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**Margaret “Peg” Kincaid** was a Severed [[Macrodata Refinement|Macrodata Refiner]] at [[Lumon Industries]] in Topeka, KS. She managed to create a dialogue between her [[Innie]] (Peggy K.) and [[Outie]] selves via a childhood pictogram code that Lumon' | **Margaret “Peg” Kincaid** was a Severed [[Macrodata Refinement|Macrodata Refiner]] at [[Lumon Industries]] in Topeka, KS. She managed to create a dialogue between her [[Innie]] (Peggy K.) and [[Outie]] selves via a childhood pictogram code that Lumon' | ||
- | Peg began to worry that her employer was engaging in nefarious activities and attempted to make contact with [[Daria Thorne]], a reporter at //[[The Topeka Star]]//, to share her suspicions. However, before she could get her story told, Peg died in an alleged car accident. Her testimonial was subsequently covered up by [[Jim Milchick]]. | + | Peg began to worry that her employer was engaging in nefarious activities and attempted to make contact with [[Daria Thorne]], a reporter at //[[The Topeka Star]]//, to share her suspicions. However, before she could get her story told, Peg died in an alleged car accident. Her testimonial was subsequently covered up by editor |
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===== Biography ===== | ===== Biography ===== | ||
- | Peg Kincaid was a 54-year old divorced woman who lived in Topeka, KS. She had one older sister, Meryl Rasmussen, of Tacoma, WA. Peg and Meryl were very close as children, being only 11 months apart in age, and even invented a secret language called " | + | Peg Kincaid was a 54-year old divorced woman who lived in Topeka, KS. She had one older sister, Meryl Rasmussen, of Tacoma, WA. Peg and Meryl were very close as children, being only 11 months apart in age, and even invented a secret language called " |
- | Before joining Lumon, Peg worked for 12 years as a bus driver for Clover Elementary off Route 2 in Topeka. She enjoyed the job and the children (despite not having any of her own), but reached a breaking point one February after accidentally hitting black ice and crashing her bus into a ditch. It took hours for the children to be picked up and the bus to be towed, during which Peg and the kids had to wait in freezing temperatures with no heat. | + | Before joining Lumon, Peg worked for 12 years as a bus driver for Clover Elementary |
After this harrowing misadventure, | After this harrowing misadventure, | ||
- | **Working at Lumon** | + | ==== Working at Lumon ==== |
Peg worked at Lumon for two years without incident. One day in October she discovered a piece of paper in her pocket after exiting the Severed elevator. It was a note written in Puglish. Shocked, Peg took the note home and translated it. It was a letter from her Innie, Peggy K. | Peg worked at Lumon for two years without incident. One day in October she discovered a piece of paper in her pocket after exiting the Severed elevator. It was a note written in Puglish. Shocked, Peg took the note home and translated it. It was a letter from her Innie, Peggy K. | ||
- | Despite it being against Lumon' | + | Despite it being against Lumon' |
- | On November 3rd, Peg received another Puglish letter from Peggy. In it, Peggy described being very excited after earning a melon bar party as a reward for finishing her latest macrodata file. She completed the file, called Lexington, at 2:30pm that day. That evening, Peg saw a story about a truck bombing in New York on the news. The truck belonged to Dorner Therapeutics, | + | On November 3rd, Peg received another Puglish letter from Peggy. In it, Peggy described being very excited after earning a [[melon bar]] party as a reward for finishing her latest macrodata file. She completed the file, called Lexington, at 2:30pm that day. That evening, Peg saw Daria Thorne from //The Topeka Star// on television reporting on a truck bombing in New York. The truck belonged to Dorner Therapeutics, |
Peg became convinced that Peggy completing the Lexington file was somehow connected to the truck bombing. She asked Peggy for more details about the file, and told her not to refine any more numbers until they could confirm Lumon wasn't using them to unwittingly commit terrible deeds. But then Peggy stopped responding. Peg became concerned and thought about quitting, but knew that leaving Lumon would mean essentially killing Peggy. So she waited, growing more and more distraught as her Innie' | Peg became convinced that Peggy completing the Lexington file was somehow connected to the truck bombing. She asked Peggy for more details about the file, and told her not to refine any more numbers until they could confirm Lumon wasn't using them to unwittingly commit terrible deeds. But then Peggy stopped responding. Peg became concerned and thought about quitting, but knew that leaving Lumon would mean essentially killing Peggy. So she waited, growing more and more distraught as her Innie' | ||
- | **Escape and Attempted | + | ==== Escape and Whistleblowing |
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- | The orientation booklet gave an in-depth explanation on how to refine a macrodata file, but not any more information on what the numbers meant. It also contained Lumon' | + | The orientation booklet gave an in-depth explanation on how to refine a macrodata file, but not any more information on what the numbers meant. It also contained Lumon' |
Even knowing the code detectors had been updated, Peg couldn' | Even knowing the code detectors had been updated, Peg couldn' | ||
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> Peg, leave now. Get somewhere safe. They will try to follow. Nothing they say is real. Distribute the training booklet. Answers are there if you look. Thank you for my life. You were the best part of it. I'll be with you always. <WRAP attribution> | > Peg, leave now. Get somewhere safe. They will try to follow. Nothing they say is real. Distribute the training booklet. Answers are there if you look. Thank you for my life. You were the best part of it. I'll be with you always. <WRAP attribution> | ||
- | Peg quit on the spot, and left Topeka without returning home. She spent November 10th hiding out in a motel room and avoiding black cars she was convinced were following her. Wanting to tell her story, but worried that no one would believe her, or worse, that Lumon would find out and intervene, Peg mailed a letter to Daria Thorne at //The Topeka Star//, along with the Macrodata Refiner' | + | Peg quit on the spot, and left Topeka without returning home. She spent November 10th hiding out in a motel room and avoiding black cars she was convinced were following her. Wanting to tell her story, but worried that no one would believe her, or worse, that Lumon would find out and stop her, Peg mailed a letter to Daria Thorne at //The Topeka Star//, along with the Macrodata Refiner' |
- | Thorne received Peg's letter, and forwarded it to her editor, Jim Milchick. But Milchick killed the story after confirming with a " | + | Thorne received Peg's letter, and forwarded it to her editor, Jim Milchick. But Milchick killed the story after confirming with a " |
Peg's letter has since become known as // | Peg's letter has since become known as // | ||
- | **Death** | + | ==== Death ==== |
- | Peg Kincaid died on November 11th after being involved in an alleged car accident. Her obituary | + | Peg Kincaid died on November 11th after being involved in an alleged car accident. Her obituary printed in //The Topeka Star// mentioned that Peg enjoyed bridge, spy novels, gardening, cats, and David Niven films. Her memorial service was held on November 20th at 10am. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Topeka Humane Society was encouraged. |
===== Trivia ===== | ===== Trivia ===== | ||
- | * Peg mentions that the children on her bus route nicknamed her Baby Driver after learning she was the youngest driver on the payroll at Clover Elementary. //Baby Driver// was a movie released | + | * Peg mentions that the children on her bus route nicknamed her Baby Driver after learning she was the youngest driver on the payroll at Clover Elementary. |
* Peg completed a few semesters at Kansas State University, but did not graduate with a degree. | * Peg completed a few semesters at Kansas State University, but did not graduate with a degree. | ||
* After Peg's Severance procedure, Lumon gave her a " | * After Peg's Severance procedure, Lumon gave her a " | ||
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