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[imfollowinghim]

[The video feed clicks on, except at first, the image is upside down and you're getting a pretty decent view of a blue jacket before the camera's righted and held back at an angle where you can actually see who's holding the thing.

Bucky's still wearing his Howling Commandos uniform and looks a little worse for wear, if only because he was just in a firefight that went badly after you know. He fell off of a very fast moving train and into a frozen river, but the Barge has healed any injuries and he's just ready to get going on this. He can worry about the rest of it (being dead) later. So he just smiles at the camera, and there's a touch of the familiar cockiness in the expression, even if he's more or less trying to be professional. This is a job, after all.]

This is Sergeant James Barnes, formerly with the 107th Infantry. U.S. Army. Most people call me Bucky. I've been on assignment with the Howling Commandos for the last couple months, but I guess someone decided I'd be better off transferring here for as long as this Admiral guy thinks I'll be useful. [It's a joke, see? Also Bucky really, really does not know what to think of him or this place in general, because this is really not what he thought the afterlife would look like at all.]

So if anyone's got some advice on what to expect for the new guy, I'd appreciate it. [Really, he's got a lot of questions he wants to ask, but he'll leave it at that for now.]

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[ichoosefight]

Welcome aboard. My advice is to have as much fun as humanly possible whenever and however you can.

[imfollowinghim]

[Well, he's just going to raise an eyebrow at that.] Good advice, I guess.

[thestarspangledman]

[See Steve. See Steve stare. And then he's just -- grinning fit to burst, near to bolting out of his room and down the hall to find Bucky.]


Gotta say, you're one damn good birthday present, Buck.

[imfollowinghim]

[Well. Bucky was definitely not expecting you to be here, Steve, and there's some confusion and concern - because you'd better not have gotten yourself killed or done something stupid to wind up here - but. Wow. This is kind of crazy.

So he's just going to grin and laugh a little, because processing all this is kind of starting to head into TOO MUCH AT ONCE territory.]

What're you doing here?

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[aggravating]

Barge sucks, don't fall overboard, we sometimes become other people, which sucks even more, we also kind of live with a bunch of serial killers and-....

Howling Commandos?

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[imfollowinghim]

That's what I said. Serial killers? [Not sure if want, Tony. :|]

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[surfaceshine]

Chin up, head down, and hang on. Welcome here, Sergeant. [Have a lazy drawling hunter, Bucky, who it is kind of difficult to tell if he's kidding or not right now, as he's kind of smirking.

It's the name, actually. But he's trying to be nice today. It kind of hurts. =/]

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[imfollowinghim]

[You hush, Dean, it's a great nickname. :V]

Thanks. You got a name?

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[deadliestviper]

..."Bucky." [Now there's a name she isn't fond of, although at least he isn't "her" Buck. Excuse her skepticism nonetheless.]

Welcome to the ship of lost souls, Sergeant Barnes. The only advice I can offer is, prepare to be confused.

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[imfollowinghim]

Thanks. Is being kinda cryptic part of the job description here?

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[breakingmyheart]

Welcome aboard, Sergeant.

There's a lot to tell. The Barge is a unique working environment, to say the very least, and it's subject to some - unusual conditions.

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[imfollowinghim]

Like?

[trenchcoatedly]

Your physical or mental state will sometimes twist, but I haven't encountered a flood where you didn't revert to your normal self in a few days.

Welcome. My name is Castiel.

[imfollowinghim]

Nice to meet you. You're gonna have to forgive me if I don't find that all that reassuring.

[sharpememory]

Bucky? Seriously?

[imfollowinghim]

Middle name's Buchanan, my dad was already James Barnes, didn't feel like going by Junior.

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[persuadeyou]

['Fuck this' is pretty much the first thing to go through her head. Seriously, the first thing. Because this is a little much, a little too well timed, and maybe the Admiral monitors their conversations. She'll need to do another sweep of her room (though she's almost never there), even though she found nothing the last time. But the timing is too close to her talk with Cap. Something's up.

She takes in his uniform, his introduction, and she already knows he doesn't know her. The Captain's ahead of her and Tony, and the Soldier's behind them. Way behind.

God, what year did he think it was? '44? '45?

All of this goes through her head very, very quickly, of course. She even spares a long moment on whether or not this is all a ruse. Maybe he's just pretending, like she is, and he'll slip, just a little, just enough that she'll know what's what. She thinks she'd see it in his eyes, if he recognized her.

That's what makes her go back to her room (because not much can make her stay in the Red Room when she can spend her time in the gym and the mess hall and the gardens and everywhere but here). When the video clicks on, she makes sure he has a view of her, and the room that used to sleep half a dozen kids on cots.]

Nicole Reese. I didn't know the army still used that system. It sounds so...old. [Totally in control and playing her role, yup, but she is watching him like a hawk for any. damn. sign. :c]

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[imfollowinghim]

[Sorry, Nat, there's nothing. He's twenty one, he's been taking out Nazis and HYDRA agents for the last year or so, and he just fell to his 'death' in a frozen river. No brainwashing, no Soviet programming, nothing much at all, really, of the person she knew.

So there's no recognition, but there is interest, polite curiosity, and he shrugs a little at the question.]

I guess it could be. Apparently I'm about sixty years behind everyone else I've talked to. [If she's paying attention - which, who are we kidding, she is - she'll notice his uniform's a little beat up, and there's maybe some element of 'I'm sort of going through some stuff right now, but am hiding it behind being quasi professional and cocky' going on as well.]

[most_feared]

What sort of information are you lookin' for, son?

[ARGH FACETWINS!]

[imfollowinghim]

[Argh indeed. Bucky's basically immediately sitting up a little straighter, even if he looks a little confused because you don't look exactly like Colonel Phillips. You just look like his twin brother or something. :|]

Anything you think might be relevant, sir. The Admiral was a little vague on certain aspects of the job.

[an_abomination]

Prepare for a lot of surprises. Some good, some bad, and some that you don't know what to think.

[imfollowinghim]

Seems like an ongoing theme, here.

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[notthatfondue]

[Is that a smile on Peggy's face? Yes, maybe it is. If you mention it, though, Barnes, it'll be gone before you know it.]

Sergeant Barnes, it's nice to have you on board.

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[imfollowinghim]

[He's not mentioning it, but his smirk is maybe getting a little wider. Admit it Peggy you like him. c:]

Good to see you, too, Agent Carter. Don't tell me Dum Dum and the guys are hiding somewhere, too.

[makeitwork]

You're actually real.

[imfollowinghim]

Excuse me? [Eveyone's neglected to mention you this far, WHY DO YOU HAVE MY FACE. :|]

L8

[strangehistorian]

Hello, Sergeant! My name is Chromie. Welcome to the Barge!

nw!

[imfollowinghim]

Thanks. I guess it's good to be here.