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[frostythehitman]

JAMES (BUCKY) BARNES

Hey, this is James. Text me if you need me. Or leave me a message if you want, but I'm probably not going to listen to it because, seriously, this is 2017 and no one uses voicemail any more.

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[frostythehitman]

[ Oh Christ. He hadn't considered that at all. ]

No...he was wearing some gas mask. I saw his eyes, but that's it.

But if anyone remembers anything about me, I haven't heard about it yet.

[frisyr]

Um

Were you wearing a mask, 'cause that sounds like it would've been a good time to wear a mask, or right now would be a good time to grow a beard.

[frostythehitman]

I'm pretty sure I was. I had a mask around the eyes, anyway.

[frisyr]

What, are you Superguy or something, I don't think that hides your identity.

[frostythehitman]

According to the comics, it does.

[ Not that he puts much stock in what the comics say, considering he's a helpless kidnapping victim in half of them and they featured fights with such menacing villains as "Netman." ]

couldn't resist... enjoy these expys

[frisyr]

Didn't know you were a comic book superhero... You know those aren't real, right?

Watch out for guys with gas masks, 'cause if you die you stay dead, like Uncle Brent and Lucky Charms.

[frostythehitman]

Yeah, I know they're not real. But the uniform they draw me in is.

[ He sighs, annoyed. Partially because he hates these dumb comic book conversations that seem to have just become a part of his every day life, and partially because the idea that the guy he killed could also be someone in Recolle is a stressful one he hadn't considered before. ]

Damn. If that guy is around, then...I don't even know if he'd actually go around wearing a gas mask all the time.

[frisyr]

Okay, well.

What color were his eyes?

--And what do you mean the uniform is real?

[frostythehitman]

....Brown. His eyes were brown.

[ He hates that he remembers it that clearly, but there you go. ]

And I mean it's real because I remember receiving it, official and all. And also I have it, in the flesh and everything.

[frisyr]

Weird. And yeah I guess that's not very helpful... What's the uniform look like?

[frostythehitman]

[ He sighs, because he knows precisely how stupid this is going to sound. ]

It's like a spandex blue leotard jacket. And I mean blue blue, actual bright blue, not gray. Plus these blue boots and red leggings and gloves.

[frisyr]

...So this guy has a gas mask and you're stuck in spandex and a raccoon mask.

I mean... Did you even have a utility belt?

[frostythehitman]

I don't think so. I don't remember having one, and the uniform I have now doesn't have one.

All I had was the knife.

[ And come to think of it, he remembers being in a lot of pain then, too--a sharp, throbbing pain deep in his leg, and the knife was bloody in his hands even before he killed someone with it. ]

I think...I think I got stabbed with that knife and then I took it and threw it.

[ what the hell kind of crap was he even doing, these memories get more disturbing by the second ]

[frisyr]

You what?

You threw the knife that someone stabbed you with?

To where?

[frostythehitman]

You mean where I got stabbed?

My leg, probably. It was hurting a lot.

[frisyr]

What! No, where did you throw the knife

And why?

[frostythehitman]

[ It sounds like a sudden outburst, equal parts upset and frustrated. ]

Through the guy's throat, I don't know! I don't know why I did it, okay? I don't remember that part, or if there even is a part for that!

All I know is I threw a knife at the guy, it caught him in the throat, and afterwards some guy was telling me about how I just did what had to be done.

[frisyr]

[ Geez! Okay ]

Well...

What did that guy look like?

[frostythehitman]

Why are you even so interested all of a sudden?

[ James doesn't get the sudden occupation with these miniscule details and sighs impatiently, trying to remember what the guy looked like.

--hey wait a minute... ]

...it was the same guy who gave me my uniform in the first place. A corporal.

[frisyr]

'Cause I wanna know what's going on, and I think... if they make up elaborate stories about us, they want us to find something out.

Like that. So... that guy must be your friend. Have you seen him around before?

[frostythehitman]

[ ...yeah okay, that's reasonable. ]

No. Just the time he gave me the uniform and the time he told me I had to kill the guy and did the right thing. All I know is what he looks like and his name. Corporal Steve Rogers.