#⏳ 𝄈 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝄁 𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘚𝘌 ✧ talent is forever (s1–2).

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Penny had lost count of how long she had been trapped inside this van, but if you were to ask her, the wait for @gingerspiice's friends and associates to come back with their lunches seemed eternal at this point. What was, in reality, forty-five minutes easily felt like hours on end, which was highly ironic for a woman that had control over time. In her defense though, this was Frenchie's fault, to begin with, since he had been the one to suggest getting food from some Thai restaurant. Why, you might ask? Because it was the closest to their location. Not only that, but it was the start of the week, so it was obvious that it would be packed to the brim with customers. Well, at least, that was what the rational side of Penny's brain assumed, based on how fucking long Butcher and the others were taking to come back. The same couldn't be said about her irrational side, however, since she was going fifty miles per hour thinking of every single possibility as to what could've gone wrong. So much so that she was nervously tapping her left foot against the ground, which she hadn't noticed until she felt Frenchie's gaze stare right through her. ‟What is it now, Frenchie?” Penny asked, exasperation clear with every syllable.

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It was on days like these in which Penny forgot that she had to go back and play nice with her G-Men teammates every so often, but it was hard to do so when none of them had matured whatsoever since graduation day, and hearing them squabble like a bunch of middle schoolers on a field trip for the last fifteen minutes was enough for a migraine to begin developing. Letting out a heavy sigh, Penny pressed her thumb and index fingers on her eyelids, harshly rubbing them in the hopes that it would go away, but as her teammates began yelling about nonsense, she realized it was here to stay. Just when she was about to fly off the handle, and scream at everyone to shut the hell up, she noticed someone she'd never seen before, let alone inside this plane — a towering, burly man much older than the rest of them. If Penny had to guess, @nonsupe was probably in his late thirties to early forties and looked like he was about to bite everyone's heads off. Not that she could blame him, as her fellow G-Men were already getting on her nerves. For all she knew, Vought didn't pay him enough to be here to begin with. Turning to face him, Penny offered him an apologetic smile, almost as if to express regret on behalf of her teammates, even though what they were doing was not her responsibility. ‟—...You wouldn't happen to have an aspirin on you, would you?” She tentatively asked, grimacing as the voices got even louder. ‟I just ran out of mine.”

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Penny wasn't entirely sure what to expect when she decided to take a leap of faith and join forces with Victoria Neuman, but working with a clandestine vigilante group was definitely not one of them. Not only that but she was supposed to report all of her findings to @awkwardcourage from now on, no matter how small. Part of her wondered just how Hughie Campbell ended up with their lot, considering that he was a bit hard to take seriously when he looked like a deer in fucking headlights. However, Penny was quick to pick up on the pain and sorrow behind his eyes, believing that perhaps, there was more to the older man than met the eye. It wasn't an ideal situation by any means, but she supposed it could have been much worse, like having to work with the vulgar, pretentious British man that Hughie was friends with. At least, that was what Penny thought until Victoria told her that the latter's associates had been assigned to protect her, just in case someone found out about her position as the company's mole. That was when Penny began to put her foot down and express just how much she was against this, but she was quickly reminded that whatever Victoria wanted, Victoria got. Thus, she found herself sitting on a chair in Hughie's office, wondering where she should start with Project Indigo and hope for the best. ‟—...So, where do you want me to start?” Penny finally asked, looking up from the hands in her lap to the man, who was technically her boss now. ‟’Cause I've got a lot. We might be here for a while.”

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