[ Oh, someone delivered something on their doorstep? Huh. To be fair, they can’t be absolutely certain Fury isn’t actually here. This planet is a vast place. He could be in one of the other strongholds. ]
It's a fluorescent yellow poncho. Wasn't boxed or wrapped. The note says "Stay dry -Fury"
[Bucky doesn't know the man well enough to know whether that's standard Fury level cryptic, or if Steve had known he was here and they're running some kind of mission, or if it's even normal for him to sign his name off on this kind of thing right out in the open.]
[ The description of what’s actually inside the package admittedly throws Steve slightly off. Look, the guy can be cryptic but that’s… unusual, even for Fury.
It takes a bit for his reply, looking out into a random space with brows furrowed. ]
OK, that’s weird.
Let me take a look at it when I get home. Is it addressed to you specifically? [ Because, well, both of them live in the same unit. It might be for Steve, too. ]
[ To be fair, Steve thought there’s more to the note Bucky might’ve missed, which was why he asked. If not, well. It can be addressed to any one of them. ]
Buck, I’m sure the package is fine.
I have a hard time believing Fury would drop something like that without prior contact, though.
Telling one of us to stay dry also doesn’t make any sense. Unless he was referring to the pipes situation a few weeks ago.
Which means he’s been keeping track of us without showing himself. Again, doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
Steve you can't even put a dollar value on Captain America and my arm in raw materials alone is worth a quarter of a billion dollars. You think neither of us have been microchipped like dogs? Somebody somewhere is watching our every move all the time.
It's not that I don't think we're not being tracked. [ Because that's always highly likely. ]
It's that if it's Fury, I just think we would've seen him by now. [ Because while Fury's M.O. has always been Shows Up In Random Places, the guy still shows up. It doesn't make sense that he hasn't shown himself to Steve of all people. He should've by now if he's tracking them down. Unless - ]
Unless he's being held up by those organized raiders.
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What is it? And what’s on the package?
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[Bucky doesn't know the man well enough to know whether that's standard Fury level cryptic, or if Steve had known he was here and they're running some kind of mission, or if it's even normal for him to sign his name off on this kind of thing right out in the open.]
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It takes a bit for his reply, looking out into a random space with brows furrowed. ]
OK, that’s weird.
Let me take a look at it when I get home. Is it addressed to you specifically? [ Because, well, both of them live in the same unit. It might be for Steve, too. ]
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Either that or it is meant for me in which case it will probably explode in your face and shouldn't be opened.
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Buck, I’m sure the package is fine.
I have a hard time believing Fury would drop something like that without prior contact, though.
Telling one of us to stay dry also doesn’t make any sense. Unless he was referring to the pipes situation a few weeks ago.
Which means he’s been keeping track of us without showing himself. Again, doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
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Steve you can't even put a dollar value on Captain America and my arm in raw materials alone is worth a quarter of a billion dollars. You think neither of us have been microchipped like dogs? Somebody somewhere is watching our every move all the time.
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It's that if it's Fury, I just think we would've seen him by now. [ Because while Fury's M.O. has always been Shows Up In Random Places, the guy still shows up. It doesn't make sense that he hasn't shown himself to Steve of all people. He should've by now if he's tracking them down. Unless - ]
Unless he's being held up by those organized raiders.
This might be a trap. We need to move out.
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Did 'stay dry' used to be some kind of SHIELD code word for being in trouble?
We should find a safe place far from the motel to open the poncho. Maybe there's something inside.
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But I agree, we should open the poncho away from the motel just in case. So much for thinking the package is fine.
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[...
Did he just say 'at home' and not 'in your room'?]
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I will. Can't wait to be home. [ It's, after all, a person and not a place. ]
Picked up a few groceries, too. We were running low on eggs.