[Private] Journal Entry: Philip Coulson, 02/01/13

[om_agent]

I will be keeping these entries as notes for myself as this situation progresses. I'm not thrilled at the idea of setting this down, but it's more secure than paper and I suspect that Tessa and possibly Barbara are the only ones that might have the skills to get in. I know that recording these thoughts, getting them out somewhere where they can be examined is important, and I've no sounding board at this point elsewhere.

That being said.

What am I doing? How could I forget something as simple as checking for resources? The thought of approaching the Braddocks, Worthington, or any of the others with wealthy families didn't even occur to me. For that matter, I hadn't even thought to approach a medic. That's basic, the most basic.

I need to step back and remind myself of what I'm doing here. I need to remember everything that I was taught. This is potential lives on the line. Most of these kids have no idea what can happen, how this can blow up in our faces. All we need is to look like the right kind of threat and it'll be all over and how am I supposed to tell them why I know this?

I still don't know if Dad's accident was really that or something else. Mom's been out of touch since I got here and I can't take the chance that trying to find her could blow something else up. How am I supposed to tell other kids why I have a clue without putting more of a target on them?

Unsurprisingly, none of this is making me feel any better. Maybe it'll help get my thoughts in order. Too soon to tell.

[Private] Journal Entry: Pietro Maximoff, 2/1/13

[om_quicksilver]

Warning: brief non-graphic reference to self harm.

( Starting to think a good offense wouldn't go amiss. )