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worthallthis) wrote2020-07-30 08:43 pm
worthallthis) wrote2020-07-30 08:43 pm
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The Last Voyages: IC Inbox
There is no voice message here. Better hope you got the right box.
I get the impression you're better with something to work on, am I kind of in the right ballpark there?
Two days after Steve promises to get Bucky some knives, there's a short, efficient knock at Bucky's cabin door.
When he opens it, he'll find Steve standing there with two large blankets (both filched from the beds in empty cabins) topped with three chocolate bars. Hidden inside the folds of the top blanket is a knife, because he doesn't want anyone to catch him coming in here with it. Just in case.
(He might be overly paranoid.)
"Hi. I brought you some things - including what you asked for." And then, "Can I come in and show you?"
When he opens it, he'll find Steve standing there with two large blankets (both filched from the beds in empty cabins) topped with three chocolate bars. Hidden inside the folds of the top blanket is a knife, because he doesn't want anyone to catch him coming in here with it. Just in case.
(He might be overly paranoid.)
"Hi. I brought you some things - including what you asked for." And then, "Can I come in and show you?"
hi remember me, we played ball on deck your first day?
I thought I should let you know I'm a person. You looked like you wanted nothing to do with people, so I - well, wolves don't need small talk to make friends, do they?
anyway, my name's Iris, I've been working here a long time, and I hope we'll play again
xxx
I thought I should let you know I'm a person. You looked like you wanted nothing to do with people, so I - well, wolves don't need small talk to make friends, do they?
anyway, my name's Iris, I've been working here a long time, and I hope we'll play again
xxx
The day after he and Bucky had agreed to try meditating, Steve shows up early to the cabin number he'd given carrying two of Lark's couch cushions under one arm and a thermos of hot coffee in the other hand, two mug handles precariously threaded through his fingers.
The cabin itself is small, spartan, all sleek metal and chrome, with a simple bathroom (no shower or tub) and no bed. The only furniture, actually, is a desk and chair pushed into one corner and few closed boxes stacked over there as well, but it looks like Ford's not using Steve's old cabin for much other than storage these days. It makes sense, since Ford said he had his own lab in his cabin, now that he's a warden.
Steve sets the cushions in the middle of the bare floor and leaves the door cracked so Bucky can come in, settling down onto one cushion (both are oriented sideways to the door, so neither of them will have their back to it; Steve puts his back to the bathroom door) and getting to work taking his shoes off.
The cabin itself is small, spartan, all sleek metal and chrome, with a simple bathroom (no shower or tub) and no bed. The only furniture, actually, is a desk and chair pushed into one corner and few closed boxes stacked over there as well, but it looks like Ford's not using Steve's old cabin for much other than storage these days. It makes sense, since Ford said he had his own lab in his cabin, now that he's a warden.
Steve sets the cushions in the middle of the bare floor and leaves the door cracked so Bucky can come in, settling down onto one cushion (both are oriented sideways to the door, so neither of them will have their back to it; Steve puts his back to the bathroom door) and getting to work taking his shoes off.
Hey, Buck. You're gonna be paired with Ellie Williams this month. It's only temporary.
It sounded like you know her? Or - I can still get to know her if you want. If you need me to talk to her or tell her anything, I will.
[He's trying to be transparent, and not just go give her the shovel talk or the equivalent without Bucky knowing.]
It sounded like you know her? Or - I can still get to know her if you want. If you need me to talk to her or tell her anything, I will.
[He's trying to be transparent, and not just go give her the shovel talk or the equivalent without Bucky knowing.]
[As requested, Steve gathers a bundle from the library for his friend. From felines (a range of basic reading level to advanced) as well as an assortment of childrens' books. Dr. Seuss plays a plentiful role, of course, but there's other children's books too. He grabbed every one with fuzzies or cricklies or anything with a tactile element to them that weren't simply colorful words. Most were silly, but he sprinkles in a few with ~lessons~ like The Giving Tree or Rainbow Fish. Whether Bucky wished to read these on his own, or have someone else read to him, he would get an eclectic assortment.
So much so, in fact, it takes several trips from the library to his cabin door, carrying multiple stacks. By the end there's some 30+ books by his doorstep now. Too much? Maybe. But they're like Christmas gifts. You think you only bought a few things and then... Welp, those packages multiplied in the closet.
But, finally deciding that is a good stopping point (for now!) he knocks on Bucky's door.]
So much so, in fact, it takes several trips from the library to his cabin door, carrying multiple stacks. By the end there's some 30+ books by his doorstep now. Too much? Maybe. But they're like Christmas gifts. You think you only bought a few things and then... Welp, those packages multiplied in the closet.
But, finally deciding that is a good stopping point (for now!) he knocks on Bucky's door.]
"Good morning."
Disinclined as he seems toward communicators, she figures this will have been better in person. She catches him at breakfast, so on the off chance there's anything he'd like to get up to they'll have all day. (Any eagerness to have something concrete to do is neither here nor there.) Drops into the seat across from him too focused to seem breezy, plate divided primarily between eggs and fruit.
"You've probably got all the big questions about how the place runs out of the way, so I don't think there's anything there to cover. These aren't, like, compulsory, but I don't like ignoring them. I'm not gonna tail you around, but if there's anything you'd want to do, anything you'd need, I'm on call."
Disinclined as he seems toward communicators, she figures this will have been better in person. She catches him at breakfast, so on the off chance there's anything he'd like to get up to they'll have all day. (Any eagerness to have something concrete to do is neither here nor there.) Drops into the seat across from him too focused to seem breezy, plate divided primarily between eggs and fruit.
"You've probably got all the big questions about how the place runs out of the way, so I don't think there's anything there to cover. These aren't, like, compulsory, but I don't like ignoring them. I'm not gonna tail you around, but if there's anything you'd want to do, anything you'd need, I'm on call."
[Shortly after the Admiral's announcement, Steve sends Bucky a text:]
Hey, Buck. You've been permanently paired with Ellie.
I think it's a good match.
Hey, Buck. You've been permanently paired with Ellie.
I think it's a good match.
[Someone is in trouble. But not really.]
Don't freak out, but I think we need to talk. It's not bad, and I'm not mad at you or anything, and nothing is gonna happen to you. Okay?
Don't freak out, but I think we need to talk. It's not bad, and I'm not mad at you or anything, and nothing is gonna happen to you. Okay?
[Ellie doesn't usually pester B late at night. She likes to at least pretend she sleeps at a decent hour, and she wants to believe he does, too. But she's up, and she did say she'd think of something for his birthday.
It's not a big deal if he doesn't get back to her right away, anyway.]
Hey. You up?
It's not a big deal if he doesn't get back to her right away, anyway.]
Hey. You up?
So you do hair but hanging out in a fort with me was rough, huh? I'm starting to think I do actually smell.
[Busted. But not really. Ellie's glad to hear it.]
[Busted. But not really. Ellie's glad to hear it.]
Lark finds B again one night, and starts with the point. "Hey. I just wanted to apologize for pressuring you the other day. I like having your around, and I was overeager about the idea of you moving in. But I don't want that to be a stress for you."
[They're literally genetic clones, but it would be nearly impossible to mistake this for Alec, who is relaxed and animated and buries the soldier in him where it belongs: in his bones and nowhere near the surface.
This young man is about the same age, but there's a formal stillness to him he never quite lost, and a politesse lined with something almost like gentility. His expressions are subtle but less stiff these days, and his brown eyes are warm as he tips his head slightly.
No, not the Bucky he knew, he too can see at a glance. He smiles anyway - mostly with his eyes - and offers,] Hello.
I apologize for temporarily interrupting your feed. It was not my intention.
This young man is about the same age, but there's a formal stillness to him he never quite lost, and a politesse lined with something almost like gentility. His expressions are subtle but less stiff these days, and his brown eyes are warm as he tips his head slightly.
No, not the Bucky he knew, he too can see at a glance. He smiles anyway - mostly with his eyes - and offers,] Hello.
I apologize for temporarily interrupting your feed. It was not my intention.
Natasha is not expecting to see that face - again - when she's trying to get ahold of someone else entirely on her phone.
It takes her a few seconds, but just a few seconds, to figure out what's (likely) going on. She has exactly one experience with a Barnes that isn't quite hers, anyway. It seems like the most logical leap, even given the differences. There's still some undercurrent of same she can read in his eyes.
"We've got to stop meeting under whatever these circumstances are."
It takes her a few seconds, but just a few seconds, to figure out what's (likely) going on. She has exactly one experience with a Barnes that isn't quite hers, anyway. It seems like the most logical leap, even given the differences. There's still some undercurrent of same she can read in his eyes.
"We've got to stop meeting under whatever these circumstances are."
Handwritten note/chart for B, put up on the back of his door in October 2021
punched_hitler
2021-10-24 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Steve doesn't leave a note so much as a chart. There's a large piece of paper taped to the back of B's door, where he's sure to see it before he leaves the cabin. The top part is a note, in Steve's handwriting. It starts:
Hi, B. Welcome back. You've been in a coma for and then there's a space where he's left himself a spot to tape up a new bit of paper each day to say exactly how many days it's been. (Steve's been updating the count every morning.) On each piece of paper with the current count, he's also written Today is with the current day of the week.
Below that, he's written: We are currently experiencing followed by another blank spot, where he can tape up flood or port, but which should ideally read nothing strange that I'm aware of. when B awakes at the end of the month.
And finally, at the bottom, is a list that starts with: These are the people — that I know of — who've disappeared. Probably not a complete list.
Jim Kirk
Quentin Coldwater
Larry Trainor
Cassandra
(It is, in fact, a very incomplete list, but B will probably understand that Steve is not the most social or Barge network-oriented guy.)
Also taped to the door is a paper invitation done up in very nice calligraphy inviting B, should he get his butt out of bed (yes, it reads that way, if lovingly?), to Godric's surprise birthday party the night of October 28.
Hi, B. Welcome back. You've been in a coma for and then there's a space where he's left himself a spot to tape up a new bit of paper each day to say exactly how many days it's been. (Steve's been updating the count every morning.) On each piece of paper with the current count, he's also written Today is with the current day of the week.
Below that, he's written: We are currently experiencing followed by another blank spot, where he can tape up flood or port, but which should ideally read nothing strange that I'm aware of. when B awakes at the end of the month.
And finally, at the bottom, is a list that starts with: These are the people — that I know of — who've disappeared. Probably not a complete list.
Jim Kirk
Quentin Coldwater
Larry Trainor
Cassandra
(It is, in fact, a very incomplete list, but B will probably understand that Steve is not the most social or Barge network-oriented guy.)
Also taped to the door is a paper invitation done up in very nice calligraphy inviting B, should he get his butt out of bed (yes, it reads that way, if lovingly?), to Godric's surprise birthday party the night of October 28.
Edited 2021-10-26 02:15 (UTC)
It has clearly been A Morning. Steve has been out for most of it, first walking the dogs and then showering, and later trying to investigate what suddenly seems to be going on with the tree and the hole, as well as checking on both new and old people.
But while he never paid the network much mind on the Barge, here, he's been giving it a little more attention.
He doesn't wait too long after the Nurse - and then everyone else - starts talking on the network to head back to B's cabin, knocking twice with an, "It's me," before opening the door to slip inside and see whether B is here. He's not down in the common area with the animals at the moment, so this seems like the next logical place to look.
But while he never paid the network much mind on the Barge, here, he's been giving it a little more attention.
He doesn't wait too long after the Nurse - and then everyone else - starts talking on the network to head back to B's cabin, knocking twice with an, "It's me," before opening the door to slip inside and see whether B is here. He's not down in the common area with the animals at the moment, so this seems like the next logical place to look.
A note, delivered by a vampire, after the event conclusion.
dark_lady_sariss
2022-09-02 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[She'd written it in English, at least, rather than her usual careful Aurebesh hand - though the shakiness towards the end indicates it wasn't the easiest task.]
B-
You are a good person. I wanted you to know. I hope for better things for you than endless wardening. Be happy. My friend.
-Sariss
[He may or may not have heard what had happened by the time he reads this. If not, Najda has the tale, or others.]
B-
You are a good person. I wanted you to know. I hope for better things for you than endless wardening. Be happy. My friend.
-Sariss
[He may or may not have heard what had happened by the time he reads this. If not, Najda has the tale, or others.]
Hello, B. I'm sorry to be calling you on such unfortunate business, but I saw your posting on the network some time ago about alarms. Would it be possible to get one for Natalie and young Mr. Mandrake?
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