There'll be trouble when the kidz come out

[lucetimods]

Who: All remaining draftees
What: Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
When: The 29th to 31st
Where: Vaskoth
Summary: Please read here for event information
Rating: B for BRRAAAIIIINSSSS

On the 29th, the Malnosso announce over the radios that the power cap will be lifted to a full 100%. Carol broadcasts a message.

On the 30th, the Malnosso declare Vaskoth completely lost. Those with radio access will discover that the enclosure is to be bombed.

On the 31st, survivors will have one last chance to evacuate or try to find the cure. 3PM is do or die.

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Re: 29th

[jamesbarnes]

I get a cut of the supplies I bring in. I'll be fine.

[Of that he doesn't really have a doubt. He's a soldier, he knows what his body can take, and he's thinking about it even now.

He looks around and takes an empty cup from her nightstand, fills it before handing it to her.] Drink slow. If you've been dehydrated it'll make you sick.

Re: 29th

[handing]

You better be. [There was a ghost of a smile on Pepper's lips--the most she can manage under the circumstances.] You've still got bridesmaids to chase, right?

[Pepper takes the cup carefully, waiting until Bucky moves away before she pulls down the respirator. It's hard to follow his advice, especially when she takes her first sip, but she makes herself take her time.]

Re: 29th

[jamesbarnes]

[Bucky leans back in his chair, glad to see she's taking the advice. He doesn't return the smile, but his tone is light and he wrinkles his nose just a little.]

Considering what I smell like right now I wouldn't blame 'em for running.

Re: 29th

[handing]

[It’s a bad joke, but what else do they have?  Talking with Bucky is like a horrible precursor to talking with Tony, and the thought has her eyes straying to her journal laying open on the counter beside her.
 
Only for a moment, though.  She can’t let herself think about it too much, or she’ll break down before she can get the words out.]
 
I must smell pretty awful too.  I hadn’t noticed.

Re: 29th

[jamesbarnes]

[Bucky shakes his head.] 'm afraid that's scientifically impossible, ma'am. Everyone knows ladies never smell bad.

[Pepper is doing that face again. He glances at the book too before meeting her eyes.] Have you talked to anyone else yet?

Re: 29th

[handing]

A lot of things have changed since the forties.  [Pepper watches Bucky look toward the journal, and she knows what’s coming next.  She can’t hold his gaze for long when he asks, because he’s not just talking about anyone.]
 
He hasn’t checked in yet.  We’ve been doing that—just telling each other we’re okay.  [Usually over the journal, sometimes in person if they can manage it.  Pepper grips the glass of water tighter in her hands.  Despite how recently she drank, her throat suddenly feels dry again, the words too thick in her mouth.]
 
I don’t know how I’m going to tell him.

Re: 29th

[jamesbarnes]

[He nods. He was doing the same thing with Steve before, has stopped himself from reaching for the journal since this morning.]

Hey, save a little for later. [He leans in to take the glass from her hands. She probably won't break it, but he sets it on the nightstand anyway and wraps both his hands around one of hers. There's nothing he can say to that.]

You need him here. If you know where he was last, I can go take a look.

Re: 29th

[handing]

[She lets him take the glass, then a moment later remembers to pull the respirator back up with her free hand. She's glad for his touch, and she curls her fingers lightly around his hand, giving them a gentle squeeze.]

Don't. He's fighting. Protecting people. [Pepper's certain of it, because she refuses to think of any other reason why Tony might not have called yet.] He'll check in soon, and I'll ask him to come here.

[And after that--she doesn't know.]

Re: 29th

[jamesbarnes]

Alright.

[He doesn't argue. He's thinking just about the same thing.]

How about I hang around 'till then?

[He doesn't let it show on his face because there's no way he'd be anywhere else but honestly - he's tired of this. He sat with Clint, then Steve, and Steve is there like a hole in his chest.

This is the best he can do for her, and it's not nearly enough.]

You can tell me about those bridesmaids you keep promisin' me.

Re: 29th

[handing]

[He offers to stay, and Pepper’s hand tightens in his, because it’s not until she no longer has to be alone that she realizes just how afraid of it she is.  Waiting for Tony in a room filled with cruel silence with nothing to do but question just how she would tell him, never coming up with an answer, might have shattered her before she heard his voice.]
 
Thank you.  [Her eyes are wet when she says it, but Pepper is quick to blink away the tears.  Bucky is suffering too, even if he doesn’t let it show.  This distraction is for both of them, and she tries to grin at his quip.
 
It doesn’t matter that there aren’t any bridesmaids, or that she’s sure there will never be a wedding.  Pepper rambles on anyway.  Anything to fill the silence.]