[ The message starts with just audio, an exasperated sigh. ]
No, not that one. Look, right next to it... There.
[ Video cuts in with a brief close-up shot of Captain America, frowning at the camera, and then it swings around a little awkwardly to show Georgia Mason. The wearable filming this is obviously not hers - she's standing too far away
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...and you're not a zombie. Hooray for both of us. [ Yeah, yeah, she didn't die after all. SHE'S STILL CRANKY AT YOU, STEVE. ]
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[ What she... did turn into. aldkjfdf she is still dealing with that. Right now, she's dealing by... not thinking about it.
Growlmutter. ] You're lucky I didn't bite you.
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[Er, wait. That's kind of belittling of the whole experience.] Um, I think it's safe to say we're not from the same place. I've never heard of anything like... Well, what happened. But I appreciate that you didn't.
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Do you think I can have my gun back now?
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I'm not suicidal. I was infected. There's a difference. [ Not that Shaun won't give her the gun pretty much as soon as Steve gives it to him, but that's not the point. ]
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[ Okay, she is grateful. It's just buried under a whole lot of other emotions, most of which are not Steve's fault. So she's just going to glare at him and go on levelly: ] I was acting on the information I had at the time, out of concern for the lives of everyone here. Including yours, much as you don't seem to share that concern. Should I not do that next time?
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[He scratches his nose, looking slightly guilty.] It was probably stupid, but I had to get your attention somehow.
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She sighs and decides to explain... after setting the connection to private, because this is so not something she wants to share with everyone. ] I was going to wait for Shaun either way. But as for getting all the information, a live KA infection interferes with cognitive processes. Understanding what I was being told isn't- wasn't easy.
...that, and I'm a skeptic to begin with. Being told something that is, in my experience, impossible, in that condition... I was never going to buy it. I'm not going to apologize for doing what I thought was best to keep people safe, but... [ oh god she hates saying this ] I guess I do owe you some thanks. For stopping me.
[ ...that's it. That's all the thanks you get. :| ]
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...I was safe, you know. I don't get sick. Any kind of sick, not any more. So. It wasn't as much of a risk as it seemed to be. [Except for that whole foreign virus maybe could have overwhelmed him anyway, thing, but. Details.] I am sorry if I made things worse.
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[ There's an uncomfortable pause, then: ] Why would you do that anyway? You don't even know me.
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[And the grimace dissolves into a rather blank look.] You needed help.
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You risk your life to help strangers all the time, whether they ask for it or not?
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