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[Bucky's a more than occasional visitor to the Shuttle Bay, having offered to lend a hand in return for training with the previous CFO. This is the first time in a while he's been back, though, and the view out's as distracting as ever. Maybe more.

He's standing in front of the windows, looking out at the rolling cloud.]

Kind of foggy out, isn't it. Pretty enough, though. Makes you wonder what could be out there, just out of sight.

[He turns, then, engine grease on his jumpsuit and streaking his face. He could almost have walked right out of a Brooklyn autoshop.]

I've been thinking about what I've missed back home. Christmas, Easter, maybe a birthday or two, or two thousand with the way time goes up here. I always did like holidays - they let you know where you are, where you've been. Even with the war on... well, I guess people needed the excuse to smile at each other. Now it feels like I've lost track of something important.

[He shrugs one shoulder, though. That's a little too much looking inward.]

So I'm wondering, what do you all celebrate, where you're from? And what do you picture might be out there, past the clouds?

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[invisibilitea]

Didn't you go to Space Christmas? And get attacked by mistletoe?

[trusted]

[some hiatuses happen at the worst times.]

No ma'am. If I've still got one thing left, it's being able to say I've never been attacked by a plant.

Heard about it, though.

Why, were you looking for me?

[invisibilitea]

Well, I.

I certainly would not say no.

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[overdraws]

Christmas, if you mean winter holidays. Easter... the usual stuff. [ She considers, though, his second question. Just for a moment. ] I don't know about what's out there, though. I woke up here.

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[trusted]

We all woke up here. Though Christmas and Easter aren't so usual to some of the fellas you'll run into.

That's why I asked. Most people, back home, think they got some idea about what's out there in the unknown. At least it seems that way, given how people like to talk about it being on their side.

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[overdraws]

Well, I mean, back home I--died. And I woke up here. So, for me, this is it, I guess.

[ A wry smile. ] And it's definitely not on my side.

[consequence]

We've visited space stations, so I know those are out there.

Somewhere.

[trusted]

That's maybe a little more literal than I meant. But you're not wrong.

Wasn't exactly homey, the last one I visited.

[consequence]

I think when it starts out being called 'station' it's built in to not feel warm and cozy.

It did have a lot of alcohol, though.

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[sophically]

It's probably best not to think about that too much. [The fog that is.] As long as you remember to smile and laugh, you haven't forgotten anything important. Everything you don't have on the ship, you'll regain when you go home.

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[trusted]

You think ignoring it makes it go away? I see enough people doing that, and it's not working so far.

[Still, this is one of the more positive responses, that's no bad thing.]

You seem more confident about that than most of who I talk to.

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[sophically]

Did I say that? [She arches a brow, shaking her head.] Have you ever heard the phrase: "Never poke a sleeping dragon"?

I've experienced going home and returning.

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[pushesback]

I don't wanna think about any of that, especially not what might be out there.

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[trusted]

Yeah? Can't say I wouldn't like a clue. Then, I've kinda lost my taste for surprises.

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[pushesback]

Surprises are never good. And holidays, [Nick snorts a little.] kinda lost their meaning, if they ever had one to begin with.

[priceoffreedom]

Are you missing church?

[He says it as he comes up behind Bucky, because what is codependency.]

[trusted]

Yeah, felt like my knees were gettin' too soft.

[Bucky speaks before he checks over his shoulder, but then he does, just in case. There are enough doubles around here.]

Missing home, I guess.

[priceoffreedom]

Yeah.

I miss home, too.

[Brooklyn, he misses Brooklyn, and it's strange, because he knows what happens to both of them. It's been made abundantly clear. He shouldn't miss either place, considering.

He sits down next to Bucky.]

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[trynotodie]

We had Unity Day back up at the Ark.

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[trusted]

Yeah? Where I come from Independence day was a thing. What's Unity Day all about?

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[trynotodie]

The ships of the different nations forming together in space to become a space station for everyone to live in. [a shrug.] More or less anyway.

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[brainsqueeze]

It's probably nothing good. From what I've heard anywhere we've stopped hasn't ended that well.

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[trusted]

And that's the most you think is out there, anywhere? 'Nothing good?'

[blackmagus]

You look foggy, too, love.

[Fortescue taps her face, smiling despite the exhaustion she's feeling. That sort of nicknaming might be condescending from someone else, but from her it's always affectionate. Even to a stranger. It helps that she has an Imperian — English — accent.]

Christmas is a big deal back home. Especially through the war. Signified we were still alive and kicking, I think.

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[dino_zarf]

[The current CFO is not generally one to chase harmless people out.]

Never really cared for not having clear sight lines.

[He shrugs]

Never really cared for not knowing the course either.