punched_hitler: [tfa] (only got a quick look)
Steve Rogers ☆ Captain America ([personal profile] punched_hitler) wrote in [community profile] apocalypsehowcomm2023-02-20 10:46 pm

Log: February Catch-All

Who: Steve Rogers & OTA!
When: Throughout February, depending on your event of choice
Where: Around ADI, the apartments, and Gloucester
Summary: February catch-all, including the fact that Steve's lost certain memories in Dogtown, been negatively affected by using Mjolnir again, and is available for some more specific shenanigans (Love Potion No. 9, Bumble Gum, Grave Matters fire). Or tag in with whatever you like, even if I don't mention it!
Warnings: Possible negative health effects from Mjolnir, investigating arson, emotional manipulation via chocolate, the bug candies at Bumble Gum (will note anything else in specific threads)


Frustration: Around ADI and the apartments
Tony is gone. He's vanished without a trace, without a word, and Steve wants to hold out hope that he's on some kind of personal (or even not-so-personal) mission. That he's following a lead, that he's gone underground. That he'll pop up and say something flippant over anyone's having worried, and that will be that.

That he's not gone, forever, all over again. That Steve hasn't lost him a second time.

But the days pass with no word, with no signal from his tracker. No Tony.

It doesn't stop Steve from doggedly looking for him. What else has he got to do in his spare time, right? He spends most free evenings combing the town, stopping into any shop that looks like it might interest Tony Stark in the least: mostly electronics, but some of the higher-end clothing shops and out-of-the-way bookshops as well. The longer Tony's been missing, the more frustrated he gets.

And it's not the only thing bothering him right now.

You might find him on his lunch break in ADI staring at an old compass with a black-and-white photo pasted inside. It's on the table in front of him while he eats a sandwich, frowning at it. He keeps fiddling with it in his pocket while he walks the halls, taking it out and then putting it away again. It comes out again at home sometimes, too; he'll leave it on a table and walk away, only to come back and pick it up and shove it frustratedly back into his pocket a few minutes later.

He doesn't know who she is. She's inside his compass, and he doesn't know why.

After he helps Winter with the pyramid, he has an off couple of days. That's all he can call it: off. It's this weird sense of deja vu, like, he's in his old body again, with achy joints and shitty blood pressure and stupid back pain. He's not sick, he's just… sore. Tired. Grouchy if you catch him at the wrong time or call him out on the way he rubs at his knuckles, his wrists, or teeters just a little when he stands up too fast.



Curiosity: Around ADI and Gloucester
There's plenty else going on to keep him occupied when he's not worrying about Tony or mysterious pictures that may or may not have been planted inside his personal things. His room isn't affected by the strange malaise that seems to be going around, but he does make several trips to Bumble Gum, first out of curiosity, then later to get samples with Cortana. He probably visits a time or two after that, browsing the strange confections, picking up a few more in case extra samples — or evidence — is needed later.

He's not a huge sweets guy, but he does like chocolate — enough to peer curiously at the boxes that appear in the break room before Valentine's Day, like he's trying to discern which is safest to try. If anyone else walks into the room, he glances up, almost like a deer in the headlights, and grins a little lopsidedly. "There're a lot of choices."

And when Grave Matters' workshop burns down, he wonders if it has anything to do with the way certain bars had a tendency to catch on fire a few months ago. If you happen to be wondering about the fire's origin, too, you might find him skulking around the premises.
lobster_bib: (I'm Jesus)

Frustration: Lunch Break

[personal profile] lobster_bib 2023-02-22 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Jesus eats alone too, often on the go, eating as he walks and wanders Gloucester trying to get a feel for this world and why he's here.

But one day he finally approaches this man who sits alone scowling at what Jesus thinks must be a pocket watch or a compass--whatever it is, he's curious.

"You okay?" He asks, food in one hand and drink in the other, offering Steve a quizzical smile.
sathan: (pic#14802002)

★ curiosity

[personal profile] sathan 2023-02-22 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"They like to tempt you to buy more than you need."

At least is what Lilith assumes, temptations were so simple to do, a little trickery, luring people in. She'd employed enough in her time that they were simple to recognise even if that wasn't entirely what was happening.

"It doesn't have to be terrible."
ruevealing: (thought i was good for nothin')

frustration

[personal profile] ruevealing 2023-02-22 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
To be perfectly honest, Rue normally spends their lunch break as far away from ADI's break room as possible, usually preferring to take an outdoor walk around the grounds or to slip back to their own apartment for a quick bite. But today has turned into a jumbled mess of tasks to complete, so a brief pop into the break room is about as much as Rue has time for.

Dressed for the more professional setting - a black pencil skirt and a silk, fitted floral blouse with swooping sleeves that gather delicately at the wrist to hold all of their wing feathers - Rue ducks their head into the break room, immediately catching sight of a friendly face.

"Steve," Rue's greeting comes warmly, until they notice the rather faraway state he's in. Perhaps they should have left him to his thoughts instead. "My most ardent apologies, my friend. I hope I'm not interrupting. Please, if you would prefer to be alone, you simply need to tell me. No offense taken."
worthallthis: (Default)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-02-24 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Winter has has his own memory issues, though he hasn't told Steve yet. That's today's plan. He brings the usual thermos of cocoa and a worried sort of expression when he tracks Steve down at lunch that day.

"Steve. I need to tell you something."
worthallthis: (puppy eyes)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-02-24 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Here's fine. It doesn't matter." He drops onto the chair opposite Steve, and sets the thermos down, but jumps right into it instead of pouring. "I forgot dancing. I don't know if it's the pyramid's fault. Or something else. But I forgot dancing." He sounds somewhere between genuinely freaked out, despite having had a day or two now to get used to the idea, and offended. Dancing was one of his favorite things, or so he's been told. How dare the pyramid (or whatever) take away one of his favorite things?
ruevealing: (and that is true  ♪)

[personal profile] ruevealing 2023-02-24 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
It's honestly very sweet, how Steve gently kicks the chair out for Rue to sit on. Their expression goes warm as they lean over, paws gently curling around the chair back as they continue to stand, voice dropping down to a conspiratorial whisper just between the two of them.

"Tell me, do you like to make wagers?"
lobster_bib: (sneak)

[personal profile] lobster_bib 2023-02-25 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," he says, his smile grateful as he slides into the seat and sets his food down. "Hi. I'm Jesus. Didn't mean to interrupt, I just haven't seen anything like that," nodding at the compass, "In a while."
lowficharm: (« [Concern] (pooh voice) oh bother)

frustration; the apartment!

[personal profile] lowficharm 2023-02-25 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Even though it's pretty rare to get all three of them in the same space, Martin really likes Steve being around whenever he can find him. Steve is generally a nice guy, and unfortunately Martin is not only nosy but incredibly well-tuned to when someone is upset, with an innate desire to fix everyone's emotional problems. So of course he's hovering around before Steve goes out one night, puttering aimlessly with things in the kitchen until he finally turns and forces himself to say something.

"Uhm-- Steve, is-- I mean, not to be a bother, but-- are you. Uhm. Okay?"
sathan: (pic#14801967)

[personal profile] sathan 2023-02-25 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not much of a chocolate person."

Though Lilith did, surprisingly, have a sweet tooth.

"What is it you enjoy?"
worthallthis: (sad-profile)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-02-26 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Sometime between the last time I did it and yesterday," Winter says. "When I went to the swing dance club with Kate and was confused when I got there because I couldn't remember how to dance." He sets the stupid pyramid down on the table between them, back in his pocket and in perfect condition despite their many efforts at destroying it. "I don't know if it's this or not. Cortana didn't remember me for a while. But she got better."
ruevealing: (cause i'm my own biggest fan)

[personal profile] ruevealing 2023-02-26 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
"How cheaply do you think these break room chairs were made?"

Maybe it feels like a strange question, completely out of the blue, but Rue's reasoning becomes very obvious quickly.

"Or rather, how much are you willing to bet that such a flimsy thing won't buckle beneath me?" Rue says it with a wink, clearly unbothered, only amused. They are completely used to human-sized furniture just not being built for their size and weight. It's just the curse of being part bear. "I must confess, I've avoided the break room for this very reason so I haven't tested it myself just yet, but if you are feeling lucky..."
ruevealing: (thought i was good for nothin')

[personal profile] ruevealing 2023-02-26 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
A completely fair reaction. Rue's teasing is maybe a little blunt, but there's no hurt or ill intent in their words. At this point, they simply have to laugh at how ridiculous it is. To be specifically brought in to help with ADI's mission, but then still be made to feel so starkly different from the rest. Truly, they have the funds to attempt to stop the apocalypse but they can't buy a few pieces of more inclusive furniture?

But Rue perks up at the offer, not able to hide the delight that shines in their dark eyes.

"Would you terribly mind? I wouldn't want to steal you away from during your break. I know how hard all of you in security work. I have heard what a difficult, demanding job it is." A small beat before: "But I would be grateful for the company, if you wouldn't mind a touch of air."
worthallthis: (frowny face)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-02-26 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
"I didn't have it at the time. It was a couple days before we went into Dogtown," Winter says. "So." He frowns at the pyramid, too. "Either it was two separate things to do with memory, or it's not the pyramid."

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