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[mucked]

Who: Peggy Carter, some rumours, and you!
Broadcast: text, then video.
Action: y, aboard the starstruck.
When: today!

[ a message materializes on the network around midday: ]

Peggy Carter's got a veritable guy-pile of suitors: Edwin Jarvis, Max Rockatansky, Jason Wilkes, Jack Thompson, Howard Stark, Stefan Salvatore, Steve Rogers, Sam Winchester, James Barnes, Clint Barton, Daniel Sousa, and counting! How many more can you name?

[ and not long after (in a state of utter pique and dismay), that same network registers a rather heartfelt reaction -- but this time with accompanying wide-eyed video. ] Jack -- Jack Thompson? Un-bloody-likely. The only thing he's ever got his eyes on is the next greasy rung on the ladder. [ peggy scoffs, disgusted. ] As pranks go, this one's been truly shambolic. The first of April was days ago.

[ in a few hours, she'll enjoy her meltdown all over again when she finds a box of sponsor gifts in the cargo bay filled with stickers, each with a different so-called suitor's name scribbled into the blank space. all of them are filled in except for an ominous pile with an attached note: in case there's so many you start to forget their names. blanks included for any others that we might have missed. ]

Comments

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[outstandingbalance]

Someone else always has that covered. Obviously.

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[mucked]

Always. [ she agrees. ] Though being accused of having a 'guypile' is almost charming when compared to the sorts of rumours that tend to fly.

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[outstandingbalance]

I could almost be jealous. As long as I didn't think about it too hard, at least, because frankly having all of them after you sounds exhausting.

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[mucked]

That's the beauty about lists, darling. They can often be divided up equitably.

[ except in this case she'll just take steve and perhaps wilkes or sousa and natasha can have the rest. ]

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[outstandingbalance]

What, I'm not sure Max would let me take him off your hands.

[To pick the example in Drift Fleet who seems least likely to be pursuing anyone.]

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[mucked]

Max mightn't have a say in the matter -- bugger shot me with a foam dart. He deserves all the upheaval he gets.

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[outstandingbalance]

To think, he does have a sense of humor in there.

[No, that's not true. Natasha already knew that. But she's not telling Peggy how Max talks about her and Steve.]

Maybe there's hope after all.

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[mucked]

[ just as well -- she hardly needs to. max talks about them in similar terms to her face. wanker. ]

It didn't feel humourous.

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[outstandingbalance]

Yeah? Where'd he hit you?

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[mucked]

From behind. [ extrapolate as you will, dear romanoff. ] Not the bravest tactic.

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[outstandingbalance]

I don't know. All things considered, I call that exceptionally brave.

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[mucked]

Well! Be careful, Natasha, when you walk into the Starstruck's cargo bay -- you may find he'll try to get 'brave' with you as well.

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[outstandingbalance]

Only one way to find out. I don't think he likes me as much as he likes you, though.

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[mucked]

Funny way of showing it.

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[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha shrugs philosophically.]

Boys.

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[mucked]

-- It's good to hear him laugh, however.

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[outstandingbalance]

Hm. So did you shoot him back?

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[mucked]

I didn't shoot him, no. But I did get my revenge all the same.

[ which will remain vague considering the thread isn't yet finished, oops. ]

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[outstandingbalance]

Oh, I don't for a minute doubt you did.

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[mucked]

And I think there will be more of it going forward. Mandatory attendance at ship's dinners, for one.

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[outstandingbalance]

This isn't a thing on Starstruck, is it?

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[mucked]

Not at all. But I doubt he knows that -- he takes all his meals in his manky shuttle.

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[outstandingbalance]

Away from prying eyes?

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[mucked]

Indeed. And equally far from any of his complicated feelings of goodwill and camaraderie.

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[outstandingbalance]

It does keep things simpler that way.