Eway IC Contact

[captain_america]

This is Steve Rogers. Leave a message and I'll get back to you.

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backdated to like, the 26th | text

[beautifullies]

[ Claire doesn't trust herself to speak. Her voice may break and the tears may come, and there's no time for that. She has to be strong for Brianna. ]

Something's happened.

I need you to check something for me.

[captain_america]

Of course. What am I checking, what’s happened?

[ As soon as she says something has happened Steve is on high alert. With the sudden influx of people and the mansion not being a mansion for a week things had been weird and he’d already been on edge. ]

[beautifullies]

[ There's a pause before she responds. ]

I killed a man and left him tied to a chair in a room on the second floor. Number 782. I need you to see if he's still there.

[ Randall had picked a high number, further away from the rest of the residents. She'd known he would revive; it's why she tied him. But with the number of people that left, Christ let him have been one of them. ]

[captain_america]

[ There’s also a pause on his end. ]

you....ok. I’ll go check. Is there anything else I should know? What am I walking into?

[ It says a lot about his friendship with Claire that he’s not asking questions yet. ]

[beautifullies]

He tried to kill Jamie. Christ, he nearly killed Bree.

[ That she's willing to tell Steve everything says a lot on her end as well. ]

I'll tell you, all of it. I just need to know he's gone and if he isn't, we need to find a way to keep him locked away.

[captain_america]

[ Thats all she needs to say before he’s picking up his pace, heading towards the room on the second floor. He slows when he gets close enough, leaning against the wall next to the door before pushing it open, already on high alert as he turns to go through the door way.

The room is completely empty as he enters it. ]

The room is completely empty.

[beautifullies]

Oh, thank Christ.

[ Claire closes her eyes and lets out a shaky breath she didn't realize she was holding before texting him again. ]

Thank you, Steve.

[ She owes him an explanation now, but her room is no place for it, not at the moment. ]

I'll come by if you aren't busy otherwise.

[captain_america]

Never too busy for you. I'll be up in my room whenever you're ready.

[ Which is where she will find him, when she comes knocking. ]

[beautifullies]

[ She tells Jamie first, where she's going, and when she gets to Steve's and he opens the door, she must look like a mess. Hair a wild nest of curls, eyes that show she hasn't slept, but there has been plenty of crying.

Still, she's so grateful and that's what shines through for now as she looks up at Steve. ]

Jamie wouldn't let me go alone to check, and we couldn't leave Brianna alone, so.

[ So, she'd needed Steve to do it. ]

Thank you.

[captain_america]

[ Steve takes one look at Claire and immediately pulls her into the room and into a hug. She looks like she could use a strong hug right about now. ]

What happened?

[ She doesn't need to thank him, he would do anything for Claire and her family. ]

[beautifullies]

To tell you, would mean explaining things that are unpleasant, Steve.

[ Said after she lets herself sink into the hug a bit. She did need it; there are only so many tears she can cry with Jamie before she feels as though she needs to be strong in front of him, and especially for Brianna. ]

This man that arrived has done things that would normally be unmentionable.