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[writethatdown]

[At first, there's no image coming up on screen. Just the sound of some keys being pushed, a voice muttering, and the sounds of fabric and skin being rubbed over the microphone and- ah, there. A video flickering on, revealing an extreme close-up of an extremely unhappy man. Well, at least he looks unhappy. And rumpled. Like, say, he'd just been fished out of the ocean and told he's in some between worlds land of the dead place. That kind of unhappy.]

Alright, look here. [Oh, yeah, he's pissed.] I don't know what you people here are thinking, but landing on the back of some turtle in the middle of some spirit world doesn't really pass as normal back home.

[He leans back a little, narrowing his eyes at the screen in front of him.]

If I'm to actually believe this isn't some sort of scam or elaborate, drug induced plot, I'm guessing I'm here for the long haul, huh? Living on the back of a turtle.

[He scoffs, but the anger is fading back a bit, as it has been the more the looks around at this place, sharp eyes picking up sights of things that seem like something straight out of his imagination. Hell, the console in front of him is enough to have him almost thoroughly distracted.]

Right, well, cut a new fella a break, would ya, Keeliai? Could use a drink and a bit of a run down on the tech you're working with, here.

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[video]

[withoutaworld]

Howard Stark? Huh. Steve mentioned he knew you, but I didn't actually expect you'd... show up... [ Mostly because he's not really real to her in the same way Steve and Bucky and her grandmother are. It's weird.

She lifts a hand and waves a little. ] I'm Rikki Barnes. Sort of friends with the, uh, boys from World War II. You probably figured this out already, but you're not on drugs. Can't promise it's not a scam, but probably not the way you're thinking.

[video]

[writethatdown]

The one and only, doll. [Oh it's so easy to give a saucy wink, even over this... really strange communication's thing they have set up here.]

So long as we're not dealing with Hydra morons, it's not the scam I'm thinking of. [He grins, though] As for me showing up, can't leave these World War II boys on their own for too long without someone smart callin' the shots. Trust me, it's a mess.

[video]

[withoutaworld]

[ She raises her eyebrows a little at that wink. Dude, are you flirting with her? You get that she's eighteen, right? ...still, she's more amused than anything else. ]

No, definitely not Hydra. They're a lot less subtle and a lot more homicidal, for one thing...

But I don't know, they've been doing okay so far. Maybe they don't need you as much as you think. [ Teasing grin. ]