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[imfollowinghim]

Alright, so, [Bucky's still in his room, which looks the same as normal Bucky's room, but Bucky himself looks about a decade younger, and for the first time literally in his entire time on board isn't wearing some kind of military uniform. It's been swapped out for a buttoned down plaid shirt with a t-shirt underneath, jeans and sneakers, and he looks a little out of place in the pretty spartan, clearly military room he's hanging out in.] Either this flood's just switched all our rooms around - Stiles, this one might be yours? - or we traded memories or something, so I guess no one knows who we're dealing with anymore. Might be a good idea to start swapping stories so we know what we've got. I'll go first: I'm Bucky Barnes, I'm seventeen, and I'm from Beacon Hills, California. I'm here as a warden, and my best friend Steve Rogers and I were trying to get a lacrosse league going here, which I'm pretty sure we're still up for doing if anyone's interested. It's not like the CES went anywhere, right? Although I guess I'm gonna need to borrow a stick until my room gets back to normal. Or I guess if you're crashing in it, lemme know. There should be a lot of comics and stuff on the floor. [Don't judge, he was looking for something and didn't get around to tidying up before the flood hit.] So, who do you think you're supposed to be?

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[warisart]

Don't you have to be good at lacrosse before you can get a league together? Or is that where the trying part comes in?

[But Ben is teasing, grinning broad and cheerful.]

I'm supposed to be Hercules.

[imfollowinghim]

That's totally where the trying comes in. Come on, you'll pick it up in like, ten minutes, I swear. [Or he'll patiently keep explaining the rules to you guys because come on, it'll be fun. 83] Why Hercules?

[warisart]

And then you won't be able to keep up, slowpoke.

[Ben doesn't bother with rules. He just enjoys showing off, okay.]

Why not Hercules? Stripped of my god-given strength and identity, I'm forced to toil amongst you mortals until such time as I've completed three completely arbitrary, basically unexplained tasks so that I can remember who I am and claim my place among the gods.

Woe.

[imfollowinghim]

Maybe I just really want to beat Steve. [Although yeah, being the normal person in a sea of really weird stuff has kind of... sucked. In some ways. Of course he's careful what he wishes for, but. Still. It'd be easier to keep watching Steve's back if he was superhuman.] Wow, so dramatic. You ever consider a career on stage?

[warisart]

Then just say that. Or do it. But why limit yourself?

[Ben doesn't catch any of the more serious undertones, because he's never really had to consider that. Not like some people have. He doesn't try to match them, he just does his best.

Now, he grins.]

I like to tell stories. The dramatic ones are the best.

[imfollowinghim]

Well, obviously. Where's the fun in the boring ones?