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[latenightfondue]

[ A solemn looking man with a serious expression appears on the screen, an impressive fountain in the distance behind him, and the sounds of rushing water carrying over the feed. He's wearing a white turtleneck jumper with a suede coat, brown hair looking flat and dark circles ring his eyes. ]

There goes the search for Cap. [ He sounds defeated, which rarely happens, but he says it with a sarcastic tone, masking the weight he carries with him for so far failing to find Steve in the wreckage.

He fiddles around with the device as he looks directly at it, now, rather than at the surroundings around him. ] So, anyone out there gonna fill me in on what the hell's goin' on 'round here or do I gotta figure it out for myself?

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[ironmanic]

Dangerous is far better than boring in most cases.

[He holds up a glazed donut- with red, white, and blue sprinkles.]

I call it the Captain America donuts.

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[latenightfondue]

With that kind'a thinking? You and me are gonna get on well, my friend.

[ A corner of his mouth curls up into an amused smirk. ]

Love to get me one of those, bet they taste like no other.

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[ironmanic]

[He can't help but smirk as well. The Stark Smirk.]

Glad to hear it- could always use another guy around with a sense of humor.

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[latenightfondue]

[ If only he knew why he liked this guy so much. ]

This place full'a serious guys? Never can handle too much of that in one go unless it's absolutely necessary. Only thing I take seriously is my work, and I doubt there's gonna be too much of that.

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[ironmanic]

It's absolutely depressing how many guys here can't take a joke. A truly funny joke.

And there's a little bit of everything around here. Wouldn't give up just yet.

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[latenightfondue]

And yet you somehow survived. I'm impressed. But you ain't on your own now, you got me. Well, provided this's not that temporary thing everyone keeps going on about.

Wouldn't mind doing a spot of exploring that don't involve life or death scenarios.

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[ironmanic]

What can I say, I'm a man of iron.

[You got me. He tries not to let his inner child fall over from hearing those words.]

Plenty to explore, fortunately. A couple of monsters here and there if you get too far Underground, so I hear, but not even monsters can escape a few explosions, am I right?

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[latenightfondue]

Sure would be interesting to have one of those around.

[ Monsters? Howard is interested. ] We talking wild animals or alien lifeforms? Never been one for too much action, but if there's something out there needs taking down, and a good piece'a technology's all it needs, then I'm in.

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[ironmanic]

It's not a completely impossible thing.

[He and Rhodey'll probably take the things out for another test run again. Just because they're ~real men~.]

The former from what I've looked up - aliens, though, well who knows. They're aliens- mystery is like what they do.

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[latenightfondue]

You know a thing or two about it, huh?

Never been much of a believer in what you can't prove.

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[ironmanic]

[He would so badly want to show off to Howard, but he bites his tongue.]

There's this thing called the future- and maybe a handful of decades later, you find some technological advances or two.

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[latenightfondue]

Hang on, you saying you know me from the future?

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[ironmanic]

[Fuck.

Shit.

Fuck.]

I'm saying I know the tech from the future.

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[latenightfondue]

[ He likes you, Tony, but he's very much suspicious of this slip. ]

Thought you said it was just some hobby.

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[ironmanic]

[Damn it, Howard, stop being so god damn smart!!]

What can I say, I'm a modest guy.

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[latenightfondue]

Gotta say, that engine looked like more than some hobby.

[ Because all of these weird awkward moments, like he's missing something, are starting to get a little much for one guy, he skips ahead. ]

Liking the sound of these advances. What's the done thing 'round here, do we ask about future related stuff or what?

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[ironmanic]

[Tony clears his throat, trying to stay level-headed and aloof about all this]

If you want the dirt on any of it, I wouldn't ask Steve or Barnes. They're absolutely clueless about anything that beeps. Regardless of how long they've been here.

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[latenightfondue]

[ He snorts out a laugh. ] Yeah, that ain't nothing new, pal, you should'a seen 'em when I tried to explain-- Well, let's just say it don't surprise me.

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[ironmanic]

Technology's a fickle, picky, but talented woman.

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[latenightfondue]

That's usually how I prefer to think of it. Married to the job, less hassle, straight forward.

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[ironmanic]

[HE KNOWS. Both from experience and his own preferences.]

Funny how we seem to be agreed on a lot of things.

[a bit thoughtful, pensive.]

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[latenightfondue]

[ He doesn't know about funny, but he definitely finds it interesting, pleasing. ]

Hey, we're clearly wise guys here, and there's not many'a us floating 'round.

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[ironmanic]

A fact I know all too well, and one I take advantage of quite frequently.

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[latenightfondue]

Then we gotta do everything to keep the dream alive.

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[ironmanic]

[He stares for a second too long to be normal.]

Well, us wise guys have to look out for each other, yeah? If you got any questions, you know how to reach me on this thing. Or I'm sure you'll figure out how to reach people on this thing.