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Who: Starstruck crew and visitors
Broadcast: None
Action: The SS ~~Trainwreck~~ Starstruck
When: August

[It might be accurate to say that the crew of the Starstruck had spent the majority of the month prior avoiding each other, or people in general, but as we leave the hand holding planet perhaps the crew can get back to normal.

Whatever that means...]

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Banner. [ look, she only knows most of these names by way of jim's report. ] He's the one who -- who transforms into a giant green monster. Is that right?

[ she sounds like she barely believes it. ]

We call the other guy the Hulk. It's a bad result of gamma radiation - he was going for the serum.

[ he winches and shakes his head ]

He's the smartest guy I know which makes me think that Erskine was really the only one destined to make that thing.

[ the hulk. yes. that was it. ]

A copycat gone wrong. Bloody hell. How many of those has the world seen by the 21st century?

Banner's the one I know of. I like to think that after what happened to him, it might be a good enough warning to all others about messing with that stuff. I guess the only other person is Bucky, though I have no idea how the hell HYDRA ever figured out Erskine's work. I used to think Red Skull was the only other one who was that familiar with it.

[ but as it turns out, there was always more to that than Steve had ever known ]

[ the possible implications make her uncomfortable. did hydra manage it through underground connections in the ssr? peggy hopes she poured away the last of steve's blood, but can she be certain? well and truly certain? ]

Your very existence changed the whole world, I suppose. I can't approve of others trying to replicate Erskine's results, but I suppose I can't blame them either.

With all the other Avengers and everything else happening in the world, I can only hope to be considered outdated. Maybe then people won't get hurt trying to recreate the serum.

[ with loki's staff gone, the chances of more human experiments have become slim as well, something he's all too grateful for. ]

What faith you have. [ it's admirable, if (she fears) a little misplaced. ]

A fool's hope, maybe.

[ he smiles. ]

But sometimes I guess it's what we have to go with.

[ -- back home, she tries so hard to see the world as faithfully and with as much hope as he must have seen it. it's difficult; quite often, she fails. old pessimism sneaks in. ]

Your time -- their time -- is lucky to have you, Steve.

[ he smiles a bit, ducks his head at the compliment ]

it's teamwork. The others, they do just as much. I'm lucky to have them.

[ in the way of friends, the Avengers are everything he has, after all. without the initiative and the team, where would he be? still taking out his sadness and frustrations on punching bags? ]

So sentimental. [ hm! ] Do assure me you're a bit more hardened when you're actually training them.

More often than not.

[ a bit of a grin ]

They're lucky to be able to train. When we came together, it was after Loki's arrival. We didn't have the time to work on becoming a team, they do. I make sure to remind them of that.

[ good lord, no wonder pietro called him a grandpa. ]

And do you also remind them of how when you were a young upstart hero, you had to walk uphill both ways to your battles?

[ this is the part of steve she'd never seen back in their own time, and one that's readily apparent the more she learns about his future-team: a paternal kind of leadership. she can't say it isn't attractive. ]

[ he only does that because he can't pick on Barton yet, wow. he huffs out a bark of laughter ]

Very funny - I seem to remember someone who valued good old fashioned discipline.

Good God, man. Are you calling me old?

[ a twinkle in her eye. she can take it. ]

Wouldn't dream of it. There's nothing old about you.

[ not even a single thing. It tugs at him each time how vibrant she is here, filled with life, aspirations and potential. It makes him feel that it is here of all places where the timeline aligns itself to his memories. ]

That's more like it. [ what an odd sort of flirtation. a dash of scandal and a sprinkle of coy. it's more than she gives most, although she remains reserved. ] Though if 'old' means affording rent and not putting -- how did you put it? Metal in my nose.

Then maybe old isn't so bad.

Piercings -

[ he chuckles. Good lord, for someome so effortlessly professional, she manages an impressive level of adorableness. ]

That's what they call them.

Piercings. [ of course. after all, they'd share the name with the very sensible bits of metal stuck through her own ears. but it's hard to relate that fashion choice to this one. ] When you think about it, it even sounds a bit barbaric.

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