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ioduanlogs2019-04-06 12:58 pm
highprofilerichkid) wrote in ioduanlogs2019-04-06 12:58 pm
what's that mysterious ticking noise? | April Catch-All
Characters: Tony Stark and YOU
Date: Throughout April
Location: Around Tony's apartment and workshop; the Opara Core
Situation: Minor annoyances and major annoyances. Tony dealing with that absolutely appalling magical foghorn noise.
Warnings/Rating: none yet
1. how much money do you have? sixty nine cents | a farmer's market | early April
After finishing a major project for a client and pocketing a nice chunk of cash, Tony decides to take the rest of the day off and reward himself with lunch from a nearby farmer's market.
But when he puts in his order at the noodle stand and reaches for his money... he comes up with what appears to be slightly crumbled dog biscuits instead.
Tony stares at the handful of Definitely Not Money for a few seconds, processing. Apparently, the Dreaming has a sense of humor.
"I really, really hate magic," he declares, and dejectedly cancels his noodle order.
2. look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! | outside Tony & Gene's apartment | early April
According to one of Tony's neighbors, one of their other neighbors had been illegally breeding... ferocious attack bibirus. Which explains the Sentry activity the other day, and the sudden disappearance of said neighbor.
It also probably explains the stray bibiru that's been running around the block all day, persistently eluding capture by peeping angrily and nipping at the ankles of anyone who gets too close. That hadn't bothered Tony: he's not much of an animal person, and he'd figured it would eventually calm down enough to be nabbed, or run off and make a new life for itself in some local park.
It seems, however, that the bibiru is much more interested in making a new life for itself in Tony's apartment. It's taken a liking to him (who knows why), and has followed him all the way to his doorstep, trying to affectionately nibble his pant cuffs. He crouches down to shoo it away, and the damn thing chirps and hops right into his lap.
"What? No, scram!" Tony says, flapping his hands at the bunny-thing. The bibiru fluffs its wings and blinks at him.
Tony grimaces, picks the creature up, and stands. "Look, buddy, I don't really do pets. Why don't you go find someone else to bother?" The bibiru chirps again.
He holds the bibiru out at arms' length and looks around helplessly. Surely there's a pet-crazy kid or animal lover around here somewhere, right? "Hey, anybody want a weird little bird rabbit?"
3. Let It Grow, Let It Grow | Tony's workshop | early April
Tony feeds a mysterious power crystal to his mysterious metal tree. What will happen? Who knows! Details TBA
4. Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc | near Tony's workshop | April 10
Tony has been having an annoying couple days, and the last thing he needs is an unhinged wacko giving him grief over some imaginary theological offense. But, no, according to Acolyte Causation Not Correlation, here, Tony is personally responsible for setting off a new round of that horrible droning noise. By sneezing.
"Come on, cut it out!" Tony snaps, trying to cover his ears and shoo away the irate Ban Om devotee at the same time. No matter how fast he walks, the castian man scuttles after him, spitting religious rebukes. "Everybody's sneezing, it's just the pollen, you're— hey!" Is this guy seriously flicking holy water at him? "Stop it! You asshole," Tony seethes.
5. Peace And Quiet | Tony's workshop or the Opara Core | April 13
The noise from the ships is really getting to Tony. It hurts his Extremis-enhanced hearing, and seems to be interacting badly with the nanites, leaving him with lingering migraines and a feeling of general malaise. At least it's predictable – every twelve hours, like clockwork, increasing according to the Fibonacci sequence – but the fact that it is increasing is troubling. If the current pattern continues, the sound will be constant by the 16th.
Anyone looking for Tony in the second week of April is most likely to find him holed up in his lab looking vaguely miserable.
By the weekend, though, a couple of Opara techs who he's gotten friendly with take pity on him, and invite him to a nook in a little-used lab that seems to be shielded from the awful sound. They've even scavenged some plush chairs and turned it into an ad-hoc lounge space. Anyone else who has an in with an Opara employee might be able to get an invite to the secret lounge too... Where they'll find Tony, scribbling on scrap paper and chatting animatedly with the techs about structural insulation and shielding and resonance.
6. Sneeze Disease | Tony & Gene's apartment | during The Honkening | closed to Gene
Tony is getting migraines from the fucking Mystical Honk Fleet. Gene has horrible allergies thanks to the pollen. Both of them are low-key miserable and more inclined than usual to bitch at each other over petty bullshit.
And Tony "forgot" it was his turn to do the dishes. Again.
Date: Throughout April
Location: Around Tony's apartment and workshop; the Opara Core
Situation: Minor annoyances and major annoyances. Tony dealing with that absolutely appalling magical foghorn noise.
Warnings/Rating: none yet
1. how much money do you have? sixty nine cents | a farmer's market | early April
After finishing a major project for a client and pocketing a nice chunk of cash, Tony decides to take the rest of the day off and reward himself with lunch from a nearby farmer's market.
But when he puts in his order at the noodle stand and reaches for his money... he comes up with what appears to be slightly crumbled dog biscuits instead.
Tony stares at the handful of Definitely Not Money for a few seconds, processing. Apparently, the Dreaming has a sense of humor.
"I really, really hate magic," he declares, and dejectedly cancels his noodle order.
2. look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! | outside Tony & Gene's apartment | early April
According to one of Tony's neighbors, one of their other neighbors had been illegally breeding... ferocious attack bibirus. Which explains the Sentry activity the other day, and the sudden disappearance of said neighbor.
It also probably explains the stray bibiru that's been running around the block all day, persistently eluding capture by peeping angrily and nipping at the ankles of anyone who gets too close. That hadn't bothered Tony: he's not much of an animal person, and he'd figured it would eventually calm down enough to be nabbed, or run off and make a new life for itself in some local park.
It seems, however, that the bibiru is much more interested in making a new life for itself in Tony's apartment. It's taken a liking to him (who knows why), and has followed him all the way to his doorstep, trying to affectionately nibble his pant cuffs. He crouches down to shoo it away, and the damn thing chirps and hops right into his lap.
"What? No, scram!" Tony says, flapping his hands at the bunny-thing. The bibiru fluffs its wings and blinks at him.
Tony grimaces, picks the creature up, and stands. "Look, buddy, I don't really do pets. Why don't you go find someone else to bother?" The bibiru chirps again.
He holds the bibiru out at arms' length and looks around helplessly. Surely there's a pet-crazy kid or animal lover around here somewhere, right? "Hey, anybody want a weird little bird rabbit?"
3. Let It Grow, Let It Grow | Tony's workshop | early April
Tony feeds a mysterious power crystal to his mysterious metal tree. What will happen? Who knows! Details TBA
4. Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc | near Tony's workshop | April 10
Tony has been having an annoying couple days, and the last thing he needs is an unhinged wacko giving him grief over some imaginary theological offense. But, no, according to Acolyte Causation Not Correlation, here, Tony is personally responsible for setting off a new round of that horrible droning noise. By sneezing.
"Come on, cut it out!" Tony snaps, trying to cover his ears and shoo away the irate Ban Om devotee at the same time. No matter how fast he walks, the castian man scuttles after him, spitting religious rebukes. "Everybody's sneezing, it's just the pollen, you're— hey!" Is this guy seriously flicking holy water at him? "Stop it! You asshole," Tony seethes.
5. Peace And Quiet | Tony's workshop or the Opara Core | April 13
The noise from the ships is really getting to Tony. It hurts his Extremis-enhanced hearing, and seems to be interacting badly with the nanites, leaving him with lingering migraines and a feeling of general malaise. At least it's predictable – every twelve hours, like clockwork, increasing according to the Fibonacci sequence – but the fact that it is increasing is troubling. If the current pattern continues, the sound will be constant by the 16th.
Anyone looking for Tony in the second week of April is most likely to find him holed up in his lab looking vaguely miserable.
By the weekend, though, a couple of Opara techs who he's gotten friendly with take pity on him, and invite him to a nook in a little-used lab that seems to be shielded from the awful sound. They've even scavenged some plush chairs and turned it into an ad-hoc lounge space. Anyone else who has an in with an Opara employee might be able to get an invite to the secret lounge too... Where they'll find Tony, scribbling on scrap paper and chatting animatedly with the techs about structural insulation and shielding and resonance.
6. Sneeze Disease | Tony & Gene's apartment | during The Honkening | closed to Gene
Tony is getting migraines from the fucking Mystical Honk Fleet. Gene has horrible allergies thanks to the pollen. Both of them are low-key miserable and more inclined than usual to bitch at each other over petty bullshit.
And Tony "forgot" it was his turn to do the dishes. Again.
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They do scream 'self-made', though!"Might mean something different if we were working for dogs- sorry," Nita adds quickly after a very sharp glance from a native who happened to be listening in.
"Not referring to anyone's ancestry, I swear."
With that peace made, Nita returns to looking at Tony.
"It's not the craziest thing I've seen exchanged for money, though - and we should probably move away from the line..."
Since that wasn't the only glace she'd spotted.
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Pretty sure they just scream 'enormous dork.'Tony chuckles as they shuffle away from the flow of traffic. "I mean, if you want to talk crazy, I've seen someone spend fifty million dollars on a painting of a red square, so..." After all, isn't exchanging money for completely crazy things arguably the basis of the entire social structure of the wealthy elite?
Once they're out of the way, Tony offers, "You want to come back to my workshop? I don't think I have much cash lying around, but I do have snacks." Since they're both stuck in the same boat, it seems only polite to share. "And maybe I'll get lucky and someone will walk in with a nice big downpayment in their wallet wanting a rush order on run of custom camshafts. Or something." And then they can both come back for noodles! Assuming that money doesn't turn into dog biscuits too.
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Also that.Nita bemusedly rolls her eyes.
"The real crazy part is that it makes people think anything could be worth millions. Even stuff that shouldn't be!"
Like, water, for instance. Water is priceless, and essential.
Nita raises her brows - but after thinking on it a moment, nods.
"Sure. Something's better than nothing, where food's concerned."
Tony has the cultural consciousness of a potato
He starts to lead them back to the workshop; fortunately, it's only about three blocks away. "I'm Tony, by the way." He pauses, like he's considering adding more to that introduction. All he ends up saying, though, is: "I'm mostly a mechanic these days. I opened up my shop a few months ago."
XDD Some people are probably grateful.
"Vibranium?" Other worlds, Neets. It's probably just real somewhere else, is all.
Three blocks is no trouble for this native New Yorker.
"Nita," she responds in kind.
"Haven't picked a field of employment officially yet," unless wizard counted, and even that didn't pay the bills, "but I've been doing odd jobs, helping with reconstruction. Sounds like people here could use mechanics, though."
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"Okay, yeah, that would make things easier."
She makes a wry face.
"Officially? Still a high school student. But, uh, unofficially - wizard. And not the 'parlor tricks' kind, more 'fighting entropy'" she hurries to add.
"Been doing a lot of stuff with water, lately. Interspecies communication, troubleshooting wizardry shorthands... the works."
Explaining whalesarks wasn't quite something Nita was up to explaining, at least without an easy way to demonstrate them on hand.
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In reality, he's long past the days of mocking the concept of magic, but he can't resist poking a little fun at the magic-users every now and then, in the spirit of friendly rivalry.
"What kinds of interspecies communication? Like, aliens?"
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"Well, those too, but there are a lot more intelligent species on Earth than you'd expect."
She snickers at an unexpected thought, then adds, "Including humans on that one. But mostly, when it comes to the ocean, I work with whales and dolphins. I've met with sharks, too."
yes, Tony, that's the important takeaway here
"Whales can talk? You mean Star Trek IV was right?"
XDD One of many. Also: headcanon'd Callahan shenanigans!
Nita hurriedly stops as well, anchored by the hand on her shoulder.
"Aaand now I'm wishing I remembered how that movie went. I really hope it's not one of those that Dair made a show of stashing the case where no one could grab it..."
Sometimes her sister and Spot were too good at hiding things for their own good.
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"A mysterious probe shows up in Earth orbit and starts emitting an untranslateable signal that's strong enough to knock out Earth's power grid and cause planetary storms. Spock figures out that it's whale song, but humpback whales are extinct in the 23rd century. So the crew has to go back in time and find some whales to bring to the future and answer the probe," Tony explains. "Pretty risky plan if you ask me – how do you know the whales aren't going to tell their alien buddies, 'wow, we're totally extinct in the future and these human guys are assholes, you should kick their asses'? Still the best Star Trek movie, though," he cheerfully adds.
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Whales can't go extinct that soon!
Was the probe made BY whales?
She gives a wry grin.
"Can't beat whales, that's for sure."