[Well, aren't these bubbles troublesome? Hansa is grumbling as he tries to avoid them, twisting out of the way of them, before he suddenly turns - right into you!]
After my village was destroyed by that bloodsucker...well, I was scared of the other villages. What if they had "goblins", too? So I just decided to live in the mountains on my own, and did what I could. I didn't go into society until Bishop Dilo found me.
[Which all seems straightforward for a boy who was just like "gotta go feral".]
You know? I don't recall...and I'm pretty sure its not a nova thing. Its not like you have calendars out there. And the community was pretty insular, so I don't even think the other villages around knew what had happened.
So...I think it was just a "while" to me. Apparently it was long enough for me to become the local mountain monster, haha.
They must've all been idiots if they mistook some dirty kid for a mountain monster.
...so that bishop guy is who got you out of there and got you to... [ he wants to say "be a priest", but apparently Hansa doesn't remember that anymore, so...he just gestures vaguely to all of him instead. ]
Hey, it wasn't kidnapping! Think of it like...an invitation!
[That makes a grin grow wide on his face.]
You know, it was so long ago that I don't really remember why, but I think some kids were just curious how I lived in the mountains on my own for so long. So I decided to show them.
If Hansa expects any level of explanation, he will not get one--not from the memory, and not from Vezda. He will, however, see three frogs, one of whom with a familiar (now oversized) shield and a robotic left froggy arm. They're on a volcanic island currently being overrun by dragons (one of whom is wearing pants), and have to rely on a team of superpowered pets for help.
Now, once the human Avengers respond to the crisis, it becomes all the more apparent that this is, well, from a frog's point of view. Because all the humans are gigantic, everything is blowing up, there is nowhere safe. And, of the three once-human frogs, it is not Bucky who's the most out of his depth. No, while Iron Man panics and loses his mind, for Bucky, the thought process is as simple as "I may be a frog, but I'm also a hero," and that's the end of that.
And, well, in the midst of all this fighting, one of the Pet Avengers' own, a dragon himself, turns on his own teammates. It seems dramatic--and certainly would be, if anyone knew what the fuck was going on--but Bucky doesn't get to learn more, because the pants-wearing dragon turns him and Iron Man and Thor back into humans as a peace gesture. Which is nice and all, except now Bucky (and therefore Hansa) can't hear what the animals are saying--it's just a bunch of angry barking and screeching.
In the end, even though the one frog who can talk (who looks like Thor, and sounds like Thor, but isn't Thor himself, because Thor is now human again) tries to defend the dragons, it all breaks down. It becomes a brutal human-on-pets-and-dragons brawl, dozens of combatants in a chaotic maelstrom of explosions and superpowers.
The dragons plunge into the volcano while the fighting continues, until it explodes and the giant Pet Avengers dog, Lockheed, teleports all the combatants away from the explosion safely, where they watch the dragons fly out of the magma and off into space. As Frog Thor explains it, all this was just because the dragons' eggs were resting safely in the center of the Earth, but now that it was time for them to hatch, they needed to be retrieved so they could hatch in their true home: the depths of space.
Misconceptions cleared, apologies made and accepted, the crisis is over. Bucky, with the rest of the human Avengers, boards the plane to go back home, and all is well. ]
Yeah, you'd think it's something I'd remember, but none of it makes sense. I've never had the shield before, or worn the Cap uniform. Or met any of those people.
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week 4, wednesday morning
Oh! Oh, sorry, I-
[And then a bubble pops against you - and a memory suddenly appears, featuring a boy with a characteristic mole under his left eye that might seem familiar...]
[And when that's done, Hansa just lets out a groan.]
...Really?
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Is this what you were talking about when you mentioned fighting a bear?
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Yeah. I had to fight them to survive as a kid.
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So you just lived...totally alone, in the forest? Did you ever go into society or anything?
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[Which all seems straightforward for a boy who was just like "gotta go feral".]
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...probably. ]
How long were you out there like that for?
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So...I think it was just a "while" to me. Apparently it was long enough for me to become the local mountain monster, haha.
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...so that bishop guy is who got you out of there and got you to... [ he wants to say "be a priest", but apparently Hansa doesn't remember that anymore, so...he just gestures vaguely to all of him instead. ]
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[A nod.]
Yes. He introduced me to the man who would be my foster father months later.
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[And he kind of looks sheepish, here.]
I remember getting in big trouble when I tried to take some kids into the mountains to try to teach them how to live like I did.
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Yeah, you generally do get in trouble for kidnapping. Why'd you do it in the first place?
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[That makes a grin grow wide on his face.]
You know, it was so long ago that I don't really remember why, but I think some kids were just curious how I lived in the mountains on my own for so long. So I decided to show them.
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[ And he can't even finish his sentence because at that moment, another bubble decides to pop around them to show:
Bucky's brief adventures as a frog. (if you dare read it here, pls just like. tread carefully, man)
If Hansa expects any level of explanation, he will not get one--not from the memory, and not from Vezda. He will, however, see three frogs, one of whom with a familiar (now oversized) shield and a robotic left froggy arm. They're on a volcanic island currently being overrun by dragons (one of whom is wearing pants), and have to rely on a team of superpowered pets for help.
Now, once the human Avengers respond to the crisis, it becomes all the more apparent that this is, well, from a frog's point of view. Because all the humans are gigantic, everything is blowing up, there is nowhere safe. And, of the three once-human frogs, it is not Bucky who's the most out of his depth. No, while Iron Man panics and loses his mind, for Bucky, the thought process is as simple as "I may be a frog, but I'm also a hero," and that's the end of that.
And, well, in the midst of all this fighting, one of the Pet Avengers' own, a dragon himself, turns on his own teammates. It seems dramatic--and certainly would be, if anyone knew what the fuck was going on--but Bucky doesn't get to learn more, because the pants-wearing dragon turns him and Iron Man and Thor back into humans as a peace gesture. Which is nice and all, except now Bucky (and therefore Hansa) can't hear what the animals are saying--it's just a bunch of angry barking and screeching.
In the end, even though the one frog who can talk (who looks like Thor, and sounds like Thor, but isn't Thor himself, because Thor is now human again) tries to defend the dragons, it all breaks down. It becomes a brutal human-on-pets-and-dragons brawl, dozens of combatants in a chaotic maelstrom of explosions and superpowers.
The dragons plunge into the volcano while the fighting continues, until it explodes and the giant Pet Avengers dog, Lockheed, teleports all the combatants away from the explosion safely, where they watch the dragons fly out of the magma and off into space. As Frog Thor explains it, all this was just because the dragons' eggs were resting safely in the center of the Earth, but now that it was time for them to hatch, they needed to be retrieved so they could hatch in their true home: the depths of space.
Misconceptions cleared, apologies made and accepted, the crisis is over. Bucky, with the rest of the human Avengers, boards the plane to go back home, and all is well. ]
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[Anyways, Hansa is just going to blink at that. He's silent for a moment, and then:]
Well, I guess I'm not the only one who's turned into a frog, now. Good to know.
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I don't remember that. Any of that.
[ ...now hold on a second-- ]
When did you turn into a frog?
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[A dragon with pants...]
Uh, yesterday, actually.
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...I think...I might've forgotten a lot of stuff.
[ ...okay wait angst aside tho-- ]
Yester--what the hell happened?