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[alloys]

Who: Tony Stark and you!
Broadcast: Video
Action: N/A
When: Aug 21

[ so, he's arrived and rogue filled him in on the important details of who was here that he may know - or may yet know, thanks to timelines being what they are. it's the sort of thing he's had experience dealing with before, but it was still annoying. in luceti, no one else had been privy to details that hadn't happened to him yet. if they even pertained to the same version of him - tony was well aware of the fact that there were several other iterations of himself somewhere out there in the cosmos. he's gotten used to it. ]

Alright - so, I'm here. [ does he even need to introduce himself? everyone knows who he is, right??? of course they do. ] Sound off if you think we need to talk and I'll use my flawless judgment to decide if it's worth my time.

[ yep. ]

For the rest of you, I need to know about switching my augment. As much as I like having my name on a door, I'm not here to help anyone sort out their issues. Believe me - that's not good for anyone. Especially me.

Comments

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[alloys]

Yes, please. [ a beat. ] Ah, so you've met Rogue. Luceti's the one. Lovely place, let me tell you - but this one has better views.

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[experiencepoints]

In passing, yeah. You'll find there's a lot of us who have been around the interdimensional hellhole bend before.

Seriously? Space out the windows gets boring pretty quickly. How was that place 'lovely'?

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[alloys]

How fun. We should start a club. We can even make banners that say "Interdimensional Hellhole Bend". Oh - and t-shirts. Work on that, will you?

...It had coffee. [ the fleet was sorely lacking in coffee. ]

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[experiencepoints]

... Yeah, it sounds to me like you need less coffee, not more.

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[alloys]

You'd be surprised the calming effect coffee has on me. [ seriously. that's when he reaches zen. ]

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[experiencepoints]

Then we need to find you some immediately, because right now you just sound kind of like an idiot.

Who are you, anyway?

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[alloys]

I don't think I should even dignify that with a response. Anyway, the better question is, who am I not?

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[experiencepoints]

"Important-est" doesn't make you sound the brightest.

[Sorry, Tony, she's judging you still.]

That's... probably the worst yet. You're not a lot of people. If you don't want to say your name, you can just say that.

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[alloys]

But I am a lot of people. And you should know who they all are.

[ HE IS A MAN BY MANY NAMES okay no. ]

Tony Stark, Iron Man, superhero, billionaire, tycoon, mechanic - should I go on?

[ he will if necessary! his favorite subject of discussion is himself. ]

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[experiencepoints]

Yeah, I've never heard of you. You sure like to talk yourself up, don't you?

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[alloys]

You must become from one of those sad, deprived universes where I don't exist.

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[experiencepoints]

Yeah, that's sounding like a good thing. And my world was probably way better than yours anyway.

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[alloys]

And you're probably wrong. The odds are stacked pretty high against you.

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[experiencepoints]

Really. What made your world so great?

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[alloys]

I think you already know how I'm going to answer that question.

[experiencepoints]

Yeah, that sounds more like a mark against your world.

[alloys]

You seem to be failing to grasp a pretty simple concept here.

[experiencepoints]

And what concept is that?

[alloys]

The concept of me. Obviously.

[experiencepoints]

A middle-aged guy with a mustache that looks like a caterpillar crawled onto your face and died? Yeah, I think I get that concept.

[alloys]

[ he's starting to be reminded of another feisty blonde girl he knew. ]

Evidently not, or we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

[experiencepoints]

[It's a tiny, blonde conspiracy, Tony.]

I'm not sure why we are, honestly.

[alloys]

You might want to check that short-term memory of yours. We're talking because you struck up a conversation with me and I benevolently obliged.

[experiencepoints]

No, see, we were talking because you're a newbie who doesn't know what's going on here, and I was benevolently helping you out. Then you started an ego trip?

[alloys]

I actually think I grasp what's going on here quite well. Except for the switching-augments thing, which you were not particularly helpful about.