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I knew I should have looked up 'reality shows' a few months back.

[ The man who appears on the screen is currently looking at what seems to be a little notepad before adding the word 'space' next to the words 'reality tv'. Really, he could have done this space setting if it included an inter-galactic war or helping planets in peril.

But in all honesty, Steve Rogers: entertainer has never been his career choice and it's not his forte, either. At least now the whole thing doesn't include singing and girls in scandalously short skirts. ]

My name is Steve Rogers, currently aboard the SS Pathstone. I've done a little bit of reading while aboard the Marsiva. I understand there are those who are trying to help the people on the moon we're visiting, if there is anything you need, I'd do whatever I can do to help.

[ you might catch a glimmer of red and blue and silver just behind him. A wink as the light hits metal ]

The same goes for going home. I imagine people have already looked into ways for us to leave this place. No one should be taken anywhere against their will. I'd like to hear about the information you have managed to collect and I'll do everything I can to make sure everyone will be able to go home safely.

[ you all get a little smile. he's so awkward at these things, can you tell by now. ]

I heard I've missed quite a party.

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[ Steve.

Hermione blinks, staring for a moment, before she takes a long, deep breath. She isn't hopeful, not really, about him knowing her or recognising her in the least, but she switches to video without any hesitation, holding her head high and offering a bright smile. Her cheek might be scarred and she might look worse for wear but she doesn't really mind - Steve is still Steve.

She can handle this; she's done it before. ]

I've done as much reading as possible but I haven't learned anything helpful yet. I'm sorry you're stuck here.

Please, don't be. I only hope I can help.

[ she's young, too young to be trapped away in a place like this and he finds himself thinking that if anyone here had given her this scar, they'll have to answer to him for it. ]

How long have you been here?

I'm sure you'll be able to. I'm not worried about that.

[ Hermione huffs a noise, settling back down and doing her best to consider what to say next. She missed Steve and her heart aches knowing that he has no idea who she is - but that's alright. She can befriend him again, just like she has all the other people with names she knew but look at her without really seeing her. ]

A handful of months now, really. It feels like longer.

I'm sorry you had to spend so much time away from home.

[ and he does. months is too much for someone who hadn't chosen to leave. ]

Where are you from? I was born in Brooklyn but.

[ a little smile ]

it's been quite a while since I went back there.

It's nothing to be sorry for. I was in another world before this one and I was there for three years, so this isn't entirely new for me.

[ And while she didn't ask to come to the fleet she can admit that it's not the worst place she's woken up, not by a long shot. ]

I'm from England, actually. I went to school in Scotland, but my parents lived in the south near London.

[ There's a fondness there, and she softens. ]

They were dentists.

I have a friend who's very fond of London.

[ said with a small smile ]

dentists? my mother was a nurse.

[ and at once, he feels for her. so far away from home and for so long ]

the next place you're going is home, to England.

It's a lovely place, once you get through all the crowds and the noise.

[ And into the little magical sanctuary there where she can do her book shopping.

But, you know, back on topic. ]

Ah, well. I wouldn't mind going back to the Drabwurld. [ She softens, then. ] It was like home too.

I can imagine. I'm originally from New York, though somehow it only gut much busier since I've last been.

[ the 21st century really left its mark on the city, he still fears the queues at Starbucks. ]

The Drabwurld - the world before this one?

I've never been, but I hear it's a little bit mental.

[ The furthest she's ever been in Europe, and even that felt like too far at times. ]

That's the one. It became sort of... A second home.

More than a bit.

[ but then, the entire world had become more than a bit mental since he can last remember. he smiles a little ]

Was it different than - England?

I think I'd like to go, one day, if I get the chance.

[ And if this was her Steve she would ask to meet him there, but it's not. This is a man that doesn't recognise her, and she swallows the numbness she feels. ]

It was like walking into a fairytale, or a medieval fantasy. It was nothing like anything I've experienced before.

It sounds - like a very beautiful world.

[ like something out of a dream but steve rogers' dreams are about a world he had lost to time, not of magical ones, not for a long time ]

How did you travel there from England?

It was beautiful, other than the war. It's one of the reasons I fought so hard to protect it.

[ But she really doesn't... Want to put that out there. She's worried she might drop a hint that would make him realise - and she can't. ]

The same way I got here. I was taken there by the monarch of my court, Queen Solais.

I know what you mean.

[ the world, his world, their world, despite of its wars and its occasional bullies and horrors, is beautiful and worth protecting. any world is, in essence, this one too for its moons and suns and planets. ]

And - whoever has taken us all had taken you from that world? Are you the only one?

[ I know. She doesn't say it, but she knows that Steve understands. She knows because they've spoken, before. ]

They've brought us here - Atroma, whoever they really are. I'm the only one from the Drabwurld so far.

[ And it's been hard, really hard, but she's trying her best. ]

-- I'm sorry, Hermione. That must be lonely.

[ it was, for him, at first, in his proper place but entirely out of time. loneliness is a choking, overwhelming feeling that he knows very well, so ]

If you need anything at anytime, please. I'm always at reach.

It's something you get used to when you're pulled from another world.

[ The worst part is knowing there are people you loved that have no idea who you are- and she's looking at one of them right now. ]

... Thank you, Steve, I - I really appreciate that.

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