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Who: Wrath
Broadcast: To everyone!
Action: On the Windrose or the Iskaulit
When: Current

[On the broadcast, Wrath is a bit more sober than normal, which is to say not actively grinning. Her hands are smudged with ink; she rests her chin in one and gestures with the other.]

I've been thinking.

Back home in Proles, we have a thing called the Memorial of the Line. Or we just call it the Wall. It's in district 3, has this nice little park... but anyway, it's a big, long wall with all the names of the soldiers and civilians who died on the Line etched in to it.

I lost a lot of friends on the Line. So I like going there once a week. I take my kitten, we have ice cream, and we just... hang out with everyone.

People die and go away all the time. Hell... at least where I'm from, dying is better than going away, because you know nothing's going to hurt any more. But. That's not the point. It sucks, and it hurts to lose people, but all you can really do is keep on with the fight and stay positive, right?

So is there anything like a Wall here? I don't think people going away here is like... there isn't compliance here. And it's not like dying. But it still sucks and hurts and people feel sad. And it's good to remember everyone who was here, I think. Remembering things is... really important.

If we don't have a Wall, I think we should. We already have something for all the Nunnilis. There's still a lot of room on the Iskaulit and it's a ship for everyone. That way someone will always remember. They can take memories from you, but they can't take the things that are etched.

And I wouldn't mind taking care of it! I like doing stuff like that.

[Almost stops there. But... oh yeah!]

Even if people don't want a Wall, would anyone mind if I do a mural on one of the bulkhead walls in the Iskaulit? I found one that's just perfect and I have this awesome idea.

[Assuming there's no major objection, she's easy to find poking around in the Iskaulit, maybe prepping for some painting...

Otherwise, she's on the Windrose, doing her normal things.]

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Just wait till you meet Vision.

[A red android who flies. And has no wang but could have if he wanted. That's what makes him odder than Cheese to wrath's mind.]

Why, what are computers like where you come from?

Why, they're the number-crunchers. Talented. Bright. Wicked quick with their sums. [ and most (if not all) are women -- at least they had been at bletchley. peggy refrains from clarifying that she'd been among their number. ]

Oh, so you have AI too? Like Delta? He's super good at math. He tells me if I have enough money to buy shoes.

...Not quite. I'm speaking of flesh-and-blood humans. Not artificial intelligences.

Delta's flesh and blood now. It's. Um. But he used to be a computer. Anyway.

Oh, so really smart people that are super good at math? I guess like network techs, maybe. It's so impressive. I don't know how people do it.

An odd mixture of patience and raw talent, I believe. [ ... ] And an unyielding desire to find order and structure in the world. That's all numbers are, in the end.

[ at least...that's all encryption is, no matter how deeply buried its structures might be. ]

And being really good with numbers too. Numbers are hard.

[They didn't used to be so hard, did they? She can't really remember.]

Numbers are order and structure? I always thought that was more like... laws.

Two is always meant to follow one. And contrary to what the philosophically inclined might believe, I'm firm in my faith that two and two make four.

Wow, you're really smart.

[She bets Delta would like you, Peggy.]

Um. Are you good with money?

[ a little taken aback -- but pleasantly so. ]

Good enough, I suppose. But I confess I'm better at making my pennies last than in counting them.

I don't know what that means but it sounds really good!

I'm bad with numbers. At home, Delta just keeps track of my money and tells me if I'm allowed to buy shoes.

Mighty convenient of him.

I guess? I think nice is a better word than convenient. I had to ask him for help when they gave me my severance pay chit and couldn't tell if it was enough for anything.

It's really weird not being able to just get stuff from the quartermaster. But I guess buying stuff is normal? Is that how you do things?

When I must -- [ it's hard to articulate it, really. she's spent much of her adult years with a quartermaster of her own. and even now, it's more often a question of what she chooses not to buy. ]

I confess I'm not a consumer of much. Barring good cosmetics and fine shoes.

[SHOES!]

Shoes are the best, though. And cosmetics. Definitely worth spending money on right?

It's kind of hard to find really awesome skies without heels though. I'm not allowed to wear heels any more. But what kind of shoes do you like?

I'm happy with heels, honestly. Pumps. Why can't you wear them any longer?

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