Talk:Valentine Aisle/@comment-5782071-20160215030804/@comment-24588058-20160217031430

Aw, but that sounds like it would make a fun story! Here's an idea: So, every year the Valentine Aisle acts up. Never severely, but enough for hourly neutralizer showers. But what if, whenever there are new agents, the Warehouse agents play a trick on newer agents? Nothing dangerous, more of a fun type of thing (perhaps spreading love to all nearby people and objects and easing feelings of discord)? Perhaps allowing one rather harmless artifact that can move around on its own run around, and telling the rookie agent(s) that it could make the Warehouse, as Garr so finely put it, "a battlefield of love"? This is not only a test to see how the rookie can handle high-stress situations, but also a fun way for the agents to have fun without much risk of trouble, since you could make the agent run around covered in neutralizer to "protect them" and tell them they have to cover themselves every few hours until the artifact is caught.

It could even be a longstanding tradition for Warehouse 13 specifically! It started in the 1920s, and happens every time the Warehouse gets a new agent or two. It continued on throughout the decades, but when Pete and Myka came, they didn't have to do it, mainly because Artie, though participating in it a few times, was never fond of the idea. Myka read about it in the Manual (since after a few years, the Regents found out and created a set of rules to follow to make sure the "trick" was done safely every time). Myka, Pete and Claudia played the trick on Steve, and of course every new agent who comes in. And as long as nothing bad happens (energy levels reaching critical, the Warehouse blowing up, agents dying), then Mrs. Fredric has no reason to get involved.