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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[deadthenred]

[ He almost laughs at that. ]

You have no idea.

[ Steve could never be called a bad influence. ]

It was a whole other time.

[overrate]

What, how far back are we talkin'?

[ he's... mildly curious-- and this seems to be skirting the actual thing Bucky was prompting him to ask about: ]

And who's the Winter Soldier, then?

[deadthenred]

'41. [ But he should probably be more specific here, right? ] 1941.

After the war, I stopped. [ That is one way of putting it. ] More of a secret agent than a vigilante, but spies love codenames, too.

[ Yeah, yeah, how are you a secret agent if you tell everyone that's what you do? ]

[overrate]

You're a lousy secret agent if you're telling everyone.

[deadthenred]

I've only told you.

[overrate]

So, why you telling me?

[deadthenred]

Not sure yet. Maybe I'll figure it out later. [ But. ]

If you ask me, though, we really don't benefit much by keeping secrets from each other. Tactically, it's gonna screw us.

[overrate]

What makes you say that?

We're not even sure what the hell we're all doing here.

[ slowly making his way through this shitty beer. it's halfway gone. ]

[deadthenred]

No, but whatever they did to us…  [ If it's a they and not an it or something even weirder than that. ]

Clearly it works better when we're sharing. Clearly it's gonna put us in other people's shoes whether we want to be there or not.

[overrate]

You mean the empathy bond bullshit.

[ he finishes the rest of the beer, and then wipes his mouth with the back of his hand. ]

No fucking thanks.

I had no powers before. I'm fine not having powers now.

[deadthenred]

Like I said, I get it. [ He wants zero part of the touchy-feely stuff. ] I could've done without the interdimensional kidnapping, myself.

But that's where we are.

[overrate]

Doesn't mean we have to play their game, or whatever.

You're just gonna go with it?

[deadthenred]

If I think it'll help people, yeah.

[ He just hopes he'll figure out how to actually help people, this time. ]