Oh, you met the mirror too? [ peggy feels that tug of curiosity -- that want to know, to compare notes. like an itch to open up her desk and pull out her notebook so she can jot it all down. but she tucks it away. for now.
that's the tricky thing about finding family. she can't treat every conversation with tony like it's a professional interview. there's his heart to consider. yes, indeed, she's fairly certain he has one. ] Charming bastard, wasn't he.
[ a hum. she drinks again. ]
But now the question has been raised. Who's cinched the top spot?
[ and that's a good thing. honestly speaking, tony wished he hadn't met loki and the sheer destruction be brought to earth as a result of a whim. ]
Picture a demi-god with an army of aliens and a massive inferiority complex who can't wait to get rid of earth because that's his brother's favorite planet.
[ and that brother is...thor. yes. she's been learning! it hasn't been the simplest feat, but peggy could at least say that she knows what asgard looks like -- thanks to a rather disorienting event that took place the previous year.
it's all greek to her. except she does understand exactly how 'a massive inferiority complex' and 'an army of aliens' could cause all sorts of trouble.
or she likes to think she understands. ]
Sibling rivalry. [ a beat. ] But ratcheted up to its highest setting.
You saw where it ended. remember the fun video from New York? Loki. Thor took him back to be judged for his crimes back in Asgard. super weird.
[ but still the best solution. tony never wanted loki to stay on earth. ]
so he wears a cape, yeah? and these horns whenever he really feels like he wants to make an entrance and then there's all that medieval talk - thou shalt suffer my wrath and all of that. guy's a piece of work.
I'm familiar with Asgardian fashion. Albeit not the horns, although it sounds as though that might be more of his particular dramatic hang-up rather than a whole civilization's.
[ peggy sets her tea cup aside and, crossing over to her dresser, she rummages around in the bottom drawer until she pulls out a cape. it's red, it's too tall to be hers, and it bears a few asgardian flourishes. ]
I acquired this during an event. [ a pause. ] Before you arrived.
-- The food was excellent. The trolls not so much.
[ she drapes the cloak over the back of a chair. ]
Since the event was from our home universe, I forgot something because of it. I've been trying to pin down the word ever since but...well, that's the trouble with something you've forgotten.
[ it's a reasonable idea and at same time, it's not reasonable at all. tony knows there's absolutely no way to write down all his memories - the terms, the people, the knowledge.
but he tries, still. it's an uphill climb if there ever was one. ]
I mean, they'll probably take away the one thing you forgot to write down but still.
[ the chances of nailing down every word, phrase, concept, person is miniature. he can calculate just how small but there's no point in that. there's no way to protect thoughts save for uploading a certain consciousnesses onto the serves and even tony stark can tell it's not a stellar idea. ]
I don't think even FRIDAY can store that much information.
[ she hikes a thumb at her pile of books, disappointing though he's found them. the gesture is only a demonstration. ]
It's been brought to my attention that the word or concept might equally be something I didn't already know in the first place. [ she waves at his poster, next. ] Take, for instance, Iron Man. Obviously it's not that but -- it was something I only learned about after arriving here.
As much as I'd like to know, [ peggy sighs, ] I'd feel better if no one else had to be dragged in just so I could find that elusive little puzzle piece.
[ but it's going to drive her crazy. up the bloody wall. she concedes his assumption with a grimace. all that's left now, really, is to pour the tea and hand him over a mug.
peggy drinks out of an iron man one. if pressed, she defends the choice by saying it's the bigger of the two. it holds more. ]
I'm rather certain it's the only memory I've 'lost,' at least. [ a beat. ] What about you?
None that I know of though I realize that's not saying a lot.
[ seeing he has spent the last month either drunk or in a hangover. he doesn't rule out the option that his mind was too wrapped up in alcohol to notice rumors of lost concepts. ]
You would know it if it happened. It feels -- like you're momentarily struck with flu symptoms. Nausea, dizziness, and none of it the good sort that suggests you've had a time on the lash the night before.
[ it's...hard to explain, but experiencing it only once was enough to make her familiar with it. ]
[ and see, tony stark has good intentions. he knows a serious moment when he sees one. he knows a problem that he can't yet solve. and maybe, he wants to make her smile and so - ]
[ and maybe she doesn't smile. but she does sputter her way through the next mouthful of tea, choking a moment on her own indignation. it would be a ridiculous sight even without the chunky iron man mug wobbling just under her lower lip. ]
Christ alive. [ she clears her throat, giving her head a disappointed little shake. as if the motion could somehow banish her nostalgia for another stark and his equally cheeky rejoinders. ] Is that really necessary? There's no call to be lewd.
[ but she's less upset about this, it seems, than so many other little annoyances. maybe she just likes playing the insulted party. ]
Tea has got nothing to do with manners. [ she smiles. ] Tea's just good.
[ a comfort, a security blanket, a reminder to catch one's breath. for peggy, it doesn't hold half the ceremony stereotype suggests it should. she'll drink it out of an army tin if she must.
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that's the tricky thing about finding family. she can't treat every conversation with tony like it's a professional interview. there's his heart to consider. yes, indeed, she's fairly certain he has one. ] Charming bastard, wasn't he.
[ a hum. she drinks again. ]
But now the question has been raised. Who's cinched the top spot?
[ oh, she's got guesses. ]
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[ and that's a good thing. honestly speaking, tony wished he hadn't met loki and the sheer destruction be brought to earth as a result of a whim. ]
Picture a demi-god with an army of aliens and a massive inferiority complex who can't wait to get rid of earth because that's his brother's favorite planet.
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it's all greek to her. except she does understand exactly how 'a massive inferiority complex' and 'an army of aliens' could cause all sorts of trouble.
or she likes to think she understands. ]
Sibling rivalry. [ a beat. ] But ratcheted up to its highest setting.
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[ but still the best solution. tony never wanted loki to stay on earth. ]
so he wears a cape, yeah? and these horns whenever he really feels like he wants to make an entrance and then there's all that medieval talk - thou shalt suffer my wrath and all of that. guy's a piece of work.
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I'm familiar with Asgardian fashion. Albeit not the horns, although it sounds as though that might be more of his particular dramatic hang-up rather than a whole civilization's.
[ peggy sets her tea cup aside and, crossing over to her dresser, she rummages around in the bottom drawer until she pulls out a cape. it's red, it's too tall to be hers, and it bears a few asgardian flourishes. ]
I acquired this during an event. [ a pause. ] Before you arrived.
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[ that's seriously unfair. ]
and you didn't wear horns.
[ oh, the disappointment. ]
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[ she drapes the cloak over the back of a chair. ]
Since the event was from our home universe, I forgot something because of it. I've been trying to pin down the word ever since but...well, that's the trouble with something you've forgotten.
[ a little unhappy shrug. ]
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[ it's a reasonable idea and at same time, it's not reasonable at all. tony knows there's absolutely no way to write down all his memories - the terms, the people, the knowledge.
but he tries, still. it's an uphill climb if there ever was one. ]
I mean, they'll probably take away the one thing you forgot to write down but still.
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[ but-- ]
They haven't done me much good.
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[ the chances of nailing down every word, phrase, concept, person is miniature. he can calculate just how small but there's no point in that. there's no way to protect thoughts save for uploading a certain consciousnesses onto the serves and even tony stark can tell it's not a stellar idea. ]
I don't think even FRIDAY can store that much information.
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It's been brought to my attention that the word or concept might equally be something I didn't already know in the first place. [ she waves at his poster, next. ] Take, for instance, Iron Man. Obviously it's not that but -- it was something I only learned about after arriving here.
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[ ...he'll just have to start planting Iron Man merchandise around the room. Just in case. ]
They keep bringing in new people so whatever it is, it might turn up again
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[ he says not with an accusation but with a little smile. ]
I mean, it would drive me up the wall together with my other 99 problems.
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peggy drinks out of an iron man one. if pressed, she defends the choice by saying it's the bigger of the two. it holds more. ]
I'm rather certain it's the only memory I've 'lost,' at least. [ a beat. ] What about you?
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[ seeing he has spent the last month either drunk or in a hangover. he doesn't rule out the option that his mind was too wrapped up in alcohol to notice rumors of lost concepts. ]
my attention span isn't great.
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[ it's...hard to explain, but experiencing it only once was enough to make her familiar with it. ]
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[ and see, tony stark has good intentions. he knows a serious moment when he sees one. he knows a problem that he can't yet solve. and maybe, he wants to make her smile and so - ]
guess I'm still a virgin.
[ he actually winks at her. ]
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Christ alive. [ she clears her throat, giving her head a disappointed little shake. as if the motion could somehow banish her nostalgia for another stark and his equally cheeky rejoinders. ] Is that really necessary? There's no call to be lewd.
[ but she's less upset about this, it seems, than so many other little annoyances. maybe she just likes playing the insulted party. ]
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[ absolutely not. ]
you lost scolding rights, I hate to say.
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That's entirely different. [ sort of. ] Besides, I was still at school! Young. Reckless. You're a helluva lot older; you ought to know better.
[ oh, gee, now she's all about deferring to her 'elders'. ]
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that never happens. anyone can tell you that.
[ tony stark never knows better. it's just a known fact by now. ]
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[ none at all. ]
We're never too old to learn some manners or some graces.
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[ and hold on - ]
I'm sitting here drinking tea, isn't that enough?
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[ a comfort, a security blanket, a reminder to catch one's breath. for peggy, it doesn't hold half the ceremony stereotype suggests it should. she'll drink it out of an army tin if she must.
just never with sugar. ]
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