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[feels_taller]

 At least I got to choose. 

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[numbers_r_better_n_people]

Oh yes? And-- what did you get to choose, exactly, sir...?

[janee]

Good for you!

[nephilimson]

Free will. Aren't you fancy.

[feels_taller]

Well last time I didn't get to choose who took the shield after me because I died.

[feels_taller]

[Steve smiles.]

You could say that.

[nephilimson]

So, I'm talking to a ghost?

Well, that makes for a nice change, anyway.

[feels_taller]

My successor.

[numbers_r_better_n_people]

Ahhh, I see.... Yes, I suppose getting the opportunity to choose that would be a great milestone, indeed! Congratulations, then! :: And Tommy smiles a little at Captain America; of course, that name is a bit of a misnomer, if he's making a British bloke smile, too! ::

[feels_taller]

Oh I got better...it's complicated.

My whole life is complicated actually now that I think about it.

[nephilimson]

Perhaps we can form a club [that's sarcasm, by the way, rather thick. It's very like the average teenager's sarcasm, were Jace the average teenager - it's complete with eyeroll] Only invite those of us who have had complicated lives.

[feels_taller]

[Steve smiles and ducks his head. It's nice to have someone who isn't coddling him or trying to make this whole situation better then it actually is. Aging so quickly hurts like hell and isn't fun at all.]

Thank you Mr.....

((awww! {{cuddles poor Captain America!}} lol!))

[numbers_r_better_n_people]

Oh, sorry... It's Doctor, actually; Doctor Banner. But you can just call me Tommy, really! :: And Tommy's smile widens a little bit as he eyes the older man in front of him; almost as if there was something joyful in the idea of meeting someone as old as Steve Rogers. ::

[ballsoffire]

S'not always a good thing. Then everything is your fault when it explodes.

[feels_taller]

Well I don't think it will this time.

[ballsoffire]

I guess if you feel good about it.

[feels_taller]

Sam is a good man Johnny. He'll need all the backup he can get.

[ballsoffire]

Yeah I know. I'll do my best, hope he's half as good.

[feels_taller]

I wouldn't have chosen him if he wasn't I promise. I would have handed the shield back to Bucky or someone else.

Re: ((awww! {{cuddles poor Captain America!}} lol!))

[feels_taller]

Banner...no relation to Bruce?

[feels_taller]

[Steve laughs softly.]

That club would fill up pretty fast I think.

[numbers_r_better_n_people]

Bruce Banner? Hmm... I don't believe so, no... I could be wrong, of course, given how bloody much my extended family has been-- scattered across the globe, really. :: And Tommy smiles wryly now :: I mean, does this Bruce Banner share my dark handsomeness, and my mind for figures and axes and such as...? :: Wry, perhaps, because he obviously does NOT consider himself at all handsome! ::

[coldburn]

I... don't understand.

[feels_taller]

There is a new Captain America now.

[coldburn]

[Wait. This doesn't make sense. This isn't how Caprain America is supposed to work.]

So Captain America is like Hydra?

[feels_taller]

No, no I just couldn't be Cap anymore. I'm too weak.

[coldburn]

That doesn't make sense. Captain America can't be Captain America and then be too weak.

[feels_taller]

Captain America can be anyone Kevin...he's an idea more than any one person.

[coldburn]

Why are you calling me Kevin? [Because that's the most imortant thing, obviously.]

[feels_taller]

It's your name.

[coldburn]

No, it's not.

[feels_taller]

Yes to all of that actually. He's a scientist working with radiation and meta humans.

[numbers_r_better_n_people]

Oh yes, indeed? I mean-- meta-humans? What are those, exactly...? :: Tommy grimaces at his own ignorance of something apparently common enough for this layman to know of them. ::

[feels_taller]

It's what your file says, is your file wrong?

Sorry, Steve......

[coldburn]

I never saw it. But I don't have a name.

[feels_taller]

Meta humans are people with abilities gained through supernatural, genetic or scientific means.

[numbers_r_better_n_people]

Oh, i see... I think, at least... :: Indeed, Tommy would have been inclined to "understand" the gentleman, and call him "cuckoo", only-- well, fortunately for Steve, last night Tommy-boy here just happened to binge on the TV show Through the Wormhole for some maths and science funtiems, and so... he's a little more open-minded today! :: I mean, I presume you mean-- "supernatural" means such as -- radiation, perhaps, or other physiological and chemical changes to a body...? I should very much like to discuss the possibilities with this-- Bruce Banner, if he's around.....?

[feels_taller]

Of course he's up in his lab. Let him know I sent you and he should be open to a chat.

Re: Sorry, Steve......

[feels_taller]

You don't have one you remember.

[coldburn]

Assets don't have names.

[feels_taller]

People do. And you aren't just an asset anymore.

[coldburn]

[And he'll just look at you like you're a crazy person, Steve.]

[feels_taller]

[Steve smiles.]

I mean that.

[coldburn]

You're wrong.

[feels_taller]

Remember who you are talking to. Captain America is rarely wrong.

[coldburn]

But you said you're not Captain America anymore.