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[ 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.

Private to James Barnes

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

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[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.]

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.

[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.

Edited 2017-12-08 07:24 (UTC)

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.

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.

Edited 2017-12-08 07:34 (UTC)

[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.

...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.

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

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.

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

thats five minutes spent not being bored

[He arches an eyebrow at 'stringbean' but otherwise looks pleased with Tony's answer.]

Ah, in that case...

[He taps on a holoscreen and Tony gets sent a massive collection of files on the many, many, many problems and projects Brainy is juggling that he's more than happy to hand off to someone else because his workload allows him only about 3 hours of sleep every few days.]

[The problems range from much-needed upgrades to Legion World's infrastructure, to equipment modification and upgrade requests from Legionnaires asking for augments to their equipment from home, to dimensional assay data on the section of space Chronoblivion is attached to and the resulting equipment being built to understand it, to proposed upgrades on the cybernetic and prosthetic limbs of several Legionnaires.]

I'm unsure if I understand this 'free time' concept you're speaking of.

[Sounds fake.]

Fair enough. Anything else you want included in your Teen Apathy App?

...Normally I'd make a crack about not being able to afford my contracting rate but I am dying here and this all looks very important. Mundane and tedious, but important.

[ Never let it be said Tony's not a team player when he wants to be. All of this is, more or less, right up his alley and can probably be handled by himself or Friday. Delegation's important, it'll keep him from clawing up the carpet, and free up some time for the Great Gazoo here.

Win win. ]

I'll start at the most urgent and send what I've got completed to you-

But somewhat connected; if you want extra hands handling the standard issue equipment, I'm available. Contrary to popular belief I am capable of collaborating.

nah
im too lazy to think of anything else

[ Then, after a minute. ]

actually what if i asked for like
bracelets that could fire ectoblasts
is that a thing i can ask?

Ectoblasts- ectoplasm? [ Huh, now there's a thought. ] If you've got any data on the generation and composition thereof? I could work something out.

hang on i need to get brainy in on this

The asshole I'm thinking of put superheroes that wouldn't unmask and register with the government - despite the fact that the database wasn't anywhere close to secure, thus risking the lives of all their loved ones - into a prison in a literal hell dimension. Without due process.

Among other things. Among LOTS of others things.

So I'm gonna call bullshit on "one asshole is as bad as any other."

Like I said, I've been to enough alternate dimensions to know that someone who's a rotten apple in one might not be in another. I'm just trying to pin you down because if you're him, you'd be someone to watch out for. If you're not, you're just another hero like the rest of us - nowhere near perfect, but trying.

There's an easier way to do this, though: What was the first lineup of the Avengers where you're from?

Conference calls, fun. Let me know.

[ Now that punches him somewhere tender and uncomfortable. Hell dimension, no, but-

You knew they'd put us somewhere, Tony.

Registration had been in the first draft, and the second, and he was fighting it as well as he could from his now weakened position without anyone by way of backup and-

Shit he's not thinking about. Shit he can't think about if he wants to get any kind of work done. ]

Rogers, Thor, Romanova, Barton, Banner, Me.

That would be appreciated. As you can see, I have my hands very full, even with the help of several other scientists and engineers.

[A pause, and then he decides to explain.]

Two of them are toddlers, so they need their naptime, snack time, and playtime enforced for their own good. They sometimes try to skip them but it would be heinously unethical to allow them to do so, so I have to enforce their schedules for their own good.

[Welcome to the Legion, Tony.]

...pretty sure you're not supposed to give toddlers soldering irons. Or any welding equipment.

[ He had them because Howard Stark was a Good Parent but he's pretty sure that is not supposed to be a thing. ]

Then you're not him. For us it Ant-Man, the Wasp, Thor, Hulk, and you. The Capsicle got thawed out and joined later.

If anyone else comes at you angry, they're probably from my dimension and are probably angry for good reason. Just let them know you're not the version we know. We've all done the interdimensional tango, so they'll understand. We've all worked with or fought some dimensional alternate of somebody one time or another. Sometimes good versions of supervillains, sometimes evil versions of friends.

We're used to treating each one as a different individual.

Edited 2017-12-08 08:05 (UTC)

Anyone wants their pound of flesh they'll have to take a number. Me or not me- I don't have time to sit and listen to another round of lectures about 'you done fucked up again Stark'. The multiverse is literally in danger of ending. They can bitch me out later.

Nobody will bitch you out at all if everyone knows you're not our version of you.

And we'd still even put things aside to work with him for the greater good, even if he forgot how to do it a long time ago.

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