♠ | 004 | Voice

[lastrat]

[Sup Barge. Here's a funny thing you might have noticed, if you've been in port and paying attention to the news: there was a break in and, so news anchors say, attempted burglary at an affluent townhouse. A blurry camera image has been making the rounds, and a police sketch, and you know what?

Both of those pictures look a lot like James Bond.

Yeah, the second he recognized London, he headed for MI6 and couldn't even get past the lobby. So, he went for M's apartment. Which, in this world, was definitely not M's apartment.

It all kind of went downhill from there.

The past almost forty-eight hours have largely been spent awake and avoiding cameras and cops. Which is really not an easy thing, do you have any idea how many CCTVs there are in a city? All in all, nowhere near his worst two days, but definitely, definitely not his best. There's nothing quite like hope dangling in your face only to see it ripped away.

He doesn't bother with a video this time, just clicks on the audio function; he sounds short, maybe even tired, and there's an edge that really just says he's not in the mood for anything.]

I need money.

[He knows you wardens have cards. He is fully planning to take one, he just needs to pick a target. And no, he's not going to mention is foray as a wanted man because it's really not that new to him.]

Comments

[secretasshole]

Have you contacted a warden?

[timesbureaucrat]

[Narvin has noticed the news broadcasts. He pays lots of attention to things like that.]

What in heaven's name were you trying to do?

[Private]

[bitteraftertaste]

[Yeah, she's seen the news. And it takes her a while to decide whether or not she wants to contact him, because you made it pretty damn clear you weren't interested in having anything to do with her, and you're apparently officially a wanted criminal now, but. She also doesn't want you getting stuck in prison somewhere.]

And a decent night's sleep, it sounds like. [She hesitates, more or less expecting to just be brushed off entirely. Or not replied to at all.] What on Earth were you trying to do?

[Spam]

[lost_humanity]

[Sandoval did have a good smirk at the news, but it was short lived. He's much more concerned with his Companion Protector ID and former A.N.A. certification being completely useless here. Ireland is still as it was, though, and that means Beckett could be there as a part of the anti-terrorism task force.

He's been wondering what he would do if he were to see her. He honestly doesn't know, or what he would say. But he wants to see. He just wants to ask if she's there. See some evidence of her and her cocky, confident swagger.

The train station is a bust and he's running out of time, he knows it. He doesn't know if his warden has noticed his absence yet, but he doesn't precisely care. He comes out of the station and checks his fob watch, grimacing against the chill and irritation.]

video; private

[honeyimhome]

[...Huh. She can recognize that voice. And unfortunately for James, Pepper is a bit of a News-A-Holic. Something seems fishy.]

...Do you need bailed? [Matter o' fact.]