/slowly works on app for sweven

[worldless]

Jeez, you're really excited about this, aren't you? I don't think I'm ever gonna be excited about moving worlds again, but... It's nice to know I'm gonna know some people there, at least.

Now don't you think you oughta be working on that app?

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[blameless]

Find comfort in the fact that yours, at the very least, has settled upon an account.

[worldless]

She hasn't totally, but she hasn't come up with a better name yet, either.

[blameless]

They do have a tendency to fret about the simple things and ignore the large issues at hand.

[worldless]

Maybe they think if they ignore 'em enough, they'll go away.

[blameless]

Which begs the question if they ever learn from the obvious results of that action.

[worldless]

I doubt it.

[exloserspromise]

Moving worlds? And I was just getting used to being in a different time...

[worldless]

... Steve?

[exloserspromise]

Sorry, have we met before?

[worldless]

I guess you haven't met me yet.

I'm Rikki Barnes. I was your partner for a while, in my world.

[exloserspromise]

I knew a Barnes, but he was, uh. He was a him. Not that there's anything wrong with you being a da- a woman or anything, there was that time we--you don't want to hear about that.

Can I start over?

*has blown a fuse at the idea of his best friend as a girl*

[worldless]

I know. Bucky was your partner during the war.

[ but her history and that get kind of weird and she doesn't want to break his brain any more. ]

Yeah, let's call a do-over. Hi, I'm Rikki.

[exloserspromise]

Steve Rogers, nice to meet you!

[offers a hand to shake and is already trying to adapt!]

Were you related to Bucky in... your world?

[worldless]

[ aww, steve. she shakes his hand with a small smile. ]

It's a little complicated, but sort of? But I went by the name Bucky for a while back home. With the blue and red, and the mask and everything.

[exloserspromise]

A mask, huh? I guess that's one of the things that makes your world different from mine; the only time I remember Bucky wearing a mask was for Halloween when we were kids.

[worldless]

You both wore them in my world to protect your secret identities. Captain America and the Invaders were a pretty big propaganda thing.

[exloserspromise]

...I wore my mask because it stayed on better than a helmet and it made me feel like Batman when the Howling Commandos were taking down Hydra bases.

[worldless]

You never told them that, did you?

[exloserspromise]

Bucky figured it out in about a day and told them as soon as they got him drunk enough.

[worldless]

Did you ever live it down?

[exloserspromise]

Took a while, but yeah.

[remembers what year it is]

Yeah, I lived it all down eventually.

[worldless]

[ oh, steve :c ]

It'll get easier. The time thing.

[exloserspromise]

I hope so.

[tries to look on the bright side]

At least I get to keep helping people a while longer, this way.

[worldless]

Do you have the Avengers in your world?

[exloserspromise]

Nobody at SHIELD mentioned a group by that name, so I really couldn't say one way or the other. I guess they do that helping thing where you're from?

[worldless]

They do, and you work with them. They're your team.

[exloserspromise]

I hope it's something our worlds have in common, because that sounds like a pretty good deal. Thanks for telling me.

[worldless]

It's no big.

[exloserspromise]

Well, I guess I'll let you get back to riding herd on your mun. Good luck, uh... moving.

[assimilate]

Advice my own mundane has been given.

[ re: the app, of course. excitement is irrelevant. ]

[worldless]

They don't ever listen to our advice, do they?

[assimilate]

They are irrational and unwilling to listen to reason.