[voice]

[scoutsniper]

[It's been four days since the Carnival. Four days. Not five. Four. So here's a casual question, Wonderland.... ]

I'm going to make this quick.

How sure are we on the goddam intel that each death means a full day to come back?

[Yeah, that's pretty much it. He said quick, right?]

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voice/locked forever

[choosetruth]

[....ah. She can make an educated guess as to who. There are only so many people who have died often enough that it would even be significant. Even fewer that she's sure Frank of all people would know about. And to her knowledge only one that dying would be a big deal, big enough that Frank might want to hide it.

Of course, she can't rule out the possibility that this is someone else. For one thing, Frank's mind is a strange and terrifying place she doesn't want to spend too much time trying to figure out. For another, she doesn't actually know most peoples' death counts.]

If it just happened now, it's unlikely one of the ones that didn't count. Those only happen in events with extremely high death tolls, and it's not a day earlier, it's all at once when the event ends.

Doesn't rule out the possibility that one of their earlier deaths wasn't real. How many had there been?

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[scoutsniper]

[There's a long moment as he scrubs his hands over his face. Sorry, he's been up four days straight. ]

Explain. Some deaths don't count.

This was the fifth. According to her, and that big roster everyone was so damn proud of.

[choosetruth]

...Evelyn.

[There's no one else it could be.]

She would know if one of her deaths didn't count. Which means there's something else at play.

[scoutsniper]

Yeah, exactly what I'm afraid of.

[Shit. Did he say 'afraid'? He didn't mean, you know, 'afraid'. Frank Castle doesn't do fear. ]

[choosetruth]

Does she have any ideas of what it might be?

[scoutsniper]

No. Said maybe one doesn't 'count'.

[Sounds fucking stupid. Like death has backsies or some shit.]

[choosetruth]

And no idea which one that could be?

[It's strange, to be certain, and they don't have enough people here who have died five times to be sure of anything.]

[scoutsniper]

She was too busy berating me for 'kidnapping' her to really go into details, okay?

[Yeah, sure, Georgia is going to make several bales of hay out of those details.]

I didn't kidnap her. [For the record. ]

[choosetruth]

[......The record has her doubts.]

Why did she think you did?

[scoutsniper]

No fucking clue.

[He was taking her into protective custody. Sort of.]

[choosetruth]

[Her voice hardens.]

I don't like being lied to. Did you take her somewhere against her will?