[Locked to Residents]

[malnosso]

[Appearing on the journals is a written message as follows. A voice option is provided for a computerized reading of the text.]

Attention Luceti Residents.

The following names are being called to participate in a strike against the cultist hordes:
[the names listed here appear on the journal.]

All subjects are required to arrive at the tunnels at 8AM on the 27th of March for deployment. All listed individuals are required to be present. Subjects will then be escorted to TERRACE for battle preparation and further details.

Target will be Region One, a former Malnosso stronghold, presently in cultist hands. Subjects are advised to prepare for combat in forested areas. Further information will be made available at TERRACE. Questions and answers will not be provided at this time.

[The Malnosso will not reply to this message, but everyone is free to use this post to discuss among themselves, whether using voice options on the journal or doing action threads.]

Comments

Re: [Voice | Filtered Private to Natasha]

[jamesbarnes]

As far away from it as possible.

[There's a pause, an exhale that's almost shaky.]

Last draft... Barton told you about it, didn't he?

Re: [Voice | Filtered Private to Natasha]

[widows_kiss]

The zombies. Yes, I heard.

Re: [Voice | Filtered Private to Natasha]

[jamesbarnes]

I don't know what to expect out there anymore.

We've gotta keep this kid safe.

Re: [Voice | Filtered Private between Natasha/James]

[widows_kiss]

I'm not sure we ever do.

We'll do everything we can, James. Considering how many of us are going, we should be able to find some place to keep him out of the way. Keep him hidden. Protected. This isn't the same as the last mission, James.

Re: [Voice | Filtered Private between Natasha/James]

[jamesbarnes]

I know it's not.

[The words sound hollow even as he says them. It doesn't matter what this mission is like - the reality is, too much of it is outside his control. He put a bullet in Steve's head last time, for God's sake. If he couldn't protect his family, what is he supposed to do about Henry?]

Re: [Voice | Filtered Private between Natasha/James]

[widows_kiss]

[The sound of his voice makes her ache and she knows how much it must have hurt him, that last Draft. She wishes she could offer reassurances here, but she can't. There are none. This is war. One they have to fight, even if its not theirs.]

We'll do everything we can, James. Sometimes that's all we can do.

Re: [Voice | Filtered Private between Natasha/James]

[jamesbarnes]

I know. It's gotta be enough.

[There's a long pause, like he might have forgotten to stop the recording, but he's just thinking. He eventually continues.]

When this round's all over.

What do you say you and I go dancing again? It's been a while.

Re: [Voice | Filtered Private between Natasha/James]

[widows_kiss]

[There's a hesitation, a moment of tense, surprised silence before she answers, and there's a smile audible in her voice, subdued but genuine.]

I'd like that.

[Voice | Filtered Private between Natasha/James]

[jamesbarnes]

[There's a flicker of a smile on his own lips before it's gone again.]

I'll see you soon.