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[proudlywehailed]

Who: Commander and You!
Broadcast: Fleetwide Voice
Action: Casino
When: 5/24, evening




[You can hear the sounds of the casino around him.]

Two questions. One; what's your favorite fruit flavor? Two; what's your world like?

Comments

[tothefly]

[Uncannily accurate. Maybe there are more similarities between worlds than she'd thought. Maybe this is a future Steve. She doesn't like that idea.]

How could I stay away? You're a great conversationalist.

Tell me about your world?

[proudlywehailed]

I've been told my charm is as much of an asset as I am. It's peaceful, when you keep your hands out of it.

[There's the word. Asset.]

[tothefly]

[She's not a fan of that word, especially coming from him when there isn't a mission. Steve's always been big on people being people, not things.]

In my experience, places that look peaceful are usually just waiting for the next storm. Or hiding something under cover of normalcy. Take your pick.

[proudlywehailed]

The only storm is the one you're stirring.

["you" as in S.H.I.E.L.D., but he's not specifying]

[tothefly]

[Brainwashed, or just another Steve entirely? It's still hard to tell. She's not sure which she'd prefer more.]

You and I remember things very differently. Last I recall you were encouraging the stirring.

[proudlywehailed]

I haven't been doing the stirring for decades, Romanoff. You know that.

[tothefly]

You're giving me an awful lot of credit, Rogers. Maybe a little too much, for once. Assumptions won't do anyone any favors.

[proudlywehailed]

I don't know where you're getting these names.

[tothefly]

They used to be yours.

[proudlywehailed]

Is this some new method of manipulation? You feed me some bullshit lies and a fake name and I start getting paranoid?

[tothefly]

Figured I'd try the truth, for once. The man I know used to be able to tell the difference.

[proudlywehailed]

And you lecture me about making assumptions.

[tothefly]

Seems to be working out well enough for you, or you wouldn't keep doing it.

[proudlywehailed]

Some of us have better luck than others.

[tothefly]

Are you really going to count yourself among the former? You did end up here, after all.

[proudlywehailed]

I don't know, there are a lot of nice people here. Just a few stains on that record.

[tothefly]

Ouch. That almost hurts. Impressive, considering I don't even know what I've done to hurt your feelings.

[proudlywehailed]

It's not about feelings, Romanoff. It's about loyalty.

[tothefly]

My loyalties haven't changed in a long, long time. If you were you, you'd know that.

[proudlywehailed]

They've always been to yourself.

[tothefly]

Shows just how little you know.

[proudlywehailed]

Actions speak louder than words, especially from a liar.

[tothefly]

So what do yours say about you?