nineteen ✪ video & spam

[imfollowinghim]

[Bucky's taken a day, and he knows a few things:

1. He's an inmate here, so no weapons, limited boost from the serum, no warden areas and no asking the Admiral for any supplies.
2. People here are just as gullible and easy to fool as they had been on the normal Barge.
3. Steve is going to be a fucking problem.

So they'll still find out who he is eventually, but he's going to try to bide his time as long as possible. He's already seen himself mentioned as unaffected on Arthas' list, and he's not surprised, but he's also feeling more than a little self satisfied. He's done his homework.

He's in his cabin when he clicks on the video feed, wearing the blue Commandos jacket just like his counterpart usually seems to and smirks a little lazily at the camera.]

I know we're steal dealing with some pretty rough shit, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't feel good to be back in my right mind again. [He's seen the conversation with the Emperor. Pathetic.]

While we're still figuring out who's who, anyone who's interested and not currently a psycho: boot camp's starting up again first thing tomorrow. You guys all know what to expect by now.

Anyone got any questions, you know how to find me.

[He's going to need to figure out a way for someone to get him into the CES...]

[Spam, September 30 - October 3]

[This is a different part from what he's had to play before, but unlike his counterpart struggling to keep up a mask of indifference to the suffering of others, this Bucky's finding it incredibly easy to pretend like he cares about these people. He smiles, makes smalltalk, delicately probes for more information, and they just spill. There haven't been too many who have looked at him with anything but trust, and those who have viewed him with suspicion apparently haven't put two and two together yet.

So Bucky seemingly goes about life as usual, even if there's something maybe a little bit off about him. He's quick to brush it off as being bitter about his trip through the door, at losing a month to being out of his mind and terrified of everything, but it's still... a little odd.

Feel free to catch him in the dining hall, the gym, heading back to his room, or conveniently carrying too many things - books, usually, but sometimes equipment for boot camp - to be able to open the lock on a warden area by himself, and if you could grab the door, he'd really appreciate it, thanks. Boot camp starts up again, and is virtually identical to the routine that people had been running before Bucky had gotten too incoherent to continue, except sometimes his motivational barbs sound more like direct insults. But that's what a drill sergeant does, right?

The only thing that's really different is that he doesn't seem to be gravitationally pulled back into orbiting around Steve as much as he usually does. They don't not spend time together, but Bucky seems off on his own for most of the day, or talking with other people like nothing's wrong. Because it isn't. Everything's fine.]

[ooc: Tags will be coming from shieldcatchesyou! Steve is going to officially out him on Friday. :|b]

Comments

[americasdirtiest]

Boot camp?

[velocette]

Is bootcamp about survival, or about team dynamics?

[He's been curious about it for a long time now; but there are many reasons that even the frantic draft of the late Vietnam War hadn't wanted him in the ranks, and those reasons apply here, too.]

[strangehistorian]

I think getting back to normal routines is just what we need.

Spam; Oct. 3

[punched_hitler]

[Steve wanted to believe that after the arena, after Bucky had suddenly become coherent again... things would be okay. That at least if everything went to hell in a handbasket, he'd have his best friend back by his side.

Steve might be optimistic, but he's not stupid. Things have gone to hell in that handbasket, in a way, because there are people all over the Barge who aren't who they're supposed to be. And Bucky's treating him... it's weird. Not exactly at arms' length, but not exactly the same, either. Part of him wants to write it off, and he's been trying to, since they got back. Bucky's got to be exhausted, and he doesn't need Steve mothering him. In a way, it's good, because he's not mothering Steve, either - because Steve is exhausted, too, more emotionally than physically, though, so it's not something he can just fix with more sleep. But Bucky definitely needs sleep, and space, and Steve is happy to give him those things. For a few days.

But now it's been those few days, and it's time to at least figure out what's wrong. Steve catches up to Bucky as they're leaving the CES after boot camp; they're not soaked today, just a little muddy, so they don't need to head right back for a shower. He bumps shoulders the way they always do, to get Bucky's attention.] Hey. Want some breakfast for lunch? [Given that breakfast was hours ago, by now, regardless of whether it's actually time for lunch or not.]

[Private]

[youwillgotohell]

[She is relieved to see him, because even though everyone is switched and turned around and she really oughtn't to trust anyone at their word, she trusts the show he puts on. Maybe it's because he was ill with her, maybe she's just eager to leave behind memories that were not hers - Morgana doesn't examine her reasons closely.]

So you aren't feeling any after effects, either?

[video]

[notgonnabeopencasket]

Bootcamp, huh? Somebody else was telling me about that before. Back when I first got here.

Wasn't all that long, but after everything that just happened, feels almost like a year ago.