1st Command; Video

[aggravating]

[This is so not his idea of a vacation, guys. You have no idea. But at the very least, the man peering at the screen isn't flipping out or anything. In fact, he just seems to have a sort of cool and composed air to him. If, you know, he was anything other than pissed right now.]

Okay, yeah. Fun times. Sitting on a boat in the middle of space while the world is, literally, going to hell back home without me, all because this is supposed to part of some self-awareness spiritual journey crap?

[He's been doing his homework]

Right, uh. Someone point me to the fun part of this ship, because I'm not buying into this prisoner shtick right now. Oh, and. Give me that phone call home, boss. I need to sick my lawyers on all of your asses.

Because you kind of took my property. And my AI. And my ride home.

[He makes a frustrated sound in the back of his throat, looking around before reaching down, pulling a pair of sunglasses from his pocket, ignoring the slightly bent out of shape frames - he'd kind of fallen on them more than a few times - and slipping them right up to rest on the bridge of his nose]

For anyone stupid enough to not know who I am, I'm Tony Stark. Iron Man. And the first person who asks for an autograph is getting thrown overboard.

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[aggravating]

[S I G H]

My dad built the company during World War II. I made it rich through weapons development. We were supplying mostly to the soldiers over in the Middle East. Heavy weaponry, tanks, armors.

Some of it got a little... misplaced.

[ichoosefight]

[ Tony. Tony that sounds so bad. ]

So, uh. When you say 'misplaced'. How massive a disaster are we talking here?

[aggravating]

[He knows exactly how it sounds. But hey, this is pretty much common knowledge back home.

He's used to having to explain the situation he'd been in six months ago]

Try super armed terrorist groups. [He's saying it dryly, expressionlessly] Look. I was kind of narrow-minded back then, inventing and not really thinking about the bigger picture. I'd also gotten kicked out of my own company so they could sell under the table, so.

Once I learned I fixed it. And thus, Iron Man was born.

[ichoosefight]

Crap. Well, at least you fixed it. Guess that's a pretty good reason to put on a suit and leap into battle.

[aggravating]

Common knowledge, at this point. [He grins] Been Iron Man for a little over half a year, now. People tend to give me a bit of leniency when they know I'm just going about cleaning up my company's stupid mess.

[When they're not trying to legally claim his suit in the interest of America]

[ichoosefight]

You do any other vigilante work?

[aggravating]

Saving towns in the middle east not enough for you? High expectations. I like it.

[He shrugs]

Had the suit for six months, now. Hard to run off when you also have a company to run.

[Not that he really runs it. And definitely not anymore, but uh. He'd kind of been too busy dying to do much world saving]

[ichoosefight]

Cleaning up after yourself doesn't really count as serious vigilante work if people know it's your mess. But it's okay, we can't all be superheroes.

[aggravating]

[...OUCH BATGIRL. JUST. OUCH.]

What I was stopping might have been in my own company, but it still saved hundreds of lives.

I destroyed two terrorist bases, freed a town in the Middle East, and made it so what I'd made for peace wasn't turned around and used to kill half the people in the world.

[ichoosefight]

Joke. Take it back a notch.

[ Her sense of humor could use some work. ]

[aggravating]

I take my media titles very seriously.

[But he's almost smiling]

[ichoosefight]

In Gotham the heroes don't believe in media titles. It's just a different world.

[aggravating]

I've been in the media since I was born. I'm pretty sure the entire internet community knows the exact dimensions of every inch of my body.

Actually, I am sure. I think most of the pictures out there are from my server.

[He just sort of grins] Paparazzi suck, I'll give you that.

[ichoosefight]

[ So was Bruce Wayne, but he is a Special Cookie. ]

Did they figure it out from afar, or did they send people with tape measures to check out your abs?

[aggravating]

[He's going to hell for this]

Little lower, sweetheart.

[ichoosefight]

Tape measure and microscope, then.

[aggravating]

Yardsticks and a wheelbarrow.

[ichoosefight]

Magnifying glass and one of those mini rulers they give to kids.

[aggravating]

You're good. [He lets out a quick, amused laugh]

You're actually pretty good.

[ichoosefight]

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.