Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties...

[arrogantalloy]

WHO| Tony, The Avengers, and everyone else.
WHAT| Tony's woken from death and is now seeking the Avengers that died before him, Dave and Bucky too.
WHEN| 2nd of the 10th
WHERE| D12's floor, The commons of the Tribute Tower, possibly out on the streets.
WARNINGS| Thoughts on and talking about death, Maybe swearing?


District 12's Level


When Tony came too in his room his first instinct was to gasp for air. After all, dying from toxic dust you were immediately aware was not only in his body, but had managed to breathe in enough of it during the explosion to essentially leave him not only poisoned by internally hemorrhaging from coughing too long and too hard.

When he realised that he could in fact still breath and that his lungs were clear, Tony spared a thought to Thor, after all, when Tony realised how bad it was going to be he left Thor in the night, having to give mercy to Bucky had been hard enough on him, and Tony didn't want him to go through that, let alone see Tony get to that point. Hopefully Thor didn't take it as an insult, especially not after they started getting along.

Sitting up Tony got himself changed into something he felt more comfortable in, just a t-shirt and jeans before heading out into level 12's common room. Paying no mind to the Avoxes (After all it's not like they can talk to them, and he hates being handed things so they have no real reason to interact) He grabs an apple and walks to the elevator. After all it was a good time of day for people to be leaving their rooms, so Tony was going to go on the hunt.

Tower Commons


He wanders slowly around the commons of the tower, keeping his eyes open for the familiar shapes he was looking for. While he doesn't presently look all too open and obviously amused at the world, right now he looks determined and focused. If it's one thing Tony knows he can rely on is that Bruce, Bucky, Dave, Steve and even Anna all have pretty distinctive shapes to themselves making them easy enough to pick out of a crowd.

Even if the crowd is full of equally weird looking tributes sometimes.

Various drinking establishments.

If he was being honest with himself, Tony might say that the bars were calling to him. But considering his last foray into the world of marinating in liquor had him waking up without his hangover cure of coffee and donuts, Tony felt that maybe he should at least hold off on drinking for... Maybe an hour. So he chose to convince himself instead that he was looking for the others.

Comments

[tookthewheel]

Tony doesn't have to wait for long, Bucky hesitates only a moment before following after him outside.

He has been in much the same boat since finding out that piece of information. The Black Widow was not a friend but a woman for whom he had come to possess a healthy amount of respect, the same that he would apply to a handler, a commander. With that came a certain amount of attachment for one who, though at first threatening, had come through after with kinder actions that he wasn't sure he deserved.

His hair will remain uncut because he doesn't know anyone but her he would allow to cut it.

"They made a mistake." They. The Capitol. They made the wrong choice not to bring her back. The current of his own personal upset at the development weaves its way into his words.

[arrogantalloy]

Tony shakes his head then rubs at his face slowly. he really didn't want to deal with this.

"A mistake would have been televising it. They did that with my district's last escort." He takes another drink as he looks around at the walking traffic outside the store without really paying attention to it.

"If they didn't have a point to make with her they could have just sent her back, for all we know she wasn't giving the Capitol enough of a show."

After all, her being one of S.H.I.E.L.D's top spies meant she knew how to keep herself as unobtrusive as possible, so it wouldn't be beyond possibility that she had in general made her self look too uninteresting for the Capitol to keep her around. It almost made Tony want to try it, but he's never been good at not standing out.

[tookthewheel]

Bucky looks down at his drink and after sniffing the liquid inside the cup let's himself take a drink, the hot bitter taste something to focus on other than his own restrained feelings over Natasha's removal from the games.

"She was suspected of murdering the head Peacekeeper." he points this out quietly, even though the bustle of the crowd and traffic around them would make it difficult for any nearby microphone to pick up on their conversation. It might be both reasons were used to justify the decision, a mistake on Natasha's part tied with one on the Capitol's. "But the other suspects have been resurrected."

[arrogantalloy]

He reflects on that thought then looks at Bucky, his face looking certain.

"Then she didn't do it." He takes another drink from his coffee. "They're too big on making an example of people for giving peacekeepers dirty looks to let her go without a word if she was the actual killer."

As much as Tony could let conspiracies fly with that connection, but he's far too logical to let it actually slip through.

[tookthewheel]

"No. It was too sloppy for someone with her skill set."

There's something like professional pride there as he ranks the Black Widow's abilities. Her file had listed her as a level 6 target, highly skilled in espionage, interrogation and assassination. Her combat abilities and intelligence was not to be underestimated.

He doesn't care who actually did it, to be honest, but he'd been certain it was not Natasha from the beginning.

[arrogantalloy]

Tony just grins. He was never under the impression he was the only one who knew Natasha, because he's pretty sure he only knows an 8th of who she is. But he's at least nice to know that he was at least right in assuming the same thing that Bucky thought.

"The fact they found the body so quick made that obvious."

is all he adds to the conversation.

[tookthewheel]

"Not necessarily... but in this case, yes." Bucky nods, sipping more of his coffee.

Normally the caffeine would be processed by his body too efficiently to really be felt unless consumed in high concentration, so perhaps one perk of having his abilities curbed was that he got to experience the effect of the caffeine. Not that he'd ever been allowed to consume it before but that wasn't a factor anymore.

"Can I have a donut?"

[arrogantalloy]

He let's Bucky's slight correction about how Natasha would clean up a kill lay. Because really Tony's no assassin, and he's barely good at murder on the few time's he's had to kill to live. So he chooses to accept that maybe he's thinking a little too idealistically which isn't a good look on him so he's not going to fight it.

He does instead look down at his donuts then at Bucky.

"You know, if you had asked that earlier you could have gotten the exact donut you want."

As much as it sounds like he isn't planing on offering a donut, the fact he points the box in the other man's direction for him to open the box clearly says otherwise.

[tookthewheel]

He asked with no clear expectation of a yes or a no. Tony had started this excursion in the name of getting donuts, Bucky did not remember whether he indicated the donuts were for him alone or not. He's pleased to be allowed to take one, not that he would have been upset if denied, and reaches for lid of the box, opening it up and taking one of the sugary treats within out with his right hand.

"Thank you." in three bites he devours it, then lifts his hand to suck the sugar residue from his fingers. Then he looks at Tony, curious, "You would have let me choose?"

[arrogantalloy]

Tony nods at the question as he somewhat awkwardly pulls out a donut with his coffee hand but doesn't bite into it just yet.

"When I brought it up you didn't look to excited, figured it wasn't your thing, but I'd eat any kind of donut based sweets, so you could have picked out marshmallow stuffed ones and I wouldn't have cared."

With a practised hand, Tony bit into the donut without sacrificing any of his coffee in the process.

[tookthewheel]

"I didn't get to eat donuts before I came here. I like these ones." he points out to Tony at that, still surprised that the other man would have given him the option to make the choice but at this point willing to accept it. Maybe if there's a next time he'll ask for a donut stuffed with marshmallow just to see what it's like.

Someone he once knew liked marshmallow, but he can't remember who. It's not the first time that detail has jogged his memory, it happened in the arena too when he destroyed his biographies.

Bucky sips his coffee while watching Tony's balancing act with his own.

[arrogantalloy]

"On. I think it's Wednesdays. There's a street cart, he does all kinds of donuts." Tony begins with, biting into his donut and not talking again until he's done with the mouthful, stil without spilling his coffee.

"When we're all out of this, we should all go to him. Best donuts in city, if not the state. Can't remember if he does marshmallows."

Tony remains unaware of Bucky's vague memory return instead continuing to talk about donuts while drinking his coffee. utterly unconcerned with how he's handling the proceedings.

[tookthewheel]

"You mean if we get to go back where we came from?" he hazards from what Tony's saying. The brush of memory was just a flicker, a feeling there and gone, there's no point chasing after it and so Bucky resignedly lets it go.

He's getting pretty used to that.

"You think that's possible?"

[arrogantalloy]

Tony just raises an eyebrow at Bucky for the question.

"I've gone my whole life going through doors both ways. This place isn't any different." He takes a long drink from his coffee. "I mean, I don't exactly. Know where the door is right now. It's just, a matter of time."

Tony knows that it's not at all this simple in this world, not when every important area in the city is thick with guards nor do they trust him near tools, which is wise. Especially as through the rebellion he got more than enough parts to build something special. But still, it is going to be a long and hard trip to find the right door to go home.

[tookthewheel]

It's crossed his mind before to wonder where the gateway is that the Capitol uses to bring them here. It has to have crossed everyone's minds sooner or later. It just hadn't occurred to Bucky, long used to having his path directed for him, that it might be possible to return back to the world he'd come from -- assuming the Capitol ever allowed it or was defeated to give the Tributes access to it.

To go back to their world, where HYDRA was still waiting...

A better option than remaining here. However it feels like it's a dangerous sort of conversation to be having. "I'd like to go back."

There are things he needs to do.

[arrogantalloy]

Finishing off his donut, Tony leaves Bucky to his own thoughts for a moment. Not even giving an outward reaction to Bucky admiring he'd like to return to their world.

"I think I could put easy money on that being everyone's wish, Memento."

Of course he has at least a vague idea that there are people here who couldn't or wouldn't want to go back to their worlds for various reason, but he's very much counting them as outliers.

[tookthewheel]

To that Bucky shrugs, unsure if that's true or not. Unless Tony is speaking specifically about people from their world and not everyone else.

He drains the last of his coffee and crumples up the cup in his hand, before dropping it into a nearby bin.

"I'm going back." Bucky indicates in the direction of the Tribute Center. He's been outside in the city longer than he usually stands to be at this point and decides that he's had enough. It won't be long before they start attracting gawkers among the citizenry.