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[It's a softspoken man on the network tonight, one presently struggling to cope with a world of disappointment and anxiety. There's some stammering at the start of the message, but as he collects himself enough to share information, his cadence relaxes and grows more confident. This isn't about him right now. It's about everyone else.]

Pardon me -- if I could have everyone's attention for a moment? I'm sure we've all gotten a glimpse of what's gone on. I've some reason to believe that this might be a particular incident related to -- well -- that's not important. But I'd like to urge everyone to be mindful of the level of air presently available to you. As long as the number of available rooms continues to be infinite, it ought to be possible to make it through without incident as long as we stay in motion as necessary, provided that the doors continue to resist the rules of water pressure upon opening. I've done some calculations using what we know of the average unclaimed room. I believe that humans ought to be able to sustain themselves without incident for about eight hours without incident, though this is most likely variable for those of you with alternative physiologies. With that in mind, we may wish to consider that longterm planning might be an element to our survival. We may have to make efforts to organize our activities and movements to ensure we can all stay prepared for the week ahead of us.

[He pauses to take a breath, squeezing his fingers into his palm before continuing.]

Please be aware that since the oxygen-to-square-footage ratio provided is a rough estimate that may be impacted by people collecting together in groups, vigilance will also be important when it comes to recognizing the early signs of oxygen deprivation. If you notice an increase in heart rate or shortness of breath, please consider setting yourself into motion sooner rather than later. The same applies if you're with others and notice dilation of the pupils, or that they've started to display visible motor impairment.

I also hope that we can utilize the network to communicate distress when needed. I'll be in touch with a few of you soon with regards to some plans for relief and rescue.

Let's see if we can't all make it out of this in one piece, yeah?

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Text to Peter Parker

Your webbing is water-insoluble. How much do you have on hand?

Please tell me that the answer is "a lot".

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Text to Philip

I hope it isn't gauche to contact you this suddenly, but I believe there might be some need of you soon.

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Text to Steve Rogers

Can I count on you?

[It's a highly loaded question.]

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[OOC: I think I'm also going to use this as Fitz's catch-all for the event this time around, so feel free to throw action-sized stuff in here too if we've discussed anything that ought to take place later on.]

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[ There was a downside to her room being so far away from Jane's in a situation like this, not sure she'd be able to get down to the 4th floor, let alone the basement without some serious effort. ]

idk
I'm in my room with the dogs.
Haven't tried to text Jane yet. Figured I'd get a better handle on wtf is happening.

[ Because if she's locked away in her lab, there's a chance she hasn't even noticed something's happened. Besides, Darcy has no clue if the aether could keep her from drowning or suffocating... so it's a lot of things up in the air right now. ]

I think it's from our world.
You feel it when it's yours, don't you?

Jemma and I once were

I have reason to believe that we're under an ocean at present.

you aren't the first one to address the pet issue. ~~I can try some things but supplies aren't readily available~~ [He types it out and then deletes it outright. Darcy doesn't need further anxieties now.]

I'll find a way.

well shit.

[ She's got a lot of questions about that, but she saves them. It's not as pressing right now as some other stuff. ]

Sometimes, yeah.
Sam set up a pet adoption type room thing in the basement. I just texted him about it because idk if pets without owners come back if

[ nope nope nope nope nope. ]

Last thing from our world that I remember was the HYDRA event.

We'll get through this.
Do you need anything?

I'm trying to get in touch with Captain Rogers with regards to moving across long distances. When there's time, I might be able to piece together something sealed to contain animals during transport in short distances.

["When there's time." HA.]

Plexiglass paneling would be best, but I don't think we have enough available. Daisy might have to harvest a bit - apologies to your coffee shop if that's the case.

[He sends a second text shortly after.]

funny of you to say there'd been a HYDRA event already. i would have considered this to be quite HYDRA enough.

With how many of them are in that room and based on your math, even though their lungs are smaller because their heart rates are a lot faster than ours and they usually breathe faster
and omg they're gonna need food
and constant moving
and this is too much to ask someone else to take on

[ Yup, she's word vomiting through her fingers. ]

ok so if someone can get me down to the basement from the 7th floor, I can help move them from room to room.
no
no last time I tried to help someone I thought was in the basement I died and I dragged someone down with me.
I can't ask that again.

[ And while she'd love to joke about HYDRA and water right now, she can't because she's about to get real serious - an indication of where's she's at on the Darcy freak out scale. ]

Is suffocation painful? I hear it's like falling asleep as the oxygen keeps going down.
Or is that some old wive's tale they told people to make them not freak out when trapped in a mine with no help coming.

[It's good that she has so many questions, even if the questions themselves are worrisome. She's alone. She's scared. His replies come as quickly as he can type them out.]

I'm also speaking with Sharon Carter. She's agreed to run supplies down to the basement as needed. The kitchen itself seems to still be normal and Peter is establishing checkpoints to allow us to maintain safe travel.

You don't have to ask this time. I'm making sure we do SHIELD the right way today. Nobody is going to die if we can help it.

[But someone might.]

If you have to choose between drowning and letting the air run out, stay where you are. It won't help if you go from the water into a space with no air, but if you're present during the transition, then your body will shut down before it loses access to oxygen. It's a gradual process, and it will feel like falling asleep, yes.

Don't drown. Drowning doesn't feel anything like falling asleep. Every time you try to breathe, it'll just send more water into your lungs. It burns. And everything is too loud. All you can hear is the way your heart sounds and the way the water moves and it sounds like it'll kill you long before the lack of air does. It hurts the entire time until you lose consciousness.

So don't drown. Please promise me that.

[ THAT WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION, FITZ. ]

That's a heavy thing to say
'Nobody is going to die if we can help it'
Big burden to bear.

One thing I've learned about this place, if it wants people to die, they'll die.
Filling the hallways with water and putting a time limit on air in the rooms seems like one of those ways to die.

Good to know that what I've heard about the whole losing oxygen in a room thing is true.
I don't want to drown, so I have no plans of letting that happen.

I'm not making a promise though.
Promises are hard to keep in this place.
Don't ask me to do that, new SHIELD or not.
Something I can try to promise is that if I go down, I'm gonna try to not accidentally take anyone with me.

[ASK A COMPLICATED QUESTION, GET A COMPLICATED ANSWER.]

Not new SHIELD. That plan was always rubbish.
Event's already my fault most likely. It's my fault if anyone dies in it. So I'm going to give it everything I've got.

at least try to let us know if you need help

[ If her emotions weren't already running high, she'd have probably ignored it - knowing it's hard to discern intention and emotions behind words through this format. ]

You mean Tony's plan that I'd actually been involved in sort of?
That gesture that was super cool in making sure it involved everyone from home or gave them an opportunity to be involved?
Yeah, that plan was total trash. Got it.

[ It's an old sore spot for her, always feeling like an outsider of sorts and while Sharon hadn't exactly clarified if she wanted to keep her on board after Tony left, Darcy had also bowed out due to some still skeptical feelings about the woman. She'd agreed to help when it was Tony, not for anyone else. ]

I'll figure something out. There are a few other people I can ask for help, especially with the animals.
Wouldn't want to take away from the real help WONDERSHIELD can offer real people.

[ DARCY, NO - THIS ISN'T HOW YOU HANDLE EMOTIONAL STRESS. ]

[Is she really doing this? She's doing this now, when real people are really in danger of actually dying?]

Now's not the time Darcy

Be upset with me later

Stay alive for now

[ Yes, yes she is because this is important and needs to be covered right now. She's not going to let a disaster get in the way of expressing her upset feelings. ]

I can multi-task.
But, when this is all over, I guess we'll need to talk.

[ About a lot of things, apparently. Any texts she receives from him after this will mostly go ignored... unless they're a call for help. Welcome to a weird silent treatment life, Fitz. ]

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private text; also sorry Fitz

private text; also he kind of deserves it.

playing hiatus catch-up - feel free to call this a wrap