[network] @hawkguy, video; do you hear the people sing [open, day 162]

[awwnoun]

[ Cue a video of your resident Hawkeye coming on and wincing as he rubs at his bright purple hearing aids. His hair is a mess, he's got a hobo beard starting, and he looks tired as hell, but it's a video nonetheless. Or an approximation of a video, anyway. There's tearing and glitches and static, and Clint's voice skritches in and out as he asks his question, but it should mostly be easy to figure out: ]

Okay, I'm [static] only one who [static] all that screaming, right? Where is [static] from?

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@lockhart; video

[powersouls]

[Tifa's voice is quiet, and she doesn't look sad so much as exhausted. She shakes her head, frowning.]

I don't hear anything. ▒▒▒▒▒ of screaming?

@hawkguy, video

[awwnoun]

Sorry, ▒▒▒▒ of screaming? The ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ is bad - I can't believe you can't ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒.

[powersouls]

What? ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ believe I can't hear it? ▒▒▒▒▒▒ asking what sort of screaming.

[awwnoun]

Oh. Sorry, static is ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒.

Right. ▒▒stly ter▒▒▒fied. I think I can hear ▒▒▒▒▒▒ who are happy too, ▒▒ough. Uh - with or ▒▒▒▒out these.

[ And he gestures to his hearing aids. ]

[powersouls]

You can hear it wi▒▒▒▒▒ your hearing aids, too?

[WEIRD.]

▒▒▒▒ some of t▒▒▒ sound happy?

[awwnoun]

Yeah. It's cr▒▒▒▒▒▒▒py. [ You're telling him. ]

The ▒▒ppy people are more weird that the terrified ▒▒▒▒▒▒ honestly. The... Prophet st▒▒▒▒. I think, is what they're happy about? Whi▒▒▒▒is weird since they were just tell▒▒▒▒ us to kill the ▒▒▒▒▒▒het.

[powersouls]

The prophet what?

[awwnoun]

▒▒▒ff. [ A beat. And then slower: ] Pro▒▒▒t stuff. I swear ▒▒▒▒id stuff.

[powersouls]

[Tifa is getting so frustrated.]

I know, I know. I didn't ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ said anything wei▒▒. Have you ▒▒▒▒▒ing the eyes, too?

[awwnoun]

Yeah. [ He's actually staring at one right now, across from him. Every time he looks up at the wall there's another one that's been added, so he's trying to make sure that doesn't keep happening. ] I'm ▒▒▒ing 'em. ▒▒ink they're danger▒▒▒?

[powersouls]

I don't think so.

[Tifa pauses.]

Um, well. Maybe.

[awwnoun]

Yeah. Okay, here - they ▒▒t dangerous, you tell me, okay? You can ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒. As at-hawk▒▒▒. I'll answer, promise.

[powersouls]

[Well, static or not, that offer is pretty obvious, so Tifa smiles.]

Thank you. You ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ me too, okay? I'm Tifa.

[awwnoun]

Nice to meet ▒▒▒, Tifa. Here's uh - here's ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ we get to talk a▒▒▒▒▒ when the static isn't pract▒▒▒lly creat▒▒▒ it's own economy.

[powersouls]

[She's too bummed out to laugh, but the smile doesn't disappear, at least.]

I can mes▒▒▒▒ you ▒▒▒▒ the static goes away? ▒▒▒▒▒, I guess.