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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]

No rest for the wicked.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Or maybe too much?

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[reconstitution]

That, too.

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[takingkarabusiness]

But you know, I'm pretty wicked.

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[reconstitution]

I find that hard to believe. I call shenanigans.

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[takingkarabusiness]

You don't know. I could be!

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[reconstitution]

[ Just going to raise an eyebrow at her. ]

Uh-huh.

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[takingkarabusiness]

So much distrust I'm sensing.

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[reconstitution]

I can call a bluff when I see one.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Okay, remind me not to play poker with you.

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[reconstitution]

Talk to Charles, Wrath, or Erik about that one. They can confirm my poker face.

[ Can't read my, can't read my, no you can't read my poker face~ ]

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[takingkarabusiness]

Can't Charles read minds?

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[reconstitution]

He can. He's also an obey-er of game rules.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Really? Because that's a pretty big temptation.

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[reconstitution]

Maybe you should join us sometime?

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[takingkarabusiness]

Oh, no. No. I really can't play poker. I mean, that's what the joke is about, right?

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[reconstitution]

The offer is open if you ever want to learn. I had a damn good teacher.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Who was it?

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[reconstitution]

My brother.

[ Not really his brother, but they damn well may as been with how close they'd gotten. ]

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[takingkarabusiness]

I didn't know you had a brother!

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[reconstitution]

It's the easiest way to explain it..

Jim, uh. He's an alternate version of me. The one that didn't fall. Took up the Captain America mantle.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Oh! Yeah. Earth-2 you.

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[reconstitution]

Yeah. It sounds weird, but he was my best friend when he was here.

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[takingkarabusiness]

I don't think that's weird. Of course you're going to jive with yourself.

I haven't met an Earth-2 version of me, but I know Cisco has.

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[reconstitution]

He got me in a way no one else did. I'll always be grateful for him.

[ Jim taught him so many things, but the most reassuring was pushing him toward being a person again. ]

I'd have been lost so many times without him.