[ Reassurance has never been one of her specialties. Better than the Colonel at least, but that's not saying much. ]
I accept that if I want to see my friends well and whole, there is no other choice than to do as I'm told.
We don't have any information besides what we've been given. If this is a lie or some type of elaborate ruse, there's little we can do until we find out more.
[ All the best-laid plans rest on a foundation of intel and reconnaissance.
Still. ]
I'm sorry this is difficult for you. [ It must, for someone so deep over his head. ] Would having physical company help?
[ He can't get the rest of him to see it that way, the panic that rises up or the melancholy, or the completely irrational will to cooperate at all and just.
Stop everything.
And then he sits up in his tent a little, fingers hovering over the screen of his device. It's not like him to be uncertain. ]
you don't know gps? don't tell me you still use a flip phone and mapquest haha you know gps like google maps it lets you stalk people and keep track of where you are on a map
[ That's really the extent of it though. None of this new-fangled map business all the youths use. But—ugh, now she's trying to dig through this phone, busy squinting at the tiny icons neatly lined in a row on her screen. Surely one of them must be this "GPS" he speaks of.
Please hold while this neanderthal desperately tries to find GPS on her phone. ]
[ Don't worry, her powers of deduction finally pay off and three minutes later she's entering the navigation app. And look, there's JJ, a bright red blip in a sea of other dimmer green blips. (Fascinating. Who else could she find with this thing?) ]
I've found it. I'll be there shortly.
[ And then she made it there and they huddled for warmth like penguins but actually they probably just shared stories of their past or something, who knows. ]
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[ He wishes there were someone to deny all of this with him, even if it's futile. It's the acceptance that makes him feel so alone.
Darma seems nice? That's not—that doesn't make him feel any better. ]
how do you just… accept that this is your life now and move on?
you're just taking it really well
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I accept that if I want to see my friends well and whole, there is no other choice than to do as I'm told.
We don't have any information besides what we've been given. If this is a lie or some type of elaborate ruse, there's little we can do until we find out more.
[ All the best-laid plans rest on a foundation of intel and reconnaissance.
Still. ]
I'm sorry this is difficult for you. [ It must, for someone so deep over his head. ] Would having physical company help?
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that what you're saying makes sense but
[ He can't get the rest of him to see it that way, the panic that rises up or the melancholy, or the completely irrational will to cooperate at all and just.
Stop everything.
And then he sits up in his tent a little, fingers hovering over the screen of his device. It's not like him to be uncertain. ]
would you come find me?
this is the shortest tag, i'm sorry
[ She doesn't make offers she refuses to keep. ]
drops you on wg
ok
how're you going to find me?
ms. hawkeye
do we have gps on this thing?
rude as heck tbh
GPS?
[ What's that. ]
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you don't know gps?
don't tell me you still use a flip phone and mapquest
haha
you know gps
like google maps
it lets you stalk people and keep track of where you are on a map
no subject
[ That's really the extent of it though. None of this new-fangled map business all the youths use. But—ugh, now she's trying to dig through this phone, busy squinting at the tiny icons neatly lined in a row on her screen. Surely one of them must be this "GPS" he speaks of.
Please hold while this neanderthal desperately tries to find GPS on her phone. ]
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Her attempts to figure out technology are already lifting his spirits at least, and he's grinning at his phone in his tent now. ]
ok
it's like a map and a tracker all in one
i'll come find you if you can't figure it out
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I've found it. I'll be there shortly.
[ And then she made it there and they huddled for warmth like penguins but actually they probably just shared stories of their past or something, who knows. ]