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[deadthenred]

Alright, lemme make sure I got this exact. We've been rounded up to fight in some dad-blamed future battle, and in the meantime we're supposed to sit around and twiddle our thumbs. Guess some things never change, huh?

Look, I got sympathy, I really do. You have terrific taste, bringing me here. I'm all aces. And hang, I hate to say no to a lady. Some of you have to be ladies, right?

[ Cough cough. Ahem. ]

But I'm all booked up. I got a date with Hitler and his Nazi crum-bums. I can't stick around for this.

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[notbeth]

[ Did he say Hitler and Nazis? Wow, this alternate universe stuff is beyond her.

Hello little Bucky, have a curious face peering into the feed. ]

Did you just say Hitler?

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[deadthenred]

[ it takes him a second to fidget with the device and get it to play video ]

That's right.

permavid and i assume he's in uniform?

[notbeth]

[ She's surprised to see such a young face, but it only makes sense if he's really from WWII. She can't figure out his age (he's much older than her) but he can't be close to her dad's age. ]

Then it's true what people said. There're people from different years here. [ Wow.

Wow, this is kind of weird and amazing at once. ]

[deadthenred]

[ Yeah, like the icon. ]

I asked a dame on the street, she said it was the year three thousand'n something.

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[outright]

Bucky... [ squ....int.... changed voice, but same comm ID?? ] Is that you?

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[deadthenred]

Who else would it be?

[ He straightens his uniform a bit. He's famous!! ]

[outright]

Someone a little older, but... hmm, no less handsome, I suppose.

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[myownbestfriend]

[...Is that? Emma double-checks the ID of the device the post was sent from.

Oh, Bucky. Little you is adorable.]

Some of us are ladies, yes.

[Ladies in 1942 generally wear more than Emma does, but ask her if she cares.]

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[deadthenred]

[ There might be a moment of hesitance because Emma is wearing less clothes than most women he has ever met. Maybe she's French?

But no he is seventeen and is absolutely going to swallow any nervousness re: girls and turn it into swagger. ]

Well, I think that's just swell.

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[myownbestfriend]

[He cannot possibly be for real.]

Oh, good. I'd hate to be a disappointment.

[Emma returns the volley without having to think. She can't wait to see how he reacts to her later if he remembers all this once the Initiative straightens out whatever mistake it is they made here.]

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[imperfect]

[Another day, another stranger on the network complaining about their screwed-up timelines. Ed tunes out halfway through, returning to whatever he was doing before -

- wait, Hitler?!

Oh, hell. Excuse the sudden video of some unfamiliar teenager, his gold eyes narrowed into a look of suspicion bordering on hostility. He's hoping to get a good look at this guy.]

What do you mean by a "date"?

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[deadthenred]

I mostly mean I'd like to get the chance to punch him.

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[imperfect]

[He looks Bucky over, and makes no attempt to hide it. His suspicious expression isn't going anywhere.]

You and a lot of people. But that doesn't look like a German uniform.

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[nyktelios]

I always sort of thought war involved less waiting.

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[deadthenred]

It's a rotten lot of standing around, is what it is. "Hurry up and wait," that's our national motto.

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[nyktelios]

Well, that sucks. I mean, not that war is something to be eager about, but if all you have to do is wait around and think about it that sounds like it would be worse.

[chubbybun]

Is a crum-bum dissimilar from a normal bum?

[deadthenred]

Well, yeah. It's like the standard model, but it's crummier.

[chubbybun]

[He laughs.]

I thought these were a form of soldier?

[People he knows apparently spent a lot of time punching them in the face, anyway.]

[nanite]

You sound like an old Christmas tv show.

[deadthenred]

I guarantee you, I say hell a lot more'n Christmas would like.

[nanite]

Yeah? Like what?

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[deadbythename]

[ What. ]

Not much of a future-battle if we spend half of it fighting in the past.

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[deadthenred]

They haven't let me at the past yet, so I'm calling 'em like I see 'em.

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[deadbythename]

Nah, they wouldn't. They like to string you along until you're desperate for a fight. Least as far as I remember.