002 | Phil Coulson | [Video]

[theshield_agent]

[He's pointing his wrist at the giant box in the center of town.]

Anyone want to tell me what the heck I'm looking at. I think I heard "old Norse" and that just begs the question of whether we have anyone who can read old Norse. I'm afraid I don't speak any dead languages, myself, and this isn't anything I've seen before.

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[primogen_vampirate]

Because the writing appears to be rubbish.

[theshield_agent]

Rubbish? It's unreadable or... just a dialect you can't read?

[primogen_vampirate]

Oh, it's readable, darling. And it's about as literary as graffiti.

[theshield_agent]

You're kidding me, right? Why would a giant stone cube have Norse graffiti?

[primogen_vampirate]

Now that is a much better question.

[theshield_agent]

I'm not sure what it says about any of this that I'm actually relieved that you don't have an answer for that.

[primogen_vampirate]

I'll transcribe the Norse for you. It shouldn't take terribly long.

[theshield_agent]

I appreciate that. Maybe it's a code or something.

[primogen_vampirate]

Always possible. Although deciphering that might require someone who was around back then...

[theshield_agent]

[He sighs, trying not to look defeated.] Something tells me we don't have enough candy to bribe Loki into code-breaking.

[primogen_vampirate]

An unfortunate possibility.

You could always offer him sex. I imagine that works just as well as candy.

[theshield_agent]

I jokingly offered him sex and his mistakenly thought that I would think offering sex with me was worth anything. [He laughs.]

Obviously, I would offer Agent Barton.

[primogen_vampirate]

Mmmm, a leader really ought to take one for the team.

As it were.

[theshield_agent]

While I normally agree, I'm just not so sure that anyone really wants a piece of this. It would, of course, be the first offer on the table, but I expect it to get rejected by most parties.

[primogen_vampirate]

I'm sure something can be arranged, darling.

[theshield_agent]

We'll see. I guess it's always worth a try, right?

[primogen_vampirate]

Nothing worth doing is ever easy, dear.

[theshield_agent]

You know, I really can't argue with that.

[primogen_vampirate]

And you shouldn't. I'm bloody brilliant, after all.

[theshield_agent]

I'm starting to see that. I really appreciate the help.

[primogen_vampirate]

Of course. I'll get the translations to you post haste.