[open] sketching from a view

[itsfondue]

Characters: Steve Rogers and OPEN

Location: Near the top of Shibusen's stairs, so like this.

Rating: PG

Time: May 15th, morning

Description: With the riots dying down, Steve wants a little time to draw.


With the people being rescued and the citizens slowly calming down, Steve has started to relax a bit. He'll probably never fully relax, especially in a time of war, but he knows that when there's some available downtime, it's good to take it. Rest up and refocus so that he'll be ready for the next mission or crisis that occurs. Back in WWII, it was a blessing to get a full nights sleep. Although the citizen unrest is not really similar to fighting HYDRA, it was still rather chaotic.

Since morning training is still canceled, Steve has brought his sketchpad with him to an area that's near the top of Shibusen's long stairway. He hasn't really gotten much of a chance to draw Death City from this view, mostly because of other priorities that needed to be taken care of. However, drawing is still one of his favorite hobbies and luckily for him, it's something that he can do in any world well one would hope at least. With a pencil in hand, he flips to a blank page and begins to outline the city below him. It's not a city he is completely familiar with, but it's still something he wants to remember.

Although, his sketchbook is already somewhat filled with pictures of people and places he doesn't want to forget.

Comments

[itsfondue]

"Nothing supernatural, I can assure you of that." Steve remains quiet for a moment, well it's not like the government back then really kept a huge secret about the serum, due to all of the movies and comic books they made about Captain America. Although, not everyone believed that an actual serum existed...

Eventually, he responds again, deciding to at least tell her a little. Steve doesn't think Lily will spread the information around here that much anyway. "Science, actually. That was the cause."

[vintage_magic]

Okay, that made her a little less worried. And she's somewhat used to keeping secrets. Although with so many strange things around Death City, it's probably best if Steve made that point clear so she doesn't mention it to someone in passing.

"Science? Do you mean something like genetic engineering? But things weren't that advanced in the 1940s. At least, not in my world."

[itsfondue]

"Genetic engineering sounds like the right term for it." All of his cells were modified after all. But it was really advanced for his time period and even in his world right now, replicating the serum has been met with varying results.

"That technology did exist in the 1940s, at least in my version of Earth. Definitely wasn't common though, I was the only United States soldier to be tested on. They basically injected a serum in me that boosted my physical capabilities." Steve smiles a little again. "Probably sounds like something out of a movie now."

[vintage_magic]

"It does sound rather farfetched," she admitted. Something kind of like steroids, maybe? But she doubted those would have kept someone youthful for so long.

"If you were the only one, was this some secret experiment? And why did they choose you?" With Steve's claim that he was the only soldier for this serum to be tested on, Lily had to wonder a bit about the ethics of this experiment.

[itsfondue]

"It's supposed to be confidential, but didn't stop the media from making it a bigger deal than it should have been. They even started making comic books and movies." Steve was happy to help his country as much as possible, but he could have done without all the fame. He just wanted to serve on the front lines with the other guys, be a normal soldier. But it wasn't really quite possible due to his status. Still, he got the chance to lead and help out, so Steve can't complain. "There was supposed to be more than just me, but the formula was lost."

He still owes a lot to Dr. Erskine, especially since he couldn't save him. "Well, the lead scientist thought I had somethin'. Used to be small before the serum, so he said that we needed a little guy that understood the value of strength." Steve rubs the back of his head. "But I'm not anyone special, really."

[vintage_magic]

One of Lily's eyebrows went up at the mention of the media attention. It sounded as if this confidential experiment had a leak as big as Texas!

"They made comic books and movies about you? That does sound a bit overboard." Still, it sounded as if he hadn't let the attention go to his head.

"But surely they would have kept records if it was a important experiment and there was a whole team working on it?" Her expression is a bit puzzled as she wonders how the formula could have been lost. She would have thought folks trying to concoct such a thing would have made notes, maybe even multiple copies.

[itsfondue]

"It was. Wish they didn't go that far, honestly." It wasn't like he was able to win those battles without all of his comrades, but unfortunately, they were usually left out or played minor roles in the fiction. Like they were less important than him.

"Well, only the lead scientist knew the exact formula and he was assassinated shortly after my transformation." He's a little quiet, still remembering that day all too clearly. "People in my time are trying to replicate it still."

[vintage_magic]

"Oh. I'm sorry. Were you close?" Lily got a little quieter, too, and there was a frown. "Was the killer caught, at least?"

"There were no notes or anything left? It sure sounds elusive." She reckoned must have been extremely complicated if people were still unsuccessfully trying to duplicate it over six decades later.

[itsfondue]

"Only knew him for a short time, but he was a good man. Didn't deserve what happened to him." Steve nods. "Yes, I managed to catch him, but the assassin ended up taking a cyanide pill."

"Think there were some notes, but they weren't enough. I was a little surprised that they were still trying to recreate even after all this time." Although Bruce was supposedly trying to recreate it and it didn't work out so well for him. "Thought with how much things have changed, they'd focused their efforts on somethin' else."