The Binding of Isaac

[gamemakers]

Who| All those who signed up for the plot!
What| Capitol rebels attempt a break in and dismantling of dangerous weaponry.
Where| In a warehouse just beyond the very end of the cityline
When| Some time following Arena 13
WARNINGS| Please specify warnings in tag headers.
NOTES | Remember that if you did not sign up, it will be assumed you are not participating in the plot. Plotting can be found here! IC plotting is here!

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[tookthewheel]

"It'll amuse Steve at least." his rolls his metal shoulder while he thinks about it, making sure the muscles it attaches to aren't in danger of stiffening before they start the mission. "Shame neither of you have enough hair for me to return the favour."

Bucky pretends to consider, then nods, "It was worth it."

[sizeofyourbaggage]

"I think you're underestimating just how awesome I am at French braiding, man, I get my nieces shoving each other to be first in line." He chuckles a little. "Maybe I'll think about growing it out, give you a chance." Not that he has much of a choice, in the arenas, but that's not what this is about.

"Well, as long as it was worth it." He shakes his head, still amused even as he transitions into something a little more serious. "I got a message I need to give you, actually. From Albert, he's in District 13. He's alive."

[tookthewheel]

Nieces make Bucky think of sisters for a moment. Dark haired girls with bright eyes battling for his attention and -- he just smiles back at Sam for a moment, refusing to show the sadness in the thought. "I'm sure."

With the jovial tone of their conversation so far the switch takes him totally by surprise, "What?" his voice drops lower despite where they are, "How do you know?"

[sizeofyourbaggage]

Sam shoots a slightly apologetic smile at him at the sudden change. Normally he’d try for an easier transition, but he knows they don’t have much time before they need to get back to the mission, and he needs to get this out first.

“He got a message out. I think it was a one time kind of thing, far as I know, but he wanted to make sure we knew he was there. There’s some other people, too - Sif, Joan Watson, Punchy O'Connor, Wyatt Earp, Lady Sif, Carlos the Scientist, and Cecil Palmer. I don’t know if you know any of them, but they’re all in 13.” Meaning there’s even more motivation to make sure the Capitol doesn’t get to use its weapon against them, as far as Sam’s concerned.

[tookthewheel]

"Some of them." he replies, his response slowed by shock. Albert's alive, Sif is alive, as well as Carlos. That's incredible news and a lot to process. The fact that they're alive and 13 somehow managed to slip them all out from underneath the Capitol's nose fills him with a odd restlessness down in the core of him, wanting to make his limbs twitch with all the electric energy inside him. Excitement, that's the feeling, roused by the scent of some secret weakness in the beast that owns them.

"That's good -- good news."

[sizeofyourbaggage]

“Hell yeah it is,” Sam agrees with a flash of a smile that’s closer to a kind of predatory determination than it is about humor. It’s still something that Sam’s coming to terms with - Albert is alive - but he knows damn well what it means that so many Tributes made it to 13 after being thought dead.

“Means we better get this right, because a lot of people are counting on us now. And means we manage to pull this off, maybe we’re a little bit closer to what you and I talked about.”

[tookthewheel]

Bucky nods sharply. "We're going to get this right."

He may not like what he was under HYDRA, he may not want to be it anymore, but there's a twisted sort of pride overlaid underneath at the knowledge he was a creature that got things right. He got a mission and he didn't fail. Now he's just got to turn that kind of success to the right side of things.

"It's almost time."

[sizeofyourbaggage]

"You're damn right we are."

This is one of the reasons why he knew it was important for him to tell the others about this before the mission. It's not a victory, not by a longshot, but it's better than what they had before, knowing some of them got out of the Capitol. And it's a personal motivation, beyond the ones they already had.

Without thinking about it, he holds up his hand, curled into a loose fist, looking for a fistbump.

[tookthewheel]

Bucky blinks and at this point there's no claiming ignorance of the gesture even if he wanted to, which he doesn't. After a moment, with the smallest quirk of his lips upwards, he lifts his hand and bumps it gently against Sam's.

Feels good.

[sizeofyourbaggage]

Sam's expression lights up, just for a moment, when Bucky fistbumps him back.

Then he nods, taking a few steps back, ready to join back in the mission preparation.

"Let's do this, man, see you on the other side."