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revivalproject2019-09-13 11:38 pm
stillgotmyleftarm) wrote in revivalproject2019-09-13 11:38 pm
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WHO: Agra 10 gets another Captain America, and this one is Bucky Barnes!
WHERE: Starting in the square, then pretty much anywhere you want to run into him around town/the forest
WHAT: Arrival and exploring (NOTE: If you'd like to continue/assume our TDM thread as canon, just go ahead and I'll roll with it!)
WHEN: Bucky's arrival, a few weeks into the first event
WARNINGS: Will mark if any appear!
The last thing Bucky remembers is being on the Bishop with Steve. Then, suddenly - he's in the middle of a run-down square in a run-down city and there's a glowing... thing downloading information into his head.
All in all, it's kinda like any Tuesday in the Fleet. Almost. Except not. Especially not since after things changed.
He's alone - at least, he is at first. Which means he goes looking for Steve, once he realizes he's got no communicator and, honestly, pretty much nothing else, either, except for the plain coveralls he's wearing and the red, white, and blue shield that might be familiar to some.
He eventually finds his way into places like the hotel, the hospital, and the power plant. He's not afraid to poke around, and anyone he spots that doesn't look like a threat will be approached without hesitation.
At first, he's looking for Steve - or for acquaintances from the Fleet. But that doesn't mean unfamiliar people get the brush-off. He'll come right up, ask if you know what's going on, and probably offer help if it looks like you need it.
It's pretty much part of the job, after all.
WHERE: Starting in the square, then pretty much anywhere you want to run into him around town/the forest
WHAT: Arrival and exploring (NOTE: If you'd like to continue/assume our TDM thread as canon, just go ahead and I'll roll with it!)
WHEN: Bucky's arrival, a few weeks into the first event
WARNINGS: Will mark if any appear!
The last thing Bucky remembers is being on the Bishop with Steve. Then, suddenly - he's in the middle of a run-down square in a run-down city and there's a glowing... thing downloading information into his head.
All in all, it's kinda like any Tuesday in the Fleet. Almost. Except not. Especially not since after things changed.
He's alone - at least, he is at first. Which means he goes looking for Steve, once he realizes he's got no communicator and, honestly, pretty much nothing else, either, except for the plain coveralls he's wearing and the red, white, and blue shield that might be familiar to some.
He eventually finds his way into places like the hotel, the hospital, and the power plant. He's not afraid to poke around, and anyone he spots that doesn't look like a threat will be approached without hesitation.
At first, he's looking for Steve - or for acquaintances from the Fleet. But that doesn't mean unfamiliar people get the brush-off. He'll come right up, ask if you know what's going on, and probably offer help if it looks like you need it.
It's pretty much part of the job, after all.
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"Me? Springfield, New Jersey. But if you mean direction..."
Tommy points toward the greenhouse. He's there a lot.
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Bucky maybe wrinkles his nose at that - Jersey, wow. Sorry, pal.
But he did definitely mean the more recent direction; he glances where Tommy points, and nods. "Haven't been that way yet." Which means now's as good a time as any to try it. "Were you out here looking for something, or just looking?"
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"I mean, it's the greenhouse. It's a whole other mess to explore I guess. Beyond that, not much. For all my speed I've mostly hung around a small area."
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"A greenhouse sounds useful, though," Bucky's got to admit. "I'd like to see it."
Not that every plant is going to be edible, probably, but at least some of them clearly are, and he's no farmer - not even a gardener - but he can assess things like how much food is available, and what they ought to plan for.
And then, curiously, "You burn the regular number of calories just walking?"
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"Don't think so, but I don't know. My body is efficient, but I've never counted calories. Do you?"
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This kid is obviously different. At least - seemingly obviously. "You always been fast?" And, besides, "My point actually was, you could explore without running everywhere."
If, you know, you wanted.
Either way, he's hiking for the greenhouse now - at a reasonable super soldier pace.
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"I'm a mutant. So yeah, since I hit puberty and my powers manifested. And if I go very far, then I'm not working on the food issue."
Tommy moves with him, walking a step ahead of Bucky. But, you know, backwards. With confidence, ease, and keeping pace with Bucky no problem.
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Bucky would definitely get that type of moving while hungry, too - but it's not always a point that comes up, or one that needs to.
He is definitely interested in the information he gets, because, "Ah. We don't have mutants where I'm from, but this ain't the first time I've ended up someplace I didn't intend to be with a bunch of other people with the same problem. So I'm guessing that means they're common in your corner of the multiverse?" This is what Tommy had called it, anyway - and it seems appropriate enough. Of course, that's also extra interesting, because it means he can't even be from Steve's version of things, because that's closer to Bucky's than anything.
Bucky just continues on, not looking particularly impressed, but he'll probably - probably - try to warn the kid if it looks like he's going to trip.
cw: genocide, sorry. I mean, Bucky's lived through WWII, so he can probably handle it.
Is that a word? If not Tommy's making it a word. Take that dictionary!
"Yeah, they used to be. Probably something like 20 million mutants or more at one point three years ago. But then there was the attack on Genosha that almost killed Gramps, and then the whole M-Day shit. So maybe only a few thousand."
Genocide. On a scale that the Nazis definitely would have envied, since at least 16 million died on one day. Who knew Hitler might one day be number two on the level of atrocities. Granted he definitely beat out the Genosha massacre since Hilter went after more than just jews.
he can totally handle it~
It's not like he's unfamiliar with the concept of taking a very large population, and reducing it to a very small one. He certainly doesn't look happy to hear it.
But he also only understands most of the words in those sentences; the rest, he can sort of get by context, but still. "Is it... are you an actual different species?"
Okay, that seems kind of rude to ask, but also very, very important.
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"I mean, it's like dogs versus wolves. Two different things, you might mistake some for the other if you aren't fully aware of it or it isn't a full pack or something, but they can interbreed with viable offspring. Unlike, you know, horses and donkeys."
But yeah, genetically different enough to not be considered humans.
"They call us Homo superior. We're as different from you as you are from a Neanderthal. And we know that humans bred with those. People still carry the genes."
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Bucky does, at least, know what it's like to be the inferior version of something. He knows it really, really damn well.
But that doesn't justify genocide, and he is not saying it does, either. "Sounds like a mess," he finally decides, in a tone that says he would very much like to shake some people over it, and knows he very much can't. "There's choosing something, and there's being born without a choice of what you are. There's a big fuckin' difference between the two."
Still, he has to ask - "What's M-Day?"
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"Massive difference. I mean... It's not like my family isn't used to it, sorta. My grandfather on one side? Jewish, born in Nuremberg. Before World War II. He survived Auschwitz. So did my grandmother, though she was there because she was Romani. Some families just have all the luck, you know?"
A Roma-Jewish mutant. Born and raised in New Jersey. It's all so complicated and a lot of magic is involved, and a hell of a lot more sadness.
"We know a thing or two about not having a choice about how you're born. But uh... M-Day. It's a day where some really serious magic happened and the mutant population went from a few million to a few hundred or thousand? People just had their genetic structure changed, just like that."
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Bucky still doesn't look necessarily happy, because, "Just because you're used to it doesn't make it better." And, frankly, no one should be used to that. But he figures he doesn't have to tell Tommy that, after all. He's got his own firsthand experiences, and nothing Bucky could say would contend with those, anyway.
"Wait, so they're... alive, just not mutants?" He's not about to say it could've been worse - even if it could've - but he's definitely curious. Mostly because, "God, magic gives me a headache. It's hard enough dealing with regular science that feels like science-fiction. Magic kinda seems like the cherry on top of the really-fucked-up cake, sometimes."
Admittedly, Bucky's experience with magic users is largely limited to Loki, at this point.
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It's just a truth of life. Sure, not as many people died, but it was a genocide all of its own. Nothing compared to Genosha, but a blow when they couldn't handle it.
"Magic is a family thing. It just happens to us I guess. Like other stuff. You learn to deal with it."
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"Of course they did," Bucky replies flatly, quietly. It wasn't enough to change who they were, then; and yeah, he gets that. If being a mutant is that much of who you are, giving it up probably feels a lot like death. He can't relate - well, not exactly. He sure knows what it's like to have your body fucked with, without your consent. He sure didn't sign up for any super soldier serum, even if he knows it's not the same.
"You can learn to deal with a lot," he agrees. "I mean, it seems like you're taking this whole kidnapped on a weird planet thing pretty well."
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The kidnapping, though? Tommy laughs and shakes his head. Of course he was taking it well. This wasn't his first rodeo.
"At least I get to be aware of it this time."
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Bucky snorts a little, definitely amused. "I'm thinkin' that's probably not the reason, but whatever you wanna go with."
Kids are adaptable, after all. More so than most people give them credit for, it seems, these days.
Although he's not thrilled with what he gets next, because - "Wait, it's happened, when you weren't aware of it?"
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Don't ask him where he was. He sure doesn't know.
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Bucky's eyebrows are definitely inching their way upward, by now. "That is... disturbing," he finally settles on. "And that's even considering all the other shit that's already happened here."
At least they're aware of it. That... counts for something. If not much. Bucky's not about to be grateful for being kidnapped just because he knows he's being kidnapped. "Your life sounds really weird, kid."
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"Dude, my brother is engaged to an alien prince. It's really weird."
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But if it means Tommy isn't freaking out about being kidnapped to another planet, then it could probably be worse.
That, and Bucky's life is really weird sometimes - most of the time - too. "Congrats for them, anyway," he adds, absently, finally spotting the greenhouse - he assumes - up ahead. "Is he like you? A mutant? Your brother, I mean."
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"B? Yeah, he's a mutant. We're from a mutant mom, and a mutant grandfather. Most of that side of the family is mutants actually."
Not all of them. Apparently Magneto's wife had been human.
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Bucky nods. "I guess that kinda gives you some idea of what to expect. Just a brother, or any sisters?"
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He can't even say it without giving things up.
"She's not here. And I don't know her well."
end/fade hereish, I'm thinking?
Seems fair to me.