(catch-all) lowlife, yo life, boy we livin it up

[camouflage]

Who: big boss, multiple
When: all of may
Where: oh the places you'll go
What:
thread 1: have you ever just wanted to embarrass the shit out of someone
thread 2: jim and john's excellent adventure
thread 3: 1000 ways to die in wwii
Warnings:
thread 1: none
thread 2: general wwii warnings
thread 3: general wwii warnings, including period racisim

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01MAY

[camouflage]

[between his own drama and keeping up on the ship's drama, john found himself surprisingly busy. sure, he had a job given to him when he first came to the moira and that should've kept him plenty occupied. which it did, but only because he had gone the extra ten miles with it. anyway, the point is, when two swimsuits show up in his mailbox, the least dreary reminder of the past ten years he's seen so far, he figures it's time to shirk responsibilities.

even someone as married to work to as he is can do something childish once in a while. a great while.

john contacts kaz, telling him to meet by the pool on the ship. it's been some time since he's had a really good laugh and since he's seen a glimmer of the man miller used to be. hopefully, he can kill two birds with one stone with his little prank.]

02MAY

[camouflage]

[the first time he hears those magic words, that he could go back home, big boss doesn't hesitate to take a chance. even if it was all bullshit, even if it wasn't real, he'd rather be able to witness a lie than to keep wondering what could be. unfortunately, getting someone to go with him would he difficult. he didn't know too many people on the ship and the most of the ones he did had too much of a stake in his life to bring along. he needed to see his squad, the six men that had been traveling with him for the last two years.

but there is one person who can be considered a neutral party: bucky.

john hates asking for favors and he knows jim will enjoy having the man in his pocket, but he does anyway. if barnes will accompany him so he assure his men that he's fine and that he'll back eventually, then john would gladly repay him in anyway he saw fit. big boss stands at by the ingress down on the planet, waiting for the young soldier to make his appearance.

he really hopes he doesn't regret this.]

[warandpeace]

[He's heard the stories. How great it is, what a fun time they're having, all that. But now... now it looks like they're not coming back out. Part of him wants to leave them, and he can't tell whether the part that wants to go after them is selfish or not. He hates being alone, can't stand the thought of it. He knows Big Boss has his greater ambitions. But what if he left them? What if they spent the rest of their days happy in there? He'd never have to worry about Outer Heaven being completed. About the grim future in store for Bucky (he hopes).]

[It's legitimately a difficult decision. Ultimately, he decides to go in after them. He can't abide leaving two people he's so invested in living a delusion, in a world where they're not true. Where their experiences are lies.]

[Not again.]

[So he finds himself moving through a tattered township, some houses bombed out shells.] Hell of a place to be having a great time... [He mutters to himself, mostly remembering the ruin he'd grown up in. But wasn't that the thing of it? Like he'd considered in exploring the wasteland, for American soldiers there's the promise of home, escape. But what if this is home?]

[He momentarily forgets his goal to pick up a half-visible picture, covered in ash and soot. Tips his head as he looks at it, and runs his hand over it, brushing it away.]

Cécile Caminades... [Just having a conversation with himself again, somewhere between concerned and pleased. Even with the faintest smile.] What is a world without my Parisienne, huh? You better have found somewhere safe...

[He's not trying hard to hide. It doesn't occur to him that he might need to. Instead he's just standing there, in a three piece suit and nice shoes that seem ill-suited for the zone. With an umbrella hung over his left arm for god knows what reason, setting this picture up against the house he found it beside, like he wants the owners to find it should they ever return (though who would want to?). If only he knew the unfortunate role he's stuck in today.]