February System Mingle

[thespaceopera]

Who: EVERYONE!!!
Broadcast: Possibly
Action: The Shinda BR-10 System
When: The fleet will be in this system from 1/26 to 2/23



Welcome to the Shinda system! There are three explorable planets here - Duotera, Ebrion, and Philias - each with its own current temperature state. Get out there and see the sights - but do please prepare for the extreme weather as necessary!

→ More system info is here!

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[reconstitution]

[ Bucky closes his book, thumbing at the pages. This is something that is uncomfortable to talk about at the best of times, but it's probably best that someone else knows, right? In case it happens again while he's here.. ]

I've got a history of it. A rather long history of it. It changed who I was. I don't even know who that person was, anymore.

[spacebro]

I'm sorry. [He's not sure what to say. It's one thing that this place captured all of them and keeps them from being where they choose to be, but it's another to imagine someone playing with your mind. Well, more than with the augments. He hasn't been too bothered by his because he already understood space travel and security to some degree.]

So are you... Is this how you were before all of it. Is that what Charles did or do you feel like someone different from that too? [He's not sure which person he feels distanced from.]

[reconstitution]

No, whoever that guy was, he's gone. They saw to that much, at least. All I was to Hydra was a weapon. [ Boy, it's been a while since he's really talked to anyone about his life before the fleet. Once again, Charles had really been that person. ]

I have some memories from before, others are hazy at best. All Charles did was ah-- [ He makes a vague gesture. ]

There were these protocols in place. Buried deep, so that if it came down to it, the programming would come back. He made sure that they couldn't be accessed ever again. Here, at least. The Atroma managed to access them before he did. It... wasn't good.

I could have killed someone.

[spacebro]

So, now you're not a weapon, but you're not who you were before either? [Though how could you be that person again completely even if you remembered everything? He doesn't know what everything entails but really just being violated that way would be a big part of it.]

The Atroma are...terrible just like whoever did the brainwashing. I'm glad no one died and that you're safer from it now.

[reconstitution]

I'm glad, too. So you understand why I don't mind boring. It's better than the alternative.

[spacebro]

Boring sounds like a really good place for you to be in now that you mention it.

So, what about the people who did the brainwashing? What happened to them?

[reconstitution]

Gone, for the most part. Dead or imprisoned, but the thing about an organization like that is that it's hard to get rid of completely. So long as there's one asshole, more will show up.

Steve and Natasha pretty much eradicated the worst of them, I think. I didn't really go looking when shit hit the fan.

[spacebro]

[He nods.] I hope that when you go back home things are still boring for you.

[reconstitution]

[ He laughs, but it doesn't sound particularly genuine. ] Somehow I doubt it, but thanks.

I'm pretty content being here.

[spacebro]

Yeah. I can see why. [It's still a lot to process and he's just hearing about it. He can't imagine what it would be like to live.] It definitely makes my life feel more boring by comparison.

[reconstitution]

[ Yeah, sorry about that. Too late to unhear the emotional baggage, now. ]

I'd trade you, but I wouldn't want that for anyone.

[spacebro]

[That's okay. People with that much could use a little help carrying it.]

You want to be the former prince of a corrupt monarchy instead?