READY OR NOT | SUNHAVEN, BAST NEEDED

[buckingham barnes]

Buckingham really, really wished he could have stayed out of this drama too. He hadn't even been aware of the murder until he was at the point of suffocation from Riza. But now, it was impossible for him to avoid it, considering he's the prime suspect. When the first Ascendants member padded into the scene, the former assassin frowned ever so slightly at the Lunar Lieutenant. Bucky didn't feel surprised that they already knew his name, despite the fact that they weren't at the Sunhaven border with Bastilleprisoner. One of the three Ascendants members must have recapped their groupmates on the mess they missed, including their names. He felt confused for a moment, why was Onision so curious about his name? Bucky knew that it's a mouthful, but the former assassin has heard worse names out there. The male was about to open his mouth to give an answer, when Thea made her way over.

Ah, there's the snow leopard that pointed her fingers at him. She had no idea how to keep her damn mouth shut, he still heard every piece of bullshit she said back there while getting choked. He thought it was complete bullshit that she assumed Bucky's near murder wasn't up to her. She was a good size to knock Riza into her damn senses, but instead she decided to let her mouth run wild. Bucky wondered if she was going to say any kind of shit this time around. Bucky could piratically feel the discomfort from the snow leopard's voice, tension clearly in the air. She doesn't want him here. Bucky knew that she's under the assumption that he's the killer, but to him it felt worse than that. It made him feel like she was looking at the Winter Soldier, not Buckingham Barnes. "Buckingham." He decided to give an answer, this time leaving out the nickname people generally call him by.

His ears pricked up as a new voice grabbed his attention, his gaze slowly landing on Moonmade. The lion practically stepped between his clanmates, showing off clear authority- especially when he addressed Thea. He definitely agrees with that, he couldn't help it but slightly smirk at it. But that smirk faded when Moonmade addressed him and Monroe. It sounded like there's uncertainty in the Cosmic General's voice, which the Sunhaven Goldenblood doesn't like that much. At first, Bucky was glad to hear that Bastilleprisoner will be here soon. Great, they can get this show on the road and fix this fucking mess. But then, he heard maybe. Maybe. Bastilleprisoner's clanmates almost got Bucky murdered, and when he and Monroe show up at their border about the situation, they get a maybe? It almost tempted the former assassin to dig his metal claws into the ground with aggravation. He's not sure how long he's willing to wait for their leader with an accusation of murder over his head.

"Maybe?" The assassin found himself reciting as his tufted ears pinned to his skull, "I'm being fucking accused of murder and you aren't sure if Bastilleprisoner will show up soon?" Some Ascendants member should run back to camp and make sure the Astral Seraph is heading over instead of claiming 'he'll be here soon'.