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

[passingthrough]

Doesn't stop you from feeling responsible. We'll have to disagree on the other point.

[reconstitution]

[ He sighs, shoulders slumping in defeat. ]

Yeah, okay..

[passingthrough]

[Maybe the tree will relent and give up something to make his day better. She gives his hand a squeeze.]

Guilt's hard. Whether you earned it or not. I get that. [She has plenty of her own.]

[reconstitution]

Just seems to keep piling up.

[ It makes him wonder where it will end. If it will. Kitty's hand in his is good enough to ground him in the now, at least. Bucky's starting to feel like maybe the tree is a waste of time- that it can see whether someone is worthy of a gift and found him lacking. It wouldn't surprise him.

Before too much longer, a worn backpack tumbles from the depths of the tree. Of all the things he may have been expecting, it certainly wasn't anything so recent. Letting go of Kitty's hand, he hurries to pick it up. He doesn't need to look inside to take inventory. The weight is familiar. ]

[passingthrough]

You'll be strong enough for it. [Because you have to be. She lets things go quiet until he's moving toward the sudden backpack.] Something good? Is it full of gold? [As if that would be useful or meaningful.]

[reconstitution]

Something like that..

[ He moves back over to her, unzipping the main compartment so he can fish out a few composition notebooks. He trusts Kitty enough that she can flip through them if she wants. ]

[passingthrough]

Thanks. [It definitely feels like an act of trust so she takes them, opening one up and paging through it, glancing at him as she does so.]

(OOC: I've seen the movies, but only once each and I don't remember these. What's in them?)

[reconstitution]

[ Inside the pages, she'll find it filled with his hurried writing. Memories remembered in vivid detail, some reading more like a mission report. Others are scattered, lines crossed out and corrected later on as he pieced the fragments together.

Three years in solitude has helped a lot for his sanity and the shattered fragments of his memory. It's not complete, and hell, most of the memories are atrocities committed in HYDRA's name. Those, he remembers all of. As long as he can remember them, their death isn't for nothing. ]

(OOC: It wasn't stated in the movies, but confirmed by Sebastian Stan as to what was in the backpack.)

[passingthrough]

Your memories. [She closes the books and hands them back, not wanting to read anything too personal without him guiding her there.] That's big.

[reconstitution]

They're things that I can remember now.

[ He takes the journals back and stuffs them in his backpack before slinging it over his shoulder. ]

They're a safety net if I forget again.

[passingthrough]

I guess it would be hard not to worry about it happening again with the Atroma. Probably made for some good ratings. [She looks sympathetic.]

[reconstitution]

Yeah. [ He's fucking bitter about it. ] If my goddamn account was anything to go by. Fuckers.

[passingthrough]

Yeah...

[She's quiet for a minute.]

If it makes you feel any better I get a lot of sex money. [It doesn't make her feel better.]

[reconstitution]

Shows you what kind of beings they are.. [ He shakes his head. ]

I wasn't going to use a goddamn cent. I gave all of it away. Didn't really seem to matter, though..

[passingthrough]

The kind we need to take down. Hard.

I use it. I share it. [She shrugs a shoulder. It doesn't feel good no matter what she does or doesn't do with it, but she's happy with Winn, so she tries not to think about it much.]

[reconstitution]

I don't make it a point to strike anyone if I can help it. Can't say I haven't thought about punching Diamond in her perfect teeth.

[ Bucky hums. ] I hope what I gave ends up helping. Can't really donate blood.

[passingthrough]

Happy to make an exception for them.

[She looks at him curiously. Concerned.] What they did to you changed your blood? [Something else?]

[reconstitution]

It's similar to the serum Steve got. I'm sure it did something.

[ It's hard telling what he was injected with, and how much. ]

[passingthrough]

Have you had a doctor check? I mean, not just your blood, but everything?

[reconstitution]

Not exactly. Not one here, anyway.

[ Technically not even back home until they'd gotten to Wakanda, but it had mostly been treatment for his injuries and seeing about his busted arm. ]

Don't really like doctors..

[passingthrough]

I think you can trust Dr. Crusher for what it's worth. She's a doctor at home. It's not just an augment.

[reconstitution]

Hmm. Not sure she'd be particularly happy to see me.

[ After what he did to everyone. After nearly killing Wrath. ]

[passingthrough]

[She falls quiet for a beat.] Because of Wrath. Yeah...

Might take time.

[reconstitution]

It's fine. Not very important in the scheme of things.

[ Even if it were, he'd put himself at the bottom of the list. ]

[passingthrough]

Here's the thing though, you are important. [She looks at him.] I'm guessing that's something you'll need some time to reacquaint yourself with.