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<AuTiR8>

[autir8]

hey

are you thirsty? because I'm thirsty and I might need somebody hanging around to hold my hair back before the night's over.

[If she doesn't know who this is already, her first guess is probably the right one.]

<10000SPIDERS>

[outstandingbalance]

[She has a pretty good idea who it is, yeah.]

I'm not even going to ask how you found this channel.

I could drink. You paying for this little field trip?

<demilo>

[aphasiacartist]

[Handwaving that hey exchanged network numbers at some point. Let me know if that isn't okay and I'll delete.]

hey natasha

emi said she talked to you after everything happened

i just wanted to say that im alive again and thank you for being nice to her. shes really important to me and im glad someone was there to help her after i was gone.

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

[It's fine, it's fine.]

Glad to hear you're back.

Glad I was there too. She took it pretty hard. No one should have to deal with something like that alone.

How are the two of you doing now?

<circusbrat>

[dickbats]

OK, spiderlady. Better now than when we're crowing extra body parts. One real movie, with real popcorn and real dinner.

Pick you up at six?

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

I remember making that deal. Doesn't seem right to back out now.

Meet you at the theater instead?

<devil>

[devilsavocado]

[ It's late. But daylight doesn't exactly matter to Matt. ]

So how about that drink?

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

Offer still stands.

Want to come by, or should I meet you somewhere?

<demilo> Backdated to the 27th

[aphasiacartist]

hey natsha where are you/

i was gonna surprise you with a christmas present but i dont know where you live and we didnt bump into each other like id hoped

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

In the office. I could meet you somewhere, if you want?

Or you can always come here.

<AuTiR8> dated 12/19ish

[autir8]

not urgent or anything

but I had the weirdest dream and I need somebody to tell me I'm not crazy

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

Was this dream about anything in particular?

I mean, if you want, but we're not usually on a talking about our dreams basis.

<cwalsh>

[iustitiae]

have you seen soeki

<romanon>

[outstandingbalance]

Not today. I was just about to message him to see why he didn't come in.

Haven't heard from him either?

<isthenight> forwarded to after the jan event

[dickbats]

Apparently they can make dying count now

You're the only one I trust enough.

When can you come by for a debriefing?

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

What, like I show you mine, you show me yours?

[She knows he's serious, but in light of how many people she knows who have disappeared in the last month or so, she feels entitled to try to lighten the mood.]

I'm free now. Where am I going?

<R1S1NGT1DE>

[hacktivist084]

So i have a question for you

[ After a moment: ]

this is Skye by the way

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

[It's not long before Natasha responds, curious.]

Hey. I remember you.

Fire away.

<AuTiR8>

[autir8]

you hear from our green friend lately?

[A pause.]

you know the one I mean. it's not weird we have more than one green friend is it? like

that I need to specify

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

I know which one you mean. If the other one were here, I think I'd have heard by now.

But thanks for the clarification.

[The next pause is on her side. Osborn hasn't been off her radar, but with one thing and another, he's been low priority for a while.

And then he dropped off the map.]

Nothing since the evacuations.

<stocke> backdated to earlier this month, sorry about that

[makehistoria]

there's a member of the bloody bones named frank
according to what i got from tikbalang he's the key
the rest of the group use him to translate old texts with spells and secrets for fighting monsters
taking him out of the picture won't make them lose what they already have but they shouldn't be able to get more

if we trust his word he's 16
the mask he wears glows green and is somewhat bird-like but it's no hardship to change masks
as far as i can tell he's not on the best of terms with the rest of the group
he's been barred from the network before and he's spent some time hiding with a monster as well
last i saw him he had a new weapon
a skeletal dog
if you find yourself confronting him don't let it touch you - it kills on contact

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

Good intel to have. I've heard of Frank before, and knew he'd been hiding with monsters before.

This raises some questions, but it answers a few too, which is more than we can usually say.

Is that all you've found out?

<crowed> june 2nd, a few hours after the fog dissipates

[crowedthedead]

hey don't freak out, i'm back

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

I'm not going to freak out.

You okay?

[fromthefog]

[She chooses a dream for this visit, since that has brought excellent results in the past. She fills Natasha's mind with fog and whispers and dim outlines of people in the distance. When she speaks, her voice is gentle.]

You have served Me well, my pet. Everything you have done in My Name has brought us closer to destroying that loathsome impostor.

[outstandingbalance]

[Even in her dreams, Natasha goes still and passive at the intrusion, accepting the visit and pushing down the sort of panic or excitement that might have roused her from the dream.]

<crowed>

[crowedthedead]

it's already fucking october again
it's been a year since the mountain

i'm feeling kind of weird about that

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

Don't blame you. It's weird.

We've been through a lot.

Don't think either of us expected to be here this long, either.

<oliver>

[catphishing]

Soeki's 30th is coming up.
He wants you to have dinner with us and Jade.
You'll come, right?

<latrodectus>

[outstandingbalance]

For Soeki's birthday?

I don't have anything more important going on than that.