[Audio: Filtered] Tying Loose Ends: (Friday, Week 19)

[pepperspray]

[Filtered to Tosh, Lyall and the three Avengers still above ground and breathing:]

I'm a little concerned with how the second stage is hitting me. I don't want to worry people generally, but I know all of you can keep on top of things.

[Pepper honestly sounds more dead level than concerned, voice a colourless murmur and the video kept off.]

Just in case I'm too out of it: if we get samples, or a dose of vaccine. Anything. Let people know to talk to Captain Silene. She has a communicator, she's a contact at the port town. Knows me. She might know where manufacturing facilities are.

[Filtered to Tony:]

I... Tony. I would really like you here right now.

[This, spoken privately, is where the concern has gotten to. Beyond that, there's a thread of naked fear that's been missing from Pepper's previous determined sulking her way through Stage One.]

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[Audio]

[professorwolf]

It's Lyall, Miss Potts. Let me know Captain Silene's contact information, and I will be sure to keep in contact with her. Is there anything else I can do?

[For her, in particular? If she can keep concern out of her voice, he can do the same-- in no small part because most of his tone is colored by exhaustion, so not much emotion gets through at all.]

[Audio | Private]

[nodavinci]

Don't be ridiculous. You're going to be fine.

[It's a little too sharp to maintain the illusion that he actually believes that any more.]

I'll be right there.

[audio]

[sadandsingle]

[Tosh doesn't sound terribly healthy either, but she can't ignore Pepper's message.]

I'm not sure how much help I'll be right now, but I'll do whatever I can.

voice, private;

[redledgerdays]

[Natasha isn't 100 percent herself, but she's soldiering through as best she can, keeping herself moving and in some semblance of working order. she can't blame Pepper for having contingency plans, either. she'd do the same]

Is there any possibility she might have been targeted by the Authority?