I can't help but think about the date - in exactly one week will be the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. With everyone talking about curses... Well, I believe the Titanic sunk because it was cursed.

[She says this with a completely straight face.]

There was an Egyptian mummy on board the Titanic, and everyone who was involved with this mummy died a mysterious death. And that's why the Titanic sunk.

[Really, still a straight face here - totally straight. She really believes what she's talking about as she continues her little lecture on this mummy.]

This mummy was really pretty, because her body never shriveled up - and it wasn't saponification either - she was frozen! The story says that from the time of its discovery, all the way through to when it got put on the Titanic - and even though it was carried through the desert - her body never melted! The water in her body stayed frozen!

They called this water in her body Ice-Nine!

[The video actually starts off accidentally. Kaito is in the graveyard before a mausoleum. He's studying a smear of blood on the ground just outside it. Then he blows out smoke from his cigarette into the air and heads inside.

Really the scene in there is quite beautiful. A young man kneeling beside what looks like a young woman who is bending over him as if to cradle him in her lap. Both are dressed in period costume for some kind of Elizabethan play and there's a bottle and a bloody knife nearby. Along with that, there's a bloody footprint on the ground.

And suddenly Kaito is looking pissed. The device falls to the ground but still picks up on the silver haired man walking over and kicking the young man.]

You fucking fuckhead. I only let him go with you because he was supposed to be safe and happy.

[Suddenly the light hits the faces of the fallen just right and it becomes clear that the Romeo is Ikki and the Juliet is Agito. Not only that but they're both very much dead.

Kaito kicks the dead Ikki a few more times before searching for his device. Realizing that it's fallen, he storms over to grab it off the ground.]

Alright, you fucker. The police are on this now. You are going down.

( Police Filter )

( Private to Akira )

( Private to Kazu )

[ Someone jostled the device and the video clicks on, showing: a bar, James Rhodes knocking back a shot and Tony Stark waggling his eyebrows at a woman who doesn't look too amused by whatever comment he'd just been making before the video started.

Rhodey puts a hand on Tony's arm, though whether to hold Tony back or to steady himself— who knows. ] Ignore him, ma'am, he's always like that. Now, what I was saying is— I miss it, y'know. The military. Knowing that each one of those guys had my back; it's not the same here.

I bet these gorgeous ladies wouldn't mind having your back, Rhodey, if that's what you're so afraid of. There, problem solved!



[ ooc; because in case of feels, alcohol. ]

[ The video kicks in on an image of Crepe. She's half in a door way, but the only thing anyone can see is her furiously wagging tail. From the angle, it's clear whoever's filming is crouched down level with her. There's the sound of a breath, and then a thump, Crepe growling low in her throat as she pulls on something, yanking it firmly from the room. Steve's Captain America helmet goes with a clatter, her tail going full speed now. Her teeth sink into the leather strap to start pulling on it again, and the camera shakes. It's clear after a moment that it's because someone is laughing, spanning after her and making no move to stop this thievery.

It stays uncomplicated for a little while, Crepe pulling on the strap in short bursts, Bucky -- because it has to be -- laughing and scooting after her when she goes out of view behind the couch. The helmet gets stuck underneath the leg of it, and Crepe keeps trying to pull it, tugging with her little teeth before she stops, slumps down on her back-end and whines.

Which of course sets Bucky off completely, hysterical laughter bursting forth behind the camera. He's actually lost it for a good few moments, hiccups of amused sound bubbling up. ] Oh baby, you are not the stealthiest.

[ Crepe tilts her head up to him, snorts once, before she gets up and gallops over to the device, pressing her big nose against the screen and then licking it. ] Sit. [ Bucky's hand reaches for the helmet as the dog sits, her whole body vibrating with excitement. When he places it on top of her head, she gives a little bark, her face completely swallowed up by the thing. ]

What do you say, city? Do we feel safer now?

Drowning, rotting, screaming, bleeding, miscreant, a whip of the idols, well, what is the thing? And where're its... kin?

Odd. Odd, odd, odd, oddest still how they serve in the same name, but never greet one another, never cheer, never kiss, never bless. Never bite. No alliance between these false gods of yours, no rivalry, no open communication. Nothing. Silence. Coexistence between equals carried out in void.

...my, but it would be worth blood-coin for a peek at the politics between them.

[And it starts sometime after midnight. The panicked yell from one Evil Ed Lee. Sorry, City. But something big just happened and Ed doesn’t know what to do about it. Following the yell are a series of coughs and it sounds like he’s trying to say something but it’s just not coming out right at all. There’s too much coughing and hacking and wheezing and then finally.]

McGee! MCGEE WHERE ARE YOU?!

[It’s a moment later when Charlie is heard, running from the sound of it and there’s a loud meow from Petrichor who Charlie almost stepped on.]

Ed? Ed, what’s wrong?

[More coughing and wheezing from Ed and a groan, an alarmed sound coming from the usually cocky vampire.]

I’m...[cough sputter wheeze groan.] I’m breathing, McGee. I can’t [cough cough gasp.] what’s going on?!

What? Wait...what?! [It’s silent for a moment, the rustling of fabric and more, quieter coughing from Ed.] Oh, my God.

What? What’s wrong?[Ed just can’t keep the panic from his voice right now. Not for a second.]

Your heart is beating, Ed.

Thats....that’s not....are you sure? [He almost sounds like this is too much to believe and Charlie speaks again, sounding a bit guarded. Like she’s keeping her emotions on this in check for now, waiting for Ed’s reaction before deciding on how to react.]

Your heart is beating. You’re alive, Ed.

[End audio.]

(ooc: Ed (in brown) has woken up human at McGee's (in blue) place. Post-dated because tomorrow is going to be nuts. But it's only by an hour and thirty minutes my time so...tags will come from charring and socoolbrewster so be prepared for rampant threadjacking)