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[sizeofyourbaggage]

Who: Sam Wilson (AU)
Broadcast: yup!
Action: aboard the Bishop
When: before the Hessia-Helix system, during the drift

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Bucky - the one from Panem - he's in a coma. Has been for a while. He's in my room on the Bishop if anyone wants to visit him.

[ Like he doesn't exactly how long it's been, like he hasn't been counting each day as it goes by. Pretending it just now occurred to him that there's people who might want to know that is a hell of a lot better than admitting he's barely left his room out of paranoia that something might happen to Bucky while he's gone.

Or that it's only just now that he's calmed himself down enough that he thinks he's okay to actually invite other people to come in. ]



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[ And his door is actually open for a little while after this message, if anyone wants to stop by. Sam himself is restless, edgy, but he mostly doesn't look like he's ready to stab someone for moving wrong. ]

Comments

[outstandingbalance]

You'll be top of the list.

[sizeofyourbaggage]

Really, you're slinging me all the way to the top? I'd have been flattered just to make it.

[ Is he just keeping this up half to give himself something to occupy his mind? Maybe, but he's not going to admit it. ]

[outstandingbalance]

Top four, at least.

[He's not the only one. And the fact she plays fast and lose, even with a joke, that she doesn't really intend to spread her intel further than she has to. But here they are.]

Still an exclusive list.

[sizeofyourbaggage]

Still pretty damn good.

[ He's not gonna push her for it. He still trusts her - mostly trusts her, but that's about as good as he gets these days - and he's willing to go along with whatever call she's making about whatever intel she's got. Long as she knows the option's there. ]

The people who go down like this - how long are they usually out?

[outstandingbalance]

A couple of weeks usually, maybe a month. Not much more than that.

[sizeofyourbaggage]

[ That's... both really good to hear and just makes him a little more tense. They're close to that now, but Sam's not sure he's optimistic that means Bucky's gonna wake up soon or if he just has something else to worry about. ]

I feel like I know the answer, but I got to ask anyway - we got any idea why or how?

[outstandingbalance]

I could make a guess, but no one knows for sure.

If you believe in the reality TV show line, then the obvious answer is for drama.