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[ridethecyclone]

[ There's a clear view of the Rogers-Barnes kitchen coming through on the feed, Bucky hunched over the counter with a pen and a pad of paper, a half bitten pen between his fingers. He scrawls for a minute before it ends up propped by a coffee mug for the whole world to see. Why, he has no idea, it just feels like a good idea at the time. ]

Dear

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[punchedhitler]

[Steve comes in through the door, okay, just as the pad is going up in flames. He's bundled up in a red, white and blue scarf with tiny stars marching down the ends near the ends. He has a red nose and red cheeks, and a bundle in his hand.]

Are you burning your letter to Santa?

[ridethecyclone]

[ Bucky's caught staring at the scarf for a minute, possessed by the urge to laugh even as the flames singe his fingertips and he's forced to blow it out. ] No. [ He's lying. ] I'm not a kid.

[punchedhitler]

Oh yeah? I mean I just saw it on the Network a minute ago...

[Smug Steve is smug]

Anyway, you got a scarf too.

[Bucky's is blue! It has tiny trees on the ends]

[ridethecyclone]

[ ... ] You are such a punk.

[ La la la, carefully avoiding the subject of his santa letter. ] I'm not wearing a crazy scarf.

[waitedforyears]

That would be a curse.

[ridethecyclone]

[ ... ] Are they jus' designed to make people look like a jackass?

[waitedforyears]

That's only the harmless ones.

[ridethecyclone]

I think I'd prefer danger.

[primrosella]

...A war?

--Oh, I'm terribly sorry, I didn't mean to pry.

[ridethecyclone]

Hey, it's okay. I'm the idiot that broadcast a whole bunch o' crazy crap.

Rosella, right? We met before, but I'm still gettin' the hang of names.

[primrosella]

It happens to everyone, believe me. It's a rather unfortunate trick of these devices--and of the curses, too.

That's right! We met on the street that day, when you were listening to your music. And I think I may know your friend Steve, as well, if he's the same one I'm thinking of. Is he a captain of some sort? We spoke once about a song my lake monster was singing for me.

[ridethecyclone]

Yeah, that was probably him. Unless there are other Captains called Steve that I don't know about.

[ ... ] Lake monster?

[ironmanic]

That is absolutely touching. I think I've got tears in my eyes.

[ridethecyclone]

[ He is going to shoot things. :| ] Bite me, Stark.

[ironmanic]

I would, but I don't know where you've been. I'm very conscious of my hygiene, you know.

[ridethecyclone]

[ Snorting. ] Sure y'are.

voice;

[duplicitas]

Cigarettes and guns and bagels. An interesting combination.

Re: voice;

[ridethecyclone]

I'm a New Yorker.

voice;

[duplicitas]

Which means guns, cigarettes and bagels are a necessity?

voice;

[ridethecyclone]

Y'ever been t'New York? 'Course it is.