these are the times that try

[deadthenred]

WHO: Bucky Barnes + various
WHERE: Red Wings, the safehouse, ???
WHEN: Late March.
WHAT: Catch-all log for March, with some open prompts.
NOTES OR WARNINGS: N/A, will update if it changes.

[ Prompts are in the comments below. PM or message me at lightfellows if you'd like a closed starter. ]

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Daisy Johnson. Carol Danvers was here until recently. Peggy Carter disappeared months ago now.

[ There have been others, some undercover, some - well, some Tony Stark. But he pauses there, hoping Peggy might be distraction enough. ]

[deadthenred]

Sharon's aunt?

[ Huh. Daisy is interesting, given she doesn't seem to know who he is, outside of a name on a SHIELD plaque.

Anyway: he doesn't know Peggy Carter. ]

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[ Stephen squints briefly. Really? Nothing? ]

Sure.

[ Probably. He's not all that up on the Carter family tree. Curiosity, however, gets the better of him. ]

And co-founder of SHIELD.

[deadthenred]

Hmmm. Okay, that's different.

[ He isn't sure what to say— Bucky's spent more time with Sharon lately, and has heard a few stories about her great aunt, but he never met her, back in the forties. Probably would've liked her if he did, from the sound of it, but there's no way to know. ]

There isn't a SHIELD anymore, where I'm from.

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Officially, likewise. Though I'm reliably informed that isn't actually the case.

[ Of course, recent events complicate things further. Which is a can of worms he isn't going to dive into unless he's guided there.

But the way Bucky says it, the whole thing sounds a lot more final in his universe. ]

You're certain?

[deadthenred]

[ He thinks about that. ]

It could come back. Nothing really stays dead, in espionage.

But for now, yeah. I'm sure.

[ Bucky'd hear about it, at least. He's one of the few people still in contact with Fury. ]

[rehandle]

[ A nod of his head. Definitely different. ]

How long has it been gone?

[deadthenred]

A couple months.

[ Ever since the "HYDRA Steve" business that Bucky doesn't really want to get into. ]

It was never really my outfit, though. Me and Fury just go way back.