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[reconstitution]

Who: Bucky & You!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Heron
When: 11/2

[ Hello, fleet! Today you get a message from someone who's been more than a little absent the past month. Some people may be more aware of it than others, but he's finally crawling out of the woodwork.

Waking up has been more than a little disorienting, because he didn't recall falling asleep, or when. It makes him uneasy, a solid weight sitting in his gut. The last time he couldn't remember things, it wasn't so great for the fleet. ]

What year is it?

Not sure how long I was out..Is everyone okay?

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[reconstitution]

Disoriented. Dying to get off this ship for a bit.

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[mucked]

Plenty of room to walk on the planet. But it can get a bit dicey beyond the treeline. Best not to go alone.

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[reconstitution]

I'll keep that in mind.

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[mucked]

...Or we could go to the Iskaulit.

[ a bold offer, since he clearly didn't invite her to join him on the planet's surface. peggy isn't certain the iskaulit is much better as prospects go, given what happened there. ]

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[reconstitution]

I'd rather not, if it's all the same to you.

[ He's still not completely comfortable on the Iskaulit.. Bucky's sure his presence makes people uneasy, too. ]

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[mucked]

It isn't. [ all the same to her. ] But I understand.

[ sympathy and judgment are not mutually exclusive. ]

I'm all out offers. Let me know if you feel like meeting up. We could even do coffee.

[ coffee! she might as well try and acquire a taste. ]

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[reconstitution]

Coffee? Did you fall and hit your head?

[ Joking??? Oh god was it even a good joke.. ]

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[mucked]

Long story short? I lost a game of pool. Hologram pool, so it was doomed from the outset. Coffee was part of the stakes.[ a coffee date was one of the stakes, but she's not going to open that can of worms again. ]

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[reconstitution]

You made a bet on a bad game.

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[mucked]

I did exactly that, yes.

[ and she didn't mind one bit. going in, she'd anticipated losing against a man who wielded angles and ricochets as his weapon. ]

And for my arrogance I am doomed to drink some coffee. A truly horrible fate.

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[reconstitution]

It's not so bad with a little cream and sugar.

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[mucked]

Adding richness to something which already tastes burnt merely makes it taste both rich and burnt. [ but! lest she sound ungrateful: ] However, I'll keep that in mind.

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[reconstitution]

If it tastes burnt, it's been out too long.

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[mucked]

Good God, I don't expect to have to make it. [ a line must be drawn! she'll leave that to "bob". ]

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[reconstitution]

I'll make some if you ever decide to visit.

[ Not that she will decide that. ]

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[mucked]

Does that count for an invitation?

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[reconstitution]

It could.

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[mucked]

Is it just me, or did you manage to get all the vaguer?

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[reconstitution]

|':

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[mucked]

[ she deserves that. ]

Wanker.

[ ...and he probably doesn't deserve that. ]

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[reconstitution]

Take it as an invitation or don't, I don't give a fuck.

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[mucked]

Perhaps you should. [ give a fuck. but this hurricane of uncertainty and apathy is tiring. she's never been very good at being the bigger person and pushing through her own caprice. stubborn is as stubborn does, and peggy feels her olive branch hasn't been much met half way.

so, much more curt, she begins her farewell: ] It's wonderful you're awake again. I'll leave the others to fill you in.

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[reconstitution]

Take care of yourself Agent Carter.

[ Short, sweet, and crossing no boundaries that aren't already clearly in place. He hadn't wanted to push her into meeting, but maybe he should have. The paranoia got the better of him once again. ]