsteverogers; audio

[bottledblond]

[There's sadness in Steve's voice too.]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[armoured]

Thank you.

[His voice is quiet, subdued.]

It was my fault.

[It's not right to lay this on Steve, not when he doesn't remember their friendship.]

Voice | @Summoner

[ninjainviolet]

[ Oh, Al... ]

Little Brother, can you hear me?

[ She wants to be there with him physically... Damn this place. ]

[armoured]

[Little brother? He's surprised enough by the address that he looks up sharply at the tablet, but it's voice only.]

Sheena? Is that you?

@captsteverogers; video

[bottledblond]

What happened?!

[He sounds angry. Or upset. Or incredibly guilty.]

What happened to him?!

@IAmLegend; video;

[definingfuture]

Hey, easy, just calm down! It's going to be okay.

We have things under control.

[bottledblond]

[Excuse me?]

Clint is dead. Just how is that under control? What happened out there, Tony?!

@itsybitsy; audio; private

[redrooms]

[It's Steve, a very upset Steve, so he gets audio rather than text like everyone else. Nat is still completely in guilt mode, so her voice is very quiet, just on the edge of emotional. At least Tony is taking care of the explanation part.]

I'm sorry, Steve.

[bottledblond]

Nat--

I--

Are you all right?

@zachtastic; audio

[majorlazer]

[Just like his reply to Charlie's message, it takes him a while to get to this. He gets the text-to-voice stuff to read it out to him, his name there, like - like this town cares, like it gives any kind of fucks that it killed him in front of Steph, that it led him bleed out on her and clothes as she desperately called for help. They didn't do anything.

Also, Clint is also gone, which sucks, and Zach lets out a groan of anguish as the name is read out. Fuck, fuck, fuck this place.

The most important people that would want to know him back, they already know. But still - he feels like he kinda have to make a mention he's not actually dead anymore.]

I woke up this morning. [His voice is pretty weak.] I'm alive.

[He doesn't say 'you must be overjoyed' with his usual sarcasm, because he's working on himself.]

@jphawkins, audio

[rattlingthestars]

- Good to know.

[ It'd been a nasty shock to see Zach's name on the obituaries when they'd been talking just a few days ago and it'd seemed like things were going well for someone in snowhell.

Jim doesn't really know Zach well enough to ask what happened, really, so he settles on: ]

Are you alright?

[majorlazer]

No.

[There's no point in beating around the bush. He's so far from okay he can't even see what okay feels like anymore. Maybe - maybe once he gets Steph back.]

I'm blind. I'm not - okay.

@jwatson; audio

[jumpthegun]

[Well, thank god someone's come back.]

Don't try to leave wherever you are for right now, okay, Zach? D'you think you could switch to video? I can maybe tell you where you are and other people in the area can come and find you tomorrow when the weather clears up to help.

[majorlazer]

[Zach smiles, a watery chuckle leaving him as the worried tone of Watson's voice fill his ears. Man, he wishes he could see.]

I - I'm in the police station, down south. Steph helped me figure it out earlier, but thank you. I'm not moving today, don't worry about that. I think - I think Al's close.

[All of his sentences are stuttered, the words difficult still. He's cold, too, with no blankets to wrap around himself. The police station is not the coziest of buildings.]

I need to go north.

@guardian; audio;

[phaseshifter]

Are you okay? I didn't even know-- Have you spoken to Steph? Stupid question. Sorry. Are you both okay?

[majorlazer]

[Zach's surprised - more than he probably should be. Angel is one of Steph's closest friends, and she cares about Steph's well-being. It makes sense.]

I mean, I'm blind, so I can't say I'm okay, no, but she is. She - I - [He doesn't want to say I saved her. She probably would have been fine, even without him around.] I spoke to her, yeah.

Sorry for the surprise, Angel. Didn't mean to.

@Spoiler; audio;

[spoileralert]

Shit. Sorry, Ange. I've been all over the place.

audio; @dreamsnhonor

[heroproceeding]

[ After getting over the initial shock of his name on the list- and then hearing from him not long after... There's things he wants to ask. Like what happened. How'd he- but that might not be something he wants to talk about. And hell if he knows he'd want to talk about it to Zack, himself. He's not about to assume either way. But he wants to help in some way...

He'd almost like to joke about how he almost got to "reclaim his rightful place" or something stupid. Something to make things a little easier. Because coming back last time had been terrifying in some sort of detached messed up level where everything hits at the worst parts and everything's just a bit too much all of a sudden and sometimes it's easier to play it off. Sometimes it's just so much easier to joke.

But.

That's him. Not Zach. And Zach... well. Zack shakes his head as he hits his own audio. ]

Good to have you back. Where'd you wake up?

@Kid; text

[equal_shots]

I do not think that you really do.

Or, if you truly "mourn the loss" of those who have died, I believe you grossly misunderstand the meaning of the word.

@Mnemosyne; text

[bookofnope]

May I ask what happened?

[He doesn't like Stein one bit, but the man is someone he prefers to have tabs kept on.]