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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?

Comments

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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.

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[takingkarabusiness]

I'm really glad you got to have that experience, Winter.

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[reconstitution]

It's a shame you didn't get to meet him. He would have liked you.

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[takingkarabusiness]

I'm sure I would've liked him, too, if he's anything like you.

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[reconstitution]

He's the better one.

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[takingkarabusiness]

[ she's a little taken aback by that, and her reaction is to laugh a little disbelievingly when she replies ]

I'm sure that's not right.

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[reconstitution]

When I was still trying to figure out what I wanted to be, I wanted to be him.

Even when I was still fighting off the brainwashing, he pushed me where I needed. He had himself figured out already and his future was different enough from where I was. I envied him.

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[takingkarabusiness]

He probably just seemed like he had himself figured out. Believe me, no one does.

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[reconstitution]

Figured out a lot more than I had. Fuck, I didn't even know my own name.

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[takingkarabusiness]

[ she really didn't mean to agitate him ]

I'm not saying he wasn't important to you... the opposite, really. I can tell he had a tremendous impact on your life. But you have value, too. Whether or not you know your name.

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[reconstitution]

No, I know. It was just nice to look up to someone? It was a little easier to have direction.

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[takingkarabusiness]

I do understand that. I feel like my cousin is that for me in a lot of ways, even though it shouldn't be like that.

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[reconstitution]

What's your cousin like?

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[takingkarabusiness]

Amazing, actually. He's funny, and genuine, and charming, and sweet. Just the nicest guy you'll ever meet, if a little dorky.

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[reconstitution]

Ah, so just like you, then.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Well— I mean— We have our differences, too!