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[dated]

—a game? [ an actual, honest-to-goodness game? MUN, WAIT A MINUTE, THINK THIS THROUGH— ]

...if you're sure, then. [ resigned steve is resigned. besides, he knows determination when he sees it. he'd be a hypocrite if he didn't at least admire it. ]

Should I help you start looking?

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[likeamonster]

That eager, are you?

[dated]

[ ah. awkward. ]

Not eager, but willing.

[likeamonster]

Even so. Most I've seem are reluctant at best.

[dated]

She seems pretty set, this time around. I'd rather direct my attention to something I can control — like what game she'll be putting me into.

[worldsgreatestmarksman]

I'd tell you that you don't know what you're getting yourself into with this Cap, but most of these games would probably feel more like a vacation, the kind of shit we have to deal with back home.

Your Mundane looking for anything special?

[dated]

All I'm getting from her is that she's looking for something that "clicks." [ he looks both amused and disgruntled by the fact. ] Are you speaking from experience, Clint?

[worldsgreatestmarksman]

Well that's not vague at all. [A shrug.] Personally, no. But the place she's sending me to she's pretty familiar with herself so at least I'm not going in blind.

[dated]

That's definitely a comfort. [ previous knowledge of the terrain is always a plus; she might have allies there that clint can utilize, and if he's got a decent enough layout of the land, he'd be able to—

ohmygosh stop being such a soldier, steve. ]

This place have a name?

[therightpartner]

There are worse things to be involved in than these games, Captain.

[dated]

...Peggy.

[ it always happens — that handful of moments where he suddenly forgets where he is, what's happened. for that time, it's just him and her, again, and everything's okay...

and then he remembers reality. ]

—ah, yeah. It'd do me a lot better to try and look for the silver lining, I guess.

[therightpartner]

Steve...

[Being able to forget reality is one of the reasons Peggy enjoys places like Dear Mun and those games. They give her another chance to see Steve and make up some of what they had lost.

Her lips curve into a smile, pleased that she hasn't been forgotten.]

I wouldn't have thought that you'd be so cynical of those places. I've been to a few of them. Depending on the company, some of them aren't so bad.

[dated]

[ it hurts to look at her, actually. yet he can't really bring himself to look away... as if she'd disappear again the moment he does.

he's almost sheepish when he responds, though there's no denying the slightly bitter edge to his tone. ]

I'm... not that big a fan of waking up one day and finding myself in a foreign world. [ he's had about enough of that for one lifetime, thank you. ]

[spittake]

You should be careful what you ask for there. [Though He and Tony wouldn't oppose to him showing up at the game he's in. Would help keep some sanity in the demons and zombies going around there.]

[dated]

[ steve's smile is faint. ] The woman's made up her mind, Bruce. The most I can do now is try and regulate what I can.

[spittake]

Sounds a lot like the one I'm stuck with. Though I can't complain too much. She listened when I said a boat would be a bad idea.

[dated]

One of your options was a boat?

[psychic_labrat]

That's a remarkable attitude, I must admit. If you cannot convince your mundane to change her mind then it would be more suitable to make sure the game you are sent to is...favorable. *so not the right word, considering some of the games he's heard of, but the idea is there*

[dated]

That's what I'm hoping for, anyway. You can't argue I'm not optimistic.

[psychic_labrat]

I imagine some react favorably towards concurrence. *although the idea of being treated well for good behavior irks him, he's willing to play it until a better solution comes along*

Have you found anything you like yet? I'm Charles, by the way. My apologies for not introducing myself soon.

[shaves]

Are we twins? Let's see if our heights match up, too.

[dated]

I'm taller. [ everyone's taller, tony. :| ]

[shaves]

You're being obtuse, spangles.

[relictusdeus]

Such readiness to sway to the whims of another... I know not whether to think it wholly pathetic or almost charming. ...It has its appeal, I will admit.

[dated]

It's picking my battles. Knowing what I can handle, and what isn't worth the energy to be stubborn about.

[relictusdeus]

...And what is worth the energy?

[A loaded, perhaps even silly question, but sometimes it's nice to listen to others blather on if they were the sort. Well, if only because he did like learning of weaknesses he could and would one day shamelessly exploit if need be. Where he's from, he's familiar with a another Steve--

Ahaha, yeah. It's simplest to say that they can't be called friends in the least.]