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Video. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOOOU

Who: Edwin Jarvis and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Tourist, or visit him at The Melting Pot if you'd like, aboard the Iskaulit!
When: After they leave the spooky cannibal planet.

[It has been... the longest few months in his entire life, or maybe competes with the top months. The prior month particularly, and that's not even counting being stranded on a planet full of cannibals. Regardless, Jarvis has been kind of... working on keeping things together. It does nobody any good if he openly mopes or worries -- he has The Melting Pot to tend to, better stocked now since Lyuku. He tries not to seem too distracted there. And The Tourist will, of course, continue to have its routine offered breakfasts and dinners...! He's not one to give in on his usual duties just because something's dampening his spirits.

One morning, he finds a crate in the Tourist's cargo bay, and dreads the fact that his name is written on the shipping label. The last time he'd actually opened one of these, it had been... flamingos. Plastic flamingos that inadvertently turned into a galactic fashion statement. He will not make the same mistake again...!!! He shows up on his feed, hand on his hip, looking displeased.]

I don't know if you've noticed, but...!! There's a rather large box here for me in the cargo bay. When have these ever been a good thing, I implore you to inform me? I've learned quite a number of things through life here. One -- don't fiddle with your augment implant. Two -- people can apparently survive being asleep for ungodly periods of time, and three -- do not trust anything the Atroma send you! I'm not falling for it aga--

[There's a sudden explosion of confetti, the walls of the crate falling open as Jarvis yelps in a high and rather unflattering timbre, and behind him stands a cake nearly his height -- with HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY in huge letters, as well as a banner that subtitles: sorry about being trapped on a cannibal planet. Jarvis leaps back to standing upright, adjusting his riled tie and crooked reading glasses -- and looking alarmed. And covered in confetti.]

... Dear god no.

[NO NOT HIS BIRTHDAY]

That--

That is the most hazardous and ugliest cake I've ever seen in my life!!

[Oh, come on, Jarvis, it's not that--

Ohmyword.]

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I find it deeply concerning.

[And yes, that he does. He nods to Jarvis, considering the video closely. Now that he's listening for it, there is a similarity in the way they talk.]

No wonder the name sounded familiar! I did know JARVIS; it would be hard to live in Stark Tower and not encounter it.

So I've heard...! At first I had found it rather... disturbing...

But -- I suppose I should be happy to know that my influence was strong enough to have something named and... voiced after me.

[For Tony Stark, it's clearly a way to show you care, okay.]

[If you rank high enough to get your own name in a Tony Stark computer program, you're doing well.]

Yes, I would think it's quite the honour. [Maybe. He's not the most up to date with computer naming habits on Earth.] You must have made a strong impression on him.

[He smiles, a bit bashfully. Not that he'll admit it!]

It's good to know I haven't lost my touch in my work, in the distant future.

... Have you met this "Vision" fellow as well, then?

Indeed I have - I powered the last stage of his creation. [Happens all the time, you know.] He is an interesting man.

You did what now...?

[Wait no, maybe he doesn't want to know.

Why are so many people from his world so odd, circa 2000's?]

What sort of man was he, if I may ask? I've always been terribly curious.

I shot lightning into the cradle to speed up the process.

[I'm sorry Jarvis, it's only going to get weirder from here.]

I only spent a few weeks with him, but he is even-minded. He does a great deal of thinking, perhaps because of what went into his creation. He is unlike any being I have met before.

... I... see... Yes... I understand completely...

[He does not understand at all.]

I'm glad he has a good reputation, though. And uniqueness is never a terrible thing -- it's how you use it. What you make of it! You seem to have quite an interesting team, the Avengers.

[He laughs a bit. It's never a dull moment with the Avengers.]

Oh yes, I agree. I have never been part of such a team until them, with so many different types of people. I am honoured to call them friends. Although, it has been some months now since I last saw them.

Some months?

[Oh dear, hopefully it's not a dangerous or bad reason.]

I left Earth as I needed to find answers to something that troubled me. I haven't been back since.

[Potentially both of those reasons, but as yet inconclusive.]

Oh, I see...

[He frowns, perhaps a bit concerned on the man's behalf. Being troubled enough to leave for months, that's something Jarvis can't help but develop a sort of passerby's worry over.]

Were you able to find your answers, Mr. Thor?

I haven't - not yet. But the universe is a large place, and I have only just begun.

[Even Thor hasn't travelled extensively beyond the Nine Realms. On a task like seeking out answers for the Infinity Stones, there's really no guide for where to begin, or what to look for. A couple of months searching isn't enough to leave him in despair.]

I will return, of course. I just know not when that will be.

... Well.

Until then, you can certainly stay with some of your friends -- fellow Avengers, that is.

Have you been properly informed of those who are here with us?

-- there are Avengers here?

[Which answers that question. He had no idea.]

There are, indeed!! Mr. Rogers is here, as well as Miss Romanoff and Mr. Wilson.

[Wait, is Mr. Wilson an Avenger? Has he even asked? How rude of him.]

There are also some Avengers who have been here and have since returned home. Miss Maximoff, this 'Vision' fellow, Mr. Stark... Among others... And there are some who aren't Avengers and are here as well, but are from the same world.

[Like myself.]

[Okay, it's not exactly 'good news' that so many of them are here. But Thor can't help but cheer up a bit to hear the others are around. It beats being the only one by a long shot.]

I know all three - I had no idea any of them were here. Thank you for telling me!

[He grows a bit more serious though at the veritable list of people who've come through.]

So many... what are the Atroma playing at, to take us all?

A fine question. One I don't have a confirmed reason for... Perhaps we are just an earlier world to reach...? Or perhaps it's because of the kind of people we have in our universe. Either way, they seem eager to use us for personal entertainment -- we're always involved in concerning circumstances on various planets and stations.

[If he were more suspicious-minded, he might think it's related to the Infinity Stones once again. Loki had been here at one point, as had Vision, and both had real connections with the stones... but there are none here. And none of them know much of anything, Thor included, so there would be little point in hoping they would slip up and mention something.

Thor chuckles a bit at Jarvis's last comment.]

Is that so? I cannot say I'm surprised, if Rogers and Natasha are here. They would want to get involved if something went amiss.

Indeed.

It's hard not to, when you see people in danger or in need, isn't it?

We've all been... doing our best; while I would love to see the Atroma put in their places and hold no kindness toward them, I'm proud of the people who are here for doing what they can.

Of course. That's what heroes do.

[He does nod at that. Thor agrees with the sentiment, yet he knows it's not possible to rail against captivity 24/7. If people are getting by helping out others, then that's keeping their spirits alive.]

It does sound like a real community has formed here.

It truly has... If you'd told me a year ago I'd have opened a restaurant here, I would have thought you mad. And yet here I am; I suppose you make due, when you have little choice. But... I enjoy the company of most here.

You should stop by the Melting Pot, whenever you're feeling a bit peckish!

I will! Thank you for the invitation, and for what you've told me.

It's not a problem at all. I'm glad to be of help to a friend of my future employer, after all.

Let me know if there's anything else you need. I'd be happy to help.

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