4107/Just Another Day in the Medbay

Just Another Day in the Medbay
Date of Scene:	19 March 2018
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	War Machine, Winter Soldier, Quake

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War Machine has posed:
     It had been a long day of complicated Surgeries for Rhodes, that had taken a lot out of him. When he'd come in he was suffering from some extreme blood loss and some heavy damage to his internal organs which took a lot to fix. It was a hard fought battle but one he seems to have won, leaving him stuck in the recovery room.

     The recovery room is fairly nice all things being as they are. Nice soothing colors on the wall, soft musac drifting through the air to keep him from getting too bored out of his skull. There's even fake window simulating a bright and sunny day on one wall of the room. It's all in all not the worst hospital either of them have ever been in, there's even a flat screen on the wall.

     Rhodes himself is done up in a simple gown, and looks like he's seen better days with his marine core cut having grown a slight bit shaggy, and his attention down on his cellphone playing a free to play mobile game. The little bird on the screen bounds up and down as he taps on it traveling along a maze of pipes only to occasionally slam into one falling back down to the ground.

Winter Soldier has posed:
Bucky had heard that Rhodey was in recovery from taking a big hit somewhere along the way. That said, the Winter Soldier decided to see him. Dressed in his full black tactical gear, armed to the teeth, and a baseball cap on his head, Bucky walks into the room and once he sees Rhodey, he smiles at him.

"You look like you've seen better days." Thus sayeth one of the most dangerous men on the planet. Either way, he steps up to be by the bed as he looks at War Machine. "I have seen this game many times. What's it called again? I hear it's fun." Bucky only mildly jokes, learning day by day how to be a bit more human instead of broken soldier.

Either way, he pulls up a chair and sits down in a disciplined manner, back straight, hands on knees, feet on floor and shoulder width, eyes forward.

Quake has posed:
Skye had found out about Rhodes through more official means. All part and parcel of dealing with their prisoner in Security. And, despite the very rocky start she and Rhodes had set out on, and the really uncertain truce they'd called, she still decided to coe visit.

With a candy bar.

Because Skye.

And also because they took the cactus away from her outside his room. Something about he could have it once he'd stabilized. Or they'd checked it out. Or something. She'd thought it a perfect joke for between the two of them, and was mightily disappointed, but what could you do?

She pauses at the door and knocks on the frame, then holds up both hands to show she's unarmed but for the candy bar. Well, it's the gesture. She may very well be armed. She is an Agent. "Mind if I join?"

War Machine has posed:
     "Trust me, feel worse then I look" Rhodey Comments, "And I looked pretty bad to start with." He keeps tapity tap taping away "Oh it's-" right till the little bird slams face first into a pipe exploding into little patchwork bird bits. "A Birds Life, it's one of those Flappy Bird knockoffs they made years back." He tosses the phone halfheartidly onto the small nightstand beside his bed letting out a bit of a sigh. "Snagged it when I first grabbed the phone and just never bothered to upgrade."

     Then Skye comes in and gets a somewhat weak wave in her direction. "Hey, look who decided to drop in from IT." He pauses offering a small smile. "Must've run out of lost passwords." Offered with a bit of a friendly wink. He's trying to be happy and cheery but there's very clearly a lot wrong beneath the surface.

Winter Soldier has posed:
Bucky smiles softly to Rohdey at his words, tilting his head a little bit. "Strange name for a game. Is all you do jump over the pipes?" he asked curiously then, looking at it as he watched Rhoedy play the game. "Hm." Theeeen Skye walks in, and Bucky clearly doesn't trust her.

Either way, he nods to her at her entrance. "If Rhodey would like." he says then as he relaxes, while Skye may not be noticeably armed, Bucky is very visibly armed. He doesn't need to hide the weapons! Regardless of how you look at it, he seems to be quite happy....in Bucky's sense of the word.

"How are you, Skye?"

Quake has posed:
Skye sighs, her hands still not brought down from the 'look, hey, no weapons' gesture (which had really been a joke, but given Bucky's reaction to her showing up, might actually have been a good thing).

"Hey, all good. Just me. Dropping off a cactus. It's a reception." She looks at her hand. "Oh, and a candy bar. Sorry about the bite out of it. I brought the plant. I wasn't expecting to have to.." And that's where Rhodes commentary breaks in. "Oooo, nice one. Just you see how much fun you have getting back into your account once you're out of here, Butch. And for the record, I didn't run out of passwords. I just make them all 1234 and make my job easy. Uh.. yeah, forget I said that, will you?"

War Machine has posed:
     "Rhodey takes this moment to adjust how he's laying on the bed. It was a comfortable enough bed it's just he wasn't use to having to spend so much time laying down. "Always wanted my own cactus" He needed to be able to pace, to move around and think. Most of all he needed to hunt someone down and bash their face in. "Don't worry the candybar should keep the cactus company." As he rolls his shoulders trying not to move too much and tear his stitching. "There's a space balls quote I could drag out for that comment but I won't."

Winter Soldier has posed:
Bucky looks at Skye, but eventually his expression softens. SHe comes in peace! "Hey, Skye." he says then before he's back looking towards Rhodey as the man sits up and adjusts. Bucky is there to help in the event that Rhodey needs a hand, but when it becomes clear that he's fine, Bucky moves on. Eyes back on Skye, he tilts his head at the choice of a cactus and a single-bite bitten candy bar.

"Huh, interesting gift." he comments, but he probably figures that it's some inside joke between the two of them.

Quake has posed:
Skye gives Bucky a shrug. "I brought a plant. They wanted to check it out. Not really sure why." She really didn't want to think that the person behind the desk was still holding a grudge over her mission, but the possibility existed, and even Skye had to admit a cactus was an unusual 'Get Well Soon' offering.

Except it fit in sooooo many ways: Vegas. Them both being prickly. The fact that they quite likely still needed a responsible and buggering adult between them... And besides, cactuses were hypoallergenic! No scent to bug anyone. And you didn't have to remember it while you were on mission.

She doesn't say that, though, she just smirks. "I got hungry on the way. Kinda lived off of candybars and cold coffee for forever." And ramen. Those too. Though Clint and May were trying to break her of that habit.

"Heard you were laid up, Butch. They got you bad, huh? And Spaceballs? Which quote was it, the one where you wonder why your ass is so big?"

War Machine has posed:
     "Long as you bit the candy, and not the cactus." Rhodey shrugs with a bit of a smile, before just shaking his head. "Fast track to the medbay right there." He looks back over toward Bucky. "I think she just wants to tell me I'm a prick." Spoken with a mock disappointment. Then he looks back over towards Skye. "One to three four? That's something an idiot would put on his luggage." He pauses a slight moment. "I've got to go change the code on my luggage." Reciting it from memory.

Winter Soldier has posed:
Bucky looks between the two of them as they speak of Spaceballs. While he has no idea what it is, the quote seems to get him to smile on both accounts. "I have never seen this film, but it sounds like fun." a kindness on his face then as he looks to the both of them, perhaps silently praying that neither of them lunge at the poor fellow who hasn't had time to watch movies. Being a full time secret soldier does that to you.

Though he tilts his head at Skye as this is the second time she's called Rhodey Butch. Either way, he's thining it's an inside thing. So he keeps quiet, looking between the two of them back and forth.

Quake has posed:
Bucky gets an amused snort. "We have to fix that, Bucky m'boy. Catch you up to the rest of us. Get you some pop culture under your belt. Show Cap up." She grins.

Rhodes gets a full on laugh. "Heh, you really did watch it. That's a little more obscure. So point Butch."

War Machine has posed:
     "Trust me, you'll love it." Rhodey assures as he finally decides to just use the little remote control to prop himself up. Slowly he rises up to a full setting position. "It's basically comedy star wars" He adds as the bed locks back into place allowing him to no longer be laying flat on his back. "Think you'd like blazing saddles to, it's done by the same team." He pauses for a moment. "People forget: I've seen a lot of movies in my time, only thing there is to do when you're setting on base sometimes."

Winter Soldier has posed:
Bucky looks at Skye then as he tilts his head. "Oh? Okay then. I guess it would be nice to get in touch with the media of today." he admits then before he looks to Rhoedy as he starts explaining to him what exactly Space Balls was. A few nods here and there, before his smile widens a little bit. "ah...I see." though...what a movie title!

"Blazing Saddles?"

He looks between Skye and James for a moment. "huh...media has some weird names for movies."

Quake has posed:
Skye gives up on any thoughts of passing the candybar in her hands over to Rhodes. Mostly because she forgets she had thought about it, and gakes another bite of the thing. "Bucky, you do know Star Wars, right?" She's got a sneaky suspicion he doesn't. "Kinda like WWI and II mashed up and done in space. Only, and here's the kicker, the Nazi's are in white because of some constuming snafu that meant they had a surplus of them on hand and it was cheaper."

She chews her mouthful thoughtfully. "Wait, you weren't around for WWII were you?"

War Machine has posed:
     "So much for giving me the candy bar." Rhodey grumbles quietly to himself. He lets out a low tsk tsk tsk before just looking back over to his phone. "Blazing saddles is a western, trust me another film you'll love." Then he looks to Skye. "Thought you were talkin to me for a second there and I was going to need to smack someone."

Winter Soldier has posed:
Bucky looks at Skye then for a moment before he tilts his head. "...Space Nazi?" he says then for a moment with the most obscure look on his face. "and yes, Skye..I was active in World War 2 with the Howling Commandoes and Captain America." he says then in a kind manner. EIther way, he shrugs a moment.

"Seems a strange reason to make the soldiers nazi's though just because of outfit reasons." he admits.

Quake has posed:
"pffft, history wasn't my strong suit."

As a matter of fact, nothing was Skye's strong suit when it came to school. When you run away at the age she did, you don't exactly get a proper education. All things considered, what she'd accomplished without a formal education was pretty impressive.

She crinkles her nose at Bucky, though, "They didn't make them nazi's because of the outfits. It was the whole get up. You get science fiction, huh? Reflecting current political and social climes or themes into the future so that we can look at them without realizing they're critiquing us? It was a story. Man, you really do have to catch up on things."

Rhodes gets a guilty little start as she catches herself taking a third bite of the candy bra, "No lunch? I'm sorry. Was really for me. I didn't think you'd want it after I'd taken some." Though she does look thoughtful before offering, "I could break the bitten off piece and let you have the rest?"

War Machine has posed:
     "Be better then having you mama bird it to me." Rhodey shudders shaking his head from side to side at the bad mental image. "Keep it man, s'all yours." He takes in a deep breath of air. "Can't wait till I'm out of this damn bed." He pauses for a moment looking far off into the distance trying not to let the ramifications of the last few days get to him. "Hey, you any good at tracking people?" He asks Bucky. "Need to find the guy who did this, ask him a few questions."

Winter Soldier has posed:
Bucky looks then to Skye with a small tilt of his head in curiosity. Huh. Duly noted. "Huh...curious. I never read science fiction, but I know what you mean." he admits then before he looks between Rhodes and Skye at Skye's fun little jab. Either way!

But then Rhodey asks him if he's good at finding people. "I'm the Winter Soldier." he tells him, which is -more- than enough to describe his skillset. "I was going to go hunting." he tells him then. Bucky's got your back Rhodey!

Quake has posed:
Skye has no guilt or remorse about finishing that candy bar. She wasn't lying about it being for her; she really hadn't eaten.

"Mmm, the guy who did you? Don't know about him, but I know the guy we have in security," she tells Rhodes. "And we got a few bits of information about who he works for." Well, worked for, she figured. She didn't think the War Dogs were the kind of people who took you back after an extended visit in SHIELD.

War Machine has posed:
     Rhodey nods his head in silence picking up his phone. He looks over the last few messages he's received. There's a decent amount of get well soons to be had, and even a few audio messages he'll have to check out later. It's still not very reassuring but it's something at least. "Sooner we catch him the better, I want to know why he did this, and after I find out I'm going to put a bullet between his eyes."

Winter Soldier has posed:
Bucky smiles warmly then to Skye before it's serious talk. He looks between James and Skye as they start to talk about the manhunt about who did this to Rhodey. Either way, Bucky stands up to his feet. "Sooner or later, we'll catch 'em." he nods softly to Rhodey and Skye before he makes to leave!

The Wolf was gonna hunt.