o8 ❂ video + action

[ironmanic]

It's like being in Tokyo all over again - only with less medical masks and fewer stilettos stabbing my feet. And strange men against my ass on the subway.

[Tony is waiting in line at the donut place, checking his inbox and scrolling through the Network as he does.]

I hate lines. Lines are for peons- Pepper, Dawn. Get me VIP standing with this donut place, would you? Throw around words like investment and stocks. You're both good at that.

Also-- if you could set me up an appointment with our friendly neighborhood gods. I'd like to take them out on a lovely candlelit date. Preferably within the week, but whatever. I've got egg creams. No rush.



[ooc | COME AT ME WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT. Doubles, AUs, whatever! Also, Pepper and Dawn-muns! You don't actually have to set up that appointment haha.]

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[chowfanhero]

[ Let's see how this will work--

Kotetsu was chasing a robber from his world when they, sort of, get brought together here in the City. Anyway, the chase continues! He's run out of Hundred Power so he's kind of running awkwardly now... but still chasing quite well! That is, until he sort of trips on something and crashes on the donut place glass windows.... Crash! ]

O-ow...

[ Faceplate up, Kotetsu rubs the back of his armored head and looks around. Nope, looks like the robber got away... Guess this one's gonna have to be all up to Bunny... ]

ALL the heroes!

[tomboyhero]

[ Pao-Lin comes flipping in from above, about to head after the criminal when she hears the ungodly crash from the direction of the donut shop. ]

Tiger-san! Are you-- is everyone alright?

[ironmanic]

[Tony's first thought is oh shit I don't have my suit before he actually takes a look at the thing-- stepping forward when everyone else steps back. It's--

A suit.

Not his, though. Especially not with all that-- advertising. He toes the metal body with his foot.]

You all right there buddy?

[threeolives]

[ May not have to, but dag gum, that's what Pepper does. She's on the phone with the owner of the donut shop as we speak, wrangling that VIP pass. ]

Is there a particular day next week that would work best for you? I don't have access to your calendar here...

[ironmanic]

Any day, all day. You know, it's so much more relaxing when I don't have to go to meetings and pretend to go to meetings.

[action for the donut shop]

[theyalldieforme]

[Do you see that anti-social looking kid on the laptop, Tony? He's got some seriously complicated coding going on there. He also has two jelly donuts and a cup of coffee.]

[action for the donut shop]

[ironmanic]

[Once Tony finally gets his delicious red, white, and blue star-sprinkled donut, he passes by to grab a table by the window-- when he sees the coding.

Oh.

And because he doesn't like to mind his own business, he peers over the kid's shoulder.]

[badgeandgauntlet]

What's the matter? You don't have a coffee retrieving peon?

[ironmanic]

I do, actually, but she's definitely not a peon.

[Dawn is his homegirl.]

[killerstyle]

You know what the real source of your problem is? You're at that donut shop, instead of going to the best bakery in town.

[ironmanic]

And what is the name of this esteemed, elusive bakery?

[masterstroke]

Buy the property where the shop stands. It's callous but appropriate for an individual who can't wait to be serviced. He has to serve himself.

don't mind me just passing through

[deadpanned]

I concur with this proposed course of action.

[happygolucky]

[The terrible thing about crowds is that they're a breeding ground for pickpockets.

Like this one. Oh hey, it's a magical thief with a tail.

j u u u u u u s t

--stealing your wallet, Mr. Big Shot. Or whatever it is you've got in your pockets.

No big deal or anything.]

[ironmanic]

[DID SOMEONE JUST STEAL HIS ZIPLOC OF CONDOMS (for emergencies) AND ALTOIDS?!

He looks around frantically, searching for the fiend!]

[waitedforyears]

Strange men against your ass on the subway. That sounds lovely, yeah.

[ironmanic]

I couldn't have dreamed of anything better, truly.

[warmachine]

You sound downright nostalgic.

[ironmanic]

You should come with me next time. You'd be stellar at karaoke.

ACTION;

[wetworking]

Tokyo isn't this bad.

[The voice comes from a woman in a fitted suit behind him, likewise waiting impatiently in line.

Seriously. Even the Crispy Creme was never this bad.]

ACTION;

[ironmanic]

...No- perhaps it isn't.

[And he turns fully toward her, smiling charmingly]

Not when this place has people like us around.

video;

[liarscream]

I do so love to hear you humans talk about your problems.

video;

[ironmanic]

If that's a public announcement that you have a voice kink, I'm going to shut up right now.

[abstraction]

I love lines, the ultimate assurance of society knowing it's place. Row upon row of peons—good word, derogatory but too obscure to be understood by most of the category it's referring to—waiting in the knowledge that if they only had a different face, better clothes, the whole process could be bypassed and at the same time knowing that if their face were different, if their name opened doors they wouldn't have the time on their hands to indulge in waiting.

Are you with P&P? You look familiar.

[ironmanic]

Interesting, but philosophy bored me to tears in college.

The name's Tony Stark- if you've opened a magazine, then yes, you've probably seen me before.

[pettedasnake]

You can't skip lines. They're important.

[ironmanic]

Important to people who have nothing else to do, maybe. But I'm a busy man. I've got, like, ten gallons of coffee to drink.

[thatkindofdoctor]

[ laughs! ] Are you serious?



... You're serious.

[ironmanic]

I happen to be the very definition of seriousness.

[sawedoffgenius]

[ Look, a robot! Robots don't have to stand in line. ]





[ They don't get to eat donuts either, though. ]

[ironmanic]

Oh my-- you. You.

[Tony breaks out of the line to march up to this robot]

You are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

[And if he can help it, you are going home with him. To his room.]

action;

[valkyria]

[She's just going to be gliding around, her feet a few inches from the ground as she's exploring this place. Such a strange place with different... beings! And then she sees the line as she places her feet on the ground, gracefully stopping a few feet before she runs into the people. And now she's standing next to Tony, peering inside to see what everyone is waiting for...

...food?]

action;

[ironmanic]

[He turns to look when he hears something land beside him.

He blinks.]

The Opera House is over there, sweetheart.

[He gestures in the general direction of the grand building.]

Though nobody told me there was going to be a ballet showing anytime soon.

[undespairing]

You're taking them out on a date? Wow, romantic!

[ironmanic]

What better way to woo a couple of all-powerful beings than to court them?

video;

[vexed]

What happened to the celebrity status? Last I checked you never waited in line.

video;

[ironmanic]

And last I checked you had more hair. Going for the bad-boy look now?

[Steve the bad boy...]