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Bucky Barnes ([personal profile] advanced) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-04-01 04:52 pm

missing pieces

who: Bucky Barnes (MCU), Ivar Ragnarsson, Dick Grayson, Stephen Strange, Ellie, Tony Stark, Suigetsu Houzuki, Clark Kent, Fatima Merali, Eichi Tenshouin, Shai Ebbisaryn, Steve Rogers (MCU), Líadan Ní Donnabháin, Bucky Barnes (616), and Jonathan Kent
what: Various prompts
when: April 1st/2nd
where: Abandoned city
warnings: Probable violence
note: Though this log has closed prompts, if you would like to do anything with Bucky please just send me a PM or hit me up at [plurk.com profile] bibbety and I will be more than happy to add in a prompt for you!

[i: Sparring partners; CLOSED to Ivar Ragnarsson]

[Bucky spends a lot of his time out in the abandoned city, even sleeping there some nights when the feel of people all around him becomes a bit too much to handle. He's doing better than he was when he arrived here, he's even spoken to Steve fairly courteously once, but he's got a long way to go and he still prefers to do it alone.

Which is why he's out in the city training himself, running between buildings, jumping and vaulting various debris fields, and occasionally testing his acrobatic skills with flips and kicks off one surface to catch hold of another. What he's not expecting, after jumping one particularly large gap between rooftops, is to land by a man on the ground.

At first he thinks it's someone hurt, until he recognises the man that fought him when he was recently arrived and remembers how he couldn't use his legs. It's pretty impressive that he got up this far, let alone out here to the abandoned city in the first place.]


You okay?

[He was just going to go, but maybe Ivar really is hurt and can't get down.]

[ii: Meals on wheels; CLOSED to Dick Grayson]

[There have been a couple of times while Bucky has been skulking around the city that he's seen the man he doused in yoghurt, still patrolling in that costume. He knows his name now, made sure to look it up based on the usernames and the apartment - Dick Grayson. Not that he plans on using it, he just likes to have all the information, it can be the difference between life and death.

But what he doesn't realise is that he's the one that's been spotted tonight by Dick, as he slips out into the abandoned city and turns into one of the nearby ruins. A sleeping bag and rucksack are already stashed there, along with a surprising array of weapons. He slides into his sleeping bag, sat up against the wall, completely unaware that he's not alone... for now.]


[iii: Magic and Mayhem; CLOSED to Stephen Strange]

[Bucky has very few things that he would count as personal possessions. His weapons, clothes, and sleeping bag were all just tools that could pass in and out of his ownership without him caring that much. Though he would never like to be unarmed, he could always find more weapons if he lost these.

But he had a book that was precious to him. Just a tattered little notebook which was a quarter full of news clippings of all the various Avengers, some information both bought and stolen from the Smithsonian gift shop, and several choppy paragraphs in his own handwriting. Notes on information he's found out, memories that have resurfaced, that sort of thing.

He's sitting on the rooftop of one of the buildings in the main city, riffling through the book, when a sudden gust of wind catches it and sends it out of his hands and over the side to land at either at the feet of, or directly on the head of, the poor unsuspecting person walking by.

Sorry, Stephen.]


[iv: Dance lessons; CLOSED to Ellie]

[The flower festival isn't exactly Bucky's natural habitat, but he keeps finding himself drawn to the dance lessons and performances in the various open park areas. He doesn't really remember dancing himself, it's definitely not something the Soldier has ever done even though he has the dexterity for it, but it feels familiar.

So even though spending so much time in the crowds goes against a lot of his instincts, Bucky keeps finding himself back in the throng.

It's where he is that morning, sat with his back against a tree to make it slightly harder to sneak up on him from behind, intently watching a couple perform an exhibition piece in the style of swing dancing. These are the ones he likes the best, the ones that feel the most oddly familiar, and he has an almost peaceful expression as he watches.]


[v: Running into you; CLOSED to Tony Stark]

[Bucky spends a lot of his time either hiding, skulking in the shadows, or moving at a carefully steady pace through crowds so as not to attract attention. But sometimes he just needs to blow off steam, sometimes he just needs to burn through the excess energy that the bastardised serum gives him.

Which is why he's running.

He's at least chosen a time when he doesn't think anyone else will be near the outskirts of the city, and he's running down side streets and back alleys rather than the main streets, but he is pushing himself all out. Running faster than a normal human could, vaulting trash cans and practically skidding around corners.

It's probably lucky he hasn't crashed into anyone before now...]


[vi: Festival Fun; CLOSED to Suigetsu Houzuki]

[This festival, much like the last festival, is a good place to gather free food. The stall vendors are often so busy that they don't notice a little something here or there going missing, and lots of people end up buying food that they can't finish and just abandon. Which is why one suspicious hobo type is now casually wandering the picnic area, stooping as if to tie his shoe every so often when he's really stealing leftovers.

Don't mind him...]


[vii: A serious talk; CLOSED to Clark Kent]

[See the comments for starter.]

[viii: Kites and trees; SEMI-OPEN to anyone plotted with on the CR meme]

[Bucky has spent most of the flower festival skirting the main events, on the fringes of the crowds, or watching from a distance. But some things keep drawing him in deeper, like leftovers at the picnic area, or dance contests, or the smell of food.

To anyone wandering, he can be found in the following places:

i) staring into the window of a bakery as if the pies on display have the answer to life.
ii) up a tree in the park, watching a dance demonstration like a skulking creeper
iii) flying a kite that he got pressured into buying, sitting on the grass in a relatively secluded area. If this kite accidentally drops and wraps around your character, more's the pity.]


[ix: Football; CLOSED to Jonathan Kent]

[Bucky doesn't look like someone who's in the park to play a nice game of football... for one, he doesn't actually have a football. He's also skulking under the trees, wearing a long hoodie and gloves despite the warm weather, and is looking around at everyone entering the park as if they might be a threat to him.

But he said he wanted to do this, so he's here.

Even after he got the message from Clark that said he had somewhere else to be that morning, he was sorry, but hopefully Bucky could still have fun with Jonathan. Which was why Bucky was skulking out of place, waiting for a kid and hoping that said kid brought a football with him. Or they might be kind of scuppered.]
dust_of_life: (Lost)

VIII; iii

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-16 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fatima's feeling a little partied out. As much as she enjoys any excuse to dress up, she's fully aware of the fact that these parties are just a distraction. A means to placate and calm the prisoners in the nuthouse. And she doesn't want to be calm. Or placated. She wants to go back home.

So as the party wears on, she finds herself drifting away from other people, a bottle of rum dangling from her fingertips. It's either that rum or the frustration talking, but maybe, just maybe, with all the festivities, the perimeter isn't as heavily guarded?

Worth a shot, anyway.

But she becomes distracted when she sees the lonely kite flying in the distance. And all at once, she's veering off course, walking toward it like a beacon of some kind. Maybe she needs this. The chance to investigate anything, no matter how small. To feel like herself again. To feel like she has some goddamn agency in her life right now.

It's a nice thought...]
dust_of_life: (Confused)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-16 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's been drinking, but she's not exactly drunk. Dhampir tend to have a high tolerance for alcohol. So she's able to neatly step aside as the kite comes crashing down. But when her eyes follow the line back to the owner...well. They nearly bug out of her head.]

Ian?

[She hasn't stopped thinking about the weird hobo since they met. And more than once, she's taken a walk by where they met, armed with the least violent-looking fruit she can find. Which, for the record, is a banana.

He's kind of the last person she would ever expect to find...flying a kite.]
dust_of_life: (Tired)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-18 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He seriously needs all the therapy.

Fatima leans over and picks up the kite.]


Don't drag it. You'll tear the canvas.

[She carries it over to him, careful to keep her movements predictable, slow, and nonthreatening. Of course, a guy afraid of kiwis can probably find danger lurking in everything, but she's trying her best.

As she approaches him, she slowly holds out the kite at arm's length. He can take it if he wants. If not, she'll leave it on the ground and back away from it slowly.]
dust_of_life: (Calm)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-18 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, that's progress. Worrying about her well-being.]

Nah.

[She offers him a vague smile.]

It was touch-and-go there for a minute, but I managed to outrun it.

[Slowly, she lets her arm fall back down to her side. Nowhere near her bag or pockets. Fingers relaxed against her side, dangling for him to see.]
dust_of_life: (Tired)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-18 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
S'okay. I wasn't really announcing myself this time.

[Yeah, that had backfired terrifically.

She sighs, looking him up and down.]


How's finding food coming? You been eating all right?
dust_of_life: (Calm)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-18 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's everything she can do not to roll her eyes. Honestly, she can't tell if it's psychosis, male ego, stubbornness, or some toxic combination of all three.]

I have a couple of oranges in my bag. They're yours, if you want them.

[She turns her body slowly.]

I'll even let you take them out, if your promise not to steal my lipstick.
dust_of_life: (Annoyed)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-18 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
And I'm not trying to hurt you. If you don't want to be treated like a stray animal, stop treating me like the dog catcher.

[She bites the inside of her cheek for a second, then takes a swig from her bottle of rum, not keeping the movements terribly smooth this time because...fuck it.]

You know, there's no shame in letting someone be nice to you.
dust_of_life: (Uncertain)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-18 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fatima suppresses a sigh. No one she ever helped at home was this frustrating.

But then again, most of those people were, at the very least, comfortable in their own world.]


'Why' what?
dust_of_life: (Confused)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-18 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
...because it's the right thing to do?

[Fatima's jaded as hell and even she finds the question odd. She's not sure if that's an Ian-thing or an Ian's-world-thing.]

When you seen someone scourging for food, you don't spit at them. You help them out.

[She shrugs.]

At least that's how I was programmed.
dust_of_life: (Annoyed)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-18 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't know me that well, so I'm gonna try not to take that as an insult.

[But she is going to take another swig of rum.]

I don't let myself get hurt.
dust_of_life: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-18 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[She tilts her head, trying a new tact.]

Are you gonna hurt me?
dust_of_life: (Flirty)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-18 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fatima shrugs.]

That's kinda good enough for me.

Glad we could get that out of the way.
dust_of_life: (Tired)

[personal profile] dust_of_life 2017-04-19 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
So what? You're a rage monster who can't be held responsible for your own actions?

[Fatima shakes her head.]

I don't get you, Ian.

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