IC Voicemail

[evowhisperer]

 *There's nothing but a long silence after the ringing stops. If the caller's been looking at their screen, there are plain black-and-white letters on display:*

Please leave a message after the beep.

*Beep.*

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[oncedevil]

[Quite fine, miraculously fine, in fact. Though Cesar didn't know the extent of the damage and that was by design. Tony kind of didn't have the heart to tell him about having his eye back just yet.]

Yeah. Guess not everyone's so forgiving. So, what'd he tell you about me, anyway?

[Tony wouldn't be surprised if the copy had a backup 'murder this fool' plan.]

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[evowhisperer]

About what you'd expect. He warned me that you were an abomination from the void that was going to destroy us all.

He also said my brother would rather stay dead than see who I've become today, so I'm inclined to take everything with a grain of salt.

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[oncedevil]

Wait, what? Who the hell says something like that? Screw the shit-talk about me I don't even give a shit, but that's a low blow.

[Wow, doppel-Cesar, you were a dick.]

[evowhisperer]

Considering his recent actions, 'low blows' seem to be his first resort.

[oncedevil]

Being as he was a gigantic coward too? I wouldn't be surprised if 'low' wasn't the only way he knew.

[Tony does not approve of using Nathan as a shield.]

[evowhisperer]

It's possible.

These copies of us certainly seem to work in extremes.

[oncedevil]

They make an art form out of it, that's for sure. I'm not even sure how I'm gonna deal with mine when he shows back up again.

[evowhisperer]

Yeah?

Do you think he's going to try to hurt any of your friends again?

For the record, I have no plans of going rogue vigilante on this situation, even if your answer is yes.

[oncedevil]

Hard to say, he hasn't gone out of his way or anything. Maybe he's content to leave well enough alone?

[One can hope?]

[evowhisperer]

*As though he read Tony's mind,*

'Hopefully.'

[oncedevil]

You read my mind.