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Who: Tony Stark [

privatizes and YOU.
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: S.S. Pathstone.
When: Now!

[ tony has been awake for the past week, but has been keeping to himself on the pathstone. it's the sudden rush of memories that causes him to kind of keep to himself, because he needs to figure out what, exactly, he's going to do.

he has zero interest in communicating with the avengers, and he has a sudden instinctive well, fuck them anyway churning around in his stomach at the notion that they all knew (again) and they didn't tell him. but after shoving that aside and focusing on the realities of the situation (they're trapped here and they need to do something about it), tony decides to. well. do something about it.

first, a general message. open. to the public. ]

I'm alive. I'm not in a good mood. I don't want to talk about it. Etc.

What'd I miss.

[ then filtered/private to natasha and the vision ]

What's the last thing you two remember from home? Be honest.

[ and lastly, he leaves one (1) tiny hoverchair fit for a snake (more like a hover-skateboard, really) with tiny controls in it, in crowley's room on the pathstone with a note attached that says: A reward for not touching my stuff. ]

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Halloween. And a brand new planet full of ominous things and blips and creatures. That's about the long and short of it.

[ maybe she's something of a masochist, courting conversation when he's already professed himself to be in a bad mood. after all, barnes just woke up, too, and she managed to descend deep into an argument with him after just a few messages.

she's got a knack for it. ]

[Why does Natasha feel like the request for honesty is for her specifically.

Not that it's not well deserved.]

Your last words to me were 'they're coming for you.'

[Which isn't exactly to answer his question, but she figures answers it in spirit while still giving her some room to maneuver.]

I missed the Halloween party?

[ not that he would've been in the mood, but. ]

[ it answer his question, in spades, by not answering the question at all. natasha is on the same timeline as he is (possibly. potentially.) which means the others will be, as well. probably.

goddammit. ]

Who else?

You missed the Halloween party.

[ sorry? except she's not that sorry. peggy never really got a decent handle on halloween. not her bag, really. ]

Vision. Wanda.

Not Steve. Not so far at least.

[That last part is pointed.]

Cheerleader?

No, naughty librarian.

[ oh for heaven's sake... ]

No, and no again. Sorry to disappoint.

[ ah, good. wanda. that explains a lot. vision, he knew about. but the point about steve kind of rubs him the wrong way, because - ]

He doesn't have to live through it for me to be pissed off at his existence.

[ he knew about bucky. he knew before this. there's no point in pretending otherwise. the sokovia accords were just a distraction to the real goal. ]

Does Barnes?

I'm not disappointed, only on the behalf of others.

[ tsk tsk. ]

Nothing else catastrophic happened?

[ nothing catastrophic, no. but: ]

Sam Wilson's gone. But I suspect you've already noticed.

Does it matter?

I'm not that oblivious.

[ and honestly, it's probably best sam is gone, because sam probably would've transferred the hell out of dodge the moment he remembered the mess that was the sokovia accords, and how tony screwed the pooch on that one.

but he does add a filter. ]

No one else from our universe has come or gone, though?

Why would I ask if it didn't matter?

Yes. It matters.

[ hm. peggy takes note of the filter. and respects it, too. there hasn't been all that much change. barnes had fallen asleep, too, but that hardly counts as coming or going.

however -- ]

Depends. Did you catch the Maximoff brother showing up before you conked out?

Yeah, I remember that. Pietro.

I'm assuming he's still here because Wanda didn't blow up the Fleet.

Or, alternatively, someone got to her before she could blow up the Fleet.

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People ask things for all sorts of reasons. Not always because they want the answers.

You gonna tell me it really makes a difference if Barnes remembers Germany or if the last he knows is DC?

You stalling just makes me think he remembers all of it.

Pleading the Fifth just means you've got something to hide, Natasha.

[ it means everything, for a purely selfish reason, if barnes remembers everything. ]

[ she tamps down on the mama-bear within eager to rear its over-sized paws. truth is, wanda is capable of that kind of destruction -- as much as peggy believes she won't reach that point. not here. not yet. ]

Wanda's fine. [ that's a lie. ] How are you, Tony?

If I were stalling, it wouldn't be this transparent.

And if I didn't want to answer, I wouldn't have.

I am trying to slow you down though.

[ there's at least sixty-three (63) insults that pop into his head at being told to slow down, but tony quickly bites his tongue and allows his brain to take over. for once.

it doesn't matter, in the long run, if bucky remembers or not. he still did it, and tony is still furious, and it's really not even bucky that tony is angry at. it's steve, for not understanding. or maybe he does. he said he did, in his guilt-tripping ridiculous letter with the burner cell phone that he was sent. but he's still furious, and tony still didn't get his closure, and he's just left here to stew.

which natasha probably can see. or infer. ]

It matters to me.

It has nothing to do with Sokovia.

Does he remember or not.

[ ah, so that answers that question. ]

I feel hungover without the fun part beforehand. I was out for a solid month. I could be worse, could be better.

I got a memory upgrade, which was nice of Atroma. And by "nice," I mean "not wanted or needed."

Is Wanda really fine or are you lying to me to make me feel better?

[ ordinarily, when another forceful personality starts doubling up on conversation topics, peggy makes a point of responding to only one. and, usually, not the one that most wants a response. in this case, however? ]

She's processing some things. And it's not my place to tell you or anyone what those things are. I can, however, assure you as her captain that she is still fine. [ no one handles death gracefully. but wanda's doing as best as she can.

then, in reverse order: ] I've had the 'memory upgrade' myself, by the way. Went from '46 to '47 in a matter of days.

If it was about Sokovia you wouldn't be so concerned. The UN doesn't exactly reach this far.

[Confirming that she either knows or guesses Tony has something else on his mind.

The lapse before Tony replies is enough for Natasha to give a little. She doesn't expect Tony to turn off his emotions. That's not who he is. She just wants him to think this through enough that he doesn't do anything stupid.]

He's as up to date as we are. What exactly that means he remembers is anyone's guess.

[ great. there's, again, a bit of a pause from tony. he's honestly trying hard to keep his temper and piece it together and think logically about all of this, instead of going from zero to a hundred.

which natasha is obviously concerned about, if she's forcing him to stop already. ]

Does Steve know that?

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