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Avengers Training Camp

James made his way across the field, his heavy boots making a soft 'thump' each time the hit the grass. He had just reached the unloading area when someone approached him. It was a girl, probably around her late teens. She stopped in front of him, looked up at his face, and seemed a bit confused. James wasn't exactly a stranger to the look; a lot of people didn't recognize him out of costume, and just assume that he walked around with a hood sporting a big 'A' because he was a fan. Hell, even IN costume people weren't so quick to warm up to him. The original stars and stripes had been a little...bright for James's taste. And besides, it was Steve's. He'd had the costume redesigned, a bit less loud.

"Yeah, it's me," He said, rubbing the back of his neck. What exactly was he supposed to say? Rogers probably would have greeted her with that big, stupid grin, given her some spiel about how great the camp was and how he looked forward to teaching her, and then proceed to sign any and everything thrusted at him. James was different. He'd once been great with people, a lady's man, a people's person, the life of the party. Now, every time someone approached him, his first instinct was to look them over for any bombs hidden on their person.

"The girls' dorm is that way," He said, motioning his hand off to the right. "If you need any help signing in, registration's over there." He pointed to the mess hall behind them. He didn't seem all too interested in talking to fans.

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Just as a side note, James's arm is kept kidden.

Hence why he always wears long sleeve shirts.

A big metal arm would kind of be a dead give away, you know?

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"Hey Buck, I got something for you." It had been a while since Steve visited, what with his fancy new job as a administrator managing super-heroes. Whatever the hell that was. James had made himself at home in the Avenger's tower, but he missed his old best friend. That was why, when the original stars and stripes hero showed up, the last thing James wanted to talk about was some summer camp for heros' kids. He wanted to catch up, talk about their latest missions, that kind of thing. But Steve had something else in mind.

He came over to where James was sitting at the kitchen table and dropped an envelope in front of him. "What's this?" James glanced up at him with a furrowed brow before slowly tearing the letter open. He pulled out a...brochure. His eyes scanned it over for a moment before he looked up at Steve, a 'are you shitting me' expression on his face.
"Don't you think I'm a little old for summer camp?"

Rogers smiled and gave a chuckle. "Didn't you used to say you always wanted to go?" He pulled a chair out and sat down in it. "I thought you might like to be counselor there. You know, a teacher. You could help train them."
"Why the hell would I like that?" James gave him another look, wondering where all this was coming from. He didn't even like kids; there was a reason he didn't have any. He wondered if this was another one of Steve's crazy plots to get him 'back out there and into the world'. The guy just couldn't seem to get that James was perfectly fine sitting in his hideyhole, occasionally doing mission work and then going back.

"Aw come on, Bucky." Steve was one of the few people who still called him that. One of the few people he let still call him that. "I think you'll like it. These kids need someone to look up to. They could use a strong hand to teach them discipline and help guide them. It'll be good for you, too; getting back out there and into the world."
Goddammit, he knew it.
"Steve, I appreciate you looking out for me, but I don't need you setting up playdates for me. I'm perfectly fine on my own."
"That's not what I've heard, Buck." Roger's expression changed to one of concern; pity. "The other guys have told me you've been having those dreams again. Being cooped up in here won't help you."
"And you think this will?!" He suddenly snapped. "What if something happens?! What if I regress and- and kill someone?!" He glared at his best friend with a face of anger before something wet touched his hand. He looked under the table were Lehigh sat. The dog looked up at him with those liquid brown eyes, calm and serene. His shoulders dropped.

"I know you don't have much faith in yourself, Buck, but I do. We do." Steve hadn't even flinched at his outburst. "I've already talked it over with Fury and everyone else, they've arranged to take your workload for most missions if you agree. It's all already set up, all you have to do is go do it."
James was unconvinced. He stubbornly crossed his arms, his face stony. Rogers sighed. "And if you don't like it, you can leave and we can find someone else." James remained silent for several moments. Steve watched him, trying to figure out what was going on in that head.
"Fine. I'll do it. But on the first sign of an episode, all bets are off. I'm not going to put other people in danger."
"It's a deal," Steve grinned as he put his hand out. James rolled his eyes and begrudgingly shook on it.
"The taxi will be here in twenty minutes, all your stuff is already packed."
"Wait, what?"


James found himself looking at the camp's brochure, chuckling at the memory of how he wound up here. He really needed to talk to Natasha about her bad influence on Rogers. James sat out on the front steps of his cabin, which he thankfully had all to himself. His golden lab sat beside him, her head in his lap. He dropped one hand to rub one of her velvety ears. He supposed he was glad she'd come along.

The camp wasn't as bad as he'd thought it would be. There were a few brats, sure, but a lot of the kids were pretty decent. He saw a younger version of himself in several of them. He'd somehow managed to go from dreading the idea of staying here to regretfully liking the place. It just...sorta grew on him. It reminded him of the good ol' days, back in the army. Before everything got messed up and complicated.

The shutting of a car door off in the distance caught his attention. James looked up to see yet another kid being dropped off. He supposed it was about time for another round of them to come through and get broken in. Being one of the camp 'counselors', he should probably be over there doing something. James slowly stood, Lehigh's head picking up off his lap and laying back across her paws. She watched as he made his way across the soccer field to the main hall, her tail thumping. It was a pretty hot day out, but yet James was wearing black army pants and long sleeved hunter green shirt. Was he hot? Of course he was. But it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. He was used to running around in heavy suit with guns and a shield, after all. He still sported the Captain America hood, refusing to let anyone get a good look at his face. After being off the grid so long, the last thing James Barnes wanted was an incident.

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If they misbehave, Bucky can have them peel potatoes or some shit =P

What's this camp look like anyways? Is it like a bootcamp?

Or is it like a summer camp?

Is it like one of those church camps where you stay inside most of the time and only go outside to have water balloon fights?

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It's funny enough, because I feel the same the way.

I don't like playing canon, don't usually like other people playing canon.

But there are very few characters that I've liked enough to feel comfortable playing. I really love the Winter Soldier story, so I can only hope I'll do it right =P

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He has the ability to wash his hands anywhere he goes.

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I mean, he has everything but the kitchen sink in that thing.

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I edited James's bio. I read the wiki on his abilities and apparently his arm does more than just be really strong.

The Canine Experiment

I think I like B the best, for the same reason Aostar said: it's ugly, it's twisted, and it resembles everything that's been done to him as Pilot.

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I'm gonna try and play this guy close to comic canon, but I plan on deviating a little to add my own touch.

Name: James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
Alias: Captain America
Age: Technically somewhere in his 90s, maybe even 100s. But psychically speaking, he's around 30 something.
Gender: Male

Personality: James was standoffish to idea of training a bunch of snot nosed brats. First off, he's not overly fond of kids. Second, he suffers serious PTSD, and believes himself to be a ticking time bomb. However, Steve Rodgers and the rest of the Avengers (and SHIELD) had faith and encouragement in him. So, begrudgingly, he agreed.

James holds most people at arms length, refusing to let himself get close. The few exceptions being the Avengers, who helped him through his rehab and whom he eventually fought beside. He's coarse, stoic, and at first, not very patient with his students. He quickly earns himself a reputation for being 'that asshole teacher who assigns extra homework because he can'. It's clear that he's not too enthusiastic about being there, and the only reason he stays is because he's seeking some kind of redemption for the whole "Winter Soldier" thing.
However, after a few weeks at the camp, (in between missions and mayhem), James finally starts to find that the kids are growing on him. With each new batch, he returns to his hardass teaching methods, but it doesn't take as long for him to warm up to them. One has to wonder, who's teaching who?

Abilities: (copy and pasted from the wiki page)

Having trained under Steve Rogers (the original Captain America in World War II) and others in the time leading up to World War II, "Bucky" Barnes is a master of hand-to-hand combat and martial arts, as well as being skilled in the use of military weapons such as firearms and grenades. He also used throwing knives on occasion and was a gifted advance scout. His time as the covert Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier helped to further hone his skills, making him the equal to his predecessor in combat skills and an expert assassin and spy. He is also fluent in many languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Latin, and Japanese. He can understand French.

Winter Soldier's left arm is a cybernetic prosthetic with superhuman strength and enhanced reaction time. The arm can function when not in contact with Barnes and can discharge bolts of electrical energy from its palm. The arm can discharge an EMP causing electronics to either shutdown or become useless. The use of Barnes' EMP is shown when Barnes uses it to shutdown a Nick Fury LMD and when he attempts to use it on Iron Man. The arm has a holographic function to disguise it as a flesh and blood arm.

As Captain America, he possesses the original, indestructible, vibranium alloy shield used by his predecessor, as well as a Kevlar/Nomex blend, shock-absorbing costume. He often carries several conventional weapons such as knives, guns - mostly a Colt 1911-A1 .45 and a P08 Luger - and grenades.

The reason he was chosen was his experience, while under Hydra, he trained several soldiers. They told him "it's pretty much the same thing, just without the killing."

Other: Because of his PTSD, James often find himself losing control. He takes medication for it, but even the strongest prescription can't erase what Hydra did to him. To help him in his recovery, some of the Avengers insisted he get a therapy dog. James was stubbornly against it, because he was doing just fine and he didn't need some mutt following him around, until they brought the dog home one day. For a few weeks, he pretended that the golden lab was a nuisance, but the ruse didn't last long. The man and his dog became inseparable. The dog, Lehigh, came with him to the camp.

Appearance:
Out of costume:

Bucky Barnes

In costume:

The New Captain America

History:

James lost his father early on in WW2. He was sort of adopted by the soldiers at Camp Lehigh as a mascot. There, he met Steve Rodgers, the original Captain America. After training and gaining experience as a soldier, Bucky became the Capt's sidekick. All was fine and dandy until a mission went south. Captain American and Bucky found themselves of an experimental drone plane, armed with a bomb. The bomb exploded while they were trying to disarm it, sending Captain America into the North Atlantic to be deep frozen, and Bucky to god knows where.

Everyone presumed his dead when Captain America was found and unthawed. Little did they know that the Russians had found Bucky first. He was revived, all memory of his past lost, and given a new arm. They 'reprogrammed' him to be their own personal Cold War assassin, the Winter Soldier. He was incredibly successful as he traveled all across the globe, committing assassination and then disappearing like a ghost. However, because of his reprogrammed memories, he was unstable. To keep him from rebelling. Hydra kept him in cryo freeze. This allowed him to live on for 70 years, while only aging a few.

It was 70 years later, after Captain America was thawed and brought back into action, that Bucky was discovered. While sent to assassinate the patriotic hero, Steve recognized his old best friend. SHIELD was eventually able to save him, bring back his old memories, and give him work to keep him busy. However, his identity had to be kept secret. The Winter Soldier's death was faked, so that Hydra wouldn't try to hunt him down. After Steve's supposed death and resignation, Bucky was talked into becoming Captain America. Only a select few SHIELD agents, and Avengers, know the true identity of this new Captain America, and if anyone else found out, they could all be in danger.

It was with much persuasion that James agreed to come to the camp to train kids. SHIELD thought it would help him in his slow and steady recovery, and certainly help discipline the kids. James is careful to not let anyone see him without his mask, or to let his bionic arm show.