Went from shooing away my mom's dealers, to stealing shit to get by, to wearing hot pants and telling Two-Face he's got shit taste. Didn't really think about the future much aside from trying to make it there.
[ Jason "everyone I've ever looked up to has failed me and I will remind everyone of that constantly so that no one will get close to me and I won't be inevitably betrayed again" Peter Todd. ]
Your adopted dad's loaded, though, right? You never thought about using that money to get out?
( because clearly, running around in a cape forever is a great way to live. )
I liked school. Might've used those straight A's for something down the line. Gotten into a decent college, ( but now he is thinking about it, which is shit. he doesn't want to consider what could have been when it won't be. ) picked up a degree in social work, maybe. Gotham could use more of B's money poured in it's supportive social programs, too. Foster care, substance use recovery centers--shit like that.
I've stolen from him before. [ It's not the worst plan. Then again, Bucky is bad at planning.] And that was when he had the full backing of the military-industrial complex. [ And was head of S.H.I.E.L.D. ]
( he knows damn well the room in the tower was given so tony could keep watch over jason--so he's not considering that a helping hand. it's more meeting in the middle: jason usually stays there, where tony can keep an eye on him. and tony loses real estate giving jason his space. but the gear on the other hand-- )
Back in New Amsterdam, I gave him a nice shiny space to do his work in, discreetly. Asked for an IOU in exchange. Never thought I'd cash it in while somewhere like this, but I'll take it.
Did we not establish that early on? 'cause I'm pretty sure our second meeting was you coming over for a fight after Damian lost an arm.
( when bucky was trying to give a speech about - what was it? how they'd all keep fighting or some shit. jason's fairly certain it was supposed to mean something, but it didn't. he figures it was bucky trying to help, somehow. )
Knew it could take a hit when I test drove it, but I wasn't planning on taking bullets like that--so. That IOU went miles further than I thought it would. ( handing over a warehouse to tony and stephen saved his ass all this time later. not that he'd give stark a compliment where he could hear it. )
I didn't say I was any better. [ Bucky likes to fight, even after losing an arm. He tries, but he is bad at helping. He's good at picking fights. ]
I am really good at losing arms, though. Stark helps with that. [ He even made a nice portable extra arm for him. Even though the Stark here doesn't remember that. ]
( he doesn't wait for an answer. the neural implants are still functional enough, so jason sends over a handy pin. saves it from being put anywhere anyone here can hack into, but still gives it to bucky without saying directions out loud. )
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Date: 26 May 2023 22:46 (UTC)( with an ugly snort, but it's not like he doesn't get it, because - )
All I've got is a lifetime of starting shit, so.
( stopping crime by being the crime it is. )
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Date: 26 May 2023 23:36 (UTC)[ And yeah, putting "1940-45" is probably not gonna get a few looks. ]
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Date: 27 May 2023 23:51 (UTC)( didn't really apply in new amsterdam. nor would it here, but -- )
Other shit's boring anyways.
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Date: 28 May 2023 01:51 (UTC)Yeah? What did you wanna be when you grew up?
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Date: 28 May 2023 01:57 (UTC)( funnily enough, he failed at both of those. )
Went from shooing away my mom's dealers, to stealing shit to get by, to wearing hot pants and telling Two-Face he's got shit taste. Didn't really think about the future much aside from trying to make it there.
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Date: 28 May 2023 02:22 (UTC)Your adopted dad's loaded, though, right? You never thought about using that money to get out?
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Date: 28 May 2023 02:37 (UTC)( because clearly, running around in a cape forever is a great way to live. )
I liked school. Might've used those straight A's for something down the line. Gotten into a decent college, ( but now he is thinking about it, which is shit. he doesn't want to consider what could have been when it won't be. ) picked up a degree in social work, maybe. Gotham could use more of B's money poured in it's supportive social programs, too. Foster care, substance use recovery centers--shit like that.
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Date: 29 May 2023 22:09 (UTC)I wanted to be a park ranger.
[ He never really thought about college, but he might have if he'd survived the war and the G.I. Bill. He'll never know. ]
I never really thought about what went into it, though. Lookin' to the end of the war⦠that felt like bad luck.
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Date: 30 May 2023 22:37 (UTC)( bucky doesn't have his cute little park ranger hat, jason--is still the dead robin. )
With empty pockets an' Stark's tower. ( well. ) We should steal his money.
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Date: 1 June 2023 18:12 (UTC)Probably easier now.
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Date: 1 June 2023 22:43 (UTC)( it'll entertain them, which is plenty motivation. )
Long as it isn't too easy, then it'd just be boring. Why bother?
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Date: 3 June 2023 04:21 (UTC)[ Well, he assumes Jason's new outfit is courtesy some kind of trade or favor. ]
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Date: 3 June 2023 10:05 (UTC)( he knows damn well the room in the tower was given so tony could keep watch over jason--so he's not considering that a helping hand. it's more meeting in the middle: jason usually stays there, where tony can keep an eye on him. and tony loses real estate giving jason his space. but the gear on the other hand-- )
Back in New Amsterdam, I gave him a nice shiny space to do his work in, discreetly. Asked for an IOU in exchange. Never thought I'd cash it in while somewhere like this, but I'll take it.
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Date: 4 June 2023 03:37 (UTC)[ People are always coming and going from these multiversal nexus whatevers. ]
Say what you wanna about Stark, but he does good work.
[ With the machine stuff, he means. ]
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Date: 4 June 2023 20:18 (UTC)( hand off the bike to raise it up and pat his palm against his sternum. )
Bruised and fucked up my ribs but didn't penetrate the suit.
( it's--a compliment. jason's gone through plenty of gear in his time, but fabric this light capable of preventing bullets is new. )
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Date: 5 June 2023 05:45 (UTC)[ Of course he knows that. Maybe he can get Stark to design him a bulletproof neon sign. ]
But yeah, if it's anything like the suit he made for me, it can take a beating.
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Date: 5 June 2023 06:47 (UTC)( when bucky was trying to give a speech about - what was it? how they'd all keep fighting or some shit. jason's fairly certain it was supposed to mean something, but it didn't. he figures it was bucky trying to help, somehow. )
Knew it could take a hit when I test drove it, but I wasn't planning on taking bullets like that--so. That IOU went miles further than I thought it would. ( handing over a warehouse to tony and stephen saved his ass all this time later. not that he'd give stark a compliment where he could hear it. )
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Date: 5 June 2023 23:28 (UTC)I am really good at losing arms, though. Stark helps with that. [ He even made a nice portable extra arm for him. Even though the Stark here doesn't remember that. ]
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Date: 9 June 2023 07:29 (UTC)( might help with the losing them thing. )
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Date: 10 June 2023 04:55 (UTC)[ He could probably try harder. ]
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Date: 10 June 2023 04:56 (UTC)( how does one lose an arm. even a metal arm. )
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Date: 10 June 2023 06:37 (UTC)[ Who eventually made him a backup he could carry around with him. ]
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Date: 11 June 2023 06:04 (UTC)( if bucky's goal was to get jason to shut up about his arm loss problems, he's succeeded. this is the last time he's nagging bucky about it. )
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Date: 11 June 2023 17:17 (UTC)[ Knew that would get him. ]
You still wanna race?
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Date: 12 June 2023 01:33 (UTC)( he doesn't wait for an answer. the neural implants are still functional enough, so jason sends over a handy pin. saves it from being put anywhere anyone here can hack into, but still gives it to bucky without saying directions out loud. )
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