net.

[Howard Stark]

Hey, Howard?

Can I talk to you for a minute?

[Bucky Barnes]

There's something I haven't told you.

I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE

[Bucky Barnes]

Looks like I'm back to being big enough to kick your ass.

Anyone doing something today for St. Patrick's Day?



[Clint Barton]

Was that you?

So it appears whatever abilities Dr. Erskine's formula granted me have worn off. Best case scenario? They figured now was a good time to take a vacation. Worst case? I might need a new wardrobe.

Has anything strange happened to anyone else?

[Peggy Carter]

You might need to start wearing flat shoes.

What is the meaning of this?

Who's a girl gotta kill around here to get some damn entertainment that's not half naked women?

Benjamin Franklin once said that energy and persistence conquer all things, and that's something that I've always believed. That if you put your mind to something, if you fight for something, if you invest yourself, then you will succeed. Then, you can do anything.

When I arrived here, I went to work as quickly as I could with Director Carter, trying to establish an organisation to help all of us, to protect us, and to work tirelessly to figure out what it is that is keeping us here, and what we can do about it.

In the last few weeks, we suffered irreplaceable loses. The men and women that were here and who contributed to our efforts were important, skilled, dedicated and fantastic individuals and they will be missed, but we can't be beaten down by our losses, and we can't give up.

And that's why I'm asking each and every one of you, personally, if you'd like to come into the fold and lend SHIELD and the Avengers your strengths and talents to serve the community we've built here in this artificial Vegas, and help the efforts to send us home.

Any questions, or concerns you might have I'll try my best to address. If I can't then I'm sure Director Peggy Carter, or Howard Stark will have the right answers.

Sometimes I think this place is too strange to be Vegas.

[Filtered to Peggy, Steve, Howard]

That whole enemy of the state thing's been cleared up now, right?

What's the news on Barnes?

[Bucky Barnes]

Hey. I want to talk to you about something.

FILTERED TO STEVE ROGERS:

So give me the run-down on everything you see. Any fits? Any headaches? Anything out of the ordinary?

FILTERED TO LOKI:

Want to tell me about the procedure?

If you're going to attempt to drop a house on me, that won't work.

...Tony?

[Filtered to Loki (Canon), John Gray, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff]

How different should I feel?

So, Vegas? Really? I don't know how I ended up here, but at least this room I'm staying in is good. No roommate either... which is also good but I suppose I won't mind if I get one. Living alone can get lonely...

Does anyone know where the police station is? If I can get hired on? I don't know if I can go back to being just a civilian.

We lost a lot of good people, these past few nights. Some of them were my friends, and others -- I know -- were the friends and family of the people who are still here. I know it's hard, when someone you care about is taken from you and it's completely beyond your control, and I hope each and every one of you has found a way to cope, to raise your chin, to keep going.

Because the truth is we still don't understand what's happening here, or why people come and go when they do -- the truth is we still need to work together to find a solution, either to go home or at least gain the control over our destinies that we deserve. And the only way we're going to solve this, is if we don't let it beat us.

[Thor]

Your brother thinks he can get Bucky's memories back. Has he talked to you about this?

Darcy is gone.

I know I'm being selfish. I know I should be happy that she was sent home and is no longer stuck here but I miss my best friend already.

FILTERED TO STEVE ROGERS (MCU)

Loki came by the other night.

I invited him, rather.

What manner of death is this?

For it is not heaven, as mere minutes on the streets alerted me to poverty and privilege. If this be a dream, then the temples to cities and empires long past make it a nightmare.

But I say -- I'd rather this be death then some shadow of the future. For the palaces still stand to look down on the depths. For that which is below can not reach their shining heights. This is no future worth striving for, in it's absence of equality and love.

If I have been granted a second life, than I have surely been granted no second cause.