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[thestarspangledman]

[There is the sound of buttons being a bit haphazardly mashed, and some slight shuffling. Eventually, there is a quiet 'oh', and the video flickers to life and reveals a handsome young man, dressed in a tight-fitting t-shirt and sweat pants.]

Sorry, folks, I'm still trying to figure out how things work around here. [He gives a little sheepish smile and ducks his head, before glancing back to the camera.] Uh. Hello, I'm Captain Steve Rogers. Some of you might know me as Captain America. I'm from Brooklyn, New York, and I was told that you could use my help up here.

There's not -- a lot for me to do at home right now, so here I am. [A little pause.] Though if anyone could catch me up on -- current events, back home, it'd be appreciated.

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[batmanschmatman]

Depends on what you mean by current, but I can do my best. [Assuming this won't like. Destroy the time stream.]

[thestarspangledman]

It might take you a while. They tell me this is ...2012?

[wedonot]

[Well, someone will just be secretly kinda fanboying over here.] Welcome aboard, Captain Rogers. It's an honor to meet you.

[thestarspangledman]

[There's a sheepish grin in response.] Thank you. I'm guessing you've heard of me?

[19centconstable]

I'm Constable George Crabtree, of the Toronto Constabulary. I wasn't aware that America had a Captain...

[thestarspangledman]

Well, it's more kind of a -- [A beat.] I guess it's not, is it. I served our country in a pretty big war.

Pleased to meet you, Constable.

[reactivates]

[Is endlessly amused at non-tech-savvy people.] Yo. 'Sup. I'm Claudia. If you need help with any of the technical bits of this exciting new adventure, let me know. I'm kind of a computer whisperer.

...Oh, and that invitation is pretty much open to anybody, not just our, uh... Captain here.

[thestarspangledman]

I'll be sure to remember that, miss. Thank you.

[video]

[aggravating]

... You're kidding, right?

[This cannot be Captain freaking America.

He's kind of supposed to be frozen in an iceberg somewhere]

[video]

[thestarspangledman]

[Just -- have some quiet staring for a moment or two.]

...Howard? I guess I should have figured you'd be around.

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[acid_rayne]

Wait... What?

Video:

[thestarspangledman]

Beg your pardon, ma'am?

[ichoosefight]

Well that's patriotic. And it sounds like Dick is giving you a full-out history lesson. You should check out the library if you want the nitty-gritty details.

I'm Steph. Stephanie Brown.

[thestarspangledman]

I think I might have to. It's a lot to take in at once.

Pleased to meet you, miss.

[themountie]

[Look, Steve, this one has your hairstyle.]

Welcome to the Barge, Captain Rogers. My name is Constable Benton Fraser, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Currently a warden, of course. [Of course.] If you have any further questions once Mr. Grayson is finished with his briefing, by all means, let me know.

[thestarspangledman]

I'll be sure to, sir, and thanks. It's nice to meet you.

[captain_jtkirk]

So you're here because you're bored?

[thestarspangledman]

...Not exactly, more like -- outdated. At least for now.

[trenchcoatedly]

Are you actually captain of America?

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[thestarspangledman]

--No, it's uh. Kind of a title? I'm just a soldier. [Superhero.]

[scarlet_discord]

...

Scuse me a second.

[She goes into the bathroom, shuts the door. There is the faint sound of prolonged squealing. Then she comes back out.]

Hi Captain Rogers! I'm Wanda. I'm from your world. Maybe. Sorta?

[thestarspangledman]

[A small smile.]

Nice to meet you, miss. If you are, I can't say I've met you yet.

[Video]

[lastmanstanding]

[...Captain America. Okay you're not batman but he knows of you. And this guy looks so lost and uh-holy shit but...]

...Detective Mark Hoffman. Formerly-

Well. Mark Hoffman, former NYPD. Warden now.

[Video]

[thestarspangledman]

[Oh thank goodness, a fellow New Yorker. He grins a little.]

Pleased to meet you, sir.

[an_abomination]

That depends on where "back home" is. There are some people who are from the same world and lots of people who are from different worlds. Lots of variations of Earth.

[thestarspangledman]

Yeah, I've heard that.

[socoolbrewster]

...Dude.

[Yes, that's all you're getting from the resident geek-cum-walking evil dead. Suffice to say he LOOKS like he's trying not to flail like a complete derp though.]

Uh. Hi. I'm Ed. And...welcome to the boat?

[thestarspangledman]

[Good, because that'd just make Steve slightly more awkward than normal.]

...Thanks.

[umgekehrt]

[Well that looks like some-hundred pounds of earnestness wrapped in one hell of a body. If Stildyne were less of a professional there might be a moment of outright staring. He isn't less of a professional, fortunately, and he looks more like he's receiving a new officer aboard ship.]

Chief Stildyne, formerly Chief Warrant Officer of the Jurisdiction Fleet Ship Ragnarok, currently just 'Chief' out of habit.

I'm not from a time near the majority of the barge and I don't know where Earth is specifically; it's been a few tens of thousands of years, at best guess, and the Core's got quite a few colonized worlds. Can't help there, but if you're lacking help to get settled onto the barge I'm available.

[From the look of the man's communications braid already there's no lack of help, but the offer is polite. He'll pack up his bitter a bit and try to act like he works here. It's his job. And hell but would you look at the man.]

[thestarspangledman]

Pleased to meet you, Chief.

[A little bit of a smile.] That's a little hard to believe, if you'll pardon the saying, but -- I've seen a lot of things that are hard to believe, lately.

[psychic_hotline]

[She makes a point of getting all her 'omg what Captain America' out of the way before anything else; by the time she actually gets to responding she looks composed and friendly.]

Brooklyn, huh? I grew up in Queens, myself.

Detective Sara Pezzini. Good to meet you, Captain. I see Dick's done the best possible on getting you updated.

[thestarspangledman]

Yeah? Always good to have more New Yorkers around.

[A small smile.] He has, but I've still got quite a lot to learn.

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[wecanavenge]

[What. Is. This. Erik takes a moment to cue up his feed, because he never actually thought he'd see the Captain in person. He hadn't even known Steve Rogers existed until after he'd escaped the camp; it wasn't as if Herr Schmidt had kept him up to date on current events while experimenting on him.]

That depends on your definition of current.

Nope

[thestarspangledman]

[He would have helped you if he could have, Erik.]

Oh, uh, anything after 1943, I guess.

[lesliemonster]

Captain America?

[She is of the small subset of Americans who has never heard of him. But still, Steve is pinging all of Leslie's "good old fashioned American gumption" senses, and it is awesome.]

I'm Leslie Knope. I'm from Pawnee, Indiana, and I have a wealth of pop-culture materials that could help get you up to speed.

[thestarspangledman]

[Good, because he's practically the definition of it.]

...Uh, thank you, ma'am. I'm sure it'll be a lot of help.