well, the math says yelena was innocent and we don’t have a source other than the jackass who came back to life, started tweaking, and acts like being a superhero is a hack job
Two of the dead were mine. Lanfear and Josias. The pattern of deaths the month prior seemed to punish those who'd made a winning accusation. I don't know if they'd adhere to the same pattern again once we'd noticed it, but if they thought we might think they would, they could've used that to try and point the spotlight back your way.
yeah i bet im still here because i’d make a good scapegoat for the alpha, since it wasn’t august
i can see that especially when the scarecrows also seem like a warning to accusers but it also kind of seems like, other than greer, they targeted people who didn’t know others newbies or loners same way OXE picked me off in kuala lampur cause they thought no one would miss me
or maybe there’s just one wolf left who’s been playing that way
it happened in earlier rounds too castiel, clark, peony, will, now josias and betty
[ He doesn't linger on the sympathy, kind as it is. He can't, if he wants to get anything done. ]
Right It's a smart play Harder to draw connections when there are no clear connections to draw
[ He can believe it, with Josias, who has always gone out of his way not to be perceived since the house took his mask from him a few months back. And nobody really knew of the connection for him there, except maybe his bondmates.
None of the others had two victims targeted for a correct accusation. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been the death of at least one of them. And that would mean he has to start looking at the few people who'd know she was ever his. ]
[ Jesus Christ, Bob, we all love our wives, but could you wait to level threats until yours is out of jail so I don't have to explain to her why you've ended up right there next to her? ]
You're not helping me help you Are you planning on talking to anyone else?
nope he’s the only one responsible for whatever happens to her
[ so he better hope she lives bitch!!! ]
let me know if i can do anything to help, doc if i didn’t fly up to saber, caroline says the vamps could have but i guess none of that explains the shitty knife job on his head and neck
He made a call with what evidence he thought he had And for now she's alive and as well as she could be under the circumstances And he has a poor character witness to skewer you with
[ Avengerz & adjacent, please come get your man ]
Try to stay out of trouble I'll be in touch if I get anywhere
he made a call with no evidence shit he made up and a chip on his shoulder about supes
i don't see how me picking a fight with him, when he can supposedly handle it, nakes me a serial killer, especially if people don’t even know they’re serial killing around here
but if he runs with it, that just proves my point
[ that homelander isn’t accusing people based on facts. ]
It doesn't make you a serial killer. It doesn't have to It gives your defenders one less leg to stand on when they're trying to make you out as sweet, harmless Bob with no control over his powers People are scared. They don't all care about logic
[ And, now that he's talked to Homelander - ]
The superhero line he got from the network was probably one of our gossips The same people who gave us the clue about Giles & Castiel = Diamond killers Trying to verify, but if I'm right, it's fact.
my biggest defender is in jail, stephen and i’m not harmless
[ and nobody else is going to stick around. with three on the chopping block, they’ll protect their own. bob is surplus to requirements. ]
but we still don’t have a diamond for giles and you don’t think danny was a wolf right? you and roza so we don’t even know if the first ones were right
but if they are there was a second one no one mentioned last time if we find that one out, it would help you know if one or both are true, right? maybe one’s a red herring
okay [ relenting because he also feels bad for putting ani through that. ] sorry if i made things worse. anything happens to yelena up there, though, and i will kick his ass. better i do it than bucky.
who i will not let kick your ass btw
[ because his phenomenal god powers can be finessed to bruise egos. barnes is on the war path. ]
not really he was pretty brave at the first vote and jem punched him, right?
[ There's about as much point telling Bob to cut it out as telling Bucky to, so. ]
Thanks, but don't fall out with Barnes on my account, I've got my own people if he gets it in his head. And he's welcome to try me on a better day
Yeah. He's my contact for the other one I don't know if he'll talk to you, he thinks I was on the money with the accusation, but I need to get on with things here. You could tell him I sent you
[ Pending What Are We conversations and the unfortunate timing of learning she's ready to throw down for him notwithstanding, he is one of the luckiest men alive, so ]
Yeah
Thanks. If he gives you any issue, I'll try him later
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How sure are we that Homelander's superhero bit was nothing?
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well, the math says yelena was innocent
and we don’t have a source other than the jackass who came back to life, started tweaking, and acts like being a superhero is a hack job
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Two of the dead were mine.
Lanfear and Josias.
The pattern of deaths the month prior seemed to punish those who'd made a winning accusation.
I don't know if they'd adhere to the same pattern again once we'd noticed it, but if they thought we might think they would, they could've used that to try and point the spotlight back your way.
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and by talked
i mean i told him he’ll find out exactly how we match up, for what he did to yelena
[ just — before that comes out. ]
i’m sorry, stephen
that’s
it’s fucking awful
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i can see that
especially when the scarecrows also seem like a warning to accusers
but it also kind of seems like, other than greer, they targeted people who didn’t know others
newbies or loners
same way OXE picked me off in kuala lampur
cause they thought no one would miss me
or maybe there’s just one wolf left who’s been playing that way
it happened in earlier rounds too
castiel, clark, peony, will, now josias and betty
1/2
Right
It's a smart play
Harder to draw connections when there are no clear connections to draw
[ He can believe it, with Josias, who has always gone out of his way not to be perceived since the house took his mask from him a few months back. And nobody really knew of the connection for him there, except maybe his bondmates.
None of the others had two victims targeted for a correct accusation. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been the death of at least one of them. And that would mean he has to start looking at the few people who'd know she was ever his. ]
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You're not helping me help you
Are you planning on talking to anyone else?
[ Threatening, he means threatening. ]
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he’s the only one responsible for whatever happens to her
[ so he better hope she lives bitch!!! ]
let me know if i can do anything to help, doc
if i didn’t fly up to saber, caroline says the vamps could have
but i guess none of that explains the shitty knife job on his head and neck
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And for now she's alive and as well as she could be under the circumstances
And he has a poor character witness to skewer you with
[ Avengerz & adjacent, please come get your man ]
Try to stay out of trouble
I'll be in touch if I get anywhere
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shit he made up
and a chip on his shoulder about supes
i don't see how me picking a fight with him, when he can supposedly handle it, nakes me a serial killer, especially if people don’t even know they’re serial killing around here
but if he runs with it, that just proves my point
[ that homelander isn’t accusing people based on facts. ]
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It gives your defenders one less leg to stand on when they're trying to make you out as sweet, harmless Bob with no control over his powers
People are scared. They don't all care about logic
[ And, now that he's talked to Homelander - ]
The superhero line he got from the network was probably one of our gossips
The same people who gave us the clue about Giles & Castiel = Diamond killers
Trying to verify, but if I'm right, it's fact.
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and i’m not harmless
[ and nobody else is going to stick around. with three on the chopping block, they’ll protect their own. bob is surplus to requirements. ]
but we still don’t have a diamond for giles
and you don’t think danny was a wolf right? you and roza
so we don’t even know if the first ones were right
but if they are
there was a second one no one mentioned last time
if we find that one out, it would help you know if one or both are true, right? maybe one’s a red herring
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I don't not think Danny was a wolf
I just forgot he was there
Likelihood is, he was.
[ I'll take embarrassing things to admit for 10. ]
Yeah, that would help
I know one of them, I'll reach out
The other I have a contact for
You know Tim Laughlin?
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who i will not let kick your ass btw
[ because his phenomenal god powers can be finessed to bruise egos. barnes is on the war path. ]
not really
he was pretty brave at the first vote
and jem punched him, right?
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Thanks, but don't fall out with Barnes on my account, I've got my own people if he gets it in his head. And he's welcome to try me on a better day
Yeah.
He's my contact for the other one
I don't know if he'll talk to you, he thinks I was on the money with the accusation, but I need to get on with things here. You could tell him I sent you
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[ in between disassociating. ]
i can ask him
he might not want to talk to me
but i guess it’s worth a shot
seems more like a regular internship task, at least
[ :’) ]
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Yeah
Thanks.
If he gives you any issue, I'll try him later