video + text + action

[mucked]

Who: Peggy Carter & YOU
Broadcast: Y, fleetwide.
Action: Aboard the Starstruck, if you like.
When: Today.

[ a video feed flickers to life, and fights for a moment to adequately focus on its subject. peggy carter sits in the kitchen aboard the starstruck, cup of tea and her elbow and half a biscuit in her hand. dabbing at crumbs, she sets her food aside and offers the network a bright smile. ]

That message -- the ominous one, in the bizarre language? It put me in mind of the sort of cryptograms and puzzles you might see in the Sunday paper. [ her expression is cheery enough, although she's not being wholly honest about her interest in such games. she won't be the one to say the words bletchley and park.] I loved them. Them, and crosswords. I thought maybe some of you might like them, too. [ ... ] We could do a few together. I'm not saying we all join a club, exactly, but back home they were always better solved in good company.

Let's start you off with one that's easy enough. But there's no shame in needing a hint, if needed. For what it's worth, the text I'm attaching is, in its deciphered form, English -- not yet certain how the augments' translation will handle it. We'll see.

BLSTKBC YLBSFKGISRX XL QIYT SL SFVBWIKAKJR STR QKBZ VX V XSRVZU EIFELXR — V ELKBS LB OTKYT STR XLIA QVU NKM KSX KBSRAARYSIVA RUR.

[ -- and then an afterthought: ]

...By chance, has anyone been brewing their own beer?

Comments

[takingkarabusiness]

It's our burden.

[mucked]

You know, I've never much envied powers. I get by how I am, and I'm happy to do so -- but I think do covet the ability to skip out on a few hours abed.

[takingkarabusiness]

I'm pretty sure that's what coffee is for.

[mucked]

[ oh so dryly: ] You as well? Bugger.

[takingkarabusiness]

Tea just doesn't pack the same caffeine punch.

[mucked]

Some might spin that as a benefit.

[takingkarabusiness]

Then those people get enough sleep at night.

[mucked]

[ a bark of laughter. genuinely meant, however sharp. ]

I assure you, I rarely do. [ ... ] But I suspect this is mostly one of those other side of the pond differences. For the most part.

[ let's not discuss the french, nor the italians, right now. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Probably. California is way across the pond.

[mucked]

Indeed. Nearly as far away again from New York as England is.

[takingkarabusiness]

Do you miss England?

[mucked]

Often. [ more often now, indeed, than when she lived in new york. funny how that worked. ] Or I miss it in pieces, perhaps, more so than its larger presence.

[takingkarabusiness]

That makes sense to me. I guess if you really missed it, you could always go back.

[mucked]

Could do. Likely will, someday. If just to stock up on necessities.

[takingkarabusiness]

Like what?

[mucked]

Marmite's been on my mind, lately. And good tea.

[takingkarabusiness]

What's Marmite?

[mucked]

It's something you spread on toast. A kind of malty marmalade.

[ not quite. ]