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[ Bucky has the communicator on some sort of table, level. He's sitting down in front of it, evidently in a good mood. In the background, there's an old-timey looking radio playing. It cackles with static, but you can just make out a torch song. ]

I dunno how many of you know this, but it's a regular holiday where I'm from. [ He smirks, but doesn't explain. ]

Anyway, I got to thinkin', what better way to celebrate than me taking all of your money? Or… candy bars, or whatever else you got to stake. I'm flexible. I'll take 'em all.

How many of you know how to play poker?

[ The radio buzzes out, and Bucky hits it, once, hard. The sound comes to life again, now an official sounding broadcast. "The objectives of the Initative consist only in ruling by the sword, sowing the see of death and desolation until the take over power. They would then rule by the sword, that is their objective. We my therefore wonder how people who came with the confessed objective of shedding our blood, in our cities, can deceive the population by claiming to bring democracy and freedom. How can anyone claim to bring salvation—"

The broadcast dies. ]

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Halfpipe. Nice to meet you.

[Finally, someone with a name equally as dumb-sounding as hers.]

[ Bucky is a perfectly normal name!!!1 ]

Likewise.

[ A pause. He's not actually great at this talking thing, these days. ]

Where'd you learn to play?

[It's alright, Halfpipe is pretty good at picking up the slack.]

On base, when I was a kid.

What base?

I mean— there were a lot of 'em.

Oh, gotcha. Military dude.

My dad was, anyway. I try to take after him.

Must've been a pretty admirable guy, in that case.

Well. I'm biased. [ But yeah, he thinks so. ]

So's everybody.

We can't help it.

( ooc: oh and I put up a poker log if you want to do that. )

Nah, it's only human.

This isn't some robot thing, is it? Because that's way outta my pay grade. [ He says, having hung around robots and sea-kings since he was a teenager. ]

You think I'm a robot? [snort.] Fat chance.

Hey. You never know.

You run into a lot of robots?

I mean, once or twice.

They don't like it when you call 'em that, though.

Can't see why not, unless it's a stigma or a lie.

I guess Jim didn't want us confusing him with the Skull's sleepers.

Yeah, that's kind of a context thing.

Nah. I think he just wanted people to know he was a person. [ He didn't think of it like that when he was sixteen and stupid, but now Bucky can relate. ]

Edited 2013-08-19 02:33 (UTC)

Existential question of the ages. This is why I'm glad my place didn't start getting too advanced with the AI.

I guess it's a different story for everyone.

What's it like? Your place.

Kind of a shit hole, but you know, you work with the hand you're dealt.

[woooo poker puns.]

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