[He takes a moment to consume the rest of his beer and then ask the waitress for another but starting his story.]
I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. I don't expect that to mean anything to you, I figured I mention it. My died died in the first World War just after I was born. I never met him but I was told he was an excellent soldier. My mother died when I was about seven or eight. I was brought up in an orphanage from that time until I was deemed a legal adult. I did okay in school, eventually getting myself into a college of the arts. Yeah, I don't think I ever mentioned that I'm an artist. Or...was an artist. It's more a hobby now.
I was about twenty-four when my country really became involved in the second World War. I tried enlisting oh...half a dozen times at least. In different states. With different names. But they wouldn't take my because I was malnourished and had asthma. [And a half dozen other things that made surviving his daily life so hard.] During my last attempt, I met a doctor who wanted to give me my chance to join the war. But the thing was, I had to be a test experiment.
[He leaned back in his seat, his gaze seeming to settle on the past.] The Super Solider Serum. That's what they called it. The serum was supposed to change the average man into one that's at the peak of human perfection. Increased stamina, strength, healing, everything that would make a superior soldier. And...it worked. I'm living proof. The only one. [But the reasons behind that are not something he wants to discuss during a friendly conversation.]
So, the experiment was a success. Eventually I was put on the front lines hunting down a man called the Red Skull and his organization HYDRA. During our last battle, we fought and I won. And then I somehow froze myself for seventy years at the bottom of the ocean. [He takes a nice long drink.]
That about sums up my life in a nutshell. Excluding the parts about Loki and New York, but you already know the important parts.
estimating ages off the top of my head ftw
[He takes a moment to consume the rest of his beer and then ask the waitress for another but starting his story.]
I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. I don't expect that to mean anything to you, I figured I mention it. My died died in the first World War just after I was born. I never met him but I was told he was an excellent soldier. My mother died when I was about seven or eight. I was brought up in an orphanage from that time until I was deemed a legal adult. I did okay in school, eventually getting myself into a college of the arts. Yeah, I don't think I ever mentioned that I'm an artist. Or...was an artist. It's more a hobby now.
I was about twenty-four when my country really became involved in the second World War. I tried enlisting oh...half a dozen times at least. In different states. With different names. But they wouldn't take my because I was malnourished and had asthma. [And a half dozen other things that made surviving his daily life so hard.] During my last attempt, I met a doctor who wanted to give me my chance to join the war. But the thing was, I had to be a test experiment.
[He leaned back in his seat, his gaze seeming to settle on the past.] The Super Solider Serum. That's what they called it. The serum was supposed to change the average man into one that's at the peak of human perfection. Increased stamina, strength, healing, everything that would make a superior soldier. And...it worked. I'm living proof. The only one. [But the reasons behind that are not something he wants to discuss during a friendly conversation.]
So, the experiment was a success. Eventually I was put on the front lines hunting down a man called the Red Skull and his organization HYDRA. During our last battle, we fought and I won. And then I somehow froze myself for seventy years at the bottom of the ocean. [He takes a nice long drink.]
That about sums up my life in a nutshell. Excluding the parts about Loki and New York, but you already know the important parts.