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[modernmarvel]

[Tony flips on the video feed with a low groan, pinching the bridge of his nose. It's been awhile, Asgard. Who knew a verifiable genius could accidentally leave his bracelet... somewhere for long enough to go gray. This is why Pepper needs to get here ASAP.]

Anyone get the number of that bus or bilge snipe or whatever it was that trashed my workshop.

[Or earthquake.]

So, things I've learned this week. A) Don't lose your bracelet. B) If you do lose your bracelet be prepared to lose at least a month playing house with some of the natives. Not my idea of a vacation so far. I believe I was promised 72 virgins. Or was that another mythic paradise? I get them mixed up. C) I really can't be expected to keep up with that thing at all times. There has to be a back up protocol.

Anyway, you want help repairing the city? Then I'll need a few things:

[He ticks off a list on his fingers.]

A digital watch
A laptop or a cell phone. I'm not picky. As long as Steve Jobs didn't have a hand in its construction.
Welding gear and a soldering station.

...And a rundown of what I've missed while I was AWOL. Preferably over shawarma.

Comments

video | assuming he's not wearing his iron man suit for the feed, can change if otherwise T_T b

[subecho]

[ WAIT.

CAN IT BE.

THE HEROIC SPARKLE OF METAL IN THE NIGHT AND -

... ]

Hail, tinned man. You... have lost your can.

video | haha don't worry! His suit is busted in Asgard!

[modernmarvel]

So I have, Shakespeare. So I have.

[He shrugs. Tony's had time to adjust to not having the suit, even if the empty shell in his workshop still makes him wince.]

Old news, really. Seems your Bizarro family doesn't want anyone having shinier tech than them.

video | poor suit-chan

[subecho]

They are not family - in a different way than Loki was not family.

video | Poor Tony!

[modernmarvel]

I'd say. They're a bit less megalomaniac. At least from what I've seen so far. This Loki even seems to be able to take a joke.

[subecho]

Perhaps you should tell my brother you wished to make merry with him all along.

[modernmarvel]

Uh, yeah. You might have that weirdly close relationship with your adopted brother, but not all of us want to hold hands and sing Kumbayah with the guy.

[subecho]

Loki has helped people many of our prisons. Where he is to go now, no man will reach a hand to him in kindness, and no songs will be sung. Trust in this.

[modernmarvel]

Jeez, the guy is your brother, you know, even if he is bag-of-cats crazy. Not saying that's going to redeem him because the insanity defense is way overplayed.

[subecho]

You are too forgiving.

[modernmarvel]

I'm living proof of second chances.

[subecho]

And I am near dead proof of awarding them.

[modernmarvel]

So then you just don't give him a third.

[It seems like an obvious choice.]

[subecho]

I shall deal with Loki as wants doing. You will have no reason for complaint.

[modernmarvel]

Oh I'll still find a reason for complaint, Shakespeare. It's my specialty.

[subecho]

This... Shakespeare. He was known as an Asgardian warlord to your kind?

[modernmarvel]

Nah, nothing nearly so cliche. He was an English author and philanderer. Wrote a lot of plays in order to get the Queen of England to give him the time of day.

Sounded a lot like you though.

[Somehow Tony didn't think he'd find the comparison a compliment.]