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breaks this in :> several hours after docking

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You ever travel?

[ There's a low hum in the background, he's deliberately in one of the more generically shaped chambers so when his voice echoes off the walls, Commander won't be able to place it. ]

1/??

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[ Silence. Should've expected that, but he continues as though there was no pause for a reply, ]

I actually miss Holland a lot, if y'didn't think too much about the bombers overhead. The meadows were nice. Tulips everywhere. It's easier to travel these days: I can get my feet on the ground in Buenos Aires and be back in time to catch Cake Boss. Talk about a brave new world.

2/??

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London. Now there's a city that ain't changed much. Sometimes I start wonderin' why Carter left. S'a noisy place, sure, but it's like New York.

3/??

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— I never actually liked Paris. Somethin' about the food. Dames were swell, though, still are.

4/??

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If we're namin' things we don't like, I don't like DC either. Too many people with Instagram. Now hey, I got a handsome mug, but I ain't putting that anywhere.

5/??

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Brooklyn's changed a little: I can't afford a place there anymore. Twenty four hundred, can you imagine? I think my eyes fell outta my head.

6/??

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[ muffled swearing, then, ]

Fucking bugs. I didn't come back from the dead to re-enact Alien!

7/??

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Sorry. What was I tellin' you about? Paris? Brooklyn?

[ It's the same world after a while: one without Steve. ]

8/??

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You're gonna have t'talk to me at some point, y'know. Even if it's just to say "go away".

9/9. ok he's done.

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Stay safe. Call you later.

text, backdated to the 4th

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Do you have a birthday?

[proudlywehailed]

Why would it matter?

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Everyone has a birthday.

text;

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[ His usual check in time is scheduled for two days after the so-called Winter Soldier who shares his face arrived, so he deliberately leaves this for then. It'll be suspicious if he ran here immediately after. Steve -- Orion, he's got to start calling him that mentally or he'll make the mistake out loud -- would think he just cares about this Steve guy. It's not like that (It is, and it's not). The point is: James Barnes is a patient man, and at the usual time, there's a text message. ]

Hey. How are you doing?

[ No difference in format from his usual messages. Nothing to see here, bro. ]

text

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I'VE GOT A BOYFRIND NOW

[proudlywehailed]

You and Allen are official?

text;

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I have homemade apple pie, if you want some.

text;

[proudlywehailed]

Guessing it's too late for that pie.

text; 1/?? [while still on board the marsiva]

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hey

we need ot talk

text; 2/?? [11/26]

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did u not get my text

-we need to talk-

text; 3/?? [11/30]

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seriously??

i still see u on the network man

where r you?

text; 4/?? [12/3]

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DUDE. WE NEED. 2 TALK.

WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING

text; 5/?? [12/9]

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wow

look

u saw things you weren't supposed to see

-at all-

and yes i'm still -pissed- about that and frankly if i knew it woulnd't backfire i'd probably punch u in the face for it

and that's why we need to talk

text; 6/6 ok [12/14]

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well

whaever

i'm gonna see whats up with this planet

text me if u feel like it i guess

Backdated to 12/25; delivery

[save_the_souls]

[On Christmas day, there's a bag with candies and cookies that's delivered with Orion's name on it. Which yeah, he had a long and hard debate about leaving it anonymously considering their last conversation versus if Orion would even touch anything with no name attached- so finally he opts to leave a note:]

Merry Christmas Orion.

Thank you for all your help with the blood drive.

Hope you have a good holiday,
- A. Walker