A not so private message:

[preferscuffs]

[Fairly early on, but not too early. Once things are at least temporarily secure and she's got enough security to even try. The message is, of course, garbled at best and... not at all private like she'd intended. {Translation on hover}]

Jayce.

Things are f̸̘̅u̷͉͘ź̸̥z̸͘͜y̸̤̾,̴͔̃ strange... I pray t̵͉̊h̷͖͊i̶͍̚s̷͑ͅ ̶̪͛r̵̩͌ẹ̷̒á̸̤c̷̯̆ḥ̵̔ȅ̷̗s̸̪̊ ̶͖̋y̵̖̓ŏ̷̱ũ̸̢.̵̖̊ ̵̠̕O̷͖̽r̸͇̔ ̸̖̀a̵̪͝ṋ̴̽y̸̟͛ǫ̴͊n̴̞͠ȇ̸͈ ̴̲͋a̵̘̋t̵͔͊ ̵͕̑a̷̞̍ĺ̵̬l̷͕̚,̵̙͐ ̸̫̈́b̷͎͗ủ̵̮t̵̩̎ ̵̘̀I̸̥̓ have to try.

I don't know where [...] taken. Or by whom.
Strange [...] masks. Ritualistic. Premeditated.

We're b̵̯͠e̴͍̎ǐ̸͎n̸͇̏g̵̤̉ ̶̮̅ḥ̷͑ẹ̶̽l̴̥͛d̸̎ͅ ̷̺͝ǐ̶͉n̴̺̈ ̵̩̃w̴͎͂h̴͚̆a̷͙̿ẗ̵̗́ ̶̢̾s̸̓͜e̸̛̲e̵̼͋m̷̤͘ṡ̵͕ ̵̛̜t̴͖͐o̷͗ͅ ̸͎̒b̵̛͚ę̵̎ a pit of sorts. [...] underground?
There's no sky.
Everything smells o̸͇̔͑͝f̴̼̃ ̸͕͒ͅd̴̩̬͑̓ͅḙ̴̱̇ả̴̡͆t̸̗̱̲͒̚ḩ̷̘̃̎̎ͅ ̴̠̐͒ã̵̡̢͝n̵̫̖̟͂̉d̴̤̈̂ ̶͉̌͐͝d̷̦͙̽e̸̻̳̠͆̓͠ć̶̦̅͝á̸̱y̶͍̏̔.̴͉̙̙̉ Even the undercity never [...] this bad.

I don't know h̵̗̾͌o̸̢͗w̷͕̑͗ ̵̪̏m̸͙͍̃u̵̢͑ć̵̭ḧ̷̗͠ ̸͓͍͒͝t̵̨̧͊i̶̹͒͠m̴͗͜è̸͚̮̿ ̵̠̰͌͠h̸̼̠̉͋â̷̦̫s̸̞̋ ̸̘̉p̵͓͂a̴̧͇͗́s̸̝̞͗s̶̲͈̄ȩ̴͛d̷̫̊̾.̵̪͊̀ͅ ̴̼̉̅T̵̬̄͝h̵̥̭͋ē̴̗r̸͖̽ë̵̙́̒'̴͖̌s̶̭͓̀͐ no easy way to track it.
I don't [...] how long I ẉ̸̘̒a̷̲̗̋ṣ̵̠̬̏́ ̸͓͒o̴̼̯̰̅͝͝u̵̢̨̐͘ẗ̵̗̳́͋.̶͙̣̥̓

Know that [...] well. Ö̷̩̫́̎̓ͅr̸̹͈̓̀ ̵̛̻̠a̸̡̙̟̓͊́s̸̲̠͙̅̊̀ ̷̧̨͛ẉ̶̇e̴̜̔ͅl̵̰̦͖̈́̎l̷̝̰̐ ̵̻̦̼̌̽̚a̵̻̐̿s̶̭̦̾̉ ̶͔͆͂͛c̵̪̋͌͝a̸͇͉̋̔͜n̷͇̈͊̎ ̸̳̯̐̍b̵͓̯͍͌̔ë̵̪̻́̀ ̵̟̟̌̓͌͜c̷̢͇̘͗͛ó̵̭̆n̵̝͚̘̓̈́͑s̴̡͚̤͛ḯ̵̱̿d̶̨͝͝e̵͙͗̊̀r̴̨͚̼͗i̷̤͕̋͋n̴̪̫̲̒̒g̵̛̠̾.̶̡̥̞͗͘͝<
There are others.

This is [...] at all.
Feeling hunted instead. Ì̶̛̱̟̬͐ṯ̸̞̞́'̷̬͇̖̆s̴̭̣̮͐́ ̵̢͚́ǹ̴̘ö̶̱̻̤́t̸͇̒́ ̷̲̦̀̋̓p̵̤̭̗̅̐̊l̷̪̰̬̾̐͋ę̵̱̎̾̓a̸͎͑s̸̳͙̓ḁ̶̰̎n̷̝͋̈t̴̡̥̃͌.̸̤͘

Tell Vi.........

[And then it cuts out entirely, message truncated.]

Comments

[hextechhead]

[ Jayce has been panicking since he realized she was gone, along with others, but there was no proof until now. ]

Cait!

[dxvi]

[ maybe it shouldn't bother her that she contacted Jayce first — he's family, the one with any power. it does anyway. ]

don't worry, cupcake
i'm coming for ya

idk how this happened but I'm leaving it like this rofl

[preferscuffs]

[Once she'd verified that messages could even be sent, Vi was next on the list. Honest.
Also this? This is not the first impression of this new world that Caitlyn would have wanted for Vi. At all.]

[...] worried for myself.
T̸̲͍̻͈̜̖̂̌͌͋h̸͚͚̘̯͎̫͝a̶͚̞͎̲͖̤͊̎͠t̷͈̂̾̓̈́̌̌'̶̛͖̰͉̇̌͊̎͝s̴̳͌͑ ̶̟̪͚̺̼̳͐͒͝w̵͚̲̮͋̾̈́h̴̝̖͊̓͆͂a̵̢̽̐̆̀̑ţ̷̧̝̳̪̝̑͗̇ ̸̟̰̭̓̂̈́̋̐Ỉ̶̧̛̟̣̖̬̔̀̇'̸͓̹̊m̸͎͉̈̿̾̿ afraid of.
Vi, please. Promise me you'll be careful.

[preferscuffs]

Jayce!

[Oh good, it got through. That's... that's good. That's a start.]

[hextechhead]

We're going to find you, we're working on trackers, it might take a little while longer but just hold on.

[dxvi]

[ not being able to make out the entirety of her message is equally as frustrating. at least now she knows Caitlyn is safe, but for how long — ]

careful as i can
but i'm making whoever did this pay for it by the pint

[preferscuffs]

I will be alright, Jayce.

[Honestly, she's more worried about some of the others. But her? She's fine. Though really, really missing her gun right about now.]

[preferscuffs]

[And Caitlyn, for the most part, is completely oblivious to this fact.]

Good.
We both will.

[dxvi]

keep talking to me as long as you can, okay?
are you alone, do you see anyone else?

[preferscuffs]

I [...] I'll try.
There are ṁ̷̢̤̖͚̤̤̘̅̉a̷̧̘̻̰̬̘̤̻̹̜̗͚̅̀̽̑͝ͅͅn̷͚͚͇͛y̷̨̨̢̹͇̜̬͋̀̂̓̑̈̀ here. From all over.
I'm not alone.

[She'd almost prefer being alone. Than having so many stuck in this same situation. Better one in danger than many.]

[dxvi]

[ not shy in sharing her preference — ]

good
i know we'll lose contact soon so network, ok? you're safer in a group, in numbers
but cait....

[dxvi]

don't stretch yourself too thin
help yourself first
make sure YOU come back

ignore my cheat sheet code that was here

[preferscuffs]

[...] sorry.
Ḇ̴̥̮̹̭̙̙̼̳͛̈́͊̋ǔ̴͙̬͙̭̻̩̗̑̇̌͑̑̒̌̏͗̈́̇̀̕͝t̵̳̻̯͌̽̑̏̓̇̽̑̄̑͌̚͘ ̴̡̥̺̑͋̔̒̾̉̄̃̆̀̓͝͝͝i̷̡̤̰̰̱̅̈́̃̐f̸̯̹̫̟̱̠̊̒͛͆͑̅̆͒̔͌͑̕͜͝ ̴̡̛̺̭̬̼̠͕̃̈͋̇̈͑I̷̠̓͛̿̈̀̉ ̵̢̛͈̙̮̯͍̤̙̻̖̱̬̦̾̂̍̋͂̈͛͘̕͘͘͝͠c̷̨̭͎̯̙̙̜̠̰͖̘̼͇̎͛͗̿̄͗͝͝͝ͅa̸̧̧̢̢͖̩̼̰͌̈́̆̊̄̓͜n̷͇̉̇̒̔̃ help people I̶̧̮̣͙͙̤̭̳̒̂̈̑͂̎͗̔̄̚ͅ ̵̡̳͙͓̟͎̼̬͔͙͓̩͑̑̏̈̈́͑́̃̄̏͘̚͝͝w̶̭̪̲̠͓̓̽͊̓i̶̬͉̭͈͉̥͖͓̯̱̙̻̖̲̅͆͛̄͝l̵̢̨̼͕̭͚̰̰͎͉̜͈͗l̶̢̨̖̞͈̲̮͋͗͒͑͗̕͜͝.̷̧̮̠̰̄͌̌ͅ
I can't just do nothing.
[...]

[dxvi]

caitlyn.....

[ there's no convincing her otherwise, is there ]

[preferscuffs]

[And the connection has fizzled out for the moment. Sorry for the angst she didn't do it on purpose. Bye~]