11th Command; Video

[aggravating]

[Hey guys. Hey. Guys. Was Tony kickass in that Port or what? Yeah, that's right. He was.

And he is totally lording it over all of your heads for the rest of time.]

So, uh, for the record. We should probably have some sort of actual sane plan for situations like that. Like. The Bargites Guide to Surviving Alien Kidnappings. First chapter: Listen to the Locals and Don't Rush the Aliens.

[And, almost as an afterthought:]

And in case anyone knew her, Pepper Potts went home.

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[love_slave]

[She's death tolling, and she feels horrible, but she'll say this anyway.] I'm sorry, Tony. She was very nice, and she'll be waiting on you.

Could you bring me 790? My robot head? I'm in the infirmary.

It doesn't have to be now. It can be later.

[aggravating]

She's a waiting master, by now. Hired her for that patience.

[Right now? He's too tired to do anything other than give Zev a tight grin, pushing himself up to start moving]

Yeah, sure. Speaking of, what's with the robot head?

[love_slave]

He was reprogrammed and thinks he's in love with me. Before that, he only filled basic functions.

[She sounds a little tired, though.] You can take a look at him if you want. I think he's just a copy of my 790.

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[thestarspangledman]

[--He actually isn't death-tolling, because his typist is a lamer, but he sounds a little tireder than normal.]

You okay, Tony?

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[aggravating]

[Oh how he wants to just flip Steve off and throw his communicator across the room right now. But that would take energy he doesn't really have.]

You know what her deal was?

[What are actual answers]

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[thestarspangledman]

I never asked, but I'm guessing it had something to do with you.

....I'm sorry she left.

[ichoosefight]

That's what I was telling them. Nobody listens to me.

[aggravating]

We should make a club. The "let's avoid being dumbasses" club. Invite only.

[Ha. Ha. Ha. What is he even talking about he is definitely not allowed in that club.

... But for once he feels like rubbing his ability to not be stupid in people's faces. Sooooo...]

[ichoosefight]

It's crazy how many people I ran into in the arena who'd done just that. I don't even know how many made it out alive.

I'm sorry about your friend. Did she disappear before Port?

[sharpsuitfluffytail]

Sane and this place never seem to be good bedfellows. I'm surprised about Pepper, though.

[aggravating]

Speaking of totally insane, wanna figure out if our DNA matches up?

[Iiiiignoring the Pepper comment by totally changing the topic to something completely random? Yes. This is a thing that is happening. Because hearing his own voice say her name is like having his arc reactor ripped out of his chest again.]

[yeahscience]

So I take it the escape plan didn't, uh, go so well over there, either. [Jesse's death tolling too, but he's already up and about because Jane, so fuck it.]

[aggravating]

From what I saw? It went about as well as you can imagine. I was safe up in the rocks.

[Which he's still... trying to decide if that was a good thing or a bad thing. On the one hand? He avoided dying and getting tortured. On the other? ... He was kind of an unfeeling asshole.]

[Telepathy]

[wedonot]

[Shortly after port ends, while Charles is being treated in the infirmary, he's carefully reaching out to see if everyone else made it back. He's feverish and dehydrated, so his control's a little shaky, but he finds Tony and manages to make contact.]

Are you alright?

[Telepathy]

[aggravating]

[There is no way he's going to ever not jump at the sudden echo of a voice in his head. But there's a sense of relief at the now familiar voice of his idealistic warden. Which is why he's really just making a face gathering his thoughts together in order to think back a quick:]

You know, sugarplum, you keep getting inside me like this, people will get jealous.

[hungryanhorny]

[...You're not getting a drink, Tony. Don't even think about it.]

Don't look at me, T; I got caught sans the rushing.

[aggravating]

Yeah, but you still got caught.

[You are so not his favorite right now, Faithy]

[doctor_j_crane]

I am aware that you're not being entirely serious in your suggestion, but a manual for dealing with ports and floods would be helpful for new inmates.

[aggravating]

I'm really not the kind of person you'd want writing that thing.

[....... But you have a point, Crane. Which is why he's totally going to propose a draft anyway.]

Text from the infirmary

[no_fastolfe]

[Look who has a functioning comm and doesn't have to remember ASCII notation. Yay?]

I'm pleased you are back aboard.

However it is a great loss that Madam Potts is gone.

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[aggravating]

[Awwwwwww, but how else is he supposed to realize you're the same person? He really just doesn't acknowledge most conversations he has unless they're interesting. It's something he's working on.]

Would have rather had another Harry Potter experience than that.

[He is the master of answers that... aren't... really answering anything.]

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[notthatfondue]

I'm sorry to hear that.

[And really, she is. She thought Pepper was a pretty alright person, for the little she'd known her.]

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[aggravating]

[He's pretty sure being an asshole to Peggy is tantamount to strapping fireworks to a puppy.

Also, he's pretty sure that would result in getting punched in the face by Captain America and Tony has somehow managed to go forty years without breaking his nose. He'd like to keep that record going.]

She's better back home. [Dismissive shrugs totally actually work, right?]

[persuadeyou]

[Ahahah sure, an afterthought, she believes that.] Good plan of attack. How'd you come up with it? [She's maybe a little concerned though, so. Slightly less bite than she could put into that sentence.]

[aggravating]

I fell overboard.

[Which, in and of itself, is ridiculous. And kind of made his skin itch just thinking about it. The entire past of that guy he'd been was still sitting in his head, memories layering on over his own, being sifted through and put aside, skills a bit muted, now, but still there.]

Which was actually kind of a good thing, considering 90% of the barge got captured.