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[uprightness]

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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[mucked]

Oh, stop it. It had nothing to do with you. [ except in the sense that it had everything to do with him -- with a vial of his blood central to the whole ordeal. ] If anyone ought to be apologizing, it's Howard. But getting a single sorry out of a Stark man seems to be a feat of Sisyphean proportions.

[uprightness]

[ ha. at least it means no fondue-ing. maybe. ]

How could he had let this happen? he knows you. He ought to have known they were wrong.

[mucked]

[ her mouth falls into a line. luckily, these events are ever so slightly done with back home. she doesn't have to feel too much ire -- perhaps with thompson, still, but sousa has certainly been forgive. daniel...oh, that's a thought she didn't particularly care to have while sat across from steve rogers.

slowly, she shakes her head. ]

They leveled charges of treason against Howard first, Steve. Like you said, he knows me. So he came to me to help clear his name. Things went pear-shaped from there. [ ... ] Mucked it up.

[ it's not easy to admit short-comings to a man like captain rogers. but she has to. se won't lie about this. not to him. ]

[uprightness]

It's not your fault.

[ none of this is. it can never be, either. they all tried the best they can, what else could they do? but if they were together, the entire team - ]

I should have been there.

[mucked]

To do what? [ his concern it touching, but she needs to reassure him that it's not necessary. ] It was an SSR matter. And a storm we weathered, in the end.

[uprightness]

To get you out.

[ naturally. usually, he has more respect for the law. except for when authorities do these sort of thing. ]

[mucked]

[ -- oh, bless his boots. ]

Although your particular gallantry would have been appreciated, I promise you it also would have been unnecessary. I managed.

[uprightness]

[ he'd go vigilante for you any day, peggy carter. the signs of true love and all ]

-- it would have been an impressive operation, still.

[ gotta admit it ]/small>

[mucked]

Oh, doubtless. [ ... ] Mister Jarvis and I managed to run the table through the interrogation room's one-way mirror. I --

[ peggy pauses. ] No, I suppose you'd not have met Jarvis. Pity. What a wonderful man.

[uprightness]

Jarvis?

[ he smiles a bit at that ]

I heard that name before. It's all initials, one of Tony's computer systems is named J.A.R.V.I.S. I never really asked what it stands for.

[mucked]

Edwin Jarvis is Howard's butler. [ she refuses to use the past tense, although she understands circumstances have certainly changed by the time steve is awake once again. ] I can't speak to the acronym, but...

Jarvis himself is an admirable individual.

[uprightness]

A butler helping you escape interrogation?

[ he arches an eyebrow. ]

[mucked]

I admit, the man is more than a little milquetoast on the surface. And he makes for an unconventional ally. [ but it's nice to have a driver. and a friend. ]

I've come to find him...indispensable, I suppose.