[ it's not the safest path to follow, this chased kiss behind a shuttle. mostly because, they're always short, these moments they have together and there is always the instinct to make them far longer if it weren't for the Atroma or any other matter that might in hand. today it's being outside as well as risking Peggy's cover as a Moxie woman gone down the drain.
she doesn't make it entirely easier, either, proper accent in place and all but he just about manages to stay in her personal space but in an appropriate manner. ]
Should I prepare myself for a familiar black-haired girl in the Savvy part of town?
[ what mental effort it takes not to tear the pinned wig free and toss it aside -- to be herself, again, if only for the pair of them. heat rises to her cheeks, and peggy pointedly lets loose of his arm. ]
Savvy does feel like the better fit. [ she breathes the words more than she speaks them. a telling vulnerably -- one she's eager to squash. ] Not so much for you, of course. But I see you're trying to fit in with none of them.
[ said with a bit of a grin. it's an excuse, of course but he suspects she can already tell what drove him to put away all these fractions and their politics ]
Figured I'll use the time to try to get those people to talk to each other.
Not everyone can be saved. [ -- the honey-sweet trappings of her persona fall away. ] Least of all from themselves. These people have lived and breathed conflict for so long.
Ever the idealist. [ god, she loved him. idealism tempered with good sense. doesn't mean it made him perfect, but she thought it brought him rather close. ]
I guess they never heard the concept of united we stand, divided we fall. I want to believe there should be a way to get through to them without them having to figure it out the hard way.
[ somehow, unison was usually achieved in times of great perils, when differences no longer mattered. ]
The thing is if you ask them, I don't think anyone really remembers why they ended up like this to begin with.
[ peggy isn't keen to admit how much of a challenge it is to keep her cool -- to keep herself collected, rational, and pragmatic -- when they still stood so near to one another. still ebbing in the wake of his stolen kiss.
but sensibility reigns. peggy exhales. ] At times, the hard way is the only way someone will learn. You can't force it, otherwise.
[ an understanding achieved by force is not really understanding. she's right, sometimes the only way to understand is to learn. he isn't sure he can entirely blame these people. after all the wars the world has seen, men still create new ones, after all. ]
I'd like to think there's hope for them. Maybe if we ever visit here again, they'd have come to their senses about this mess.
[ but then, this is more than just blonde hair. he never quite saw someone change personalities so fast except for Natasha and at least she sounded the same. ]
You know, I wish I could take a leaf out of your book. The most I got for a costume were sunglasses.
You're striking. It would be hard to mistake you -- [ sunglasses or no sunglasses. but peggy raises an arm and makes a point to muss his hair. ] Even so, it could be done. One would only have to take a bit of polish off the star.
Not enough to hide the man beneath. [ her fingers linger for a moment against his scalp before she draws back, denying herself the temptation to brace her thumb and pointer finger against his jaw. ] But if you grew a beard? Maybe that would do it. Hypothetically.
[ she rather likes him clean shaven, however. not that she's about to admit so. ]
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Date: 2016-09-08 07:42 pm (UTC)she doesn't make it entirely easier, either, proper accent in place and all but he just about manages to stay in her personal space but in an appropriate manner. ]
Should I prepare myself for a familiar black-haired girl in the Savvy part of town?
[ at least then he wouldn't gawk at her ]
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Date: 2016-09-08 07:46 pm (UTC)Savvy does feel like the better fit. [ she breathes the words more than she speaks them. a telling vulnerably -- one she's eager to squash. ] Not so much for you, of course. But I see you're trying to fit in with none of them.
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Date: 2016-09-08 09:04 pm (UTC)[ said with a bit of a grin. it's an excuse, of course but he suspects she can already tell what drove him to put away all these fractions and their politics ]
Figured I'll use the time to try to get those people to talk to each other.
[ he shrugs a bit ]
Hasn't been going that well.
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Date: 2016-09-09 06:33 pm (UTC)[ it's beginning to be more than a little obvious they're not willing to listen. still, he smiles a bit. ]
However long we have, I guess that's the time I got left to keep trying to convince them.
[ perhaps he's too stubbornly idealistic for his own good. ]
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Date: 2016-09-09 07:45 pm (UTC)I wish I knew what would help.
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Date: 2016-09-10 07:21 pm (UTC)[ somehow, unison was usually achieved in times of great perils, when differences no longer mattered. ]
The thing is if you ask them, I don't think anyone really remembers why they ended up like this to begin with.
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Date: 2016-09-11 01:59 pm (UTC)but sensibility reigns. peggy exhales. ] At times, the hard way is the only way someone will learn. You can't force it, otherwise.
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Date: 2016-09-11 07:31 pm (UTC)[ an understanding achieved by force is not really understanding. she's right, sometimes the only way to understand is to learn. he isn't sure he can entirely blame these people. after all the wars the world has seen, men still create new ones, after all. ]
I'd like to think there's hope for them. Maybe if we ever visit here again, they'd have come to their senses about this mess.
[ with a hint of a smile ]
and then maybe you wouldn't need to be all -
[ well. ]
Angie, to be out and about.
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Date: 2016-09-11 08:32 pm (UTC)tri-faction system »
Date: 2016-09-12 06:13 pm (UTC)[ lord help him if he stood there gawking at someone who only looked like her. ]
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Date: 2016-09-12 06:33 pm (UTC)That's rather the point of a disguise, isn't it?
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Date: 2016-09-12 07:36 pm (UTC)[ but then, this is more than just blonde hair. he never quite saw someone change personalities so fast except for Natasha and at least she sounded the same. ]
You know, I wish I could take a leaf out of your book. The most I got for a costume were sunglasses.
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Date: 2016-09-12 07:40 pm (UTC)tri-faction system »
Date: 2016-09-12 08:07 pm (UTC)You're striking and still I almost mistook you.
[ still, he smiles and ducks his head as she reaches for his hair, straightening up a moment afterwards. ]
Well? any difference?
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Date: 2016-09-12 09:58 pm (UTC)[ she rather likes him clean shaven, however. not that she's about to admit so. ]