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[nonstopnarcissist]

[ The scene is this- Tony Stark in his lab, holographic screens flicked up as he pours through old suit designs and begins the rough frame of a new one- incorporating as much of this shiny, shiny new tech as he can get his hands on. ]

I suddenly have an obscene amount of free time on my hands and, idle hands, devil's plaything- my docket is devoid of projects and that will not stand. I can throw my own ideas around till I'm blue in the face but why not take advantage of a wealth of new tech, expectations, and points of view to keep me busy while I build a new suit. So. Throw them at me- what little annoyances do you have that the current tech, while impressive, doesn't quite handle? What needs improving, what needs a flashier paintjob, what needs a flashy holographic interface- seriously. Sky's the limit I have nothing to do while I get the suit redesign worked out.

Secondly: Anyone familiar with magic and magic adjacent things- I'd like to chat. Apparently the Time Trapper has a sense of humor and I've been bestowed with, well. Magic. Of a sort. I'm still getting the hang of it but if I'm going to be useful I need to know how it works and how to use it properly. Me, you, coffee or tea or maybe scotch if I can find a half decent bottle, whatever. Choose your poison.

Lastly: Adolescent Arachnid, I know you're here. Swing by when you've got time so we can go over armor schematics and let the girls chat.

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Right, so. Over the comms or in person, I don't care, but we need to talk.

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[unrecovered]

[There's about four things he could say here, but Adolescent Arachnid is ringing the most bells here and he can't let it go.]

You're from the same dimension as Peter, right? His Tony Stark and not someone else's?

[Because evidently there are more than one, and Wash needs to get this straight before he really gets started.]

[nonstopnarcissist]

Right, public registries are a thing- [ He flicks a hologram off to the side, eyes snapping to the camera. ] as are multiple dimensions. Fri, make a note?

Yes, boss.

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[googledox]

[Brainy is okay with other gearheads, he really is. He's even fine with sharing space and materials in his labs, for those who decide to have their a lab space there.]

[But when it comes to the Legion standard gear, ie the stuff he and Lyle have invented and are constantly upgrading, he's a mite...territorial.]

Surely, you're merely implying that you want to upgrade the equipment many members of the team have brought in from home - which is sometimes very crudely designed - and not the Legion standard equipment like the flight rings.

Because those receive regular upgrades based on feedback on functionality from the team and are put through rigorous testing being being put in the field.

[nonstopnarcissist]

Yeeeeeeeah, no. [ Oh, hey, a gate schematic. He pulls the math from there and tosses it like a basketball to a folder hovering in the distance for data meant for a future suit. Gate tech another day, regular shit he knows works now. ] Root hacking general issue equipment is gauche, stringbean. I'll play with my own equipment all the live long day-

[ He'll let the innuendo hang as he finds another file to pull data from. ]

But I've just met you and haven't bought you dinner or anything. Also: pretty sure you're a little young for me so let's nix that metaphor entirely and go with: No I'm not playing with them.

[actionishisreward]

Mr. Stark! Hi!

[Is that a hyperactive awkward teenager with spider-powers? Yes, yes it is.]

So. uh. Fair warning? I think Wash is going to yell at you because I told him about Berlin. Also, when we get back home? Aunt May is going to yell at you once she's done yelling at me because she saw me putting on the suit.

[nonstopnarcissist]

...Well that answers a few questions. Right. Don't worry about it. [ He actually turns away from all his holographic displays to focus on the conversation.

Cycle of shame, breaking it, all that. ] Probably not so terrible that you've got people in your corner and this Wash guy? Not off the mark. Or May. I've earned it, let's be honest.

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[iamresponding]

[Rich can't really handle video right now. He might switch to it later if he really gets the urge to look Tony in the eye - which he might do if he feels the need to ream him out - but he's been...twitchy. He's less incoherent and rambly, but still twitchy in a way that's a little embarrassing for anyone else to see. The PTSD meds are slowly doing their work but it's in baby steps, and skips and jumps, not all at once.]

This is the last thing I want to deal with right now, but we need to set a few things straight and lay out some ground rules, because if you're the Tony Stark I know, I'm not letting you run a good thing into the ground because of your ego.

[The Legion is a pro-reg's wet dream, as far as accountability and transparency goes, but that doesn't mean that a control freak like Stark can't potentially mess it up. He messes a lot of things up.]

That said, the Tony I know doesn't drink anymore, which makes me think you're either from the past or another dimension, and I've been to enough alternate dimensions to know people can be different from their alternates.

If that's the case, you don't deserve to get painted with the same brush as the other him.

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[nonstopnarcissist]

Why is that everyone's go to with me? I mean, yes, I've an ego but so does anyone else that straps their ass into a colorful costume and decides to step out and save the world or their neighborhood or whatever; it's part of the package, but when it's me suddenly it's a defining character flaw. There are so many other things to pick out on my laundry list of character deficiencies, at least be a little creative oh faceless, voiceless figure in the ether.

[ That might've been a rant meant for someone else entirely that he'd never gotten to use, he'll apologize later.

Maybe.

If he feels like it. ]

Paint away. One asshole is as bad as any other, apparently, whether or not I'm the right person to blame hasn't exactly stopped anyone before.

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[ordinarily]

i have to make a real effort to get my omnicom to stop capitalizing and punctuating everything i do
its annoying
it totally ruins the point of lazy typing

[nonstopnarcissist]

...you want a script to maximize your teenage apathy. That'll take me, what, five minutes.

[walkingballpit]

Stark.

[ Not saying Mister is still something that Robbie has to force, much to his chagrin. ]

So you're not mine, yay go team. But why is it that no supergenius is ever like, I'm bored, let me solve world hunger? Why's it always flashy armor and unstable molecules?

[nonstopnarcissist]

I was under the impression the world hunger thing had been handled, or are we not in vegan space future utopia land?

[the_civilian]

Um. Not to be That Guy, but I actually have an answer to that.

One, it's more of a matter of social science than tinkering around in a lab. My world produces more than enough food and housing for everyone on the planet, but some people prioritize their own wealth and power and the system that supports them over literal sentient life. You can't "solve" that without significant social engineering and a lot of time to convince society that not hurting each other is...literally more important than the acquisition of wealth and power. It's not a one-person job, and it's not a problem you fix out of boredom.

Two, more tongue-in-cheek and as the older brother of a supergenius, they are utterly enthralled by shiny objects. It's like putting a seagull in a fast food dumpster.

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[shapedthecentury]

[ He's been content to stay off the comms for exactly this reason, thank you very much. But of course that wouldn't matter to Tony. With an open database of who Legion has pulled in, it was only a matter of time. ]

We're talking now.

[ And here, they have less chance of repeating Siberia. Something he's actually very keen to avoid, if you can believe it.

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[nonstopnarcissist]

Right, cutting to the chase here: has your little issue been fixed? The one where someone spouts off a handful of words and suddenly you're their personal tin soldier-

If so, yay, we can both move on with our lives.

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[hallaifyouherd]

[ And lo, the tattooed elven mage appears as if summoned by the promise of booze. ]

Magic's a beast to try and learn if you didn't grow up with it. I wouldn't feel too badly about not knowing what to do with it right away.

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[nonstopnarcissist]

Please say there's some established rules to go from because if it's all wild gesturing and posturing I'm going to have a migraine.

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[lovernotafighter]

[Oh, free paint job? Don't mind if I do!

And just to show him what he's going to be dealing with, enjoy Tucker shooting video while in his armor. Look at this beautiful canvas you could work with.]

What kind of paint job are we talking here? Because I could really use something that's bad ass in this same color scheme if you're that bored and that good.

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[nonstopnarcissist]

Something tasteful and elegant- probably with racing stripes. What kind of model is that anyway?

[the_civilian]

Yeah, Time Trapper has a pretty awful sense of humor when it comes to powers sometimes. I got pyrokinesis to go with a perfectly reasonable case of pyrophobia.

[Tadashi's pretty wry about it at this point.]

Not necessarily going to fill up your to do list, but I'd love to talk AI development with you at some point.

[nonstopnarcissist]

D'ya hear that, Boss? He wants to code himself some friends.

Nothing wrong with that, Fri. Swing by the shop anytime; we're hard to miss. [ Big mansion on a cliff of a beach, home is home even if home is gone-

It's easier than the compound or the tower, honestly. ]

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[thebioticwoman]

[A red-haired human woman is looking very interested.]

I might have a job for you.

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[nonstopnarcissist]

Speak now or forever hold your peace. What do you need?

[thedreamisdead]

Well, now that you've had the 'I know what's best' crew condescend to you some, you can get down to building me a new helmet. Caught a rocket sledge with the other one yesterday and it's a bit tight now.

[Especially now that they've sealed her skull fractures up some.

She forwards some schematics for review.]

I'll have someone send the old helmet along so you can copy the programming over.

[nonstopnarcissist]

Is that common? Here I thought I was special.

[ Tony whistles quietly, peering at the schematics. This? This is fun, something he can really dig into and fiddle around with on the side; replicating the exact thing won't be too much trouble, really. ]

Give me...a day, maybe two at the most. Some of the wiring here looks delicate.

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[araignee_du_soir]

[Someone with tech skills vaguely comparable to Sombra who wasn't part of the authorities here. Finally.]

I could use a little help doing some recalibration on my visor. Lenses three and seven are out of sync and not tracking like they should. I am... missing the associate of mine that usually assists me in full calibration.

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[nonstopnarcissist]

[ This woman is purple. He takes half a moment, right, public records, and makes a note to look into her in further detail because-

Purple. That's. Different. ]

Bring it in, are the sensors delicate or did you take a knock to the head while in the field?