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[pain_train]

Who: Windrose crew and friends!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: All Windrose, all the time
When: In the general August area

[We may be sad to leave the beautiful planet behind, but we still have each other!]

Comments

[unbearablynaive]

Shelves will be simple enough. And perhaps a perch for the rodent habitat?

[The holding-tank they'd built for the space vermin is currently empty, since Misty had let them free on the planet (after the Vision had made sure it wouldn't cause some kind of environmental crisis).]

[pain_train]

Oh! I bet she'd love that. Do you think the rodents would mind?

[unbearablynaive]

Most likely not. They're quite safe behind the plastic walls.

[pain_train]

Okay! That sounds really great, then. She'll love it.

[She sighs.]

I already miss the planet.

[unbearablynaive]

It was nice to visit, wasn't it? What would you say you liked most about it?

[pain_train]

It was my favorite planet so far! The beach was so nice, and I got to go into the forest a little too, and all the empathy stuff was super interesting. And I got to spend lots of time with Kurt and with Winter, which was great!

[unbearablynaive]

I'm so glad to hear that.

[And he notes that she still calls him Winter. Though Bucky himself hadd said he didn't mind so much here.]

[pain_train]

What about you? What was your favorite part?

[unbearablynaive]

[He closes his eyes so he can envision it.]

Everything was connected. The plants most of all, but even the people were in harmony with one another. The planet was vibrant with life.

[pain_train]

It really was! It was such a nice place to be. I wish we hadn't left. I've got all kinds of paintings I wish I could do for it.

[unbearablynaive]

I'd quite like to see any of them you've done, if you don't mind sharing. I took a few photographs, but it's not entirely the same.

[pain_train]

Oh, sure. I'd be happy to show you everything once I'm done.

[Hm.]

You okay, sir?

[unbearablynaive]

[Well, that gets a concerned look out of him. Is it that obvious?]

Er--in fact I've been attempting to deal with something rather complex, and it's taking up more of my attention than I'd like. It, ah, shouldn't affect things on the ship overly much, I should hope.

where is my frysquint icon when I need it

[pain_train]

[She looks at him for a long time, then makes the observation:] That's a lot of words to say not much.

[unbearablynaive]

[As usual, Wrath is perceptive about these things. He frowns lightly.]

I've gained new memories, and the memories are not okay. However, they should be of little relevance here as events currently stand.

[pain_train]

I think it's pretty relevant if it's bothering you.

[unbearablynaive]

[He continues to frown. She's not wrong.]

The underlying causes aren't relevant, then. It has affected my confidence levels.

[pain_train]

What you mean by not relevant is I don't want to talk about it, right?

[unbearablynaive]

[He looks both guilty and relieved.]

Yes, something like that, I suppose.

[pain_train]

Do you think not talking about it is going to make your bad feelings go away? [Legit question.]

[unbearablynaive]

I wish I knew. Reliving it over and over certainly does not.

[pain_train]

That's not the same thing, though. Unless one of you isn't listening when you're talking about it.

[unbearablynaive]

[He frowns.]

It's not that people haven't listened, but rather that it doesn't seem to change anything to speak of it; therefore, I have not brought it up.

[pain_train]

[She looks at him for a long moment, then says:] Then maybe you're not listening to them.

[unbearablynaive]

[Now his frown is approaching a scowl and his tone is sharper than before.]

I've decided against resigning command thanks to advice, though if you'd rather I didn't, I'm sure it could be arranged.