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intro log

who. everyone!
what. entering omega.
where. landing pads
when. today
warnings. none for now

You’re not sure how it happened.

A minute ago, you had somewhere to go, someplace to be. Maybe something important to do, or maybe you were just going out to buy groceries. Whatever it was, it doesn’t matter anymore.

You’re in some kind of transport -- a shuttle, given the turbulence and the sounds outside. You’re surrounded by strangers, some of whom might not even be the same species you are. There’s no point in asking. They don’t know how they got here either. The cockpit’s blocked off, like someone forgot to put in a door, and not even a glance at your omni-tool -- a holographic interface accessible by merely tapping the sensor on your left arm -- is any help.

You’ve only got a minute or so before the shuttle starts descending. There aren’t any windows -- this doesn’t look like a shuttle meant for long trips. When it finally touches down, the doors open automatically.

Before you are landing pads, abandoned equipment scattered about. There are other shuttles landing, and whether you like it or not, you’re going to have to get off before yours dumps you out the door. Turn around, and you’re met with a hazy skyline, only half the buildings seem to be coming from above.

Welcome to Omega.

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[His own grip is firm and he nods in greeting.]

Captain America, but Steve is fine.

[He'll answer to a slew of other names as well. Cap, Rogers, Captain, whatever new nickname Tony has for him today, etc.]

Thanks, I didn't design it. It just kind of stuck around.

[Now comes the part where he tries to decide whether the man is really the superhero sort and SHIELD just hasn't mentioned him, or if he's a wannabe. He imagines Iron Man sparked plenty of pretenders. Or maybe he's just from wherever they are right now, lots of options.

Steve will give him the benefit of the doubt.]

Sorry, I haven't heard of you.

[He makes a note of that and will probably call him Cap, names are far too long and Conner's the kind of guy to shorten even the short ones down. One syllable was more than enough.]

Well whoever did, did a pretty good job of it.

[He remembers his earlier costumes or uniforms and well...yeah. He'll say no more. He raises his brow at the fact he said he didn't know him.]

Really? Oh well, uh, that's me.

[He glances down at his uniform with a small frown and just a bit of sadness.][Long story, don't ask. You don't want to hear Steve ramble about his life.]

I've been asleep for awhile. I'm a little out of the loop.

[He'd no doubt tune him out eventually. Not because what he'd be saying was boring, but anyone rambling tends to make him a little antsy. He does notice the change in how Steve is though but...well he doesn't know if the guy wants to talk about it so he offers him some kind of sympathetic smile.]

Uh, how long is awhile? Y'know what, doesn't matter.

So, you're in the army then?

[Yeah, Coulson's death is still a little fresh. He still feels awful about it. He knows there is nothing they could have done but losing someone is always tough.

Steve looks a bit sheepish and supplies the number anyway.]

About seventy years.

[Y'know, give or take.]

Yeah, I was originally with the 107th Infantry. I'm with a different division now.

[Thankfully it's not something he's had happen to him very often, but no one is immune to losing people. Conner would feel for him if he knew about it.

There's a moment of stunned silence as he processes that. Seventy years. That was...a lot more than he expected to hear.]

That's...okay, that's impressive. Musta been some good pills.

The army is really not my strong point. That going okay then?

[Steve has lost more people in his life than is really fair but it doesn't do to dwell on it now does it?

Of course, it's almost impossible not to think about it when discussing exactly how he'd slept for seventy years.]

Nah, it wasn't pills. [They don't work on him well anyway.] There was an accident. I was frozen in the arctic. They didn't find me until recently.

[Subject change. Yes, good. That's a direction he can go.]

It's not for everyone. My dad was military. When the war started, I couldn't just sit back. [Shrug, no big deal and it's paired with a sigh.] My new team is off to a rocky start. We'll figure it out.

[Probably. He hopes. They don't really have much of a choice here.]

[His eyes widened at the frozen part and his mouth had opened to comment on it but he stopped when Steve changed the topic. He got it. Some things Conner never really wanted to talk about either.

He smiles at the talk on teams though. That was something he knew, and rocky starts, oh yeah.]

Trust me, if you don't let what happens get to you all too much, you'll get it. Might not know military, but working in teams I totally get.

[He didn't have a dad so he didn't really know about following someone, but he had Superman and he was always someone Conner chased in some way until recently.]

So you're a real hero, huh? I figure a lot of people didn't have the same thoughts as you when it came to the war. We are talking the big, 2...right?

[Steve nods in agreement; he knows how it goes to work in teams too. The Howling Commandos had been a perfect machine.]

The problem is with clashing personalities. [Their big fight in the lab is still really fresh.] We've got a lot of egos on the team.

[But mostly Tony.]

Just doing my duty. [He mutters. He doesn't like the word 'hero' so much. Steve has the ability to help so he does and that's all there is to it.] There were some disagreements but there are always are in a war. It's not easy to have so many lives depending on you.

[He just nods--World War II indeed.]

[Egos. He had been a big one contributing to that. Conner nods, egos weren't something he'd ever found a solution to, but then he had been the Tony of the team for...a really long time, so there hadn't been a problem on his part before. Obviously.

Conner struggles to think of a subject change, not that things were maybe getting depressing, but he didn't think it was something easy to talk about.

So, ever been to a place like this before?

[Tony is the only member of his team here too. This just makes his life even better.

He glances around at the landing pad and shakes his head.]

No, can't say I have. Never been off Earth before, didn't really know anyone could get off Earth not like this.

Randomly like this without knowing's a little new but...yeah, welcome to some kind of space travel?

Strangeness aside, this is still impressive.

[And here he'd been surprised about the Helicarrier. He owes Fury like $100 now or something.]

Edited (yeah idk what my brain was doing when it wrote that sentence) 2013-02-04 05:00 (UTC)

I just wonder if it gets better than landing pads and when we get to see it.

And you know, the whole getting home thing.

From what I've heard, it doesn't get much better. Couldn't tell you for sure.

[He nods in agreement.]

I think we're all looking for a way home. I'm hoping if someone finds it, they'll share with the rest of us.

Ugh, seriously? I feel like I need to find somewhere clean and with some sun and just sprawl out. It's too...dull here.

[He frowns a little at the thought of someone not letting everyone else know. He'd tell everyone he could and tell them to tell others if he found one.]

Hopefully they will.

Well, good luck finding it here. Does this place even have a sun?

[He kind of glances around and looks to see if there are any windows in the place.

Steve would tell everyone too but he knows not everyone has the same intentions.]

It'd be the decent thing to do.

It has to have something cause I'm not feeling any weaker. [Trying to look out of the station didn't help, there was lead here and there and his vision wasn't going as far as it usually could. Which was strange.]

Not everyone's a decent person unfortunately.

[He looks a bit confused--what does the sun have to do with how he feels? He can understand being a little down about it not being around but the phrasing is strange.]

Yeah, learn that the hard way in our line of work.

Ha! Yeah.

[He isn't thinking army line of work even though he thinks Steve is still talking army wise.]

[Either way, they're in agreement. At some point, he'll learn exactly what Steve means.]

They'll tell us. There's no reason to keep it to themselves.

[And he believes the best in people.]

If it's to do with torture they'll let us know. But as much as I'd want them to if it isn't, they might not. Being realistic. Power's another thing that could mean they won't tell us.

[He hopes he's wrong. On both ideas.]

[He crosses his arms across his chest.]

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. We just gotta trust people to do the right thing.

And give them hell to pay when we do. Hope it's not going to be misplaced.

I've heard plenty of those declarations. We'll have to be sure before taking any drastic actions.

[He's not letting someone be a scapegoat.]

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Super cool when DW eats part of a tag and you don't notice ;|

DW rude :|!

Very rude :|

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