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[uprightness]

Who: Steve Rogers + you.
Broadcast: yep.
Action: on the starstruck, if you're inclined!
When: current.

[ It has been a long time since Steve Rogers has done one of these little network announcements, seven months, if you want to be specific about it. Some things have changed, others haven't. He still looks awkward about addressing a whole lot of people at once for something that isn't an emergency. The uniform is gone, however, replaced by a simple blue t-shirt and jeans and the shield is nowhere in sight.

He seems to have spread many sheets of paper all over the Starstruck's kitchen. Some feature tables of dates - undoubtedly a calendar in the making and others feature, well, drawings; each sheet contains one scenery. They would strike some people as rather familiar, a hand-holding tree, a sandy beach, the market of the tri-fraction system with people wearing clothes in various colors, the woods of the Lagan system, the Nebula lights and lastly, the mountains of Siourew and the Co’kal. ]

I meant to finish a few calendars by New Year's Eve but it seems I'm behind on my deadline.

[ To say the very least. He rubs his chin, there's a beginning of a stubble there. How many days has he devoted to this as of late? it's hard to tell. ]

I'm not going to write years on 'em, since it's different for all of us but I thought it might be a nice way to keep up with dates and holidays.

[ He frowns and confesses, ]

I feel like I've left some things out - and some of you have seen planets I haven't been around to see for myself. I figured I'd ask - if you have the time, you can describe some of them to me and I'll add them to the calendar. It can be anything you liked on any of the planets we've been to.

[ and, okay, fine - ]

I could use a description of where we're currently docked, too.

[ How can a person so big can seem so awkward? ]

Thanks you.

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[mucked]

[ her chin lifts. she smiles. ]

You started it.

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[uprightness]

[ there's something between a scoff and a chuckle that seems to slip out before he can stop himself. ]

Really? that's what we're going with?

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[mucked]

Yes. And I mean it -- every word. When the Fleet's history logs record the great Tea War of the Starstruck's Kitchens, they'll be made amply aware that you're to blame for everything that followed.

[uprightness]

Really.

[ he's still drying his hair and his arms but he stops to give her a look. ]

And what followed?

[mucked]

[ tut tut. ]

I don't want to give away the ending. That wouldn't be sporting of me. Not at all.

[uprightness]

Should I be worried?

[ better be on alert. this has the potential to become exactly as she's said it, a battle of wits of a sort. ]

[mucked]

That depends. [ ahem. ] Do I worry you?

[ -- another tilt of the travel mug. she smiles. ]

[uprightness]

All the time.

[ helps him stay alert which is how he almost keeps up with her. ]

[mucked]

[ her smirk stays, but: ] Just what every partner wants to hear.

[ because that's the word she's landed upon, it seems. partner. more cemented than girlfriend, and less daunting than not-yet-wife. ]

[uprightness]

You're not every partner.

[ an easy comeback, he takes rather quickly to this choice of semantics. ]

[mucked]

[ she sets aside her half-finished tea, keen swap her hold on it for a grip on his hand. she offers her open palm, coaxing him further into the small room. ]

I'm glad you decided to brave the deep, Steve.

[uprightness]

[ he waves away the credit before taking her hand. ]

Dunno if it counts - I headed straight to the only dry place 'round here.

[mucked]

You had to get through the water, first. [ she smiles -- thinking, also, on the shuttle ride to the ring during their last stop. ] It counts for something.

[uprightness]

I guess it's a start. At least they made these places.

[ for people like him, he suspects. each one and their own reason to want their two feet on dry ground. ]

Nat said the scenery gets a little repetitive. Hopefully once the locals are doing better they can keep building their cities down here.

[mucked]

They've got a whole heap of people to house -- once they're doing better.

[uprightness]

It's one of things I like best about these places, that people get to help. Gives a meaning to all this traveling and it makes the augment useful for a change. At least they don't seem to need security around here.

[ he's rather glad not being needed, all in all. fighting underwater, that would have been a bit of a nightmare. ]

[mucked]

-- Certainly, so long as Max stays away. [ a puff of breath. ] How's he been doing? Still sulking in his shuttle?

[uprightness]

Still sulking in his shuttle.

[ he approves. ]

He's fine. I just hope the next planet will have open spaces again.

[mucked]

Poor bastard. [ worry wears on her face. she can feel it pinching her brows, so she tries to shake it away. ] It was admirable of him to make the attempt -- I just hope the setback doesn't discourage him too much.

[uprightness]

I have a feeling stable ground and some fresh air will do the job.

[ they are sorely missed, here. ]

At least he knows we have him under control.

[ that's more than he can say about bucky. if he never sees him lose control again it would be too soon. especially since it'll be that much harder to bring him down. ]

[mucked]

I rather doubt he believes it. Strange as it may sound, when I did have the opportunity to chat with him? He implied you were too easy on him. He asked that next time you smash his face into the wall.

[ -- peggy frowns ]

[uprightness]

He can ask me personally and the answer would still be the same.

[ that is, a definite no. ]

It got the job done.

[mucked]

Mmhm. That's what I told him -- but it'll take a while for anything else to sink in. All he feels like right now is a liability. We'll have to watch him once we leave the planet; he may try and bolt again.

[uprightness]

Don't worry. If it comes down to it, we'll bring him back. I'm just glad Bucky is staying put. Couldn't chase both of them at once.

[ he makes the mistake of trying to sit and immediately jumps up to his feet, frowning ]

they've filled the damn thing with water.

[ this is horrible. ]

[mucked]

[ she's about to say something about barnes -- comment, perhaps, on the similarity between the two. but then he nears the bed and she can't help but step back and witness what's about to happen.

her smile is long-suffering. ]

Bit of a let down, isn't it?