Winter & Vision's (not so) Excellent Adventure

[reconstitution]

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.]

Comments

[reconstitution]

It is. I lost mine along the way. They thought they were doing me a favor.

[takingkarabusiness]

Well... It can't be all bad?

[reconstitution]

Well, I'm not with them anymore. Silver lining.

[takingkarabusiness]

I meant the arm, but that's a very silver lining, for sure.

[reconstitution]

Oh. They gave it to me for selfish reasons. Nothing more.

[takingkarabusiness]

I feel like I'm going to keep putting my foot in my mouth the longer I talk, but in my defense, that's something I'm actually really good at. Is there something you want to talk about, or ask?

[reconstitution]

What about you?

[takingkarabusiness]

I don't have any problem with that. Was there something in particular? I don't want to bore you.

[reconstitution]

Anything you want to share.

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, um. I was 12 when I was sent to Earth. My planet... destabilized and died. So I had to learn a new planet, new language, everything all at once—while going to middle school. But a really great family adopted me.

[reconstitution]

That must have been hard.

[ Not having a home to go back to, dealing with the pressures of adapting.. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ you wouldn't know anything about that ]

Um, well, it has been. But I'm really lucky. I got an amazing sister out of all of this, and some really good friends. There's a lot I regret about my past, but I don't know what I could change, if I had the choice, you know? All of the bad things have led me to all of the good things in my life. I have to appreciate that.

[reconstitution]

[ Nope not at all. Just a normal guy here with no tragic past whatsoever. ]

That's good, then. That you found happiness after that.

[takingkarabusiness]

If you want to hear the oddest part— when my parents sent me away, I was 12. My cousin's parents did the same with him, but he was an infant.

On my way to Earth, I got trapped in... a pocket dimension of sorts? So time stopped passing for me, and I slept for 24 years. When I got to Earth, my cousin had been there the whole time. I was still 12, but he was 24.

[reconstitution]

It's disorienting, waking up after so long. Time doesn't feel like it's passed.

[ That was the part he hated about cryostasis. Waking up and feeling something off, but not knowing exactly what. Wondering how long he'd been asleep that time. Four days? Two weeks? A decade? ]

[takingkarabusiness]

You have experience?

[reconstitution]

More times than I would care to admit.

[takingkarabusiness]

Oh, I'm sorry. It's... very disorienting, yes. And I felt awful. My mother had made me promise to protect him, but there he was on his own for 24 years. And by the time I showed up, I was the one who needed looking after.

[reconstitution]

You didn't have control over it. It wasn't your fault.

He must have been happy to know he had family from home in the first place.

[takingkarabusiness]

I know you know that something can both be not your fault but feel awful.

Anyway, it's worked out. He had a great family find him and raise him as their own.

[reconstitution]

It can. It feels like you were too late to be of use.

Thankfully not the case this time. You both got happiness, at least.

[takingkarabusiness]

We're working on it, yeah.

I know you'll find yours.

[reconstitution]

Part of me isn't sure I'm meant for it anymore.

[takingkarabusiness]

It's meant for everyone.

Unless your happiness is world domination and complete subjugation. Then I can't encourage that.

[reconstitution]

Nothing like that.