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Who: Leo Fitz
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: on the Bishop
When: Jan 6th ; post-shuffle

[ he hardly had a chance to really look around the marsiva before he was transported elsewhere. the time allowed him to get his bearings, but mostly it allowed him a chance to calm down a little after what he just experienced with the whole... well, hydra. he's by no means past the whole ordeal but he feels like he can breath now, at least.

he halfheartedly looks around the bishop, trying to get a feel for the layout though not really entering any of the rooms just yet. except for the kitchen. that's where he sits down and pulls out his communicator ]

My name's Fitz. Leo - Leopold - Fitz. Is this really some sort of reality show? In space? [ and if so, why did they chose him? especially without simmons. at least if she was here they could properly appreciate the fact that he is on a ship in space right now. instead he's worried about her. and the rest of the team, of course ]

Quick question. Another question. Does shield mean anything to you? Not a shield, but just... shield.

[ and he ends the feed there. coulson, may, ward, any one of them would be much better at asking without asking. but they're not here! well actually he's not sure yet if they are. that's what he's trying to find out. at the very least, maybe this will point him in the direction of someone he can trust ]

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[ whups. there she goes, mucking it up. peggy presses her lips together into a thin line. ]

He's here. [ so to speak -- although she knows for a fact he's relinquished the title ever since the spat between him and tony. ] He's aboard the Starstruck. As am I.

[ -- as for the second question? ] I rather think his place within SHIELD is something you ought to discuss with him. Not me.

Aboard the Starstruck. Seems appropriate. Though probably more from my perspective than yours or his. [ ...he had no intention of actually saying that out loud. even is the 'starstruck' sentiment is probably pretty obvious.

fitz blinks at the video feed as though he never considered discussing anything with steve, himself, as a real possibility ] No, yeah. Of course.

[ he hesitates a moment ] Where I come from, you're old, um, older. You're not as young as you are here. So does that mean time doesn't factor into who's here?

[ oh her giddy aunt nora. had she a cup of tea in hand, she might've choked on a mouthful. starstruck indeed. it's a reaction she hasn't had to cope with, so far. it's a bit disquieting.

but she keeps her poise -- even after he discusses her age. it would have been a terrible (wonderful) shock indeed, only steve has at long last let that spoiler loose upon her imagination. peggy even knows the year of her death: in a sense, it makes her giddy. 95 years is an awful long time.

but instead she remains calm and explains: ] When I was taken, the year was 1947. SHIELD, as I've heard it described to me, doesn't exist. [ and then, like an afterthought, ] However, the SSR does.

[ at least simmons isn't here (not really. he'd give anything to have he here too). as far as being starstruck around peggy goes, he's pretty sure that he has nothing on simmons.

95 years is a long time. fitz doesn't even know yet that she lives that long. all he knows is that she's still alive. but to have lived through and seen and experienced what she did, 95 years is incredible. he couldn't imagine knowing, though. were he in her situation, he's not sure he'd be a strong enough person to find out exactly when he died ]

1947? I suppose that was before SHIELD, wasn't it? You know, the SSR still exists in some capacity. [ it's odd to phrase it like that. because for her, of course it still exists ] It became the research division for SHIELD, and one of the old facilities became Sci-Tech.

[ some kernel of the ssr still exists? honestly, she's not certain whether that's a relief or something far less optimistic. back home, the ssr is just beginning to rot away from the inside. she's starting to recognize why it needs a replacement -- thought how it goes from that point to her spearheading the change? she doesn't know.

calmly: ] Some time before SHIELD, I think. What I know about the years that follow is restricted to what others have told me. None, apart from one, has had more than a tangential relationship with the agency.

[ because she would argue even steve's involvement has been a tangent. a few years, at best. ]

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