driftfleet | Winter & Vision's (not so) Excellent Adventure

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Winter & Vision's (not so) Excellent Adventure

Who: Winter, Vision, & You
Broadcast: n/a
Action: Forest, planetside
When: July 9th

[ This thread is going to serve both as a canon update to post Captain America: Civil War for Winter and Vision, but also be used as a monthly catch-all with prompts. ]

[ It's been a few weeks since they've landed, so Winter's finally gotten over most of his initial uneasiness. Enough to finally venture into the forest for a hike and get the lay of the land. He's familiar with the beach and the markets, and he's heard things about the forest and a certain tree, so he needs to see for himself if the rumors are true.

It's relatively peaceful, and he hasn't come across anyone else yet. He's making his way around a fallen tree when an animal jumps out of a nearby bush and startles him. Winter stumbles back, and his immediate reaction is to reach out with his left hand to steady himself. Unfortunately it's still broken, so it doesn't cooperate like it's meant to. Which means that he trips and falls. Down a steep hill. Only having one functioning arm means he raises his right to shield his head until he can manage to slow down or run into something. Which is exactly what he does before his head smacks solidly against a hard surface. ]

[Meanwhile, the Vision is similarly engaged in heading toward the tree to investigate it. He’s heard you need someone’s hand to hold in order for the magic to work, but his curiosity has the better of him and he’d like to observe it in action first. A scuffle down below his flight path catches his attention, and he swoops into the forest to see what’s going on just in time to see Winter, of all people, taking a tumble down a steep hillside. He rushes over to try and intercept the man before he seriously hurts himself, and in his rush he miscalculates his own density and slams down hard enough that Winter smacks his head against the Vision instead of catching himself safely.

Oops.

The impact is enough to snap the Vision’s head back and hit it against the tree he’d been trying to prevent Winter from hitting. So now there are two enhanced individuals knocked out on the forest floor. How very impressive.]

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[ Somehow, he knows about Sokovia. Or at least read about it. He nods his head in response. What sort of time frame does he even give her in return for what he knows. It's certainly more than it was in Washington. ]

I know about that.

And you didn't before.

[It's not a question, though she leaves it open to correction if she's read him wrong.]

How long ago was Sokovia?

Edited 2016-07-10 02:42 (UTC)

About twelve months? [ It's a rough estimate, at least. ]

[Natasha's expression clouds subtly at that, not with fear but the idea of different timelines is still strange to her, but this is the first time she's come across someone from their world who was ahead of her. That made it stranger somehow.

She was in danger of being at a disadvantage.]

It happens just like that? You fall and hit your head, and suddenly you remember more?

[That puts off the question of what happened in that year.]

I guess so? I've heard it happens sometimes. Never saw it for myself, though. [ He shrugs a shoulder. ]

Now we know for sure. [ He rubs idly at the side of his head. He hopes this goes away shortly. He's through with his head feeling out of sorts. ]

Looks like.

[She glances down at Vision. He doesn't seem inclined to wake up on hi own, which is worrying.]

Should I bother asking what happens next? After Sokovia?

[If she sounds distracted, it's because she wonders if she's going to have to carry Vision back. And what he'll remember when he wakes up.]

[ He glances at Vision, too. Hopefully the guy's okay. Winter debates on what to disclose to her, picking his battles. ]

The Accords. Legislation to keep the Avengers in check. There's a big fight about it.

[ Oh, and he was framed for murder, so that's cool. But not an unfair accusation. Just.. Not this time. ]

[Her lips tighten, but she can't be surprised. They aren't beholden to SHIELD anymore. Without oversight and some very public destruction, it was only a matter of time before something had to give.]

There would be.

[The question is what he says when he calls it a fight. If they're lucky, it's debates, hearings, more trips to Capitol Hill and not flying bullets.]

Thanks.

There's more going on that just that.

[ But he doesn't think he should tell her. There's nothing either of them can do about it while they're in the Fleet, in any case. Not that there's much she could do back home while he's holed up in Wakanda on ice and she's... wherever she is. ]

Always is.

[He can't think Natasha will leave his comment at that. She doesn't intend to try to drag the information out of him—and she considers just how far she should push—but she has to at least probe the topic a little.

It's gentle, giving him room to back out if he wants.]

Anything I should know about?

Someone's going to use it as leverage to cause a rift.

[ A rift in what, she can probably put that together herself. Of everyone, she at least has the most level head, even if they were on opposite sides for the most part. ]

That sounds ominous.

[The words are almost flippant, but her tone isn't. She doesn't know what he means exactly, but she doesn't have trouble coming up with possibilities. She's as aware of anyone the divisions that exist within the Avengers, between the Avengers and SHIELD, between SHIELD and the military... and any of them could be trouble.]

Probably better that way.

[ All of it is trouble, and the military, as well as SHIELD, don't necessarily have people's best interests 100% at heart. There may still be people working both sides, though most of HYDRA should have been extinguished after Washington DC. ]

You're gonna have to be a little clearer which part of that is better.

Sounding ominous without saying too much.

[ He shrugs a shoulder. ] Not that you'd remember when you went back.

Or, at least I didn't. Didn't remember until I came back. Or uh-- woke up.

When you say it like that, it makes it sound like you went home when you were unconscious.

I think I did. I don't know exactly what happened. Before, the last thing that happened was the bridge in Washington DC.

Now there are all these things in my head that I didn't have, before.

As far as I saw, you were here the whole time.

[Natasha considers Vision again, still unconscious.]

If you went somewhere, it wasn't physically.

[Which doesn't rule out other options.]

[ He rubs a hand over his temple. Three damn years and then some in the span of... however long he was knocked out? ]

I've heard it could happen. Just didn't have reason to believe it.

[ His fingers move from his temple to run over the raised bump behind his ear. An augment glitch makes sense, but two in the span of as many months?

That's not good. ]

[It is worrying. Less personally for Natasha than Bucky, but she has enough reasons not to like people messing with her head.]

Guess we have the proof now.

Guess so. Getting a little tired of being the guinea pig.

Can't say I blame you on that one. [There's a note of sympathy in her voice as she says that, an undertone in an otherwise neutral acknowledgement.]

How do you feel about helping me carry this guy back to the settlement? [She glances at Vision as she changes the subject.] It'll be a lot easier if I don't have to carry him on my own.

[ He finally looks at Vision again with a frown. ]

Probably shouldn't leave him here.

Especially if he hit his head hard enough to actually knock him out...

[Considering Vision's physiology, Natasha doubts it's that simple.]

Didn't think that could be possible for him.

[ Well, between the two of them, they should be able to move him, right? ]

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