sixth snowball ❅ voice (both courts; backdated to the 18th)

[winterwork]

[There's only a soft voice that rises, familiar to some but less cheerful than it's normally known to be.]

So this world is kind of in a crappy place right now, isn't it? [A sigh is heard along with a pause, but he continues.] It's not gonna be safe out there. For anybody. So if you don't feel safe, let me know and I'll find you. I'll make sure you're out of the way. Somehow.

[Another pause as he struggles to speak. This whole month, this entire war, it's too much of a mess.]

I'm not gonna let any of you die, okay?



PRIVATE VOICE MESSAGE TO; ariadne, hiccup, lancer, korra, mako, jon.

Merida's asleep, by the way. Just like I was. I don't know the details of it, but if it's anything like my case, she'll be asleep for an entire week. Except she ...

[He swallows hard, remembering his three hundred year hiatus.]

There's no telling how long it'll be on her side. It could be a day, it could be twenty years, I don't know. So just ... make sure to give her some support when she wakes up, okay? Trust me. She's gonna need it.

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private. voice.

[winterwork]

[It's an unfamiliar voice, but it's the sort of response he expected when he went about this. Times were too messy later for things to be easy.]

I can take plenty of a beating, but I'm not letting others get hurt in this. This is the only way right now to reach out to everybody.

private. voice.

[vrykolakas]

Everybody is too lofty a goal.

Get word out via rumour, letters to those you know may desire your protection, let them pass them around. Better to succeed with a small group than fail with a crowd.

private. voice.

[winterwork]

I'm not failing. [He can't. Not again.]

There's no time to waste, not for some rumor to float around, and more than just the people I know are out there. I'm a Guardian and it's my job to reach out to them. To make sure they all know.

private. voice.

[vrykolakas]

Everyone can fail. Or why the hell would you sound so angry about the possibility? The prospect of failure terrifies the shit out of all of us, and it keeps us moving. It's worth something.

In this instance, you've already put it on the network. I'm not talking about what time you've got now. But next time, I am begging you, think upon other ways. Construct them yourself if you must.

private. voice.

[winterwork]

We barely had to worry about this. Just the other day, everyone was ... [He cuts off, thinking of December, how everyone had been so together. But that was then. And this stranger's words were right, as stubborn as his own tendencies may be.]

Got it. Thanks for the tip. I'll train up the stealthier tactics for next time.

private. voice.

[vrykolakas]

I know. I remember Samhain. The...absurdity of being able to turn off this conflict. [But he's not going to get too into his musings; Jack has stopped himself, after all. No need to get emotions all over the place.]

Thank you.