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Tommy Shepard ([personal profile] doubled_speed) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2021-08-09 02:43 pm

Temba's Where The Heart Is

WHO: Tommy Shepherd, OTA (Some closed or limited starters)
WHERE: Temba: Greenhouse, Diner, The Twin Roses
WHAT: Tommy got hurt in Not Temba so now he's staying home for traditional work
WHEN: Early August
WARNINGS: Tommy's attitude is going to be testy due to leg soreness/pain

1. New Plants Need Time | Greenhouse | OTA

Green. Tommy had never thought he'd feel so attached to the color. Yes, it was part of his uniform but this green space, this peace... It was magical in its own way. Somehow he hadn't noticed it in himself back home, the way that when he was stressed he ran to not only natural wonders, but ones that were in some way green. But here, on Agra 10, he had found some measure of peace in the greenhouse right at the start, and in a strange way, the place felt like home.

"I'm back babes," he called out to the plants, dragging along the bubble-olive tree that Obi-Wan had helped him dig up back in the other city. He needed to get it to the place where it would have its final resting and a chance to adjust. "I've brought new friends. Once I've got them in, we're going to do a prone. And it's almost harvest time, so everyone do your best."

There was peace, calmness, happiness to be had in finding the greenhouse still standing after all the stress in life.

"Now if only I had more hands," he mused as he kept going, limping along slowly. Stupid hurt leg. But he'd power through it. He always had.


2. Food Makes Family | The Diner | OTA

Okay, so maybe he hasn't done this in a while, but that doesn't mean Tommy doesn't know what he's doing. Okay, maybe he doesn't know what he's doing very WELL but dammit he's trying. And, with people everywhere and some of the diner help staff working their asses off exploring and Tommy no longer easily able to do that, he had come to do it instead. This afternoon he was falling back on a classic. Anyone who had an issue with soup as a side today was going to get serious glares from him. For now Tommy was working on making fresh noodles from one of the Coruscant grains he had just ground into flour for the purpose.

With the back door to the kitchen open he could hear someone enter the building and he called out from the back as loud as he could to let them know he was working.

"Hold on and there will be a fresh salad or fruit if you want. I'm working on a noodle-soup. Come on back!"


3. Welcome to the Roses | Twin Roses | Closed to Twin Roses Crew

Home. Tommy was one of the lucky ones and he didn't even know it. He had brought some new plant samples to try in the Twin Roses hydroponics system and had no clue that the ships had been juggled. Then again, save for the first assignments, this had really been his ship. It was, in a weird way (especially when considering his claustrophobia) home. He moved easily and confidently through the ship, not expecting that the people on it could be so different. And once in the hold he moved right to his hydroponics unites.

"Hey kiddos," he greated them. he'd heard once that talking to plants helped, and given they had to live in the more artificial environment of the ship, he didn't intend to not do it. "Got you some new friends seeing as the sorta pea-pod vine things weren't working out. Say hi."

And now it was time to get them started.

Later on, after he was done with that task, Tommy busied himself in the laundry area, sitting on top of the washer with a bowl of chocolate protein paste with slices of fruit cut up into it, eating as the machine worked on cleaning his clothes. His injured leg hung to the side, keeping all weight off of it.

We anyone to enter he would look them dead in the eye.

"What, never seen a dude washing laundry before?"

Well, they might have, but given Tommy was literally wearing only a pair of what looked like booty shorts, there might be another reason to be staring. Be glad he wasn't standing, because that shining silver script 'juicy' on the ass might just make some people react less happily. But hey, free shirtless dude. Comment on the faint scars on his skin and there might be trouble though.


4. A Mind Is A Beautiful Thing To Use | Young Avengers home | Closed to Quentin Beck

Learning for himself had never been something Tommy was good at. It was just something that was universally true. He'd been bad at school because even before his powers had come in he'd had some attention issues. After school had been brutal. And then, well, there hadn't been school at all. The Kaplans had stressed the importance of him getting his GED and it had been pure stubborn desire to get a job and his own place that had Tommy getting his degree.

But complex issues? Tommy had always thought himself too stupid to learn really useful and valuable things. He hadn't thought about how one putting together thousands upon thousands of electronics, even according to instructions, was teaching him things. Between that and watching Tony, helping Tony, having Tony put up with him, Tommy had started to think he could learn it. Except he'd run into a road block. How was he supposed to learn the basics?

Less mobile as he was after getting hurt in Not-Temba, his mind turned back to the thing he wanted to learn. So he did the only thing he could do. He borrowed some supplies from Tony's forge he would apologize when Tony got back and sat down in his home, trying to puzzle out different resistors Tony had put together into the systems.

"This is so fucking stupidly complicated," he hissed in anger. How could he have been so fucking smart in that damn fake-city!?
silenziobruno: (Humans are weird)

New Plants Need Time

[personal profile] silenziobruno 2021-08-09 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Do the plants talk back? They never told me anything."

Surprise, Tommy, you were not alone in the Greenhouse. There happened to be kid, looking around 13 or 14 years old, peeking from behind a large plant and holding the pinkish flower petal of a Pathistery. He had big green eyes and curly hair, skin tanned by the sun and freckles. The clothes he was wearing looked pretty threadbare, and he had no shoes on. None of that seemed to bother him in the slightest.

Alberto was looking around the greenhouse for something to eat when he heard voices and came to investigate the source. it didn't take him long to notice Tommy's limping and he pursed his lips a little before offering a smile.

"Do you need help?"
thestaremaster: (Default)

Welcome to the Roses

[personal profile] thestaremaster 2021-08-09 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky had come to do his usual clean up routine, finding this ship not too different from the last until he happened upon a half naked kid sitting there without a care in the world.

He blinked silently, and arched a brow as he took in the scene.

"You really wait 'til the last second, huh?" he remarked, shifting his bag, "...I can come back."
itsamysterio: (Default)

A Mind Is A Beautiful Thing To Use

[personal profile] itsamysterio 2021-08-09 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Stark's cameras hadn't been easy to hack, especially without letting the other man know, but they made Beck's job of stalking so much easier. And after he'd see Tommy steal away some supplies he made a plan to visit him not too long after.

His fingers rapped on the door, running through lines in his head. It didn't always go to plan with the Kid, but he had a few scenarios planned out, smiling easily when he opened the door. It was a practiced sort of bashful look, knowing their last interaction had ended...poorly.

"Hey- Sorry. I was wondering if I could borrow your eyes for something..." he explained, holding up a little bundle at his side.
silenziobruno: (There you go buddy)

[personal profile] silenziobruno 2021-08-10 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
It was luck mostly, and the fact that he's small and doesn't make a lot of noise while walking because he's got no shoes on. That said, Alberto is quite taken aback at the speed Tommy moves, and he's left blinking in confusion for a couple of seconds before he can articulate a reply.

"I'm strong enough." Alberto grins as he says that because confidence goes a long way. If he has trouble with the plant, he will find one way or another to get the petal. "Are you sure you don't want me helping you move that plant first?"
demjiin: (33)

Food Makes Family

[personal profile] demjiin 2021-08-10 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Kaz has always used a cane in Temba. But he's leaning heavily on it to try to keep as much of his bodyweight off his bad leg as he can and is hardly moving his knee at all today. If Tommy is unhappy because of an injured leg meaning he can't explore Not-Temba, then he has company in that department.

"Don't worry about food on my account, just black coffee."

Kaz gabbed a chair, probably made a loud noise as it was dragged across the floor, then set it in front of another chair. He made a pained expression as he sat down, then used his arms to assist lifting his bad leg into the other chair. Usually he made his own coffee, but today he could barely move. TThat he was at the Diner at all was a pretty big concession to pain.
itsamysterio: (Default)

[personal profile] itsamysterio 2021-08-10 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay, honestly, I mostly need a sounding board. But I do need your eyes. Specifically. The way you see-" he clarified hopefully, "And you catch on quick enough. Can you help me out? It'll cut out weeks of testing, and I really wanna get this this up and running. It's kind of a side project."
thestaremaster: (the fuck?)

[personal profile] thestaremaster 2021-08-10 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"...Triple Scruff," Bucky repeated, wondering if he was supposed to know what the hell that meant, head tilting faintly, but he stilled in the door way and shrugged a shoulder, moving to find a place to lean and wait out the time.

"That what you called one of the other Buckys?" he guessed finally, not looking too thrilled about the choice of nickname if it was.
itsamysterio: (serious talk)

[personal profile] itsamysterio 2021-08-10 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"The speed at which you see," Beck further clarified with a pointed look. Stark couldn't help him with this. And the man would probably catch on to what he was really up to if he did, Beck didn't want him anywhere near this.

He frowned a little at Tommy's limp, making a point of letting that frown being noticed, but not saying anything.
thestaremaster: (probing)

[personal profile] thestaremaster 2021-08-10 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
He could practically hear Sam listing off potential 'Scruff Brand' themes for the kid to try, and his cheek flexed with a long grumpy stare, sighing and seeming to accept that it was inevitable that he'd been stuck with one too.

"Which of those is Soldat?" he wondered, extending his hand to shake with Tommy's and squinting a little at all of those various details. His left hand flexed, plates shifting at the mention of it. "...Definitely not Captain America."
itsamysterio: (shut up)

[personal profile] itsamysterio 2021-08-10 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Beck gave him a look, face scrunching up. The hell good would that be? He shook his head. "Will you stop being so pessimistic all the time. Is there a blank wall around here? I'll show you, all right? Trust the scientist. If I say I need your eyes, I really do."
thestaremaster: (evesdropping)

[personal profile] thestaremaster 2021-08-10 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
He shaves. It just...grows back quick. And he's probably among the less scruffy Buckys.

His head tilted with a curious lilt at that strength, gaze lifting in question as Tommy continued. "How many are there that did?" Bucky countered.

He felt a wash of guilt at the flicker of jealous that threatened to flare up. Sam was the right choice. Both Steve and Bucky knew that. But knowing there was some version of him that had it made that yarning ache in his chest.
itsamysterio: (hey kid)

[personal profile] itsamysterio 2021-08-10 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well that's a lie," Beck argued, "You trust Stark." He gestured to the paintings then, "Can we take them down for a minute?" he asked, setting up on the floor a few feet back from the wall, taking out components of whatever it was he was working on.
thestaremaster: (frown soft left)

[personal profile] thestaremaster 2021-08-10 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"...Huh." Captain America from the start? Bucky frowned, "...what happened to Steve?" he pressed, not sure he wanted to know the answer.

Bucky wasn't good enough to take up the shield. Not like Steve. Not like Sam.

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