( bucky isn't one to really run from a fight but a fight with a bunch of wolves? well, he knows when he needs to regroup so he definitely takes off. he notices that some people are taking off into the woods to lose them and he heads there as well, charging into the throng of trees and looking for the very first large tree that he can see.

as soon as he finds it, he jumps, the fingers of his metal arm digging into the bark. he uses that to pull himself up higher and higher, shimmying his way up onto a thick brand where he perches.

below him, he can hear the growling of the wolves but he doesn't think they'll be able to climb like he can. when they turn to leave, bucky stays where he is, looking for anyone else who might be seeking out safety. )

( he likes the quiet and the stillness of the gardens so when it feels like the walls are starting to close in on him, he retreats out there, boots kicking up the snow.

there's a few other people out there but they mostly leave him alone so bucky finds a bench and sits down. after a few moments of just sitting there, he reaches down, gloved hands finding the cold snow and he balls it up. he remembers doing this a long, long time ago when things had been different, when his life had been easier. he remembers hurling a snowball at a friend long since gone and while those memories assault him, he hunches over, eyes staring daggers at the white snow.

eventually, he shakes himself free of that and stands up, tossing the snowball in a random direction. hopefully he doesn't hit anyone who might be in the wrong place at the wrong time. )

( he's dressed up and he doesn't want to be. but, it's a requirement and while he could just beg off, he doesn't. don't ask him why.

but being dressed up is almost immediately forgotten when the dishes and cutlery start a song and dance number. look, he's seen a lot of strange things and he's been a lot of weird places but this is...this might top it.

all bucky can do is stare. if everyone else around him weren't seeing the same thing, he'd think his mind might have finally broken but he knows this isn't just him seeing what's happening.

if it's a hallucination, it's a mass hallucination and thats...not a comfort but it's something. )

( if you'd like to do something that's not above, feel free to wildcard it up. )