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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. ]

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Да. Прости, я не хотел тебя обидеть.

[ Russian is rough on his tongue, Brooklyn heavy-hands the vowels. Vaguely, he registers that he needs someone to practice it with if the Winter Soldier speaks it. ]

C'mon, let's get you fixed up.

[ Slowly, he bolsters Winter as they both stand, and helps him on the stool. ]

Edited 2015-08-27 07:13 (UTC)

[ He's pleasantly surprised that he not only gets a response, but in Russian. Winter nods in approval. The execution is off, but he's too foggy to really speak his piece about it. ]

[ Letting himself be supported by Jim, he sits heavily back onto the stool, holding out his arm steadily so the plate can be affixed. ]

Thank you..

[ He could start an argument, about what he's doing -- it isn't kind, it's decency that's owed. But he finds himself surprisingly drained, and doesn't want to make an issue out of it. So he nods. ]

No problem.

[ He withdraws from Winter's personal space, having overstayed his welcome, and hands him the screwdriver so he can close his arm himself. ]

[ Even if Jim did start an argument, it's far kinder than anyone else would have done- especially Hydra. So he's grateful.

Winter frowns when Jim moves away, but busies himself with putting the plate back into place. His right hand is still trembling slightly, but he ignores it in favor of getting the plate back. Once it's back on, he flexes his arm, watching the plates calibrate. ]

[ Just like that, the terrible thing is sealed away. Jim's expression flickers, but he nods. ]

Was this satisfactory?

[ Winter gives him a nod in return. ]

Any maintenance needed will be postponed until a technician is available.

[ He nods in turn. ]

Our priority is removing that — thing.

[ He can't hide his distaste for the kill-switch, his tone comes out vicious and twisted. ]

[ He really doesn't want another repeat of...whatever that was. It was terrifying and painful, and if he has to exchange never getting maintenance for that never happening again, it's a trade he's willing to make. ]

Acknowledged.

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