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(un: p. carter )

[ Well, here we have a username that hasn't been seen on the network in a while. The video itself is, alas, distorted at the moment. It seems the device itself is being moved rather quickly from hand to hand. ]

-- bloody well doing alright by myself.

[ And then there's Peggy Carter and a native nurse who has apparently made the mistake of trying to open and hold the device for her. It's enough to get her chased out as the woman struggles to sit up. On her way out, the nurse does take a few bloodied bandages with her. ]

Well, turns out one can get promoted in their absence.

[ She holds up a file of pages, apparently her new job description. ]

Is it too much to hope that my house is still intact?

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video; un: iron.man

[buildsomething]

[Well there's a voice that gets Tony's attention right away.]

...Peggy? You're back?

[And a brief pause as he gets a good look at her.]

Are you okay?

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Tony.

[ her voice cracks, a combination of raw exhaustion and a tinge of emotion. Coming back has been a confusing swirl of frustration laced with a drop of hope that some of her old connections are still in the city.

But Tony has always been something beyond an ally, beyond even a friend.

One would expect a burst of sentimentality but. ]

Good God, man. You look dreadful.

[ Pot meet kettle. ]

[buildsomething]

[He smiles, small but genuine, before it vanishes into a wryer expression.]

Yeah, I'm not the one in the hospital.

[Right now, anyway.]

Want company?

slaps away video and flips into action mode

[madeupnames]

[A little time after her broadcast, she'll find her peace is interrupted by a head peaking with unabashed curiosity around the corner of her hospital room door. He was being super covert here — mainly, he wanted to see if the woman in the feed was well and truly Peggy Carter, one of the coolest chicks in history. Um. No bias here, not at all.

He technically was coming in to get this little wrist cast removed; he's only worn it for, like, three days. But it was important to make sure the bones were all in the right place, or else he'd be the Amazing Picasso-Man instead.

His motions are so slow... so still... he has mastered the art of invisibility.

Or he's a sore thumb. Mostly a sore thumb.]

[mannerism]

-- You should practice stealth.

[ of course she sees him. even with the treatment they forced on her that has left her more than a little groggy, she sees him. she winches as she sits up, mutters an angry little bloody hell and takes a better look at him.

-- A child. She's rather certain they've never met and so. ]

Have you been sent here by someone named Stark?

[ Tony offered her company but being the little bugger that he is, she can absolutely see him excusing this as I've never said my company. ]

[madeupnames]

[Mission Failed. He startles even though he should have very well known she'd see him, even in a foggy hospital-fueled haze. Really, he didn't want to bug her when she's clearly injured. And boy, he's getting deja vu, because Mr. Stark also was conveniently laid up with a stab wound, too??? What is with you adults and getting hu...

Okay, he's got a wrist cast on, he has no room to say jack shit.

But he heals! It's different!

He colors a little, stepping into the doorway.]

Um — no! No, no, I was just... thinking about saying hi, since I'm a fan of your work, but you look like you should be resting. I didn't mean to - to interrupt your healing business. That was pretty lame of me. Um. Ma'am.

[stop stop stoP PETER STOP CASTING WORDS INTO THE VOID]

[wingedman]

[very dryly:] I let the mice take it over. So it's still intact, just riddled with small holes and probably doll furniture.

[no he didn't he's just joking

also about an hour later - give a man time to cook, okay? - he shows up with a nicely arranged plate of caramel blondies]

Hey, you and Tony'll have matching scars.

[He pulls a chair up to Peggy's bed and sets the plate down on the table. The crack is more than it seems, an offering of information Tony might be reluctant to share on his own.

(Tony's going to kill him.)]

[mannerism]

You have a lousy sense of humor, Wilson.

[ she accuses as he walks inside, though the nature of the words is more affectionate than it is scolding. She is leaned against a little hill of pillows, hands resting in her lap. ]

It's good to see you.

[ she looks at the plate, then at him. important matters first: ]

What has he done now?

[wingedman]

I have a great sense of humor.

[He is so offended, Peggy.]

And you mean it's great to see my baking again.

[There's a one-shouldered shrug, trying to keep it casual.]

Got a present from home. Seems like those canisters come with bad luck sometimes - in his case, getting stabbed in the stomach.

[Sam knows how and why, but that's a story he'll leave for Tony, at least.]

@captain.eide; text

[themostbest]

the hospital is the WORST, right?

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I can say I had worse and yet.

The food is a horror.

Do you have a lot of experience with the place, Captain?

[ She goes by the user name but God, it's weird to call anyone else but steve by that particular title. ]

video; un: sg.rogers

[livingsymbol]

[Peggy! Steve is both surprised and delighted, but he's managing to hold that in under some concern. It's almost too fitting that he's seeing her apparently in the hospital.]

Take it easy on them. I don't know if they can take you.

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Look who's talking.

[ she croaks, coughs, reaches for a glass of water that stands on a little table by her bed. God, what she'd give for a glass of good scotch. ]

As if you'd be sitting still, agreeing to bed rest. I know you better than that, Captain.

video; un: c.rutherford

[happiertimes]

[Cullen watches the struggle between the woman and the nurse and has to bite back a smile. It's much like he has behaved during his own injuries. And that like someone else he knows.]

I suppose that a promotion can be both an good thing and a bad, depending on what it is. When it comes with paperwork, it can come with a great deal of headaches as well.

[Guess who doesn't miss the millions of reports he had to shift through back home?]

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Mr. Rutherford.

[ Manners, first and foremost. Even without her armor of well-kept makeup, hair and wardrobe, Peg manages at least that. she is sitting in her bed, looking almost comfortable but mostly in pain. She tries for respectable, however. ]

I'm afraid I'm much used to those, I had them at my last job, too and at the one before that.

video # un: skyenet

[evite]

( skye's never actually met peggy carter. to be fair, the woman didn't do much active duty-ing in her elder years, and certainly wouldn't have had reason to interact with coulson and co in their gallivanting adventures. that doesn't meean, however, that skye doesn't know the name, or the face, or even to some degree the clipped tones of a british woman who's just about had enough of someone else's shit.

the video camera had been still a fairly new invention in the 1940s, but shield had always been ahead of its days. there were a few videos, not many, of the agency's founding female member. skye had watched those with rapt attention. the videos of howard and the rest? not so much.

thus, the smallest hesitation in between the beginning of her video feed and her first words, one that might even hint at a little bit of starstruck admiration. ) The P wouldn't happen to stand for Peggy, would it?

( 'ma'am' gets swallowed down, hard. same for 'agent'. )

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[ Peggy Carter has always been comfortable with the idea that her work is conducted in the shadows - secretive and concealed, that was the nature of her life and she liked it.

Riverview, however, brought her work into light. Here, she had to adjust to the fact that people know her, they know what she does, they recognize her skill-set. An odd sensation, for a woman who was used to anonymity, it had its advantages as well as its drawbacks. She's quiet used to this by now, and at the least the woman doesn't confess herself to be a fan of her world. ]

That it does. I have a feeling this was not a lucky guess.

[ she knows her, of her, one or the other. ]

audio un:pnwsalex

[11calls]

[Well, that's new, it's the first time she's heard of someone coming back, never mind coming back with a promotion. So she wants to ask questions, but for now she just settles for:]

Is saying welcome back okay?

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You just did.

[ she points out, she reminds her but there is a tired smile laced in her voice, she hardly minds. ]

And lucky you, it's quite alright. We haven't met before, have we?

[ she'd like to think she could remember voices. ]

un: TheStrandInstitute

[nobasisinfact]

[Richard can't help chuckling at how she treats the nurse.]

I don't think I've seen anyone yell at the hospital staff yet. It's refreshing.

[mannerism]

Perhaps the tendency not to listen is a new feat, that might explain it.

[ or perhaps she has a bit of a problem with her temper. ]

voice @L.Mills

[thestoriesarereal]

[Interesting...so this person came back? But there's more of a pressing matter with those bloodied bandages.]</small. Are you okay?

[mannerism]

[ the voice is young -- lord, are youngsters fretting over her now? Peggy clears her throat, chases away the exhaustion and the rawness from it. ]

Quite alright, simply in need of an evening of rest.

[ probably more than an evening but like hell she'd admit it. ]

Thank you.

video;

[neversurrender]

[There's a voice and a face he hadn't allowed himself believe he'd see again. But his relief and happiness is quickly distracted by the sight of the bloody bandages. Despite her calmness he can't disguise the concern in his voice or face.]

Peggy? Are you alright?

video;

[mannerism]

[ Her whole body hurts, spine and hip and neck but she sits a little straighter, anyway, pushing her body up, pressing her elbows to the mattress just so she can look at him. hell, she knew but seeing him catches her unprepared, still. All her plans have gone so terribly wrong as of late. I he had been there, what would he say? so much of what she had tried to do was inspired by him and yet here she is with nothing but a painful failure to show for. ]

Quite alright, Captain.

[ oh hell. ]

Steve. It's good to see you again.