[ having at long last decamped from the weather-sieged lunatia city, peggy takes the early afternoon to explore nevei’s winter markets. although it goes by another name, she can’t help but make the easy, effortless association between firialia and christmas—the decor is charming and almost-but-not-quite familiar. and nevei’s temperature-controlled environment is an unsurprising relief after the city’s blizzards.
she might not have much chroma to spend, but she windowshops nevertheless. peggy feels fabrics, sniffs spices, and tries to adjust to a world where her means are so very limited. it isn’t easy; she’d spent the better part of the last 6 months in a different transdimensional pocket, one where money wasn’t strictly a necessity.
peggy picks up a hair pin, fingers its fine teeth, and sighs to any and all passersby: ]
I understand Chroma well enough. But what the devil’s a Demichroma?
▶12.24: BUSTING A NUT—open
[ by the evening, she’s managed to acquire a dress fit for a holiday ball. peggy feels just as comfortable in red velvet and statement sleeves as she does in olive drab and combat boots. they are both a kind of uniform, and tonight she wears hers with a straight back and an easy stride. that said, she’s unlikely to agree to any offers of a firialia dance—unless, of course, she was ambushed by a surprise named steve rogers.
—but otherwise she lingers near the bar and the finger food, measuring out just how much of a therapeutic buzz she can afford to maintain while also sampling just about every piece of food available. hers is a curious, greedy palate. she tries a bite of everything, grumbling all the while.
however, there is a moment during the dance of the cascading snowflakes where the pageantry overwhelms her, she finds herself smiling, and trying to catch illusory snowflakes on an upturned palm. ]
They do know how to put on a show, don’t they?
▶ 12.25-12.27: AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT—open
[ catch her tying a pair of skates at the skating rink. despite the emotional rollercoaster of the holiday, the prospect of some spirited cold-air cardio is a cheerful one. if your nearby and seem to be having trouble getting a good, tight tie on your skate laces, peggy might lean in and (somehow terse and kind at the same time) offer to help. ]
The trick, [ she says, ] is to keep your ankles snug. A well-supported ankle makes certain all you’re kinetic energy isn’t lost within the boot.
[ or perhaps get involved in a koi-related mishap on the ice? ]
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▶12.24: NEVEI WINTER MARKETS—open
[ having at long last decamped from the weather-sieged lunatia city, peggy takes the early afternoon to explore nevei’s winter markets. although it goes by another name, she can’t help but make the easy, effortless association between firialia and christmas—the decor is charming and almost-but-not-quite familiar. and nevei’s temperature-controlled environment is an unsurprising relief after the city’s blizzards.
she might not have much chroma to spend, but she windowshops nevertheless. peggy feels fabrics, sniffs spices, and tries to adjust to a world where her means are so very limited. it isn’t easy; she’d spent the better part of the last 6 months in a different transdimensional pocket, one where money wasn’t strictly a necessity.
peggy picks up a hair pin, fingers its fine teeth, and sighs to any and all passersby: ]
I understand Chroma well enough. But what the devil’s a Demichroma?
▶12.24: BUSTING A NUT—open
[ by the evening, she’s managed to acquire a dress fit for a holiday ball. peggy feels just as comfortable in red velvet and statement sleeves as she does in olive drab and combat boots. they are both a kind of uniform, and tonight she wears hers with a straight back and an easy stride. that said, she’s unlikely to agree to any offers of a firialia dance—unless, of course, she was ambushed by a surprise named steve rogers.
—but otherwise she lingers near the bar and the finger food, measuring out just how much of a therapeutic buzz she can afford to maintain while also sampling just about every piece of food available. hers is a curious, greedy palate. she tries a bite of everything, grumbling all the while.
however, there is a moment during the dance of the cascading snowflakes where the pageantry overwhelms her, she finds herself smiling, and trying to catch illusory snowflakes on an upturned palm. ]
They do know how to put on a show, don’t they?
▶ 12.25-12.27: AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT—open
[ catch her tying a pair of skates at the skating rink. despite the emotional rollercoaster of the holiday, the prospect of some spirited cold-air cardio is a cheerful one. if your nearby and seem to be having trouble getting a good, tight tie on your skate laces, peggy might lean in and (somehow terse and kind at the same time) offer to help. ]
The trick, [ she says, ] is to keep your ankles snug. A well-supported ankle makes certain all you’re kinetic energy isn’t lost within the boot.
[ or perhaps get involved in a koi-related mishap on the ice? ]
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