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[bossyboiler]

Who: Kate Cordello
Username: bossyboiler
Warnings: N/A (will update when/if necessary)

Could everyone maybe check in, even if I don't know you. I feel like there's a few people I haven't seen around here lately.

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[failedpromise]

Hello Kate.

(Oh look, it's Cortana. She waves.)

Everything alright?

Video; un: margravine

[defendwhatremains]

[It takes a moment of fumbling and he was aiming for the voice response button, but he gets video instead, which leaves him with his shirtsleeves rolled up and hands covered in dirt and Band-Aids as he's clearly perched on at least a step stool.]

Johnny Summer reporting and never left, but I've been busy as a bee in Spring regardless. Did you go with the others or stick around here?

[bossyboiler]

Everything's as fine as can be expected, Cortana.

[ Nothing is on fire at the moment! ]

How are you doing?

[bossyboiler]

I don't believe we've met before. I'm Kate.

[ She notices the dirt and band-aids but isn't so rude as the point them out. ]

I went with the others, yes. Did you stay behind?

[unnecessaryflourishes]

If you insist.

[In fairness, it is a good idea, even if he's not particularly thrilled by it.]

[bossyboiler]

I don't insist but thank you for replying.

[defendwhatremains]

I don't believe we have, not officially. Though, I've heard you've been here a while. It's a pleasure, Kate.

And, yes, I did. Someone's got to hold down the fort and make sure there's a round of drinks ready when the soldiers roll home. I trust everything is going as alright as possible over there?

video | UN: rainey.day

[rainestorms]

[Raine fiddles with their phone as they try and set it up.]

I'm here and accounted for. So are the people I live with.

[There's a hesitant pause.]

Is something wrong?

[failedpromise]

Still concerned about the ADI situation, to be honest. I'd leave and join Neil if my upkeep wouldn't be a burden.

(Also she killed a man, but that's not something you just casually bring up.)

[text, un: rue]

[ruevealing]

I am still here.

And I am most grateful that you are as well.

un: Pegasus

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

Present and accounted for.

Have you figured out if anybody is missing yet?

un: mercyme; video

[graveyounglady]

I'm alive, Ms. Kate, which is more'n I can say for the folk I found trapped in Mr. Steel's server room. There was too many we didn't get to. Thanks for reaching out. Worried about who might've got got that we just couldn't find in that mess.

[abrightboy]

A few, huh?

[bossyboiler]

Like some turtles and Peter.

[abrightboy]

Just them?

Action

[worthallthis]

Winter doesn't bother to reply over the network, he just pokes his nose out into the living room and gives her a little wave. Still here.

For now, anyway. He, like Yelena, has been kind of quietly packing things up.

"You okay," he asks, though the flat tone doesn't make it sound like a question. Ever since the artifact that fucked up his fingers and the star on his left shoulder, getting tone into his voice has been harder.

[bossyboiler]

Likewise. It'll be two years for me in July.

That's a loaded question. I suppose that everything went off as well as can be expected.

[bossyboiler]

That's great to hear. How did your crew fair down in Wolfs Pen?

Not really. I just feel like everything is changing and I'm not sure if it's for the better or not.

[bossyboiler]

So am I.

[ Cortana's situation and the others that need glamours are a thing that is weighing on Kate's mind. Surely there's a way to make them portable. ]

Isn't there a way to make it portable or at least duplicate it?

[bossyboiler]

[ Kate replies in text because maybe Rue isn't up for face-to-face interactions. ]

I'm glad you're still here too, Rue. I would miss you a lot.

[bossyboiler]

Hi John.

[ Of course John survived. Of course he did. Look. She isn't wishing him death or dismemberment but of course he's still here, of course. ]

Some of the turtles and Peter Parker.

[bossyboiler]

They are the only ones I can think of.

[bossyboiler]

Kate is sitting on the sofa. When she sees Winter's head peak around the corner, she smiles back at him and offers a slight wave in return. She's glad that he made it back from Wolf Pen and is so far still here. How long will he remain is the question.

"I'm okay. I've just been thinking."

[abrightboy]

When's the last time you saw Neal? Or Tim?

[bossyboiler]

Um...

[ Oh no. She can't remember. The last time she had physically seen Neal had been at Rue's fashion show. ]

Don't tell me that they've gone too. Cortana said something about going off with Neal but I thought that she just meant to your two's house.