[for Jessica]
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
onlyapassengerThe ITF's job was -- and remains -- to keep tabs on everyone who entered Rapture, the underground hellhole of a city that showed up on the island as suddenly and inexplicably as any of the people who walk its shores. The primary mission, poorly defined but executed to the best of our ability, was, by most accounts, an unmitigated failure... Well, you can imagine how well I've been taking to that. We got our people out alive, but it was at the cost of children, and no matter how many shoulders want to carry the burden of what happened down there, mine may just be the most qualified.
I've followed up on all those who were injured in Rapture, at a distance, but Jessica Drew is the only one I've kept track of long after her recovery. I'll admit, her name piqued my interest. It has since it showed up in the Times earlier in the year. That she's not the Jessica Drew I'm acquainted with was obvious from the word go, but after keeping an eye on her over the past few weeks since her release from the clinic, I wonder if I didn't dismiss that possibility too soon.
'Cause she might not be Spider-Woman, but she sure as hell moves a lot like Spider-Man.
The first time was sheer coincidence; he'd been looking for Jason at the obstacle course and found Jessica instead. Had she just been messing around, he wouldn't have stuck around to watch, would have left her to her own devices with maybe a warning that she ought to be careful up there, but though it was plain to see she lacked training, she was nevertheless skilled, in her way. Rough around the edges, but maybe not as out of her depth in a place like Rapture as her injures suggested.
Curiosity, though, is what sees him return, what has him noting her progress with each of his visits. Spying on people isn't a skill he has much use for on the Island, but it's still one that he breaks out occasionally; Jason alone has kept him from getting rusty. Never in the habit of staying for very long, however, Bucky's getting ready to leave after his usual few minutes of observation when the sound of her falling draws his attention back to course: she's landed face first in the dirt.
Retaining his anonymity not nearly as important as making sure she isn't hurt, Bucky gives up his position in the trees after a few seconds of waiting to see if she'll move, making his way towards her with purposeful, but not hurried, strides.
"Christ, are you alright?"
I've followed up on all those who were injured in Rapture, at a distance, but Jessica Drew is the only one I've kept track of long after her recovery. I'll admit, her name piqued my interest. It has since it showed up in the Times earlier in the year. That she's not the Jessica Drew I'm acquainted with was obvious from the word go, but after keeping an eye on her over the past few weeks since her release from the clinic, I wonder if I didn't dismiss that possibility too soon.
'Cause she might not be Spider-Woman, but she sure as hell moves a lot like Spider-Man.
The first time was sheer coincidence; he'd been looking for Jason at the obstacle course and found Jessica instead. Had she just been messing around, he wouldn't have stuck around to watch, would have left her to her own devices with maybe a warning that she ought to be careful up there, but though it was plain to see she lacked training, she was nevertheless skilled, in her way. Rough around the edges, but maybe not as out of her depth in a place like Rapture as her injures suggested.
Curiosity, though, is what sees him return, what has him noting her progress with each of his visits. Spying on people isn't a skill he has much use for on the Island, but it's still one that he breaks out occasionally; Jason alone has kept him from getting rusty. Never in the habit of staying for very long, however, Bucky's getting ready to leave after his usual few minutes of observation when the sound of her falling draws his attention back to course: she's landed face first in the dirt.
Retaining his anonymity not nearly as important as making sure she isn't hurt, Bucky gives up his position in the trees after a few seconds of waiting to see if she'll move, making his way towards her with purposeful, but not hurried, strides.
"Christ, are you alright?"
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Date: 2011-10-03 06:23 am (UTC)"...come again?"
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Date: 2011-10-03 06:30 am (UTC)I even do the gestures.
What universe is this guy from, again? Maybe that doesn't mean anything to him.
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Date: 2011-10-03 06:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-03 06:37 am (UTC)Basically by making references all the time until he starts catching on. Which may be never, admittedly.
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Date: 2011-10-03 07:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-03 07:46 am (UTC)This could work out. The secret stays safe, I get the actual technique I've always been missing. Peter even recognized that, back in the day, and tried to get that Shang-Chi guy to show him some moves. And succeeded in being shown... one move.
It's a good move. But a girl kind of needs more than one move.