CRY ME A RIVER - open; sunhaven leader

[buckingham barnes]

When Monroe traveled to the Ascendants to demand for an apology- for falsely accusing Buckingham of murder and nearly killing him- Buckingham almost decided to stay behind. While his name got cleared, the last time he was at their border became quite tense. Monroe thought it was Bastilleprisoner's fault, that Bastilleprisoner getting a glimpse of his memories triggered the Winter Soldier. None of them fully know about the Soldier, Bucky knows what it's triggers are. One of them happen to be extreme paranoia, and when he accidentally showed Bastilleprisoner a bad memory, it pushed him over the edge. He was lucky that Monroe managed to stop him, as who knows what amount of damage would have been inflicted on Bastilleprisoner. Bucky almost decided to travel to the Ascendants himself to apologize for the incident, but decided against it. If he wanted to apologize for what the Soldier did, he had to wait for things to cool down.

The maine coon came padding in shortly after Marina, ears drawn back to his cranium. Bucky decided to travel along, hoping there won't be as much tension as the last time he was here. He wanted to hear the Ascendants apologize to his face- they nearly costed him his life. The first Ascendants member that approached them was a kitsune, who he didn't recognize initially. But when she spoke, he recognized that it was Thea- not only did her voice give her away, but her attitude helped too. She was the one who falsely accused him all the way back at Sunhaven, and during this whole ordeal has shown no respect for Monroe or her own leader. He was amazed at the amount of disrespect, it was like this girl doesn't know how to keep her mouth shut. If she was a Sunhavener, he was sure she would be penalized by now, he wondered if the new Ascendants leader will do anything about that attitude. It surely didn't seem like the previous leader, Bastilleprisoner, couldn't keep her under control.

With every sentence Thea threw at Monroe, the more anger and annoyance gleamed in his eyes. He could almost feel the disrespect in the air, he can almost taste it. Despite him feeling upset towards the young kitsune, the expression on his face was neutral. Only his eyes gleamed with emotion, one had to look closely at Buckingham to notice it. You can blame his time as an assassin for having a hard time expressing his emotions. "Monroe handled the situation before it went south." He meowed with a flick of his tufted ear, light blue eyes blinking. Bucky wasn't pleased that the Asset managed to take control. In fact, it left him distraught- as he thought the Soldier was gone, he wasn't expecting a relapse. If Monroe didn't intervene, surely things would have been worse.

Thea daring to say that Monroe wasn't 'under control' as well made his blood boil more. "Shut your damn mouth you brat-- you've been disrespectful to Monroe since the moment you falsely accused me of murder, you're on thin ice." He snapped sternly, his tail lashing angrily. He didn't say another word, ears pricking as another Ascendants member made their way over, suggesting Thea to go grab Moonmade. It seemed like Ren understood that they wanted this to be handled peacefully, unlike Thea- who just seemed like she wanted to rile things up. He let out a sigh as the kitsune complied, hoping she won't come back with their leader.