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[mannerism]

(un: p. carter )

[ some of you might have seen this username on the network before. she isn't a stranger to responding to other people's messages, nor to holding private conversation but as for addressing the entire network, well. this is certainly a first time.

peggy carter is in her office in the riverview police force. it's a slow afternoon, which is the only reason for this little message, really. ]

They're really quite attached to their celebrations aren't they. If I have to secure another event, be it a dance ball, a speed dating evening or anything that involves ribbons, glitter, gifts and large, outdoor parties, I fear I may have to file a complaint. Honestly now, this is getting out hand.

[ no one needs this amount of cheer, surely. ]

More importantly, I am searching for someone who might understand a thing or two about what makes these little devices tick.

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[ragnarsson]

Maybe they're waiting for a certain time to do something. Back home, you have to wait a full year for some pigs to get fat enough for slaughter.

[This place did seem an awful lot like how Vikings kept their farm animals calm and complacent until they needed to eat them.]

[mannerism]

Such colourful metaphors, you have.

[ she doesn't entirely approve but doesn't out-rightly disapprove, either. ]

Being prepared for all eventualities, that's the way it must be, I suppose.

[ragnarsson]

I grew up in a farming community.

[He shrugs. Vikings, for all their fierce ways, were surprisingly good farmers. One had to be to get anything out of the harsh soil of Norway.]

Exactly. If things turn out better than expected, we have nothing to worry about. But if they turn out worse, then at least we're prepared and won't be disappointed.

[mannerism]

Practical.

[ she nods. they may not be optimists, him and her, but at least they seem to understand one another. ]

I've never been anywhere that hosts so many celebrations. I should think they do indeed make for a fine distraction. One cannot get too curious when full and well-rested.

[ragnarsson]

Maybe they do something while we're all distracted each month. Like steal away those who disappear and grind them up into meat for the rest of us to eat.

[...Ivar, please stop with the Soylent Green theory. Gods only know where he got from, he's never even seen that movie.]