TL;CR MEME

[retellers]

1. Comment with your character.
2. Receive comments from others.
3. Reply to their comments with long ballads and explanations of your characters' relationship throughout the game.
4. Suffer as we have suffered over your CR.

Comments

[frostythehitman]

oh my god please, i have to know

[soulus]

All in all, Rufus' opinion of Bucky was largely neutral but leaning toward the positive.

He thought that Bucky receievd undue flack for suggesting that he was suspicious during the first trial. He was, in fact, suspicious! And that wasn't even a proper accusation—merely a suggestion. Amid a sea of emotional appeals about his character when they all barely knew each other, he appreciated that Bucky was being realistic, even if he showed himself as something of a disaster over the weeks.

For Rufus, who chose to have his own arm replaced out of necessity for the job, they approached the subject of their limb loss differently. At the same time, they were able to discuss the matter casually due to their personal experiences. While the differences in their technology meant that the maintenance process was likely dissimilar, he did put out the pointer or two in the kitchen as a way of looking out for Bucky.

The time he amputated his own hand, Bucky was one of the people who took the news most gracefully. Bucky asked questions, but didn't voice judgment on Rufus' decision. There was no admonishment about not asking for healing or how poor his judgment was—it was an adult conversation where facts were stated and Bucky went on to talk about something partly related. Fun fact: Although Rufus mimed that his left hand was dominant, the truth was that he was ambidextrous, so it wouldn't have mattered to him which hand he lost.

Rufus didn't linger for long, because he could see that Bucky was grieving in his own way. Bucky was much more emotional and personal with everyone than Rufus ever was, but that wasn't a point of contention for them. He did think that Bucky could be naive at times, what with how he attempted to cheat the execution, but his dedication to finding the culprits without being totally clouded by his emotions was a plus.

He did feel bad that Bucky died in his stead that week. (The process by which people voted for him was very bad and Rufus would have been sorely unimpressed if he hadn't gone in without expectations.) While Rufus wanted to retrieve as many of the lost as possible, he also would have accepted a partial result, because reality was seldom so kind. Bucky just happened to be one of the few participants he especially wanted to do right by.