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[warmachine]

[ Rhodes has picked up a cat. One that's hissing at him, granted, but he's holding it up with one hand and scratching its ears with the other, unconcerned. He's also clearly mid-sentence when the device clicks on. ] — went home. And made me CEO, what did he think.

[ A sigh, and he doesn't say anything for a moment; the cat hisses again and swats at him. ] Guess I might as well take you along, get you fed a little.

[ And then he notices that his device is on. Rather than immediately turning it off, though, he turns to it. ] Tony Stark's left the City. Howard, Rogers, do you have a moment?

[ And then it clicks off. ]

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[valentineluke]

Panic is unbecoming in a CEO.

[warmachine]

Who says anything about panicking. [ Frown. He's not panicking. He's pissed off. And worried. No panicking here. ]

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[bettercallit]

You need me to shoot that thing?

[ It's all right, really, he likes animals. Sometimes. ]

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[warmachine]

[ If Clint were actually around, Rhodey would be putting his body between the cat and him right now. ] No, I really don't.

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[bettercallit]

[ Oh, Rhodey, so precious. ] I offered. If it takes a chunk out of your hand when you feed it, don't come crying to me.

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[warmachine]

I think I'll manage. [ He's just been made CEO. ]

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[latenightfondue]

[ Howard actually appears to be taken by surprise with this information, and he ignores the cat because he's a dog person - they make for a better audience. ]

...Tony left?

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[warmachine]

Yeah. [ Keeping his voice even and his face straight. Mostly. He sort of wants to punch something or get drunk, but that's Tony's coping mechanisms, not his own. So he just takes a deep breath instead. ] Left some instructions for just this case. Some of them for you.

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[latenightfondue]

[ He looks surprised at this, hesitant before continuing on, because, well, he's getting a business up and running, but being left to take care of other people's things? ]

What's he want me to do?

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[warmachine]

He's made you head of research. All the scientific stuff.


[ ooc; I think, I don't remember anymore, exactly. ]

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[boutant]

[ Instead of a cat, Ariadne has a bird on her shoulder. ]

He's gone? [ Waffle -- that's the bird -- promptly squawks "FUCK". ]

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[warmachine]

Hey. [ The bird gets what passes for a smile right now. ] Yeah, he's gone.

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[boutant]

[ Waffle squawks again and preens. ] Great. First Dawn, now Tony. Sephiroth's gone, too, so we're down a person in engineering, and Percy's had time off to focus on the joke shop.

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[diastereomer]

[ Yusuf is... rarely out of the lab, so he'll be one of the many new faces popping out of the woodwork to ask Rhodes questions he probably doesn't have all the answers to at this point in time. ]

So... I suppose you'll be the person I send this form for replacement diethyl ether to?

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[warmachine]

[ P a u s e. ] No, I think you should send that to Howard Stark. In an hour or two, once I've had a chance to talk to him. [ Ngh. He's already feeling a headache coming on. ]

v i d e o

[diastereomer]

Ah, state of transition, I get it. The lab can wait until you all have gotten it sorted.

[asofwar]

...has he indeed.

[warmachine]

Yeah, he has.

[asofwar]

A shame. But surely a blessing, for him.

[punchedhitler]

I got one.

[warmachine]

JARVIS talk to you yet?

[punchedhitler]

Yes.

[orangetoughguy]

What.

[warmachine]

[ What what? ]

[orangetoughguy]

So...you run the show now?