Sam Beckett | Quantum Leap | Homeless

[quantumleaped]

Dear Mun,

I guess it's just my luck that as soon and you finally get back into RP, sit down and write an app, the game you app me to closes. I hope you can find a home for me soon.

Let's face it, I'm not easy to place...

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[arach_nerd]

[Have a Spidey actually...squeeing.]

You're Sam Beckett! You're actually Dr. Sam Freakin' Beckett!

[quantumleaped]

[He touches his face. Funny, how he was used to not seeing or feeling his own]

Yes, I am.
[He smiles broadly. Feels good to say that, doesn't it, Sam?]

Do I...know you?

[arach_nerd]

Nah, I'm just a really big fan.

[quantumleaped]

[A shy smile]

Fans...?


I feel that I should know you, somehow.

[All of those comic books from back in the day? But alas, swiss-cheesed memory...]

[alavicci_cay]

Ain't that a kick in the butt? Just when I was startin' to really like the place, too.

[quantumleaped]

Just after I found you, too.
Well, we've been bouncing around in time for awhile, Al.

We'll find something...

[He feels somewhat confident in this]

[alavicci_cay]

You've been bouncin' around time, Sam. I was just dragged along for the ride! [Like he's complaining. Although, it certainly has been strange to be in and out of these games he's been in.]

Gotta say, I've missed that optimism. Got any of that for our future prospects? Hearin' the muns were considerin' some sorta prison. You know how I feel about bein' locked up, Sam...

[quantumleaped]

Couldn't have handled the ride without you, Al...

Prison, huh?
I'm not too keen on it myself...
I think I've been in jail before. Have I?

...maybe they will find something else...

Maybe you could walk through a few walls and point them in the right direction

[alavicci_cay]

[He's walkin' through those walls, Sam, don't you worry!]

If there's something you're wonderin', it's a safe bet the answer's always yes, you've seen it, done it, lived it. [Chewing on his cigar. Of course, his mun won't mention that the last time Sam was in prison was during that awful Evil Leaper Saga.]

My mun's really draggin' ass here, pal. Gonna light a fire soon, if you get my drift.

[like_a_gerbil]

Why wouldn't you be easy to place?

[quantumleaped]

Ah...that's complicated. But, one issue is that I really have no memory. Or, what little memory I do have comes and goes. So, sometimes being an amnesiac time traveler has it's downsides...

Constant ret-con on the part of my canon writers. Or lazy writing. Take your pick

Plus, the mun can really only manage a small, slow-moving game...

[like_a_gerbil]

Steve understands canon issues. All the different realities that have versions of him...

I kinda understand the being in the wrong time. It doesn't make things easy, but that doesn't mean that it can't work out.

Um...my mundane was looking at that game but she took over another one instead. It's small and slow moving. If you want to be sent somewhere else...

[quantumleaped]

Really? You do?

[Sam smiles. It's not often he find someone who does get it]

Would you offer a link for the mun?

[like_a_gerbil]

I was in an accident during a mission and I was frozen. It took them almost seventy years to find me. The whole world changed while I was...gone.

I doubt it's the same as time travel and amnesia, but it's disorientating and...a lot to get used to.

It's called the_library. It's kinda slow right now but my mundane and her friend just took over running it and are trying to get it back on track. They're hoping to get more cast and start up a few bigger events soon.

[quantumleaped]

Oh, I see. Losing 70 years...

[He secretly wonders how much time he's lost at this point]

The technology alone would take some getting used to, I imagine. But...I don't really need to imagine, course I usually go back and not ahead.

Hmm...I will pass that on to the mun and the one who plays Al as well. They've been trying to get us together...not that I'm complaining. A guide, holographic or not, is always welcome, I say.

[like_a_gerbil]

You never get to go forward?

[It seems strange to Steve, but then, Tony's the one that would be able to figure that out. Actually Sam should talk to Tony...though the thought of the geeking Tony would do kind of terrifies Steve.]

I know what you mean about having a friend in these games. I made my mundane agree that she'd only send me to places where Tony could get in too. I know you'd both be welcome.

[bucksicle]

...Steve.

OMG the name...I love it so much. Where is he from in the timeline?

[like_a_gerbil]

[For a few seconds, all Steve can do is stare. Yeah, he's run into Buckys a couple of times but they're never from his time line or they're from after...

Letting out a laugh that sounds a little shaky, Steve pulls his best friend in for a hug.]

You're - I - Yeah, it's me. I've missed you.

<3! I haven't played him much, mostly from waking up after THE FALL. XD Likewise, and you?!

[bucksicle]

[I will never get over how tall you are now]

[hugging you hard]

Don't be upset, you punk. I'm fine.

But I missed you, too.

I play mine all over the timeline. Usually after being found though I love playing pre serum

[like_a_gerbil]

[There's a part of Steve that still thinks it's weird that he's taller than Bucky. Not that it matters because it's Bucky and it doesn't matter who's smaller or taller. Muttering, 'jerk' under his breath, his voice steadies.]

Still not used to seeing you. Or seeing you and you remembering me.

[Pulling away, he studies his friend closely, hoping this is a version of Bucky from his reality.] You're really okay? Even after I...after everything that happened?

Oh awesome. If you ever want to mess around with pre serum (or anything else) ping me! XD

[bucksicle]

[there you go, Steve, it's okay, you can do this]

[I'm still freaking out over seeing you, after I fell, but it... helps, in a weird way, that you kinda need me to be steady]

Yeah? There're multiples of us here, huh. It's darn confusing.

[heck yes, you better believe I am]

[light punch in the shoulder] You didn't cause it. And heck if I know how why, but I'm fine.

Thank you! I've been tempted to depower him on six words

[like_a_gerbil]

[Maybe this really is Bucky from his reality instead of one of the ones that doesn't remember him or worse, one of the Winter Soldiers that were trying to kill him.]

There's a couple versions of you. They...they never seem to stay long. Or...

[Or Bucky's past seems to become an issue no matter how much faith Steve has in his best friend.]

Yeah, I did, Buck. [There's only a hint of the old guilt in his voice, his tone almost resigned.] I should've done more to save you.

Hee, that sounds fun!

[bucksicle]

[frowning] What? Or what?

[nuh uh, not me]

Yeah, how, exactly? [gentle but firm] Look, I'm not saying it was fun, falling like that. But it wasn't your fault I got blasted out of that train, and it wasn't your fault you couldn't reach me before my grip went.

You can't save the whole world, Steve. You saved me the first time. That was plenty.

[captainarcher]

...hello.

[quantumleaped]

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Hello.

[captainarcher]

[blinking in amazement]

I'm assuming you're an alternate universe version of me. Or vice versa.

[quantumleaped]

Yes...I think so.

[Sam is still getting used to seeing his own face. In the mirror...and now on another person]

What year is it for you?

[captainarcher]

[shaking my head, I've seen so many strange things but this takes the cake]

2155. You?

[quantumleaped]

[He blinks]

Well, Al says it's 1999 at home. And right now, well, I'm not quite sure when I am.

[A chuckle. Silly time travel jokes. Sam has them]

[bucksicle]

Have a little faith, friend.

[quantumleaped]

I'm trying to keep the faith, but I thought I was so close to having a home...

[bucksicle]

[rueful grin] Your person'll come through for you. Friends do that.