001 ✪ video/audio

[redactions]

Who: Jim Barnes
Broadcast: Fleetwide video + audio
Action: Iskaulit.
When: August 20th.


[ The video flicks on to a spacious room, spans it from left to right, then top to bottom. There's a door off to the right side, and the camera follows it to the adjoining room, similarly large. Again, left to right, top to bottom. Both rooms are spic and span, empty, with wooden floors. And then it switches to audio. The voice is brusque, but amiable, with a moderate Brooklyn drawl. ]

Nice place for a gym. There could be a dojo next door, so it's all in one place. I've got a few sandbags to hang up, and some mats we could use. There's a notice outside for schedules — I know a lot of you folks have been offering training. The room's big enough, and there's plenty more like it on this ship.

Anybody else interested?



[ Anyone wandering the Iskaulit or looking for Bucky after the broadcast will find him humming as he puts up the sandbags. He's dressed very simply in the ship's jumpsuit, with no left sleeve. The left arm whirs in tune as he works. ]

Comments

[redactions]

[ She's seventeen, and one's never too young to suffer or die. Bucky's quiet for a moment, then, ]

Your War's bad, huh?

[takeabow]

It's... not a war.

It's an annual televised, celebrated child slaughter where they allow one Victor.

The Capitol likes to remind everyone who's in charge.

[redactions]

[ Fighting for one's life sounds like a war to him, even if his definition comes from one War — the only definitive War. 1941 - 1945. ]

[ But Bucky's silent a long time, feeling opnely nauseous. ]

Could you give me a moment, please?

[takeabow]

Yeah.

[ she's actually thankful that they're talking over the comms. she's tired of consoling others about her own life ]

[redactions]

[ He does take a moment — several — to breathe. ]

Sorry about that.

[takeabow]

No, I understand. It's fine.

[redactions]

No, it's not.

[ It's her that had to carry it, he's got no right to be upset. ]

Anyway. If you want to come down and have a look, I'll be here all day.

[takeabow]

Um, yeah. Okay. I'll come by.

[ and she probably does make her way over not too long over ]

[redactions]

[ When she does, the whole place is already set up. Punching bags swing lazily from their hooks, the mats are carefully spread out an arranged. A corner has been marked out, blank, for the magic users. Bucky smiles at her when she enters, noting her wariness. ]

Hey.

[takeabow]

Hey.

Jim, I take it?

[redactions]

That'd be me. [ He waves around. ] Have a look.

[takeabow]

[ does take a look around. is suitably impressed ]

You have quite the set up here.

[redactions]

Yeah. [ he waves, secretly pleased she likes it ] Anything you like?

[takeabow]

For working out? Target practice, probably.

I lost this notif ;_; feel free to drop if it's too old

[redactions]

What kinda targets are we looking at? I've got enough for a few of those energy weapons we have aboard the ships.