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[agtcarter]

CHARACTERS: Peggy Carter and YOU
LOCATION: The Oxygen Garden
WARNINGS: None.
SUMMARY: Peggy is exploring the ship and comes across the oxygen garden.
NOTES: Basically an open post for new and old CR. Gimme it~



It wasn't her intention to go to the oxygen garden but somehow, Peggy had ended up in the area and she was fascinated by it. The room reminded her of botanical gardens she had been to when she was a young girl back home, except this was much more technologically advanced. She knew the function of the area by reading a guide but in a way, she still wanted to see it for herself. It made her think about the future; not that she would be around of course but even so. Is that what the people of the future would construct? Peggy could only speculate.

As she walked around the room, her thoughts drifted to Steve and how his arrival seemed to have change things for her. Peggy thought that he was dead and seeing him was such a shock, then a relief. Perhaps it was selfish of her to want to have him here, especially considering how dangerous the ship could be, but a part of her was glad because she got to see Steve again.

Anyone who comes across Peggy now will find her deep in thought.

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[akidfrombrooklyn]

Exploring the ship, Steve had recently discovered the gardens, better late than never, and had taken a shining to them. It had quickly become one of his favourite places to wander, which is how he happened to catch sight of Peggy.

He wedged the pencil he had been drawing with into the crease of his sketchpad and closed it up as he stood, towering above the plants. But he didn't want to sneak up on her, especially as it was easy to tell she was deep in her own thoughts, lost to the world.

Steve cleared his throat, nothing harsh, just a gentle noise to announce his presence and pull her back to him.

[agtcarter]

A sound caught her attention and Peggy turned around to see Steve standing there, offering him a warm smile. She closed the gap between them almost immediately, reaching for his free hand.

"Hello, Steve." she said finally, giving his hand a squeeze. "Have you been here long?"

[akidfrombrooklyn]

Steve's face lit up as soon as she looked at him, and he smiled down at their hands, dragged his thumb over warm, soft skin, bringing them both up to press against his chest. If she happened to be paying attention, she might have been able to feel the thrumming of his heart speeding up.

"Peggy," he said in turn, attempting to sound casual and failing miserably. "An hour or so. I find it's easy to lose track of time here."

[agtcarter]

If anything, her smile grew much fonder when his thumb brushed the back of her hand and a faint blush formed on her cheeks when he laid it against his chest. Oh, Peggy could feel his heart rate increasing and it made her happy to know that she had that affect on him.

"I know. You can get so caught up in looking at everything," she replied, glancing down at the pad in his hand. "Did you draw much?"

[akidfrombrooklyn]

The colour in her cheeks was prominent enough for him to notice, and it made his lips curl up wider, sliding his larger fingers between her slighter ones.

"It's beautiful here," he added, because he had thought it often, and it's what continued to bring him back. "Do you want to look?" He didn't show his art to many people, Bucky was more or less the only one who he really dared to, because he never saw it as much of a big deal.

[agtcarter]

Normally it was Peggy who made Steve blush but in this case, she couldn't stop herself from doing it. Their hands were now entwined tightly and she didn't want to let go.

"It really is. Alive and vibrant. A contrast to the cold appearance of the ship." Seeing something that grew and added colour was good in her mind. "Please, yes. I haven't really seen much of your art." The opportunity never really presented itself back home and now she was able to.

[redhotsummers]

"God damn it--Bozo!"

Well, Peggy, you are about to have your feet pounced on by a small charcoal colored kitten, who promptly attempts to 'kill' your shoes.

An exasperated Alex comes jogging over soon after, an apologetic look on his face. He's in his blue and yellow modified-flight suit; something he doesn't really take off now, unless he's in his room.

"Sorry about that--damn kitten has always liked shoes, and I still can't brake him of the habit."

[agtcarter]

She's caught off guard by something brushing over her feet and Peggy looks down to see the tiny kitten trying to chew at her shoes. It's adorable and all she wants to do is pick it up and stroke its fur.

That thought is diverted when she sees someone coming towards her..someone who seems oddly familiar. Peggy could have sworn she spoke to him before after a jump but she isn't entirely sure.

Peggy waves it off. "It's fine. He's just playing, the dear thing. What is his name?"

[redhotsummers]

"Bozo." Alex sighed and leaned down to extricate the cat from the shoes, pulling gently. Standing back up, the kitten curled up in the young man's arms, tail swinging free, looking vaguely annoyed at being taken away from its plaything.

"I usually keep him on a leash, but he managed to slip it."

It was the one thing Alex had to worry about, here; he didn't want to keep him cooped up in his room, all day, but at the same time, if Bozo bolted, it was going to be damn hard to find him again.

[agtcarter]

"Cute name," she replied, watching as he took the kitten away from her shoes. When the animal was settled, Peggy reached over to stroke it gently behind an ear, smiling at the expression on its face.

"He probably just wants to explore."

She had a cat once back home when she was little and Peggy remembered that her mother always had to go looking for the tiny creature because it liked going around the house a lot.

"Have we met before?" Peggy asked, her gaze falling to him again.

[redhotsummers]

"He does--but this place is big enough that I could lose him for good." And for Alex--that would be horrible. He knew he was stronger than before...but that damn cat? Was the only thing he had left from his time in Promenade. He meant something; there was no shame in clinging to the creature, here.

He gave a shrug, then a sigh when Peggy asked the question, allowing her to pet the kitten as much as she wanted to (Bozo seemed to like it).

"No. But you probably met the other Alex. He um--he's been here for a while, I guess? I'm from an alternate timeline." He shook his head. "...yeah, I know that doesn't make much sense. Sorry."

[agtcarter]

Peggy understood where he was coming from though. Losing something you cared about, even if it was a kitten was never easy. It was clear to her that he did care about the animal but she didn't say anything about it, keeping the observation to herself out of politeness. Peggy didn't like intruding too much after all.

"Ah, yes. I met him when he first arrived." He didn't trust her at first and after she had explained where he was, he seemed to have accepted it. "No, it actually does make sense. From being here, I've seen and heard a lot of interesting things. What you have just told me is entirely possible."

She smiled at him. "I'm Peggy by the way. Peggy Carter. It's nice to meet you."

[circumitus]

It wasn't much of a surprise for Rey to find herself back at the oxygen gardens, especially now. Out of anywhere aboard this ship, there was very much a comforting presence that lingered here.

Perhaps one would call it meditating. Clearing her mind of things wasn't terribly difficult for her. Sometimes, it came as instinct: How she sits cross-legged, hands over her knees, back arched and neck craned slightly upward. Eyes closed. Mind opened.

She listens. A song plays on in her head, backwards and forwards, and existing constant.

Until there's the sound of footsteps wandering here, and she tilts her head towards the ruffling. Brows furrowed, eyes still closed...

Who is there?

[agtcarter]

She hadn't really noticed anyone else in the room, too caught up in looking at the plants and examining them closely; it was like Peggy was in her own little world right now. The room was quiet and she didn't really hear much, save for her own footsteps.

After a moment, she pauses, thinking that she heard something as Peggy looks around cautiously and on guard.

"Hello?"

[circumitus]

At the voice, she looks up.

Since the jump, Rey's ongoing silence had been a ritual. She had no reason to talk to people, and people had no reason to talk to her. It was useless. Purposeless. That's what she ever is and will be.

Whether or not if she's with purpose now, or something else that's been summoned with the song stuck in her head, she finally makes an exception -- and speaks:

"Here."

[agtcarter]

Faced with silence, Peggy waits and listens, on guard the whole time. She had been trained to look out, watch her back and be careful. An enemy could be lying in wait just about anywhere after all. She didn't have a weapon on her right now but she wasn't completely defenceless.

Upon hearing a reply, she moves towards the source and stops when she sees another woman sitting on the ground.

"Oh. I didn't know anyone else was in here. Sorry."

[circumitus]

It was a good thing that Rey is less prone to violence when being unexpectedly approached -- a habit which she tried to control. Not always a good idea to go around attacking passengers; they were all trapped in the same situation.

"No big deal." Hearing her own voice again is strange. It's like listening to a complete stranger speak, and the sound alone is enough to rattle her for a moment.

It's my fault.

[agtcarter]

Peggy keeps a polite enough distance as she crouches on the ground, wanting to be on the same level with the other woman. There seems to be something off but she could always be wrong which is why Peggy doesn't draw attention to it.

"I'm Peggy. Hello." It's said in a warm and a friendly tone, her stance relaxed and open. "Lovely to meet you."

[therangerking]

The sun's light and heat permeated the place, but all Aragorn saw when he turned his eyes upwards was merely more of the same walls and ceilings that he had seen throughout the ship. Yet the plants thrive, smelling of life and wet earth and a strange, sickly kind of rain. Aragorn ran his fingers over a great leaf of a plant alien to him, finding the veins of it and feeling it under a calloused thumb.

This place was no Golden Wood. The plants lived, but they did not thrum with life like the mallorns do.

Aragorn had been here for a few hours now, walking through the rows, trying to find the athelas that will aid him greatly here. When he saw her approaching, he straightened slightly. She walked with the carriage of a person used to battles, and yet she seemed to wear no Dernhelm-guise.

"'Tis a strange place," he said, voice low.

[agtcarter]

His presence didn't go unnoticed, particularly the way his stance had changed when he saw her come closer. Peggy came to a stop just a few feet away, allowing him a brief glance. Someone she had never met before, perhaps a new arrival or he had been here a while and they had never crossed paths until now.

"In some ways it is, yes," Peggy responded, her tone quiet and curious at the same time. "This whole ship is strange," she added. Even though she had gotten used to the functions of the ship, the technology was far removed from what she was used to back home.

[51stcentury]

Jack came to the oxygen garden to think. To breathe, as it was. It was probably the only place in the ship that didn't make him feel claustrophobic and some point or another. Back home, when he needed some space, he'd find the closest rooftop to stand on and look out at the city. Well, rooftop the garden certainly was not, but it was the next best thing in his mind.

He'd been seated on the bench that he'd found for a while by the point that the woman wandered into the area of the garden that he'd selected for his personal brooding spot. Sitting up a bit straighter and plastering a smile on his face, he looked up at her.

"Sorry," he said casually. "If I'm in your spot, I can move."

[agtcarter]

"Oh no, that isn't my spot." Peggy shook her head, giving him a smile. "This is the first time that I've actually been in here so I'm just exploring." She looked over him briefly, eyes falling on what he was wearing; not the usual uniform the ship had provided. Something familiar.

There was another smile. "It reminds me a little of the botanical gardens I visited when I was a young girl. Only much bigger and so much more advanced in technology. It fascinates me."

[51stcentury]

He smiled wider at her. "British, huh? And that comment about technology puts you...what, 20th century?" he said, with a grin. This was fun, this part. Where other people were fascinated with technology that to a certain extent was outdated for him. At least it would have been, growing up. Timetravel was complicated.

He stood up and held out a hand to shake hers. "Captain Jack Harkness," he said, with all the confidence and military precision required while still maintaining the casual, flirting nonchalance that was so utterly Jack.

[agtcarter]

"Yes, I'd imagine the accent gave it away," Peggy replied, clearly humouring him. "I'm from the 1940's actually," she added for clarification. Perhaps he was from the future..but that coat. It was something from the past. Whatever the case, there was more to him that what was on the surface, definitely a story there.

Peggy accepted the hand, shaking it firmly and politely. "It's lovely to meet you, Captain Harkness. My name is Peggy Carter." She had noticed the way he spoke and handled himself, feeling that he may have been in the military. The title alone was a bit of a give away. Peggy also noticed the flirtatious tone in his voice.

[51stcentury]

"It's nice to meet you too, Peggy Carter from the 1940's," he said, with a grin, shaking her hand firmly in return before letting it go. "You're a long way away from the 1940's here, though. But I suppose you're more than aware of that."

He looks around at the oxygen garden. "At least there are places like this. Not quite your average English garden, but unless you're familiar with submarines or cargo planes, this place must be quite a shock."