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[counterstep]

how many people need a primer on survivalism for this mission?
general headcount and identifications would be useful, so others can keep an eye out for you also, once we're in.

( to be helped, of course. )

gathering some info on this already, so I'll edit a bit later to add a basic guide below.

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[mockingbirdy]

Dead, but still a jerk.

[counterstep]

never met him so I'll have to take your word for it

[mockingbirdy]

My words always good for it, promise.

[counterstep]

how do we know each other?

[mockingbirdy]

Are you asking how I know the version of you in my world?

[counterstep]

yes

[mockingbirdy]

Avengers.

He came back from being presumed dead for years around the same time as me. No one knew he was the Winter Soldier and no one knew that I had been kidnapped by Skrulls.

We were relatable to each other cause of it.

[counterstep]

so he really is an Avenger then, huh

( based on what he's heard from several people now. he's not...a fan of that. but it's different version of him. so it's not his problem. )

yeah, nothing like bonding over trauma

what are Skrulls?

[mockingbirdy]

For a while. He was Captain America until the trial.

Be glad you don't know what Skrulls are. But they're shapeshifting aliens that can learn your memories and replace anyone you know.

[counterstep]

right
guess he'd have to be when he was Cap
or people would freak

wow well that's all kinds of awful
what's their motive in kidnapping or replacing someone?

[mockingbirdy]

Probably. He got mad if you called him Bucky-Cap though. We've stayed in touch since we both left for a long time. He's a good dude, helped me out of a jam with a hostile SHIELD takeover before he fucked off to the moon.

[Bobbi doesn't talk about Skrulls because Bobbi's not over Skrulls so it's rare but she answers that too.]

To take over earth.

[counterstep]

why wouldn't he? 'Bucky-Cap' is an awful nickname

he went to the moon??

( the terse response sort of indicates as such. )

are there any aliens that don't want to take over Earth? like
what's so great about it anyway
even without aliens, we keep trying to kill ourselves
that's like getting an ant farm were the ants just actively threaten each other with nukes and end up destroying the entire ant farm anyway

[mockingbirdy]

Yes. He protected the Earth as the man on the wall from external threats when Nick Fury was leaving the position.

I have no idea what that analogy means, but I'm pretty sure there's nice aliens out there too.

[counterstep]

that's

hm

( hm. )

hard to tell based on my current experiences
last one I encountered literally ripped my arm off my body without any explanation

the metal one, for clarity's sake

[mockingbirdy]

Wow. Did you tell it that picking on a disabled man was rude?

[counterstep]

didn't even get the chance
she was gone within moments

thankfully have a spare, but that wasn't a good day

[mockingbirdy]

Sounds frustrating.

[counterstep]

the arm she stole was a priceless gift from a dear friend

[mockingbirdy]

[Seems a little over dramatic but...]

Did you get it back?