diff --git a/client/Message.cs b/client/Message.cs
index 67722d4..77b9802 100644
--- a/client/Message.cs
+++ b/client/Message.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Numerics;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
 
@@ -13,7 +14,9 @@ internal class Message {
 
     [JsonProperty("message")]
     public string Text { get; init; }
-    
+
     public int PositiveVotes { get; init; }
     public int NegativeVotes { get; init; }
+
+    internal Vector3 Position => new(this.X, this.Y, this.Z);
 }
diff --git a/client/Messages.cs b/client/Messages.cs
index adf2517..a3788d8 100644
--- a/client/Messages.cs
+++ b/client/Messages.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ internal class Messages : IDisposable {
 
     private Plugin Plugin { get; }
 
+    private SemaphoreSlim CurrentMutex { get; } = new(1, 1);
+    private Message[] Current { get; set; } = Array.Empty<Message>();
     private Queue<Message> SpawnQueue { get; } = new();
+    private Queue<Message> RemoveQueue { get; } = new();
 
     internal Messages(Plugin plugin) {
         this.Plugin = plugin;
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ internal class Messages : IDisposable {
             return;
         }
 
-        this.Plugin.Vfx.SpawnStatic(VfxPath, new Vector3(message.X, message.Y, message.Z));
+        this.Plugin.Vfx.SpawnStatic(VfxPath, message.Position);
     }
 
     private void SpawnVfx(object? sender, EventArgs e) {
@@ -59,6 +62,11 @@ internal class Messages : IDisposable {
             var resp = await new HttpClient().GetAsync($"https://tryfingerbuthole.anna.lgbt/messages/{territory}");
             var json = await resp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
             var messages = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Message[]>(json)!;
+
+            await this.CurrentMutex.WaitAsync();
+            this.Current = messages;
+            this.CurrentMutex.Release();
+
             foreach (var message in messages) {
                 this.SpawnQueue.Enqueue(message);
             }
@@ -68,4 +76,17 @@ internal class Messages : IDisposable {
     private void RemoveVfx(object? sender, EventArgs? e) {
         this.Plugin.Vfx.RemoveAll();
     }
+
+    internal Message[] Nearby() {
+        if (this.Plugin.ClientState.LocalPlayer is not { } player) {
+            return Array.Empty<Message>();
+        }
+
+        var position = player.Position;
+
+        return this.Current
+            .Where(msg => Math.Abs(msg.Position.Y - position.Y) < 1f)
+            .Where(msg => Vector3.Distance(msg.Position, position) < 5f)
+            .ToArray();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/client/PluginUi.cs b/client/PluginUi.cs
index 4999ed2..9e7e672 100644
--- a/client/PluginUi.cs
+++ b/client/PluginUi.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Numerics;
 using System.Text;
+using Dalamud.Logging;
 using ImGuiNET;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
@@ -187,6 +189,12 @@ public class PluginUi : IDisposable {
             ImGui.EndDisabled();
         }
 
+        if (this.Plugin.ClientState.LocalPlayer is { } player2) {
+            foreach (var msg in this.Plugin.Messages.Nearby()) {
+                PluginLog.Log($"{msg.Text}: {Vector3.Distance(msg.Position, player2.Position):N2}");
+            }
+        }
+
         ImGui.End();
     }