05 ❄ ( voice )

[wintershepherd]

[ Jack has come back to the city after his fight with Kyle and his talk with Bucky at the shell's edge. He isn't quite ready for video replies yet, knows that despite the usual cheerful timbre he's forcing into his voice it won't cover the fact that his eyes are sad and hollow. ]

Has anyone seen Periwinkle? I went to her suite to give her fresh snow but she's not there and it looks...

[ he fumbles for the right description ]

Unused.

[ private to Finnick ]
Sorry I haven't figured out those other lures yet, I... something-- kind of came up. I take it you saw the announcement?

[ private to Damian ]
I... wanted to apologize, for what I said to you on the sled hill. When you brought up-- I, I just shouldn't have snapped back at you like that. I don't have any right to say who trusts you and who doesn't. I'm sorry.

[ private to Kyle ]
... please don't tell everyone about the snow. I get it, okay? It was wrong and fake and cheating and a horrible thing. But just let them have a good memory of it and-- and I won't spread any more snow like that around. Please. I'll... I'll do whatever you want.

[ He doesn't think he could take it if all the people who thanked him for the snow day suddenly turned on him for it. The ones who'd had their hearts lightened enough to even be able to see him for the first time. ]

Comments

Re: private;

[the_other_eight]

I get the feeling we won't get much help on her end. We'll just have to keep digging and doing what we can from our end.

Re: private;

[wintershepherd]

What about you? Has everything been okay? I haven't seen you around very much lately.

Re: private;

[the_other_eight]

With everything that's been going on I've just been very busy. I should have kept in touch better.

Re: private;

[wintershepherd]

It's all right, Pepper. You're right, everything's been a little crazy lately.

Re: private;

[the_other_eight]

You did a good job lightening things up with your snow though.

[Even if it caused trouble, people needed to enjoy themselves. At least that's what Tony keeps telling her.]

Re: private;

[wintershepherd]

Yeah... thanks.

Re: private;

[the_other_eight]

Jack ...

[She frowns.]

No matter what others are saying you did a good thing. You made a lot of kids happy.

Re: private;

[wintershepherd]

I know. That's what I'm hanging onto.

[ Not the rest of the clusterfuck mess. ]