Wisconsin State Fair, Saturday

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Well, Jane had mentioned checking out ridiculous Midwestern fair food with Wanda sometime this summer. And it was a good enough weekend to escape the heat of Maryland for the cloudy and slightly drizzly weather of Wisconsin.

Portalocity was great for that.

"Are pickles a thing here?" Jane asked like Wanda might now. Wanda who was decidedly not from the US. Yep.

[for the lady mentioned! NFB, obvs]

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"We'll avoid hurt feelings that way." If not from the animals, then from the farmers who raised them.

She tilted her head at another sign. "Pickles on a donut?"

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"That sounds like pregnancy food," Jane said, wrinkling up her nose at it. "Or drunk food."

Which was remarkably similar.

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"I'll try the pickle donut if you try the pickle corndog," Wanda challenged.

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"Oh, easy," Jane replied, already getting into line. Because she could use her new bulk to scare people off from trying to cut. "You picked the worst one, I'll have you know. Pickles totally work as a corndog."

[scarlet_chaos]

"The concept of a corndog in general disturbs me." Which was the only thing one needed to prove Wanda wasn't American. "Pastries I understand."

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"It's just a hot dog surrounded by deep fried cornbread---okay, I can see how that's weird now," Jane admitted, trying to think of it from Wanda or maybe someone from Asgard's perspective. "But fried pickles are good bar food, so this has to be the same, right?"

[scarlet_chaos]

"I would think so," she said, nodding. "Also bodes well for the donut. It'll be like...a fried bagel."

Hopefully.

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"We can split them," Jane said with a nod. "To confirm for both things."

And in case they were bad.

[scarlet_chaos]

Wanda made a face at the idea of consuming a corndog but realized fair was fair. “Okay, deal. Are we actually going back to Valkyrie with reviews?”

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"We are here on official business, but... I didn't bring a pen or anything, so we might just have to come back for that," Jane said, trying to appear completely innocent about using their connections to have fun here.

[scarlet_chaos]

"We can be like those people on the internet who take artsy photos of their food." They just had to remember to take the photos before eating.

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"Ooo, good plan." In no way would they remember until bites had already been taken. "Should we get also get the... pickle fudge?"

Yeah, it took her a little bit to actually get the words out there. Because what even?

[scarlet_chaos]

"How about we get it and then make Steve try it when he's not a dog?" Pickle fudge sounds like something they made during the war because of rationing, sure.

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Jane nodded in agreement with that. "You know you've lived a weird life when that's a normal thing to say."

[scarlet_chaos]

"And it's one of the more normal weird things to say," Wanda admitted. "We do seem to turn into animals a lot."

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"Better than disappearing from reality, I guess."

Shared trauma!

[scarlet_chaos]

"Oh, definitely," she said. "I mean when I turn into an animal I turn into a snake and being limbless is still better."

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"I just turned into an oversized house cat and slept in sunbeams." Possibly attempted to pull a rickshaw for some real mythological fun.

Jane beamed and accepted their pickle monstrosities from a worker who was a little overwhelmed by a lady in armor and a cape without this being a RenFair.

"A snake makes me think of Loki."

And all the 'adorable' stories Thor had of growing up with him.

[scarlet_chaos]

"Well I was a red snake if that helps," she said. "We both tend to be very loyal to our color palettes."

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"As long as you didn't stab anyone when you turned back," Jane teased. "That's his M.O."

Or was. It was confusing.

[scarlet_chaos]

"No need to worry," she said. "I don't stab from the back or the front."

She just wasn't much of a stabber in general.

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"Then we're safe," Jane said, offering over the donut. The savory donut.

It just didn't seem right.

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Wanda accept the donut with a hesitant smile. "It's scarier in person."

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Jane nodded, using her corndog like a shield as she looked at it again. "At least they didn't try to put pickles in the lemonade or anything."

[scarlet_chaos]

"Shhh, don't give anyone ideas," Wanda joked. She held up the donut to take a bite. "Oh, god, the pickle smell I haven't even bit into it yet."