voice;

[kneecaptain]

[The voice is coming into and out of focus, but it doesn't seem to care. It's clipped, and determined.]

They really know how to roll out the welcome mat, don't they? I feel— [buzz and static] ain't the Blitz, but— [more of the same]

I heard the Avengers were here, and I wanna sit-rep. This is [more static] Captain America. [While the reception ain't great, anyone who knows him can tell this is Not Steve.]

I need to know what I'm dealing with.

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[gamora]

You and every two-bit individual they can get their hands on. Doesn't mean you're special.

That a bet you're willing to make?

[kneecaptain]

Yeah, I think me being here is way more inconvenient for me than it is for you.

But I also think arguing about it's not gonna fix it for either of us.

oh this is voice whoops;

[gamora]

Unless you're plann--[ static, but it probably wasn't important anyway ]

Neither is breaking into the teleportation room, in case you were thinking of trying.

[kneecaptain]

I wasn't. I'm not that dumb.

[gamora]

Got a better idea, Captain America?

[ It wasn't a bad idea at the time, she swears. ]

[kneecaptain]

You don't have to call me that. [He hadn't even meant to say he was Captain America— just that he used to be, but hell if that wasn't a thing to explain.]

I think we need to make sure everyone is underground who needs to be. And get someone to [static] the damn communicators.

[gamora]

Do I get to make one up? Because that sounds like a great idea.

[ It's nearly as bad as having a 'clubhouse'. ]

If they're dumb enough [static] when there was a warning, then they shouldn't be surprised when it gets flarked up.

[kneecaptain]

My name's Bucky. [So much better, amirite?]

And what can I say, I got a soft spot for people who don't listen to warnings.

[gamora]

Bucky. [ humans. can't name things if their lives depended on it. ]

That'll just get you killed.

[kneecaptain]

That's alright. I'm used to it.

You got a name yourself?

[gamora]

So am I. Doesn't mean I want to do it again.

Gamora.

[kneecaptain]

Right. I'm not actually planning on it. [Then again, he wasn't planning on it those other times.]

[gamora]

Well that's a change from the majority of hero types.

[kneecaptain]

I don't think most of 'em plan on getting killed.

[gamora]

Then you clearly haven't been around the same idiots I have.

[ This isn't hard, she's just saying. When 3/5ths of the people who end up dying do it because they planned on it, it sets a pattern. ]

[kneecaptain]

I guess not. 'Cept for the Red Skull, I sorta expect dead people to stay that way.

[He's new.]

[gamora]

Here's a tip - they don't. Even the flarking 'avatar of death' can't stay dead.

[ Oh Bucky, you naive soul. ]

[kneecaptain]

[Okay, Bucky, focus on what's important, here—]

Do you really say 'flarking'?

[gamora]

[ Blank stare. Really, that's the question you want to ask. ]

And d'ast.

[ Or das't, depending on fickle things like editing. ]

[kneecaptain]

[Look, he's not hip to the modern lingo.]

What does that mean?

[gamora]

In your Earth words?

[ It's been so long and she really doesn't care-- if this was video he could see her shrug but alas. ]

[kneecaptain]

Oh, so this is space-talk.

[gamora]

[ Normally that's obvious, with the green skin and all. Then again, voice. ]

Did you think it was something different?

[kneecaptain]

Hey, I dunno. [He doesn't know how the kids talk these days but that's awkward to admit.] It's already the future, right?

[gamora]

That's what they say, though the technology they've given us is outdated by galactic standards.