( capeandcowl • contact )

[gevurah]

❝ You've reached Kate. Go. ❞
【 call • text • voice mail • e-mail 】

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(BACKDATED TO THREE DAYS AGO ; TEXT)

[ioudas]

I got Aslan into a preserve in South Africa; come with me to see him off?

text; thirty minutes later

[gevurah]

Parting with him so soon?

When/where?

text;

[ioudas]

I thought about what you said, and ... I didn't want him to be chained up. My spirit animal should be free to shag whatever lioness there is and lie around and do nothing.

text; backdated to the 4th, afternoon

[waiting]

you up for grabbin' a beer tonight?

it's not a party, this time. just me and a couple of other ex-military guys.

text

[gevurah]

When/where?

text

[waiting]

7PM. [ he texts her the name of a bar -- not the same one as last time, but if she cares to look it up, it probably isn't too much of a change in atmosphere. ]

unless you've got any other suggestions.

voicemail;

[amiga]

Kate. It's Hel. [Her voice is raw, cracking as she breathes.] I can't find my brother.

call back

[gevurah]

[ About twenty minutes later Kate is calling. ]

call;

[amiga]

Kate?

(text.)

[ioudas]

as your redhed guardan i am responbile for u

permatext

[gevurah]

[ She debates on responding to this.

Eventually she does. ]

What?

[ioudas]

we have no souls but collectively we have souls so we have to look out for those souls

(text.)

[ioudas]

Hey, I'm sorry about the other night.

[gevurah]

You're lucky I didn't block this number.

What is it now?

[ioudas]

I just wanted to apologize. Maybe invite you for breakfast, on me?

voicemail;

[guardiandevil]

Hello, Kate. I'm not sure if you heard or not but, I'm... well, I'm back in the City. I figured I owed you a call, and an apology.

Listen, if you get this and you're up for it, try me back.

call back

[gevurah]

[ Pride tells her not to answer, to delete this message from her phone.

But for a moment she stops thinking with her heart and uses her head. She's being irrational, she knows. So, she dials back after half an hour, sitting on the edge of a chair at her workplace and waits. ]

text; like yesterday evening

[tesselate]

hey are you doing alright?

a few hours after getting back from new vesuvius SORRY FOR LATE UGH

[gevurah]

Hey I'm back now
yeah I'm fine

voice mail;

[withamask]

Kate, I wanted to check in with you. Call me back.

call back like a couple of hours after returning AND ALSO SORRY FOR LATE

[gevurah]

[ Oh, did her heart miss a beat hearing this on her voice mail. She's calling back now, even if it's 2AM. ]

call; forward dated to 8/10

[withamask]

[ As promised, Renee calls, and she waits for Kate to answer. ]

[gevurah]

[ She actually hesitates to answer when she sees the number displayed. ]

Hi.

voicemail; backdated to sept 1, evening

[waiting]

[ if bradbury sounds tired, it's for good reason, and the sound of the wind whipping past is vaguely audible in the background. ]

Hey, Kate.

[ a pause. ]

Listen, I don't know where you are, or if you're getting this, but ... lemme know if you're still out there, yeah? Nill and your girlfriend were pretty worried.

[ and bradbury, but. ]

Kind of missed a few days in the City here, so. [ he exhales, slow. ] Dunno if you're back or not. Just... call me, okay?

[withamask]

[ A box has been delivered to Kate's doorstep and waits for her when she arrives home. Inside is a wrapped gift, which contains a dog toy for Schnitzel, along with an envelope addressed to both Kate and Nill. Their greeting card includes a Starbucks gift card, and the message says, simply:

Happy Holidays.

- Renee ]