[Audio: Locked to Kurt]

[cantcatchme]

[The voice coming over the communicator is strained, high-pitched, and very familiar]

Wagner? Wagner! Tell me you have an explanation for what's going on?

[He can't get ahold of Tolansky, and he sure as hell doesn't remember how he wound up in a pod]

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[cantcatchme]

[There's a significant pause]

I'm suddenly very glad I didn't try to make a run for home.

[He's not sure how to take the Authorities being less homicidal.]

[thefuzzyguy]

Ja, even you might have had trouble with that. Though they're just as used to us crazy ship people as ever.

[Not that he expects Pietro would find that very comforting.]

Oh, we have a house now.

[cantcatchme]

Great. So now I need to wait for clothes and directions. How the hell'd we end up with a house?

[thefuzzyguy]

Todd, mostly. That shady guy he works for hooked him up. He actually makes a way better living than I do.

[Which he still feels silly about.]

...Oh, right, there's actually a real economy now, too.

[cantcatchme]

Well, good for him.

[Pietro almost sounds like he means it.]

What the hell does he do? And I suppose you'll expect me to get a job, too.

[Yes, he's avoiding talking about Todd like he's back in the pods. He can't deal with that right now.]

[thefuzzyguy]

[This is fair. Kurt doesn't like it either.]

Runs errands mostly. He is good at stuff like that. Und ja, it'd be nice. Though, um, you might have had one. Since see, when we jumped into the new timeline, there were us-es in the timeline before? Your room was here when we found the house.

[cantcatchme]

It was, huh? Guess that's why my clothes didn't wind up back in their box. Eh. If I had a job, I've sure as hell been fired by now. I'll figure something out.

[There was always work for quick hands.]

[thefuzzyguy]

Ja, you'll find something. I'm still the errand boy at the hospital. No idea if there's an official job title or not. If it wasn't for Todd being a shady weirdo I'd still be stuck in the Flop.

[Not that that'd be the end of the world, but a house with a real kitchen and comfy beds is a pleasant thing.]

[cantcatchme]

Yeah, what would you do without the Brotherhood saving your ass, Blue?

[It sounds like Pietro's smirking. At least he doesn't sound too out of sorts.]

Now just concentrate on getting here, hmm?

[thefuzzyguy]

[Ah, yeah, that sounds like Pietro. He doesn't even mind.]

Get comfy. I'll be there as soon as I can.