rubycity_ooc | JANUARY TEST DRIVE!

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JANUARY TEST DRIVE!

Thinking of apping a character but not sure they'll fit in the city walls?

Have no fear, a meme for you is here.

Directions:

Use an RNG to choose a location and prompt, or wait for someone else to tag.

Post with your character with their name and canon on top!

If you'd like, leave contact info for people to get in contact for plotting and other such shenans.

Tag around! Make friends. Don't be afraid to chat OOC while tagging.

Locations

1.TRAIN STATION - The place where everyone gets dumped off at. Your first view of Ruby City, complete with informational posters telling you all about where you've ended up.
2. THE BEACH - Lovely year-round, though in the winter months, you're probably not likely to dip your toes in.
3. THE BLACK STALLION - A rather quaint bar. Supposedly, the burgers are great, but you don't see anyone immediately who's willing to serve you. Maybe you're meant to get it yourself.
4. THE OBELISK - The tall monolith in the center of the city marks the gathering place of many events, though right now it seems to be cold and dark.
5. THE CLOCKTOWER - Offering an impressive view of the city, several residents come here to clear their heads, if they don't mind braving the narrow staircase.
6. THE COFFEE JOINT - the front windows are warm and welcoming, and it seems there's always someone friendly enough to fix you a cup when you wander through.
7. THE CATACOMBS - Intrepid, aren't you? Those weird holes may beg exploring, but go too deep and you're going to be in a lot of trouble, considering the viciousness of the creatures held within.
8. THE CITY STREETS - All told, Ruby City is a lovely place, once you get past the fact that several of the buildings look derelict and on the verge of falling down. There's no harm in doing a little sightseeing.
9. THE PARK - You thought it'd be a lovely stroll, but the park is anything but friendly, if those approaching wolf-like creatures are any indication.
10. CHOOSE YOUR OWN - Don't like what we've come up with? Feel like picking your own place? There's a whole host of lovely locations to choose from in the City.

Scenarios

1. NEW ARRIVAL - Step off that train, walk down the street. People usually latch on to newcomers to try and help them out. Even if you look shy, the other residents probably won't be!
2. WATCH TALK - Feeling lost? Disoriented? Don't worry, everyone feels that way on their first day. Fortunately - if the signs at the station are to believed - the watch in your pocket can be used to talk to whoever else might be here.
3. BAD WEATHER - Aw, man. Whether it's snow, or rain, or just plain cold, today was definitely the wrong day to get dumped off in a City in the middle of nowhere.
4. A RUN-IN - Maybe you weren't watching. Maybe they weren't. Either way, you just bumped into someone. Perhaps apologies are in order?
5. HELP, IT HURTS - Clumsy, aren't you? Perhaps wherever the train brought you from wasn't so friendly, or you just tripped and twisted your ankle. Either way, you're in a bit of pain. Hopefully someone will notice your booboos and help patch you up.
6. HUNGRY - It isn't very obvious sometimes that restaurants are what they are, especially in a place like Ruby City. Where can a person go to get a bite to eat around here?
7. MISTAKEN IDENTITY - Hey, there's someone you know! --Or maybe not.
8. BEING FOLLOWED - Maybe you're just being paranoid, or maybe you've got a reason to be afraid. Whatever it is, it feels like there's eyes on you...
9. CURRENT EVENTS - The City is currently overrun with the DESPAIR DISEASE, which means some people are more violent than normal, the overall atmosphere is more dreary than it normally would be, and there's some pretty vicious creatures roaming the streets! Also, there's hardly anything to eat. What a frightening thing!
10. CHOOSE YOUR OWN - Don't like any of these ideas? Feel free to come up with your own!

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Sharon blinked in surprise at the familiar voice. So he was here too? Sharon gave a nod of acknowledgement and greeted him, "Captain." She took her coffee from the barista, silently thinking. She hadn't talked to Steve since passing him in the hallway after talking to Director Pierce. But seeing as he was her only contact here she, took a sip of her coffee and Sat across from him. "So what is the situation?" She asked. She finally took notice to what he was doing. Can't be a dangerous situation if he's drawing.

He closed the sketchbook, a well-used one that he'd been using for about a year and was nearly full. The drawing had been detailed, of the Winter Soldier, though he had his mask off and there was something so...human in the face. Almost a smile.

"Complicated," he said wryly. "Did you just get here?" He hesitated. "Uh, I have no idea what your real name is, but I'm guessing it's not Kate," he admitted uncomfortably.

"It's Sharon. And yeah, I just got here. Wherever here is that is," she replied.

"What exactly is complicated here? Any other SHIELD agents? HYDRA?" she continued getting immediately down to business.

"Nice to meet you Sharon," Steve said, rising as she moved over and sat, then taking his seat again.

"To the best of what we've been able to figure out, this is a 'pocket universe'. There are people here from all over, not just from our world, but other plants, and other versions of Earth, too, where things are different." He shook his head. "No SHIELD, no HYDRA." He leaned forward, serious. "Except you, of course."

"And you too," she said, giving him a meaningful look. Even if there was no SHIELD or HYDRA here, she still planned to uphold her duty as a SHIELD agent, even in a strange world.

"So what is your plan while we're here?" she asked. Regardless of his answer, if it didn't agree with, she wouldn't be taking orders from him.

Steve shrugged slightly, but gave a nod. He had dismantled SHIELD, so he wasn't sure he was still welcome to work for it. If it even existed.

He cracked a faint smile at her question. "My plan is to escape. Tony Stark is here, along with Bucky Barnes. I've formed a militia with a few dozen people I trust, who patrol the city, keeping it safe for non-combatants, and collects intel. We're all working together to try to figure out why we're here, and how to get home."

“Tony’s here?” she asked with a raised eyebrow. She bet there have been some interesting stories about the billionaire playboy philanthropist. She still remembered her play dates with him when her Aunt Peggy took her with her to visit Howard Stark. She thought it was interesting to hear them reminisce over their war stories.

“Well, you can count me in on being a part of the militia.” If he thought she would not offer her assistance on that, he still had a lot to learn about Sharon Carter. “Where can I get briefed on everything that has happened here?” she asked. The fun part of being an agent—being debriefed. She almost missed it. The keyword being almost.

"Yeah, he's here. Bruce Banner and Thor were both here for a while, but they left." Unfortunately, he was still unaware of his former neighbour's connection to Peggy. "You know Tony Stark?"

He smiled, and nodded, completely unsurprised that she'd offered. "I'll add you to the roster. Usually, I always take new people out the first time." His lips crooked. "It'll be more fun than doing laundry, I hope." He was really trying not to make this awkward. Honestly. But it was possibly not working.

At the question about briefing, he shrugged unhappily. "Unfortunately, our information gathering isn't that organized. Phoenix Wright and Waver Velvet are the guys to go to for all the intel we've gathered so far. But a lot of it is just word of mouth at this point. People get sent home often enough that it's hard to keep the information organized."

Sharon nodded. “Yeah, I know him. We used to play together as kids,” she replied. She felt a tinge of guilt since she kept so many secrets from him while being Kate. She should come clean about everything. She gave an uneasy smile and dropped the bomb. “When Aunt Peggy would visit Mr. Stark she’d take me sometimes, and Tony and I were stuck together.” Stuck together was an appropriate description seeing as Tony could be quite insufferable as a young know-it-all.

Sharon almost laughed at the small mention of their first real conversation. Then she had to blow her cover and he gave her the cold shoulder after that. “I don’t think you realized when you offered your washer for use, it sounded like an incredibly cheesy come on line.” She had to go there. Need to work on your game, Steve.

“But patrolling will definitely be more fun than laundry. I can find out if I can keep up with Captain America.”

Steve's brain made an almost audible screeching sound and he stared at her for a full fifteen seconds. "...Aunt Peggy?" he asked, his voice somewhat resembling a squeak.

He actually reddened a bit at her teasing. Thing was, it sort of was a come on line. He had really never gotten good at asking people out, and knew very well that he'd fumbled that ball badly that day. She'd been kind to let him down so nicely at the time - though later he'd realized just what had really been going on. She couldn't exactly have accepted, under the circumstances.

Sharon nodded at his squeak. "My last name is Carter. Peggy is my great aunt. She's the reason why I joined SHIELD."

Captain America blushing? That is kind of adorable. If she was actually his neighbor and didn't have secrets, she would've accepted his offer back then. It was sweet, and it was one of the rare instances she got to see Steve Rogers and not Captain America.

"...I'm sorry for the deceit during my assignment. I thought I was helping to protect you, but I think the Director had a different motive."

It was going to take a little while for Steve to get used to the idea that Sharon wasn't just a SHIELD agent, but Peggy's niece, too. The apology helped his rapidly warming feelings, though, and he nodded.

"I'm sorry I was so rude to you after," he said. "I know you were just doing your job."

Abruptly, he smiled. "Hey, do you want to get out of here? I'd be happy to show you around. Do you have a place to stay yet?"

Sharon had to stifle a laugh. "Calling me 'neighbor' in the hallway is hardly rude. Believe me, I've been called worse." Steve needed to work on his insults.

His smile was contagious, and a smile of her own appeared on her face. "I could use a tour," she agreed. "I haven't found a place to stay yet. What's available?" she asked.

Steve shrugged helplessly. It hadn't been the words, but what he meant by them. But if she forgave him, that was the main thing.

He got to his feet and tucked his sketchbook under his arm. "You can pick any vacant place you want and just keep it. There are apartments and houses. Bucky and I have a place near the park with four bedrooms. It's really too big for just us, and you're welcome to stay there as long as you want until you find your feet. So long as Bucky doesn't mind."

He paused. "Er, you know who he is, right?" He assumed any agent who'd been assigned to protect him would know his history. Whether Sharon knew Bucky was alive and damaged was another story he'd probably have to fill her in on, he figured.

Sharon followed suit and got to her feet as well. "I think anyone that attended the Smithsonian knows who Bucky is. He was also mentioned in your file at SHIELD." She considered his offer about staying with them. "I don't want to impose on you two. I can just find a vacant place and stay there."

She wondered what resources were available to their small militia. "I'd like to review the operations of the militia, if you don't mind. I can help with increasing efficiency."

"The Smithsonian doesn't know the whole story," Steve said grimly. He started for the door. "The offer's open. Let's head back to my place anyway, so I can show you the militia patrols. Any ideas you've got are welcome. Heck, I have an opening for a squad leader that's yours if you want it."

He drew a breath. "Bucky wasn't killed in '44. He was captured by HYDRA, experimented on, and given the serum. His memory is patchy at best, now, and he's trying to put things back together, but it's a delicate situation right now."

Sharon walked behind him towards the door. "Okay," she said, agreeing to go back to his place. "What kind of equipment are we working with?" She asked. She silently contemplated the squad leader position. Looking after a team was something she hadn't really done before and she wasn't sure if that was something she'd want to do. She can get along with one person but maybe not a whole team while out in the field.

Sharon took in the information Steve gave her about Bucky. Very unfortunate situation for Bucky. "Is there a doctor here that can help through this?" She asked with a hint of concern. He has to be dealing with PTSD to the extreme.

"What have you brought with you?" Steve asked wryly. "Other than that, we've got a dwarf who runs the blacksmith - Tolkein-style dwarf, I don't mean a little person - and a Nazi vampire who can make leather armour and gear. And there are a lot of sticks in the forest, I guess."

At her question about Bucky, he shook his head. "No, we don't have a shrink here that I'm aware of. I'm just trying to muddle through it with him."

"I only have my gun," she answered. "But I'm skilled in hand to hand combat." Having a weapon wasn't essential for her. She knew several ways to kick ass. "So we are able to make armor? That'll be useful. I was more or less thinking of a computer mainframe thought." She was quite skilled with computers as well

She paused for a moment and went back to talking about Bucky. "It's good he has you here. Without a friend he may lose it."

"No computers, ma'am, sorry. No electricity, either. We're basically living like my grandparents did. Tony's working on an arc reactor to change that, but I don't know how long it'll take for him to get the materials he needs."

He nodded quietly. "I'm just glad he's getting better."

"Guess the only technology is this thing, huh?" she asked as she pulled out the pocket watch communicator. She tried to take it apart to no avail. It was an interesting gadget. "Knowing Tony he'll figure it out in no time flat. And then he'll brag about it afterwards."

Sharon knew that Steve most likely won't like what she had to say next. "He was with HYDRA for so long...are you sure it's safe to be around him?" she asked.

Steve smiled faintly. "Honestly I'm not sure if that's technology or magic."

He turned aside and pushed open a gate, then led her to a nice Victorian house on a cul-de-sac. Add he opened the door, a brown pit bull came bounding up to sniff them, and a cat watched suspiciously from a high shelf.

"I'm completely safe with Bucky," he said with utter conviction. "HYDRA isn't calling the shots for him anymore. And he hasn't hurt anyone here at all except in self defence."

Sharon followed behind him, and the house looked cozy. It looked like Steve and Bucky had settled in nicely. They even had pets. She was skeptical about him being safe with Bucky. "What if HYDRA shows up here and they try to control him again?" she asked. Most likely, Steve was happy to have his friend back and was ignoring the problems that could come up with Bucky still recovering from being a weapon for HYDRA.

Steve understood her concern, but to him they simply came from a lack of information. He petted Liberty, the dog, and then headed for the kitchen. "This is Liberty, and Fred the cat. Make yourself at home, Miss Carter. You want a cup of coffee?"

He paused in the doorway and looked back at her. "Bucky broke away from HYDRA deliberately, and he has no intention of going back. It's possible they might be able to control him with key words - don't think I haven't thought of that kind of thing. But if anyone from HYDRA comes, they won't get the chance to hurt Bucky again."

Sharon gave a smile at the dog, and rubbed behind Liberty's ear. "No coffee, I'll take water though," she replied. "You know you can't watch him all the time. Believe me, I know." Sharon couldn't watch you all the time while she posed as his neighbor. "I'm just curious as to what you plan to do if he becomes your enemy again." She wouldn't put it past Steve to die instead of hurting Bucky.

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OH MY GOD I DIDN'T GET THIS NOTIF I'M SO SORRY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT

LOL AS IMPORTANT AS STEVE OFFERING HIS MACHINE IN HIS ROOM?

At least that important ;A;

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