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PLAYER PROFILE
Player name: Dha
Age: almost 29
Contact: derecho @ plurk
Characters currently in-game: n/a
Squicks/Triggers/Fears: suicide (trigger)
VOLUNTEER PROFILE
Name: James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
Age: Chronological 101, Biological ~31
Physical Appearance: buck n ches, sans one metal arm
Point in Timeline: Near the end of Captain America: Civil War before he goes to sleep + CRAU events (see below)
World Description: The MCU's Earth is much like our own world, with the exception of superheroes! Earth first experienced superheroes in the form of Iron Man in 2008 and its first major alien invasion in 2012. The Avengers formed in 2012 to fight off this alien invasion, but under the guiding hand of a secret organization known as SHIELD. However, SHIELD was not as altruistic as one might hope and turned out to be the remains of a German-turned-Soviet evil group known as HYDRA. After learning this, Captain America and Black Widow fought to bring down SHIELD/HYDRA in 2014. The Avengers' second outing was to defeat Tony Stark's runaway rogue AI, Ultron. However, their victory cost a great deal not only to their own members but to the people of Sokovia. As a result, several governments gathered to write the Sokovia Accords: a treatise to place more oversight over the superheroes stationed on Earth (i.e. not Thor, but basically everyone else in the MCU).
History/Background: before, during, and after brainwashing.
Time Spent Across Multiverse: ~2 years
Mission Concordia (April - Dec 2016)
+Joined the Nest
+Met a bunch of people
+Sam Wilson braids his hair.
+His new ability triggered three times, resulting in the Soldier throwing shit down three times during the mission. All three times, he was brought back by Sam and Steve.
+Sam Anders used some technopathy on Bucky's new prosthetic, causing Bucky to never ever want to wear another arm again forever.
+Anakin Skywalker is killed in an explosion and Bucky feels the way death impacts the Nest.
+Sam Wilson promises to kill Bucky before he hurts an innocent.
Mid-mission (Dec - Feb 2017)
+Met even more people.
+Ran away from responsibilities.
Mission Waypoint (Feb - Apr 2017)
+Was robbed at gunpoint and his power triggered again, once again bringing back the Winter Soldier
+He and Sam Wilson finally figure out it's his power that's bringing the Soldier out.
+Bucky still runs away.
+Later he and Sam go on a date without knowing it.
Mid-mission (Apr-June 2017)
+More running away and not talking about things.
+Bucky refuses to train his power.
Mission Hyrypia (June - Feb 2018)
+Hosts are forced to be in disguise, straining his and Sam Wilson's friendship/relationship/what have you.
+Bucky accidentally throws Sam and freaks out and runs away.
+Sam and Bucky eventually enter a relationship later on in the mission.
+Lavellan is killed during a hunt and his autopsy creates a schism in the Nest.
+Sam finds a friendly scout dead and calls on Bucky to help revive her. They fail and Bucky takes the failure extremely hard.
+When the time comes to decide to leave the mission early or not, Bucky is still recovering from poison and he and Sam leave early.
Mid-Mission (Feb-current 2018)
+Bucky and Sam decide to face the programming head on and Sam uses the words to do so.
+Bucky and Sam exchange rings like losers.
Notable differences: Bucky currently is not wearing an arm on his left side. Additionally, Sam Wilson has been braiding his hair with feathers since Mission Concordia (~1.5 years ago). Bucky has since decided he likes the look. He keeps a small band on his right ring finger.
Noteworthy Positive Characteristics:
More than anything else, Bucky is loyal. Despite having his brain torn to pieces and slapped back together again, Bucky follows those he trusts. For example, in Civil War, he demonstrates during his surrender and consequent captivity. He surrenders at Steve’s prompting and allows himself to be restrained, despite his latter demonstration of his strength. He was able to break free of his holding cell at any time, but only did so when Zemo began to read the list of words to re-trigger his Winter Soldier programming. Additionally, at the end of the fight in Siberia, when Tony Stark is distracted with Steve, Bucky is at a distance he could flee as he’s been trying to do for much of the scene. Rather than run while Steve is clearly down and out, Bucky leaps to his aid. Even while missing his cybernetic arm, he reaches out to distract Tony to keep him from blasting Steve to bits. On a similar theme, in the fight at the airport, mid-movie, he shields Sam Wilson from a direct hit from Spiderman, showing that he’s capable of helping those he doesn’t necessarily know well.
However, Bucky is loyal to people, not causes. His time during World War II most certainly disillusioned him with the idea of serving some politicians sitting back in their ivory towers. For example, when Steve asks him to be one of his Howling Commandos, Bucky clarifies that he’s following Steve, not the shield. His time as the Winter Soldier only served to exacerbate these qualities, leading Bucky to become dramatically more individualistic than previously. As the Winter Soldier, he wasn’t allowed to make decisions for himself, so in Civil War, we see him making a series of individualistic choices. For example, he runs when confronted by Steve in Bucharest and continues to do so when T’Challa enters the scene as well. As the movie progresses, though, we see him losing his option to make big choices (i.e. choosing to fight or not, choosing whether or not to lead Steve to Siberia, etc). So, he makes a series of smaller ones, most apparently when he speaks (or doesn’t speak).
Over time on Station 72, Bucky has developed a sense of empathy, particularly to his fellow soldiers. He, of anyone, knows what it's like to live in isolation and how that lifestyle can hurt, which has lead him to reach out to quieter military types such as Takashi Shirogane (from Voltron: Legendary Defender), Rogue (from X-Men), and Shepard (from Mass Effect). In regards to Shiro, Bucky could relate as an amputee and offered him his challenge coin when Shiro was struggling, knowing he, too, struggled a great deal on any given day. With Rogue, Bucky found himself relating to the sense of always looking over one's shoulder. She and him formed a quick bond and she provided some advice on how to deal with that urge to run. From Shepard, Bucky learned how to slowly trust commanding types again, though she lost this trust again when she cut into Lavellan (mentioned below). Altogether, though, Bucky has grown into a more empathetic and listening individual during his time on the Station.
Noteworthy Negative Characteristics:
Bucky is naturally reticent. Even before his brainwashing at the hands of HYDRA, he was one to pick and choose his words carefully. He wasn’t exactly mute, but he certainly wasn’t a chatterbox. For example, after his rescue and return from the HYDRA Weapons facility in the Austrian alps, he doesn’t try to interrupt Peggy and Steve’s conversation. Instead, he sits back until they’re finished and then says one sentence to help boost the morale of the company. After serving time as the Winter Soldier, when he wasn’t allowed to say much of anything outside of briefs, Bucky rarely speaks unless spoken to, with a couple exceptions. Often, even when spoken to directly, he refuses to say anything at all or gives obtuse answers. This is most evident in his interactions with Tony Stark, particularly during the final fight. Tony talks through most of the fight and expresses his feelings very clearly. On the other hand, Bucky remains silent unless he’s asked a direct question by Tony while in a chokehold. Even then, he doesn’t spout off a litany of apologies. Instead, he replies with one sentence and doesn’t elaborate further.
That said, Bucky is not one to take the easy route in life and isn’t satisfied with simple answers. In Winter Soldier, after encountering Steve on the bridge in Washington D.C., he recounts again and again to his captors that he knew the man on the bridge. Alexander Pierce tells Bucky he ran into the man on a mission earlier in the week, but Bucky shakes his head and insists again that he knows Steve. After his escape, he learns to not take anything at face value. In Civil War, he distrusts the authorities who bring him in, he questions his allies, and, at the end, he determines that he can’t trust his own mind either. Additionally, he doesn't like leaving things up to fate. He would much rather take matters into his own hands than let some unknown power control him.
Well before Bucky arrived on the Station, he had lost almost all trust in people. Despite his loyalty, he did not outright trust anyone except Steve Rogers. At first, Bucky was extremely slow to trust, even of Steve, who was smaller due to being before the serum. Sam Wilson was actually one of the first Bucky trusted. After a series of 'successful' outings, though, Bucky grew in his confidence and his ability to trust. However on his most recent mission, he found nearly all of his friendships and trust broken after the death of Lavellan. During Lavellan's autopsy, most of the hosts who agreed to cut into his head to look at the symbiote were individuals Bucky considered allies. However, after this betrayal, he refused to go near any of them again. Since, he has not rebuilt any of these friendships and as such is back at 'square one,' when it comes to trust, outside of Sam Wilson.
Character Fears: Brainwashing
Powers/Abilities:
+Master marksman - Between his time in World War II and his HYDRA training, Bucky is an elite sniper. He can judge factors that will interfere with his shot (i.e. walls in Fury's case and people in Natasha's case) and still make it. While his ability to make judgments for a shot will remain, he will be unable to handle a rifle without an extensive stock.
+Master armsman - Before HYDRA, Bucky wielded pistols, mid-sized semi-automatic rifles, and sniper rifles. After his extensive time as the Winter Soldier, he can use nearly any type of weapon, including knives in close quarters and grenade launchers at mid-range. However, many of these require two arms to operate, so most are now unusable to him.
+Hand to hand combat - Bucky is extremely well trained in close-quarters melee combat. Before enlisting in the army, he was a boxer and his training under HYDRA only increased his finesse. However, his style very much still resembles a boxer's with very little acrobatics. Again, with the loss of his arm, his abilities in this area have greatly decreased.
+Languages - As he mentions when describing the other winter soldiers, he knows up to 30 different languages. OOCly, this will mean that he's very quick to pick up on nee languages, but will largely use English unless he's triggered. His broodmates are welcome to more or less use his brain like a babelfish.
+Increased healing - Due to his experimentation at the hands of Armin Zola, Bucky developed both an increased hardiness and healing. He can fall from great heights, take crippling hits, and grapple with death and survive.
+Super strength - Again, due to his experimentation, Bucky is able to lift airport signs and throw them like they're paper, tear steering wheels out of cars, and otherwise wreak quite a bit of havoc.
+From Station 72: Telepathy with other Hosts - Bucky can mentally communicate with other members of the hivemind/Nest/Station 72 up to a distance of 25 km.
+From Station 72: Mental impressions of other Hosts - Bucky can gather mental impressions of other members of the hivemind/Nest/Station 72 up to a distance of 25 km. The intensity increases with physical contact.
+From Station 72: Electrical current manipulation
RANK I
(+) The host can channel up to 50 mA of alternating current through their body and into another material/body/object. However, it requires two points of contact and a complete circuit, meaning that the host cannot arc the current. For example, Bucky would need to touch someone with a foot and a hand or stand in a pool of water with them. The voltage, however, is completely dependent on the target material's conductivity and resistivity. At its most basic, the host can give someone anywhere from a mild shock to defibrillation (interrupt the heart's electric signals, not restart it).
(-) Electricity is a funny thing, especially in combination with a brain full of electrical signals. Hosts will experience, at the least, a blip in their memory surrounding the use of the power. They may also suffer from mood swings, muscle twitches, seizures, extended short-term memory loss, insomnia, and burns. Additionally, the current will follow the path of least resistance more often than not, meaning it will more likely go through a human than glass, etc.
Personal Item: An air force challenge coin
VOLUNTEER SAMPLES
Network Sample: here!
Action Log Sample: here!
Player name: Dha
Age: almost 29
Contact: derecho @ plurk
Characters currently in-game: n/a
Squicks/Triggers/Fears: suicide (trigger)
VOLUNTEER PROFILE
Name: James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
Age: Chronological 101, Biological ~31
Physical Appearance: buck n ches, sans one metal arm
Point in Timeline: Near the end of Captain America: Civil War before he goes to sleep + CRAU events (see below)
World Description: The MCU's Earth is much like our own world, with the exception of superheroes! Earth first experienced superheroes in the form of Iron Man in 2008 and its first major alien invasion in 2012. The Avengers formed in 2012 to fight off this alien invasion, but under the guiding hand of a secret organization known as SHIELD. However, SHIELD was not as altruistic as one might hope and turned out to be the remains of a German-turned-Soviet evil group known as HYDRA. After learning this, Captain America and Black Widow fought to bring down SHIELD/HYDRA in 2014. The Avengers' second outing was to defeat Tony Stark's runaway rogue AI, Ultron. However, their victory cost a great deal not only to their own members but to the people of Sokovia. As a result, several governments gathered to write the Sokovia Accords: a treatise to place more oversight over the superheroes stationed on Earth (i.e. not Thor, but basically everyone else in the MCU).
History/Background: before, during, and after brainwashing.
Time Spent Across Multiverse: ~2 years
Mission Concordia (April - Dec 2016)
+Joined the Nest
+Met a bunch of people
+Sam Wilson braids his hair.
+His new ability triggered three times, resulting in the Soldier throwing shit down three times during the mission. All three times, he was brought back by Sam and Steve.
+Sam Anders used some technopathy on Bucky's new prosthetic, causing Bucky to never ever want to wear another arm again forever.
+Anakin Skywalker is killed in an explosion and Bucky feels the way death impacts the Nest.
+Sam Wilson promises to kill Bucky before he hurts an innocent.
Mid-mission (Dec - Feb 2017)
+Met even more people.
+Ran away from responsibilities.
Mission Waypoint (Feb - Apr 2017)
+Was robbed at gunpoint and his power triggered again, once again bringing back the Winter Soldier
+He and Sam Wilson finally figure out it's his power that's bringing the Soldier out.
+Bucky still runs away.
+Later he and Sam go on a date without knowing it.
Mid-mission (Apr-June 2017)
+More running away and not talking about things.
+Bucky refuses to train his power.
Mission Hyrypia (June - Feb 2018)
+Hosts are forced to be in disguise, straining his and Sam Wilson's friendship/relationship/what have you.
+Bucky accidentally throws Sam and freaks out and runs away.
+Sam and Bucky eventually enter a relationship later on in the mission.
+Lavellan is killed during a hunt and his autopsy creates a schism in the Nest.
+Sam finds a friendly scout dead and calls on Bucky to help revive her. They fail and Bucky takes the failure extremely hard.
+When the time comes to decide to leave the mission early or not, Bucky is still recovering from poison and he and Sam leave early.
Mid-Mission (Feb-current 2018)
+Bucky and Sam decide to face the programming head on and Sam uses the words to do so.
+Bucky and Sam exchange rings like losers.
Notable differences: Bucky currently is not wearing an arm on his left side. Additionally, Sam Wilson has been braiding his hair with feathers since Mission Concordia (~1.5 years ago). Bucky has since decided he likes the look. He keeps a small band on his right ring finger.
Noteworthy Positive Characteristics:
More than anything else, Bucky is loyal. Despite having his brain torn to pieces and slapped back together again, Bucky follows those he trusts. For example, in Civil War, he demonstrates during his surrender and consequent captivity. He surrenders at Steve’s prompting and allows himself to be restrained, despite his latter demonstration of his strength. He was able to break free of his holding cell at any time, but only did so when Zemo began to read the list of words to re-trigger his Winter Soldier programming. Additionally, at the end of the fight in Siberia, when Tony Stark is distracted with Steve, Bucky is at a distance he could flee as he’s been trying to do for much of the scene. Rather than run while Steve is clearly down and out, Bucky leaps to his aid. Even while missing his cybernetic arm, he reaches out to distract Tony to keep him from blasting Steve to bits. On a similar theme, in the fight at the airport, mid-movie, he shields Sam Wilson from a direct hit from Spiderman, showing that he’s capable of helping those he doesn’t necessarily know well.
However, Bucky is loyal to people, not causes. His time during World War II most certainly disillusioned him with the idea of serving some politicians sitting back in their ivory towers. For example, when Steve asks him to be one of his Howling Commandos, Bucky clarifies that he’s following Steve, not the shield. His time as the Winter Soldier only served to exacerbate these qualities, leading Bucky to become dramatically more individualistic than previously. As the Winter Soldier, he wasn’t allowed to make decisions for himself, so in Civil War, we see him making a series of individualistic choices. For example, he runs when confronted by Steve in Bucharest and continues to do so when T’Challa enters the scene as well. As the movie progresses, though, we see him losing his option to make big choices (i.e. choosing to fight or not, choosing whether or not to lead Steve to Siberia, etc). So, he makes a series of smaller ones, most apparently when he speaks (or doesn’t speak).
Over time on Station 72, Bucky has developed a sense of empathy, particularly to his fellow soldiers. He, of anyone, knows what it's like to live in isolation and how that lifestyle can hurt, which has lead him to reach out to quieter military types such as Takashi Shirogane (from Voltron: Legendary Defender), Rogue (from X-Men), and Shepard (from Mass Effect). In regards to Shiro, Bucky could relate as an amputee and offered him his challenge coin when Shiro was struggling, knowing he, too, struggled a great deal on any given day. With Rogue, Bucky found himself relating to the sense of always looking over one's shoulder. She and him formed a quick bond and she provided some advice on how to deal with that urge to run. From Shepard, Bucky learned how to slowly trust commanding types again, though she lost this trust again when she cut into Lavellan (mentioned below). Altogether, though, Bucky has grown into a more empathetic and listening individual during his time on the Station.
Noteworthy Negative Characteristics:
Bucky is naturally reticent. Even before his brainwashing at the hands of HYDRA, he was one to pick and choose his words carefully. He wasn’t exactly mute, but he certainly wasn’t a chatterbox. For example, after his rescue and return from the HYDRA Weapons facility in the Austrian alps, he doesn’t try to interrupt Peggy and Steve’s conversation. Instead, he sits back until they’re finished and then says one sentence to help boost the morale of the company. After serving time as the Winter Soldier, when he wasn’t allowed to say much of anything outside of briefs, Bucky rarely speaks unless spoken to, with a couple exceptions. Often, even when spoken to directly, he refuses to say anything at all or gives obtuse answers. This is most evident in his interactions with Tony Stark, particularly during the final fight. Tony talks through most of the fight and expresses his feelings very clearly. On the other hand, Bucky remains silent unless he’s asked a direct question by Tony while in a chokehold. Even then, he doesn’t spout off a litany of apologies. Instead, he replies with one sentence and doesn’t elaborate further.
That said, Bucky is not one to take the easy route in life and isn’t satisfied with simple answers. In Winter Soldier, after encountering Steve on the bridge in Washington D.C., he recounts again and again to his captors that he knew the man on the bridge. Alexander Pierce tells Bucky he ran into the man on a mission earlier in the week, but Bucky shakes his head and insists again that he knows Steve. After his escape, he learns to not take anything at face value. In Civil War, he distrusts the authorities who bring him in, he questions his allies, and, at the end, he determines that he can’t trust his own mind either. Additionally, he doesn't like leaving things up to fate. He would much rather take matters into his own hands than let some unknown power control him.
Well before Bucky arrived on the Station, he had lost almost all trust in people. Despite his loyalty, he did not outright trust anyone except Steve Rogers. At first, Bucky was extremely slow to trust, even of Steve, who was smaller due to being before the serum. Sam Wilson was actually one of the first Bucky trusted. After a series of 'successful' outings, though, Bucky grew in his confidence and his ability to trust. However on his most recent mission, he found nearly all of his friendships and trust broken after the death of Lavellan. During Lavellan's autopsy, most of the hosts who agreed to cut into his head to look at the symbiote were individuals Bucky considered allies. However, after this betrayal, he refused to go near any of them again. Since, he has not rebuilt any of these friendships and as such is back at 'square one,' when it comes to trust, outside of Sam Wilson.
Character Fears: Brainwashing
Powers/Abilities:
+Master marksman - Between his time in World War II and his HYDRA training, Bucky is an elite sniper. He can judge factors that will interfere with his shot (i.e. walls in Fury's case and people in Natasha's case) and still make it. While his ability to make judgments for a shot will remain, he will be unable to handle a rifle without an extensive stock.
+Master armsman - Before HYDRA, Bucky wielded pistols, mid-sized semi-automatic rifles, and sniper rifles. After his extensive time as the Winter Soldier, he can use nearly any type of weapon, including knives in close quarters and grenade launchers at mid-range. However, many of these require two arms to operate, so most are now unusable to him.
+Hand to hand combat - Bucky is extremely well trained in close-quarters melee combat. Before enlisting in the army, he was a boxer and his training under HYDRA only increased his finesse. However, his style very much still resembles a boxer's with very little acrobatics. Again, with the loss of his arm, his abilities in this area have greatly decreased.
+Languages - As he mentions when describing the other winter soldiers, he knows up to 30 different languages. OOCly, this will mean that he's very quick to pick up on nee languages, but will largely use English unless he's triggered. His broodmates are welcome to more or less use his brain like a babelfish.
+Increased healing - Due to his experimentation at the hands of Armin Zola, Bucky developed both an increased hardiness and healing. He can fall from great heights, take crippling hits, and grapple with death and survive.
+Super strength - Again, due to his experimentation, Bucky is able to lift airport signs and throw them like they're paper, tear steering wheels out of cars, and otherwise wreak quite a bit of havoc.
+From Station 72: Telepathy with other Hosts - Bucky can mentally communicate with other members of the hivemind/Nest/Station 72 up to a distance of 25 km.
+From Station 72: Mental impressions of other Hosts - Bucky can gather mental impressions of other members of the hivemind/Nest/Station 72 up to a distance of 25 km. The intensity increases with physical contact.
+From Station 72: Electrical current manipulation
RANK I
(+) The host can channel up to 50 mA of alternating current through their body and into another material/body/object. However, it requires two points of contact and a complete circuit, meaning that the host cannot arc the current. For example, Bucky would need to touch someone with a foot and a hand or stand in a pool of water with them. The voltage, however, is completely dependent on the target material's conductivity and resistivity. At its most basic, the host can give someone anywhere from a mild shock to defibrillation (interrupt the heart's electric signals, not restart it).
(-) Electricity is a funny thing, especially in combination with a brain full of electrical signals. Hosts will experience, at the least, a blip in their memory surrounding the use of the power. They may also suffer from mood swings, muscle twitches, seizures, extended short-term memory loss, insomnia, and burns. Additionally, the current will follow the path of least resistance more often than not, meaning it will more likely go through a human than glass, etc.
Personal Item: An air force challenge coin
VOLUNTEER SAMPLES
Network Sample: here!
Action Log Sample: here!
Entry tags:
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BASIC INFORMATION
Name: James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
(Captain America: Civil War)
Age: 100, biologically ~29/30
Bio: application
Physical:
Bucky is a big guy. Taller than most, broader than most. Most of the time he is sporting braids to manage his long hair. He's also unshaven most of the time, making him the resident hobo of the Station. He wears a bracelet on his right wrist at all times and keeps an air force challenge coin on him, too. Overall, Bucky tends to dress in greys and blacks, but has recently been introducing more color into his wardrobe. Hobbies include sketching, carving, and sulking.
He is currently not wearing an arm on his left side and hasn't since Concordia (~ 2 years ago). Most often, he pins his left sleeve to keep it from getting caught on things.
[muffled ayyyyyyy macarena in the distance]
SYMBIOTE INFORMATION
[IOTA] - [ELECTRICAL CURRENT MANIPULATION]
RANK I
(+) The host can channel up to 50 mA of alternating current through their body and into another material/body/object. However, it requires two points of contact and a complete circuit, meaning that the host cannot arc the current. For example, Bucky would need to touch someone with a foot and a hand or stand in a pool of water with them. The voltage, however, is completely dependent on the target material's conductivity and resistivity. At its most basic, the host can give someone anywhere from a mild shock to defibrillation (interrupt the heart's electric signals, not restart it).
(-) Electricity is a funny thing, especially in combination with a brain full of electrical signals. Hosts will experience, at the least, a blip in their memory surrounding the use of the power. They may also suffer from mood swings, muscle twitches, seizures, extended short-term memory loss, insomnia, and burns. Additionally, the current will follow the path of least resistance more often than not, meaning it will more likely go through a human than glass, etc.
BROOD BELLATRIXsizeofyourbaggage || Sam Wilson
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BROOD PERMISSIONS
Mental states: Most of Bucky is in pieces right now, so his brood is welcome to pick through it. Bucky will try to shut them out or punch them out. Probably a lot of nightmares, too.
Emotional: Broodmates may also pick up on a great degree of guilt, feeling like they've lingered too long in one place, or that he feels he's being watched constantly. Also a lot of frustration when he fails at something. There's also just a touch of helplessness when he can't think of something. Some days there might be a sense of resignation and exhaustion.
Biographical: He's Bucky. He thinks. Also the Winter Soldier. Also a murderer.
Physical: His left arm is missing. It's really, really missing. Also lots of headaches.
Other: I'll probably put it in a tag if I think it's relevant. Otherwise, feel free to ask!
NEST PERMISSIONS
Mental: If Bucky could broadcast a KEEP OUT sign, he would. Those who connect get the distinct feeling they're trespassing. Things are a mess in there.
Emotional: Lots of anger, tinged with frustration, guilt, and confusion.
Biographical: His name is Bucky ??? Here have some memories of murdering people.
Physical: His left arm is gone.
Other: I'll put it in a tag!
For more advanced users, see above.
MENTAL LINK
It feels like someone's watching you or that you've stayed too long in one spot, you're hiding in plain sight and someone's about to come around the corner and find you.. It's cold, very very cold and there's a lot of space where things used to be, but now they've changed. It tastes like rusty pennies and smells like brackish water. And in the background a mix of (warning: loud noises) this buzzing and this (from movie).
PERMISSIONS
Physical Affection:lol good luck
Physical Violence: yes! just be aware he will hit back.
Romance/Relationships: not at this time
Thread-jacking: bucky will be pissed, but i'm fine with it
Back-tagging: absolutely yes
Fourth-walling: please no
Offensive Subjects/Triggers: suicide
Anything Else? will update if needed
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PLAYER INFO
Name: Dha
Contact: derecho @ plurk
Are you over 18?: yup
CHARACTER INFO
Character Name:James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes (aka the Winter Soldier)
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Canon Point: Captain America: Civil War
Appearance: Beef Monster with the exception of his cybernetic arm. It will be "gently" sanded up to just below the shoulder and the star will also be sanded off so there's no messy wires and other things hanging around.
Age: 99 (chronologically), appears ~29.
Setting: Pre-brainwashing and after brainwashing
History: here!
Personality:
More than anything else, Bucky is loyal. Despite having his brain torn to pieces and slapped back together again, Bucky follows those he trusts. For example, in Civil War, he demonstrates during his surrender and consequent captivity. He surrenders at Steve’s prompting and allows himself to be restrained, despite his latter demonstration of his strength. He was able to break free of his holding cell at any time, but only did so when Zemo began to read the list of words to re-trigger his Winter Soldier programming. Additionally, at the end of the fight in Siberia, when Tony Stark is distracted with Steve, Bucky is at a distance he could flee as he’s been trying to do for much of the scene. Rather than run while Steve is clearly down and out, Bucky leaps to his aid. Even while missing his cybernetic arm, he reaches out to distract Tony to keep him from blasting Steve to bits. On a similar theme, in the fight at the airport, mid-movie, he shields Sam Wilson from a direct hit from Spiderman, showing that he’s capable of helping those he doesn’t necessarily know well.
However, Bucky is loyal to people, not causes. His time during World War II most certainly disillusioned him with the idea of serving some politicians sitting back in their ivory towers. For example, when Steve asks him to be one of his Howling Commandos, Bucky clarifies that he’s following Steve, not the shield. His time as the Winter Soldier only served to exacerbate these qualities, leading Bucky to become dramatically more individualistic than previously. As the Winter Soldier, he wasn’t allowed to make decisions for himself, so in Civil War, we see him making a series of individualistic choices. For example, he runs when confronted by Steve in Bucharest and continues to do so when T’Challa enters the scene as well. As the movie progresses, though, we see him losing his option to make big choices (i.e. choosing to fight or not, choosing whether or not to lead Steve to Siberia, etc). So, he makes a series of smaller ones, most apparently when he speaks (or doesn’t speak).
Bucky is naturally reticent. Even before his brainwashing at the hands of HYDRA, he was one to pick and choose his words carefully. He wasn’t exactly mute, but he certainly wasn’t a chatterbox. For example, after his rescue and return from the HYDRA Weapons facility in the Austrian alps, he doesn’t try to interrupt Peggy and Steve’s conversation. Instead, he sits back until they’re finished and then says one sentence to help boost the morale of the company. After serving time as the Winter Soldier, when he wasn’t allowed to say much of anything outside of briefs, Bucky rarely speaks unless spoken to, with a couple exceptions. Often, even when spoken to directly, he refuses to say anything at all or gives obtuse answers. This is most evident in his interactions with Tony Stark, particularly during the final fight. Tony talks through most of the fight and expresses his feelings very clearly. On the other hand, Bucky remains silent unless he’s asked a direct question by Tony while in a chokehold. Even then, he doesn’t spout off a litany of apologies. Instead, he replies with one sentence and doesn’t elaborate further.
That said, Bucky is not one to take the easy route in life and isn’t satisfied with simple answers. In Winter Soldier, after encountering Steve on the bridge in Washington D.C., he recounts again and again to his captors that he knew the man on the bridge. Alexander Pierce tells Bucky he ran into the man on a mission earlier in the week, but Bucky shakes his head and insists again that he knows Steve. After his escape, he learns to not take anything at face value. In Civil War, he distrusts the authorities who bring him in, he questions his allies, and, at the end, he determines that he can’t trust his own mind either. Additionally, he doesn't like leaving things up to fate. He would much rather take matters into his own hands than let some unknown power control him.
Canon Abilities/Skills:
+Master marksman - Between his time in World War II and his HYDRA training, Bucky is an elite sniper. He can judge factors that will interfere with his shot (i.e. walls in Fury's case and people in Natasha's case) and still make it. While his ability to make judgments for a shot will remain, he will be unable to handle a rifle without an extensive stock.
+Master armsman - Before HYDRA, Bucky wielded pistols, mid-sized semi-automatic rifles, and sniper rifles. After his extensive time as the Winter Soldier, he can use nearly any type of weapon, including knives in close quarters and grenade launchers at mid-range. However, many of these require two arms to operate, so most are now unusable to him.
+Hand to hand combat - Bucky is extremely well trained in close-quarters melee combat. Before enlisting in the army, he was a boxer and his training under HYDRA only increased his finesse. However, his style very much still resembles a boxer's with very little acrobatics. Again, with the loss of his arm, his abilities in this area have greatly decreased.
+Languages - As he mentions when describing the other winter soldiers, he knows up to 30 different languages. OOCly, this will mean that he's very quick to pick up on nee languages, but will largely use English unless he's triggered. His broodmates are welcome to more or less use his brain like a babelfish.
+Increased healing - Due to his experimentation at the hands of Armin Zola, Bucky developed both an increased hardiness and healing. He can fall from great heights, take crippling hits, and grapple with death and survive.
+Super strength - Again, due to his experimentation, Bucky is able to lift airport signs and throw them like they're paper, tear steering wheels out of cars, and otherwise wreak quite a bit of havoc.
ON STATION 72
Symbiote Specialization: Iota.
Symbiote Ability:
Electrical current manipulation
RANK I
(+) The host can channel up to 50 mA of alternating current through their body and into another material/body/object. However, it requires two points of contact and a complete circuit, meaning that the host cannot arc the current. For example, Bucky would need to touch someone with a foot and a hand or stand in a pool of water with them. The voltage, however, is completely dependent on the target material's conductivity and resistivity. At its most basic, the host can give someone anywhere from a mild shock to defibrillation (interrupt the heart's electric signals, not restart it).
(-) Electricity is a funny thing, especially in combination with a brain full of electrical signals. Hosts will experience, at the least, a blip in their memory surrounding the use of the power. They may also suffer from mood swings, muscle twitches, seizures, extended short-term memory loss, insomnia, and burns. Additionally, the current will follow the path of least resistance more often than not, meaning it will more likely go through a human than glass, etc.
RANK II
(+) The host can channel up to 100 mA of alternating current through their body and into another material/body/object. At this rank, the ability only requires one point of contact, but still requires contact and a complete circuit. The voltage is less dependent on the target material's conductivity and more on whether or not the material is connected by metal or not (i.e. copper) or water. The host can create sparks independent of a complete circuit, but still cannot arc or otherwise focus the current.
(-)The host will suffer from blistering burns at the contact point, especially if used for a duration. Muscle twitches are expected to occur up to a few weeks later. Seizures are less common, but not unusual. Memory loss can be anywhere from a few minutes to days at a time. The host will not be able to sleep until 12 hours after using the power. Loss of consciousness is possible and fibrillation of the host's heart (uncoordinated pulses of the heart that can lead to death).
RANK III
(+) The host can channel 150 mA of alternating current through their body and into another material/body/object without direct contact, but requires the host to be within a foot of their target. They can induce burns in their target or otherwise superheat the material. With extended contact, they can kill a human being.
(-)The host will lose consciousness and suffer significant memory loss at a minimum. How anyone will get to this rank in the first place is a wonder, but it certainly comes with consequences. Seizures are common up to three days after use. The host will not be able to sleep for at least 24 hours after use. The host will suffer tremendous burns beyond the contact point. Chance of fibrillation of the host's heart is at 50%.
Inventory:
+A puffy black snow vest
+Super tactical black thermal shirt with one sleeve cut off
+Black cargo pants
+Steel-toe black hiking/combat boots
+One black fingerless glove
SAMPLES
Samples:
bakerstreet: random scenario meme
test drive meme
Rescue Write-up:
The Siberian wind whipped across Bucky’s face, numbing the broken nose and torn skin. Catching his breath somehow seemed easier with the gale freezing his senses. He didn’t have to think about anything but putting one foot in front of the other. The warm body under his remaining arm supported more of his weight than he should, their places switched from a distant past he can’t quite remember. A distant past that included Howard and Maria Stark dead and 1991. Maria cried and choked, Howard questioned and gurgled.
And yet, here he was, still alive, though he didn’t deserve it.
All the other winter soldiers died in their sleep when Bucky should’ve moved faster, thought quicker. They couldn’t cripple the world in one night anymore, but that didn’t mean they should be put down like animals.
He was the animal, the one to be caged and locked away, the one to be taken out back.
The wind stopped and a moment later, he lay sprawled across the ice, breath knocked out of him and staring up at a shadowy figure.
Stark? No.
Braided scales peeled back and a claw emerged, pincing Bucky’s neck before he could blink. In his head, his brain buzzed and ached and everything was suddenly too warm. He didn’t care, couldn’t care.
A shout from his left preluded the release of that heat and gifted him with air, sweet air.
Come with us. Someone said, not Steve, not familiar.
A cry of pain had Bucky attempting to upright himself, reaching out with phantom fingers to the snow, but landing on the mess of his arm instead. Get up, get up, get up. Something pushed him back down, something halfway between a boot and a talon curled about his neck. He couldn't see anything in the growing dark, in between stars and warped colors.
But he could hear distant screaming over the ringing filling his ears and closer yet intelligible growling. In his throat, his heart pounded against the lariat of scales tightening. Yet, he couldn't get his body to move, every muscle exhausted and agonized from the fight mere minutes before.
Fight.
He could breathe again and a hand reached down for him.
Come with us.
He reached up and accepted it.
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Contact: derecho @ plurk
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CHARACTER INFO
Character Name:James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes (aka the Winter Soldier)
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Canon Point: Captain America: Civil War
Appearance: Beef Monster with the exception of his cybernetic arm. It will be "gently" sanded up to just below the shoulder and the star will also be sanded off so there's no messy wires and other things hanging around.
Age: 99 (chronologically), appears ~29.
Setting: Pre-brainwashing and after brainwashing
History: here!
Personality:
More than anything else, Bucky is loyal. Despite having his brain torn to pieces and slapped back together again, Bucky follows those he trusts. For example, in Civil War, he demonstrates during his surrender and consequent captivity. He surrenders at Steve’s prompting and allows himself to be restrained, despite his latter demonstration of his strength. He was able to break free of his holding cell at any time, but only did so when Zemo began to read the list of words to re-trigger his Winter Soldier programming. Additionally, at the end of the fight in Siberia, when Tony Stark is distracted with Steve, Bucky is at a distance he could flee as he’s been trying to do for much of the scene. Rather than run while Steve is clearly down and out, Bucky leaps to his aid. Even while missing his cybernetic arm, he reaches out to distract Tony to keep him from blasting Steve to bits. On a similar theme, in the fight at the airport, mid-movie, he shields Sam Wilson from a direct hit from Spiderman, showing that he’s capable of helping those he doesn’t necessarily know well.
However, Bucky is loyal to people, not causes. His time during World War II most certainly disillusioned him with the idea of serving some politicians sitting back in their ivory towers. For example, when Steve asks him to be one of his Howling Commandos, Bucky clarifies that he’s following Steve, not the shield. His time as the Winter Soldier only served to exacerbate these qualities, leading Bucky to become dramatically more individualistic than previously. As the Winter Soldier, he wasn’t allowed to make decisions for himself, so in Civil War, we see him making a series of individualistic choices. For example, he runs when confronted by Steve in Bucharest and continues to do so when T’Challa enters the scene as well. As the movie progresses, though, we see him losing his option to make big choices (i.e. choosing to fight or not, choosing whether or not to lead Steve to Siberia, etc). So, he makes a series of smaller ones, most apparently when he speaks (or doesn’t speak).
Bucky is naturally reticent. Even before his brainwashing at the hands of HYDRA, he was one to pick and choose his words carefully. He wasn’t exactly mute, but he certainly wasn’t a chatterbox. For example, after his rescue and return from the HYDRA Weapons facility in the Austrian alps, he doesn’t try to interrupt Peggy and Steve’s conversation. Instead, he sits back until they’re finished and then says one sentence to help boost the morale of the company. After serving time as the Winter Soldier, when he wasn’t allowed to say much of anything outside of briefs, Bucky rarely speaks unless spoken to, with a couple exceptions. Often, even when spoken to directly, he refuses to say anything at all or gives obtuse answers. This is most evident in his interactions with Tony Stark, particularly during the final fight. Tony talks through most of the fight and expresses his feelings very clearly. On the other hand, Bucky remains silent unless he’s asked a direct question by Tony while in a chokehold. Even then, he doesn’t spout off a litany of apologies. Instead, he replies with one sentence and doesn’t elaborate further.
That said, Bucky is not one to take the easy route in life and isn’t satisfied with simple answers. In Winter Soldier, after encountering Steve on the bridge in Washington D.C., he recounts again and again to his captors that he knew the man on the bridge. Alexander Pierce tells Bucky he ran into the man on a mission earlier in the week, but Bucky shakes his head and insists again that he knows Steve. After his escape, he learns to not take anything at face value. In Civil War, he distrusts the authorities who bring him in, he questions his allies, and, at the end, he determines that he can’t trust his own mind either. Additionally, he doesn't like leaving things up to fate. He would much rather take matters into his own hands than let some unknown power control him.
Canon Abilities/Skills:
+Master marksman - Between his time in World War II and his HYDRA training, Bucky is an elite sniper. He can judge factors that will interfere with his shot (i.e. walls in Fury's case and people in Natasha's case) and still make it. While his ability to make judgments for a shot will remain, he will be unable to handle a rifle without an extensive stock.
+Master armsman - Before HYDRA, Bucky wielded pistols, mid-sized semi-automatic rifles, and sniper rifles. After his extensive time as the Winter Soldier, he can use nearly any type of weapon, including knives in close quarters and grenade launchers at mid-range. However, many of these require two arms to operate, so most are now unusable to him.
+Hand to hand combat - Bucky is extremely well trained in close-quarters melee combat. Before enlisting in the army, he was a boxer and his training under HYDRA only increased his finesse. However, his style very much still resembles a boxer's with very little acrobatics. Again, with the loss of his arm, his abilities in this area have greatly decreased.
+Languages - As he mentions when describing the other winter soldiers, he knows up to 30 different languages. OOCly, this will mean that he's very quick to pick up on nee languages, but will largely use English unless he's triggered. His broodmates are welcome to more or less use his brain like a babelfish.
+Increased healing - Due to his experimentation at the hands of Armin Zola, Bucky developed both an increased hardiness and healing. He can fall from great heights, take crippling hits, and grapple with death and survive.
+Super strength - Again, due to his experimentation, Bucky is able to lift airport signs and throw them like they're paper, tear steering wheels out of cars, and otherwise wreak quite a bit of havoc.
ON STATION 72
Symbiote Specialization: Iota.
Symbiote Ability:
Electrical current manipulation
RANK I
(+) The host can channel up to 50 mA of alternating current through their body and into another material/body/object. However, it requires two points of contact and a complete circuit, meaning that the host cannot arc the current. For example, Bucky would need to touch someone with a foot and a hand or stand in a pool of water with them. The voltage, however, is completely dependent on the target material's conductivity and resistivity. At its most basic, the host can give someone anywhere from a mild shock to defibrillation (interrupt the heart's electric signals, not restart it).
(-) Electricity is a funny thing, especially in combination with a brain full of electrical signals. Hosts will experience, at the least, a blip in their memory surrounding the use of the power. They may also suffer from mood swings, muscle twitches, seizures, extended short-term memory loss, insomnia, and burns. Additionally, the current will follow the path of least resistance more often than not, meaning it will more likely go through a human than glass, etc.
RANK II
(+) The host can channel up to 100 mA of alternating current through their body and into another material/body/object. At this rank, the ability only requires one point of contact, but still requires contact and a complete circuit. The voltage is less dependent on the target material's conductivity and more on whether or not the material is connected by metal or not (i.e. copper) or water. The host can create sparks independent of a complete circuit, but still cannot arc or otherwise focus the current.
(-)The host will suffer from blistering burns at the contact point, especially if used for a duration. Muscle twitches are expected to occur up to a few weeks later. Seizures are less common, but not unusual. Memory loss can be anywhere from a few minutes to days at a time. The host will not be able to sleep until 12 hours after using the power. Loss of consciousness is possible and fibrillation of the host's heart (uncoordinated pulses of the heart that can lead to death).
RANK III
(+) The host can channel 150 mA of alternating current through their body and into another material/body/object without direct contact, but requires the host to be within a foot of their target. They can induce burns in their target or otherwise superheat the material. With extended contact, they can kill a human being.
(-)The host will lose consciousness and suffer significant memory loss at a minimum. How anyone will get to this rank in the first place is a wonder, but it certainly comes with consequences. Seizures are common up to three days after use. The host will not be able to sleep for at least 24 hours after use. The host will suffer tremendous burns beyond the contact point. Chance of fibrillation of the host's heart is at 50%.
Inventory:
+A puffy black snow vest
+Super tactical black thermal shirt with one sleeve cut off
+Black cargo pants
+Steel-toe black hiking/combat boots
+One black fingerless glove
SAMPLES
Samples:
bakerstreet: random scenario meme
test drive meme
Rescue Write-up:
The Siberian wind whipped across Bucky’s face, numbing the broken nose and torn skin. Catching his breath somehow seemed easier with the gale freezing his senses. He didn’t have to think about anything but putting one foot in front of the other. The warm body under his remaining arm supported more of his weight than he should, their places switched from a distant past he can’t quite remember. A distant past that included Howard and Maria Stark dead and 1991. Maria cried and choked, Howard questioned and gurgled.
And yet, here he was, still alive, though he didn’t deserve it.
All the other winter soldiers died in their sleep when Bucky should’ve moved faster, thought quicker. They couldn’t cripple the world in one night anymore, but that didn’t mean they should be put down like animals.
He was the animal, the one to be caged and locked away, the one to be taken out back.
The wind stopped and a moment later, he lay sprawled across the ice, breath knocked out of him and staring up at a shadowy figure.
Stark? No.
Braided scales peeled back and a claw emerged, pincing Bucky’s neck before he could blink. In his head, his brain buzzed and ached and everything was suddenly too warm. He didn’t care, couldn’t care.
A shout from his left preluded the release of that heat and gifted him with air, sweet air.
Come with us. Someone said, not Steve, not familiar.
A cry of pain had Bucky attempting to upright himself, reaching out with phantom fingers to the snow, but landing on the mess of his arm instead. Get up, get up, get up. Something pushed him back down, something halfway between a boot and a talon curled about his neck. He couldn't see anything in the growing dark, in between stars and warped colors.
But he could hear distant screaming over the ringing filling his ears and closer yet intelligible growling. In his throat, his heart pounded against the lariat of scales tightening. Yet, he couldn't get his body to move, every muscle exhausted and agonized from the fight mere minutes before.
Fight.
He could breathe again and a hand reached down for him.
Come with us.
He reached up and accepted it.
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SYMBIOTE INFORMATION
[SPECIALIZATION] - [SYMBIOTIC ABILITY] ( your character's phase 1 symbiotic ability description goes here. ) BROOD: [NAME] ( The names of brood members goes here. ) BROOD PERMISSIONS ( Things your brood might be able to detect about your character. Complex emotional states, feelings, biographical information, physical status, etc. Young hosts especially will have trouble locking down information from their brood. ) NEST PERMISSIONS ( Things everyone including outside your brood might know. Basic emotional states, biographical information, etc. Depends on how controlled your character is. Note: Advanced members of the nest will be better at reading your character than newer Hosts. ) MENTAL LINK ( your character's 'flavor'. A list of feedback- feelings, emotions, senses, colors, etc- others may feel when connecting to your character. )
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желание I know you are the answer, but I forgot the question. | печь There will always be a lie in believe. |
один Whatever is static is dead. | рассвет The world is too quiet. |
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