Hi mods! Thank you so much for all the fantastic info and sorry for the delay β I was brainstorming on how to best proceed with Peggy given these details and insight. So here's what I'm thinking, and please let me know if it's workable and what I can/should tweak!
2/3/4. Peggy in canon is extremely proactive both in the field and in the office, often completing important paperwork and tasks days ahead of schedule and before being asked to do so. She would show the same diligence in City Hall from the get-go, even if she's only been working there for a month. Peggy's been keeping up with the (digital) paperwork and memos coming in/out of meetings (covering general local gov't business and current projects; she goes where she's needed), taking minutes, preparing and distributing agendas, and doing follow-up on actions and directives (which are all within her purview as a deputy city clerk). Her demeanour throughout would be notable as being charismatic, hardworking, and discreet with a sincere desire to help the people of New Amsterdam*. Her skill at a polite turn of phrase is notably well-suited to diplomacy. In meetings, she'll show (and has already shown, at least once) she has a head for government matters. If her opinion is asked for in an offhand sort of way while taking down minutes, she'd offer a sharp, perceptive insight and would easily jump into the discussion more fully.
My specific idea in taking steps to advance herself is this: in the wake of the two border guards being killed sometime in July (with Morningstar named as the culprits), a small committee was pulled together to address customs and border protection policy. If it's cool, I imagine one of the junior members of that committee was a Morningstar operative who never returned to work after the UNA raids (and was involved to keep an eye on travel regulations). Because she's been up to date and in the room doing the duties mentioned above, Peggy would be diligent about picking up the slack left by that absence. Given the rumours flying around about why people were arrested, they wouldn't fill the position immediately and the committee would ask Peggy on board more fully as an extra set of hands and someone who knows the ropes rather than looping in someone new and catching them up.
More long-term: given that the UN embassy regulates travel between the megacities and this quiet little committee is tackling their local border issue (and that deputy city clerks are sometimes passport agents), I imagine there is communication between the two. And Peggy's duties do involve communication between departments, handling the documentation of the project, and maintaining records of appointments, should those meetings between the UN and City Hall take place. She'd be glad to accompany a City Hall official to those meetings or go in their stead if their schedule gets in the way, if only because she has such a keen memory for the details. This would be her point of contact with the UN embassy and she'd work on that connection from there. Tl;dr she's a Grade A secretary and liaison between organisations (it's not dissimilar to what she did back home between US and British gov'ts and military).
On a broader scope, Peggy had expressed an interest in inter-city travel during her first conversation with Gaby in the safehouse, so this is something she'd be especially keen on β particularly now that they're working to move MS agents out of town. This is what I have so far! I'll be glad to work with you on adjusting it wherever necessary since I don't know what plans you may have in your back pocket!
5. AND FINALLY re: Morningstar moving forward after the arrests... Peggy and Fitz have been talking and will approach Gaby saying they know Morningstar's presence won't be the same in the city but that they do believe in the group's mission and want to contribute beyond where their goals align (solving the mystery of the displaced, etc). How would this offer go?
β *And beyond, like New Venice and New Oslo, which is a a detail that will be further fleshed out pending an answer on the event aftermath post! But no rush!!
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2/3/4. Peggy in canon is extremely proactive both in the field and in the office, often completing important paperwork and tasks days ahead of schedule and before being asked to do so. She would show the same diligence in City Hall from the get-go, even if she's only been working there for a month. Peggy's been keeping up with the (digital) paperwork and memos coming in/out of meetings (covering general local gov't business and current projects; she goes where she's needed), taking minutes, preparing and distributing agendas, and doing follow-up on actions and directives (which are all within her purview as a deputy city clerk). Her demeanour throughout would be notable as being charismatic, hardworking, and discreet with a sincere desire to help the people of New Amsterdam*. Her skill at a polite turn of phrase is notably well-suited to diplomacy. In meetings, she'll show (and has already shown, at least once) she has a head for government matters. If her opinion is asked for in an offhand sort of way while taking down minutes, she'd offer a sharp, perceptive insight and would easily jump into the discussion more fully.
My specific idea in taking steps to advance herself is this: in the wake of the two border guards being killed sometime in July (with Morningstar named as the culprits), a small committee was pulled together to address customs and border protection policy. If it's cool, I imagine one of the junior members of that committee was a Morningstar operative who never returned to work after the UNA raids (and was involved to keep an eye on travel regulations). Because she's been up to date and in the room doing the duties mentioned above, Peggy would be diligent about picking up the slack left by that absence. Given the rumours flying around about why people were arrested, they wouldn't fill the position immediately and the committee would ask Peggy on board more fully as an extra set of hands and someone who knows the ropes rather than looping in someone new and catching them up.
More long-term: given that the UN embassy regulates travel between the megacities and this quiet little committee is tackling their local border issue (and that deputy city clerks are sometimes passport agents), I imagine there is communication between the two. And Peggy's duties do involve communication between departments, handling the documentation of the project, and maintaining records of appointments, should those meetings between the UN and City Hall take place. She'd be glad to accompany a City Hall official to those meetings or go in their stead if their schedule gets in the way, if only because she has such a keen memory for the details. This would be her point of contact with the UN embassy and she'd work on that connection from there. Tl;dr she's a Grade A secretary and liaison between organisations (it's not dissimilar to what she did back home between US and British gov'ts and military).
On a broader scope, Peggy had expressed an interest in inter-city travel during her first conversation with Gaby in the safehouse, so this is something she'd be especially keen on β particularly now that they're working to move MS agents out of town. This is what I have so far! I'll be glad to work with you on adjusting it wherever necessary since I don't know what plans you may have in your back pocket!
5. AND FINALLY re: Morningstar moving forward after the arrests... Peggy and Fitz have been talking and will approach Gaby saying they know Morningstar's presence won't be the same in the city but that they do believe in the group's mission and want to contribute beyond where their goals align (solving the mystery of the displaced, etc). How would this offer go?
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*And beyond, like New Venice and New Oslo, which is a a detail that will be further fleshed out pending an answer on the event aftermath post! But no rush!!