l.odinson | Missive 001

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[Loki's having trouble sleeping. The turbulence has his heart racing and stomach dropping with every sudden motion, and while he knows the likely reason why, he's not about to admit it. And while the Navarch's offer of medication is kind, he's not so certain he wants to knock himself out entirely while he's paired with his current inmate.

So he's up. And tense. And looking for a distraction. Perhaps he's not alone.]

Is anyone else awake? I'm not one for pills, unfortunately, so I haven't managed a single wink. And now I am just terribly bored.

Who's up for a chat? We're all still fairly new here, after all. Can't hurt to share the basics with the group, yes?

For example: Why are you here? Or why do you *think* you're here, at any rate. That should get us through the rest of the night on its own, for some of you.

But I also have time to hear all about your tragic childhoods and major regrets, if you'd like. Might as well get started on graduations while we've got the extra time. And what better time for baring your soul during a bout of insomnia?

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( ...yeah that's definitely what an old man would say, since bucky would agree that that's what people normally did before texting was a thing. )

say for example you want to spell the word cat
hold your thumb down on the c and, without lifting it up, drag it to the a and then the t before lifting your thumb up

it'll add the word in, and you can correct it if it guessed the wrong word from where your thumb moved, but if you do that with the next words in the sentence you're forming, it'll keep adding the words and spaces for you so you don't have to keep hitting each button one at a time

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[An extended silence as he experiments with it. Like. Kind of hilariously long.]

Huh

Ok, that's helpful. I see what you mean by it needing practice.

Thanks 👍

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( which is yet again relatable as being something bucky did himself, once upon a time. )

yeah no problem

btw
if you ever need an extra hand feel free to hit me up
trying to lace up your shoes with one hand is the worst

1/2 sorry for the extreme slowness 🤪

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I'll keep that in mind

private;

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[Anyway, this is comically reluctant.]

I can handle my shoes on my own, but my hair isn't long enough for me to do anything about it.

I either need it cut or help tying it out of the way.

ditto on slow those sry; > private

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oh i can help you with your hair if you need
i had to ask the kids for me too when mine was long
they'd do silly things with it though

don't cut it
i kinda miss having longer hair, if i'm being honest

no worries 👍

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What kind of things?

But as long as it isn't an inconvenience. There isn't really much reason for me to leave it long anymore, besides habit

[And he's still gonna have days where he just deals with it down, because he doesn't want to bother someone about it all the time.]

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oh
like putting it into buns
sometimes i got pigtails
nothing crazy, just kid things

it wouldn't be. you're staying in your assigned room i'm assuming? not like a long walk from mine to yours
unless you're not staying in your assigned room

hair clip might work too though, if we can get you one

( and maybe fish people sell them so in the future bucky has a nice gift for you, aki! )

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I won't have to worry about that from you, will I?

I'm staying in my cabin, but sometimes I leave early. I've found it a little hard to keep to a regular sleep schedule.

As for hair clips... They've never really been my thing, but I guess they're less likely to get picked up by cleaning bots if you drop them.

[plz fishclip him.]