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[privatizes]

Who: Tony Stark [privatizes and YOU.
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: S.S. Pathstone.
When: Now!

[ tony has spoken to some folks on the fleet already, and has figured out a number of things.

1. this is not the first time he has been here. apparently, there have been multiple versions of him here, and therefore a good number of people aboard the fleet knows who he is. whether or not that's a good thing is yet to be determined.

2. there are alternate dimensions, universes, and worlds. which he knew already, thanks to loki and his fucking magical mystery tour of hell a few years ago, but it's a lot different here. memory mismanagement, different versions of different people... hawkeye is a chick now? sure, whatever. okay.

3. he has no suit. he has no lab. he has no money. he has literally nothing that he usually brings to the table when he does this whole 'good guy' thing, and so he has to make do with the weapons he does have.

4. the reality tv thing is probably bullshit, but you know what? let's do this thing.

so when tony finally turns on the camera to greet the fleet properly, he's sitting at the communications station on the pathstone, fiddling with a screwdriver in his hands. ]

So.

[ smooth beginning ]

What's a guy gotta do for a decent latte around here?

[ that's it. that's the post. time to feel out how many people actually recognize him around here. but first: ]

[ encrypted; filtered to steve rogers, wanda maximoff, peggy carter, and the vision ]

Hey, gang. Avengers Assemble or whatever.

[ he really just wanted to say it once. but after that joke, tony grows a little more serious. ]

I set up an encrypted feed. You're all on the list. I'm the only one who can add people on and off it, so don't bother trying, 'cause I'll both notice and be pissed that you tried. The Atroma can probably read and listen to every single word, but I'm still not convinced the rest of the Fleet is as trustworthy or welcoming as they claim to be. Best we keep anything superhero related to ourselves.

[ and he pauses ]

They put me on the Pathstone. It has no shields and no weaponry, but it has a jacuzzi.

[ said in the world's most dry tone ]

And on a totally hypothetical note, what happens when you apply to be captain on the computer?

Comments

encrypted audio;

[unbearablynaive]

As amusing as the idea is, no, we did not. I was serving under Agent Romanoff as captain for a time; there have been clusters of us but no consistent leadership.

It would be entirely possible to set up a secure meeting area on the Iskaulit, if you believe it would be a good idea to have one.

encrypted audio;

[privatizes]

[ captain natasha. of course she would. ]

Kinda wish she'd show up again.

[ more to himself, than to vision -- absently. nat would be able to deal with this sort of thing a lot better than tony. ]

That's up to Cap. I think it'd be stupid not to have one, but I'm the paranoid one that's not all holding hands and skipping off into the sunset with humanity. I need to get my bearings before we start setting up something permanent, anyway.

encrypted audio;

[unbearablynaive]

Perhaps she will. One can never tell.

[Besides, she was a good ship captain.]

Understood. Should we desire something along those lines, the Iskaulit would certainly be my recommendation as it's accessible easily from any other ship and wouldn't require personal space as a meeting room in any of the smaller ships would.

encrypted audio; private to vision

[privatizes]

[ there's a slight pause before he adds another layer of encryption, blocking it out exclusively to the vision ]

I also need to convince Wanda Maximoff I'm not a serial killer.

[ which is really

the more important issue at hand here ]

Re: encrypted audio; private to vision

[unbearablynaive]

[That's very important, yes. And yet--]

May I ask why that is necessary in the first place?

[He's been accused of many things, to be sure, but this is a new one.]

encrypted audio; private to vision

[privatizes]

Sokovia.

[ it's said in an exhalation -- breathy, dismissive, pushing past it. but tony also doesn't really go into much further detail, besides that one word. the vision will know what he's talking about without additional detail, and tony hardly sees the need to go into his own damage when he's not the one who lost everything ]

encrypted audio; private to vision

[unbearablynaive]

[Ah. It must be significantly fresher to Tony. The Vision pauses, formulating his response carefully.]

Has she brought it up to you, or do you wish to head the confrontation off at the pass, so to speak?

[Because if she has, that's one thing. If she hasn't and that's Tony's guilt speaking, better to reassure him about it all now and prevent exactly that kind of blowup.]

...Though I wouldn't use the term serial killer in either case.

encrypted audio; private to vision

[privatizes]

Little of column A, little of column B.

{ wanda has both brought it up and tony wants to cover his bases at the same time ]

And I'm not labelling myself a serial killer, it's just -- nevermind, that's not the point. How long has she been here? What part of the timeline is she in?

encrypted audio; private to vision

[unbearablynaive]

I'll reassure her if she should have any concerns.

She's been here slightly longer than I have, actually, and the last she remembers of home is the fall of the city.