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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ The communications device is switched on, the picture on the screen shaking for a moment as he turns it over, checks it's on, and pulls it back to capture enough of him sitting at the edge of a bed in the basic passenger quarter. There is a pile of folded up red, white, and blue, the Captain America uniform especially made for him and his needs sitting beside him, the shield lying beside it, which he pats occasionally as if to ensure that they are still there, holding onto what it is that makes him who he is, the belongings for the world he knows.

His expression is as bemused as his voice sounds when he finally speaks. ]

This is Captain Steve Rogers of the - [ There's a pause, a false start, because he's actually part of the SSR, but as it's top-secret he swallows it back. ] - US military, pulled away from the middle of duty, and I need to find a way to be transported back there immediately. [ The confusion is replaced by something more confident, stern, and with an air of authority. ] Lives depend upon my return. I have a war to help win and I intend to do everything possible to make sure that happens.

[ The video feed shakes, the audio muffled as his hands shift around the device, the microphone picking up the interruption, and he looks around the room, so small and basic, and with another bed besides the one he assumes to be his. And then he looks down to the clothes he's been instructed to wear, the number on his arm, which he holds up and makes a point to show. It reminds him of some of the horrors that he saw in the concentration camps, the branded numbers upon their victims, turned into numbers. ] And I don't appreciate being referred to as a number, I have a name and I intend to keep it. Even the soldiers out fighting for their country are recognised by name alongside their ID number.

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[agtcarter]

[It couldn't be. She had thought about the possibility of him coming here after hearing that people could arrive after their death. Even so, she is in shock and when her feed comes on, he'll be greeted with an emotional looking Peggy.]

Steve?

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

Peggy?

[ He takes a closer look at the device, stands to attention as soon as he catches sight of her on the screen, both surprised and concerned. ]

What's going on? Are you okay?

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[ms_pepperpotts]

I'm sorry to be bearer of bad news, considering, but one, you're on a ship and there is no way of going back, and two, the number's not used to address you.

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ He looks at the screen, sits up straighter as the woman comes onto the screen, respectful despite everything. ]

I'm sorry, ma'am, but a ship where?

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[purrfectlycute]

:33 < hello captain rogers!
:33 < as fur as i know, theres no way to voluntarily return to your own universe
:33 < but dont worry!
:33 < i have a f33ling things will work out and youll be reunited with your comrades

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

YOU KNOW WHO I AM? AND THE PEOPLE I ASSOCIATE WITH?

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[grndnpnd]

[ Tommy's conflicted feelings about the American military fall heavily under "Let's not even go there," so even after the video flicks on there's a long pause before he actually gets around to saying: ]

What war?

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ The question takes him off-guard, slow to answer even with the serum helping him function faster, because his mind is already racing with everything else. ]

World War Two.

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[wont]

[ She is not so much a young woman as she is a girl still on the cusp of womanhood. When Alayne speaks it is with restrained curiosity, the whole image dipping with a slight bow (as is the custom of her homelands). ]

A soldier, so freshly taken from the field of battle, and yet so eager to return? [ Her eyebrows lift. ] You must be quiet brave, ser, and valiant. [ There are no true knights; Alayne believes that. But every so often she hopes that she is wrong. ]

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ Bring him a bully any day and he'll be the first to confront him, to put him in his place and protect those who aren't capable of doing so themselves. But put a woman in front of him and Steve is still struggling to figure out how to speak to one, especially as well mannered and oddly spoken as she is. ]

Yes, ma'am. I made promises I intend to keep, and I'm not big on letting people down. [ But he forgets to mention the part where he's a special soldier, one of a kind, an experiment that can never be repeated, and the only hope of putting a stop to bloodshed. ] I don't know about brave. I'm just doing my job like any soldier, fighting to defend my country.

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[butwedonot]

[ It's a curious sort of moment, and Charles is sympathetic to his plight; the idea that others might depend upon him. Charles has been fretting about the same sort of thing, but according to the others he's spoken to that might not be as big of a problem as he originally believed. Charles breathes out a sigh and tries to offer what he thinks is a comforting smile, ]

I don't think time moves much without us, I cannot be sure but I've heard things of a similar nature. [ A beat, ] That said I've yet to come across anyone who knows why we're trapped here, how we got here or even how to get home.

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ Thankful to have any human contact, especially that with information, Steve is quiet as he listens, expression thoughtful as he considers this. But none of it quite makes sense. If it weren't for the fact that a few years ago he was nothing more than a little guy with ill health stuck in New York in the middle of the war, useless and helpless, and he's now quite the opposite he might struggle more than he appears to be with this. He's seen too much not to find it easier to be a lot more open-minded than ever before. ]

Guess that covers all my questions. [ Either he's a mind reader or he hears the same thing often. ] So what do we know?

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[the_vishual]

A military man.

[ An eleven year old greats you, smiling somewhat. ]

Good. Apologies about the numbers but we all seem to have them.

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ At the sight of a child, Steve allows the confusion to iron out of his expression, which forms into something softer.

He wonders if the ship requires military, if there's danger to face, but his questions aren't to be asked of someone so young. ]

Uh, hi, I'm Steve. What's your name?

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[gothchicklit]

I think the number's more for room and locker assignments than what we're referred to. [ As for the rest of it... There's a part of October that wants to say it's possible he's dead back home and that there won't be anything for him to go back to, but she can't just assume that about everyone here. Just because it's the case for her doesn't mean the entire ship is full of should-be-dead people. ]

You're not really going to get very far with asking to go home, either. Whoever - or whatever - brought here isn't exactly the listening type. Sorry.

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ He listens quietly to what she has to say, looks down at the number marked on his arm with a crease etched into his forehead, but he doesn't appear as if he's going to question this too much, as if he's used to believing absurd things that most people couldn't even dream up. ]

Yeah, I'm used to dealing with people who aren't good at hearing, but I'm getting better at making them listen. [ It's less dangerous than he means it to be, not really the threatening type unless there's danger in sight, and there's a lady present. ] What do we do here exactly? If we can't leave, then they must want us for something.

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[odinsons]

[ whatever. thor doesn't have a lot to offer but. he's going to chime in with something useless. ] The numbers are merely a means of assignments, not so much as a new identity. Not appreciated the way it was done, but they appear to be rather permanent.

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

Oh. [ It's dumb, he knows it is, but his mind is racing in every direction and it's making it difficult for even him to keep up. ] This isn't some kind of slave vessel?

[ The lack of windows concerns him, but he's trying not to think about it, to figure out how he got here before the strange initiation process. ]

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[bottlearum]

[Have a shrug.]

Sorry, mate. You'd be stuck here. An' we've all got numbers, it ain't just you.

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ He takes a moment to stop staring down at the screen. Steve isn't one to judge, not unless he's given a clear picture of the situation to assess, but the way this man speaks, the way he's dressed - well, he reminds him of a pirate from old stories, plays he used to see. ]

If there's a way to bring people on board then there must be a way to get off. [ He's thinking aloud more than anything, gets the feeling he's barking up the wrong tree on this one. ] But if we are stuck, then what do we do here?

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[darkholme]

[w-wow]

You're Captain America, aren't you?

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ He's better at speaking to woman than he once was, but he's still as polite as ever, perfect manners, and he offers a smile, as uncertain as it might be, down into the device. ]

I - yeah, uh, I guess word got out, huh?

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[starked]

[ to be honest, tony would prefer to talk to steve through text, but after the seeing the capslock in one of is other replies, he thinks better of it. a part of tony really doesn't want to talk to captain america because of the already there connection between him and tony though howard. but honestly, he's already chickened out of ever saying anything really to peggy and maybe he should say something this time. ]

Lives don't depend on your return, actually. In fact, more depend on my return then yours and I've been here for several months. [ a beat. ] Are you always like this?

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ Steve frowns down at the voice coming through the device, and one day he's going to figure out how to work this thing properly, but for now he'll try to avoid pressing anything too ominous.

There's something oddly familiar about this voice, or about the attitude behind it, but he can't put his finger on it. ] Yeah? And who the hell are you?

[theshabbiestofmen]

Which war?

[akidfrombrooklyn]

It's come to be known as World War Two.

encrypted audio; | THIS IS THE LATEST EVER but i couldn't not tag this SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE!

[widowing]

[ a long pause as natasha processes this and considers her answers. it's impossible, but so is pretty much everything on this ship. she also knows that s.h.i.e.l.d. was searching for him back home, and if agent carter's here... ]

Captain Rogers. I'm afraid that the ship doesn't have much consideration for our previous obligations.

encrypted audio; | It's okay! I failed at life due to health so fnjkgjihk

[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ Captain Rogers? Whoever this woman was speaking down the line she knew of him, of his status, and that set him on edge. But she says our, as if she's in the same position as he is as opposed to the opposite side. ]

What do they have consideration for? This obviously wasn't an accident, and they've gone to a lot of trouble to bring me here...

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[revvedup]

[ max can definitely appreciate not wanting to be known as a number, though her mind doesn't jump to the concentration camps of world war II, but to barcodes etched on the back of children's necks. (it didn't take her long to figure out what '011' stood for.) so even though the military connection makes her wary at first, she decides to reply. ]

Whoever's in charge doesn't seem all that concerned with what we need.

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

[ Steve doesn't quite know how to work this device, but he tries not to knock anything he shouldn't, frowns down at it. But the voice of a woman helps to keep him calm, always polite and well mannered around the opposite sex, even if he's still not the best at speaking to them unless he's got a reason to. ]

And who's in charge around here?