tushanshu | 002 ☆☆☆ [Video]

[The video is coming from a console cafe in the Wood Sector, as is per usual with Bucky, who never posts from where he actually lives, and he's looking... well, a bit worse for the wear. He's pretty banged up, like he's gone several rounds in the boxing ring. Several small cuts are covered with band-aids, and his wrist is visible, clumsily self-set and wrapped up. Other than that, it's hard to see the actual extent of his injuries, as most of the bruising is under his shirt (the plain white t-shirt with his regular Army uniform, he's not in costume).]

So, powers are coming back, hurray for us. Now, turtle, let's play a game of 'recommend Bucky a good doctor because holy smokes, his ribs sure do hurt'. Feel like I went ten rounds with Master Man. [He starts to laugh, but it just turns into a grimace and a subtly mouthed 'ow', curling an arm protectively over said ribs.] No housecalls, I come to you.

[He takes a deep breath through his nose and fixes the slight, patented Bucky smile back on his face, shoving the pain his broken ribs aside for the moment (it's not the first time this has happened).] That said, people I know, lemme know how you're doin'. And folks I don't know, feel free to check in too for my curiosity's sake.

By the way, how'd all those investigations go? Did anyone find anything interesting they wanna share with the class? [Can't hurt, he figures. Worst case scenario is no one tells him anything.]

[Encrypted to Tony Stark (616), 45%]
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[He's less amused by that part. Yeah, Tony saw the network announcement and he can piece together enough to know what Bucky is talking about. Not to mention that Tony himself avoids hospitals as much as possible.]

Just checking.

[The video cuts off anyway, and he figures it doesn't matter if Bucky was listening or not. He sounds healthy enough. The delay gives him time to find suitable food, as he promised, and he's ready when Bucky knocks.]

You're late. [He says that, but he doesn't mean it.] How did things go with your health check?

[Bucky's looking a little bit better, and more properly tended to when he steps in, flashing a grin like it's all no big deal. Really, he has had worse. Master Man punches like a tank. So does Warrior Woman, actually, and most of the usual suspects...] Got a pretty girl to look after me, I can't be doin' too bad.

So. How've you been?

[Facing super-villains and the occasional monster tend to make people more resilient. At least, that's Tony's opinion. Still, it's nice to see that Bucky is doing okay.]

Great, now that I can actually feel things running again. You don't know what you miss until it's gone.

[He kind of forgot that most people here don't know the extent of his implants.]

What'd you lose? I didn't think you had powers. [Said slightly accusingly. Damn it, you didn't even tell him he had to worry about you too?]

[Oops? Did he do something wrong? It almost sounds like Bucky is annoyed.]

Oh, uh, yeah. Iron Man and all. It was mostly inconvenient. I couldn't use my suit with the power cut off.

[And the little part about depending on technology to live, but it's fine now, right?]

Really? Even the tech was all messed up? [Guess who isn't around a whole lot of tech.] Criminey. Glad that got fixed, then.

So, uh. Thought you might wanna hear about how my team's assignment went. You're still lookin' into stuff right?

Yeah. The power all around was shaky, but not low enough to kill anyone. Selective outage.

[And it's a good thing Bucky doesn't know how dependent Tony is on his technology. He's all attention when Bucky asks if he wants to know more about the team's results.]

You said you had some trouble. What happened out there?

And who exactly would the power goin' out kill? [Raising an eyebrow at you, Mr. Stark. He has no idea, but it seems like an odd way to phrase things.]

Geez, where to start? So we got assigned as protection to a guy who defected from... you know. The bad guy side. [He waves a hand vaguely.] He was offering up information in exchange for us not lettin' him get offed. So he dragged us around a long route to one of the administrative HQs for this thing so we wouldn't alert sentries, but we got attacked along the way. Took 'em out but it hurt like hell. When we got there... [He sighs, runs a hand through his hair. This is about where he feels like he messed up the whole thing.]

Ah. Well, you know. People who need power to live. [Oops? He's not even sure if Bucky is asking out of concern or just curiosity, but the possibility at least makes him pause a little awkwardly. His lips twitch in a brief attempt to smile that doesn't make it through.

Luckily, they get to switch back to the topic Tony is good at: work.]

Muscovite. Right. You were attacked? Was it an ambush or an accident?

[It is absolutely fair to assume Bucky can answer that question. He is a fighter and Steve's partner. He knows what he's doing. Tony waits, and when Bucky hesitates he prompts him gently.] What happened when you got there?

002 ☆☆☆ [Video]

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