[The camera awakens to an extremely close and likely illegal view of this painting. There's a slight zoom out, and a soft narration over audio ( Read more... )

[Encrypted to NORMAN OSBORN]

Urgent. Unforeseen problem, ready your Avengers.

[Encrypted to ACTIVE THUNDERBOLTS]

All active and able Thunderbolts, report in. Now.

ooc || right before this scene.

[ The video turns on and there's Felicia's face, domino mask on and bangs pulled back. She grins and winks at the monitor, setting it down on a table and pressing a finger to her lips. ]

Felicia! Have you seen my tie? -- The black and purple one, you know, the Italian silk?

[ The communicator is slowly turned to face a cake - a birthday cake, ( Read more... )

If we might all take a momentary break from the mundane melodrama afoot? I’m sure some of you would be engaged by this scintillating scientific discovery: astronomers have detected perhaps the most ancient thing in the universe up to date ( Read more... )

I do hate when people go inexplicably quiet for long periods of time. It's so suspicious, isn't it? And naturally everyone simply has to make the same observation simultaneously about said suspicion, as if their remarks are particularly insightful or something equally absurd.

Really.

[ encrypted to Ghost, "Yelena", Moonstone and Takaya Sakaki; ( Read more... )

[Video switches on. The screen pans around a room belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the Egyptian exhibit. There are momentary focuses on statuettes of Osiris and Iris. Eddie speaks behind the communicator, drawing his vowels out lazily, mimicking the documentary narrative voice.I’m hardly one for the infamous Ozymandias line-Percy ( Read more... )

Norman, I have to speak with you. Immediately. So if you would be so kind as to discourage any additional talk show cameos until we've chatted? Much obliged.

[There is absolutely no background noise; he's inside and alone ( Read more... )

[Encrypted exclusively to Norman Osborn; unhackable]
I've been patient, Osborn, admirably so. But now I want answers. No one with a sufficient amount of active brain cells would believe that it was easy for a burglar to break into your property. I know who you have providing security, so let's not even play the innocence game. I'd like some ( Read more... )

[His eyes are peeking betwixt ungloved fingers, wide and wild. Edward does not blink throughout the entire transmission, but his pupils are consistently darting to and fro, darting about at a hummingbird’s pace. He looks disheveled, wretched and yet glowing with some intangible, nigh-golden force.]

I can-I have tried-over these past few hours- ( Read more... )