first ¤ visual reaction

[fe_male]

[ ... Okay, sure. This made sense.

This guy looks like he's some sort of cross between playing it off and being just... disappointed in what's happening. Because really. Kidnap someone, at least make it exciting. Or don't kidnap them, and let them get back to their own exciting lives.

But at least he's recording, and he knows it. He's already familiar with the device, and the third look on his face is the one he's wearing while he thinks of what he can do with it. ]

Must've been a hell of a night. Somebody tells me I've been here already? Must've been too - I've got a usual. Not bad. A little creepy. So spit it out, come forward before the court, whatever. Somebody come tell me something interesting.

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[hulkbusted]

I was wondering when you'd drop in. Time to brush up on your quantum theory.

[someone is very quietly pleased and a feeling a bit bad about being pleased]

[fe_male]

[ Hey you look kind of... familiar. ]

Starting to notice. That actually help with anything though?

[ruthless_hunter]

[Stark's back again, hm?]

You remember me this time or we gonna have to get intros outta the way again?

[fe_male]

I think you can consider half of them taken care of. [ Given that you seem to know him. ] What's up, Geodude?

[threeolives]

[Pepper had been half asleep, but she told JARVIS once Tony had left to alert her if he ever came back again.]

Tony! Where are you, I'll come get you.

[fe_male]

[ Holy god it's Pepper. Thank god. ]

Bounced off a damn fountain? Went to find a bandaid - not too far away from it though, I like to keep an eye on my enemies.

video; OH HI

[asofwar]

You return with no memory - it is beginning to look like a pattern.

[fe_male]

Third time's the charm. We know each other well?

[justamessenger]

Do you usually party so hard you end up in another dimension?

[fe_male]

Sometimes I wind up feeling like I did; this would be the first time it's actually the case.

[doeswhathewants]

You are in [Finger quotes] "The City," there is no known way out aside from those who took you tossing you back out. Ah- iterations of you have been here before.

[fe_male]

[ oh, god, 'The City'. 'The'? That doesn't sound good. ]

So where are they and how do you get voted off the island?

[aperfectthird]

Mr. Stark. Welcome back.

[fe_male]

[ What is this, do you work for him? Why does he keep hiring redheaded assistants. Who are you. You just look like somebody's assistant. ]

Good to see you too, ... [ Meaningful pause here. ]

[infernoandhearth]

Oh, were you here before too? That's quite interesting in itself. There's a unicorn in the zoo, here. Are you looking for something interesting more geared towards whatever your actual interests are? It's alright. I'll wait here for you to explain.

[fe_male]

[ .... okay you win the 'What is this city on' contest; please accept your award at the door and pick up your restraining order on the way out of the building. ]

Not unicorns. There's a unicorn? You got any computers around here that aren't whatever these are passing off as? [ And by 'these' he means the devices, by the way he shakes his around. ]

[punchedhitler]

You're back.

[fe_male]

You're... defrosted.

[debrief]

Mr Stark.

( A beat. He is actually pleased to see Tony, but it doesn't show. ) Welcome back.

[fe_male]

[ Seriously you are like the last person he was expecting to see right now. ]

Coulson! You've tanned. [ Maybe. Doesn't matter. ]

[waitedforyears]

Yeah, you've been here before. Remember any of it?

[fe_male]

Should I? Anything in particular worth pointing out?

[yourbestguysgun]

Oh great, the wanderer returns.

[fe_male]

To enormous fanfare and irritation, appropriately.

[rianofski]

The fact that people can, apparently, be here more than once and not remember is deeply unsettling. I'd say welcome back, but given the circumstance, it would hardly be genuine.

[fe_male]

[ He agrees, but he's not going to admit it to you yet, because you pointed it out. And he doesn't like your face. Hah. ]

I appreciate the sincerity, really. You seem like you work really hard on it.

[livingmyths]

Are you a Tony who remembers me?

[fe_male]

Sure don't. Should I?

video;

[hexuality]

Happens a lot. Being here, leaving, coming back. It's like the City's favourite game apart from the curses.

[fe_male]

Yeah, I've heard about those. They sound... terrible. Are there games that aren't in the top two favorite horror movie set-up cliches?

[wearafeznow]

Oh good, you're back.

[fe_male]

And one hundred percent exactly the same, too, whaddaya know.

[accidentalfugitive]

I thought Stiles was winding me up when he said people didn't remember this place after leaving, but you actually don't?

[fe_male]

[ Seriously he's running out of not-even-witty-but-just-maybe-not-monosyllabic answers to this question. ]

I've already been informed there are at least two people I should have a vested interest in remembering. Are you lucky number three? Do I need to just go bulk on the flowers?

[video]

[riches]

Looks like a lot of people missed you.

/casually pretending like that didn't happen

[fe_male]

It's not that uncommon a phenomenon. Actually even less so in places I don't remember being. Makes sending Christmas cards effectively a fully-factory-related enterprise though.

[ Video ]

[latenightfondue]

[ Howard kind of wants to rush out the door and seek him out, but he's Howard and that would be awkward, especially since this Tony doesn't exactly appear to know what the hell is going on.

Great. Months of-- Well, whatever the hell that was, and now back to square one. Another do-over the wrong way around. ]

Knew you'd be back. What took so long?

[fe_male]

[ Yeah rushing over to find him right now would probably just give him that heart attack that's been waiting to happen for a year or so now.

Considering that though, he feels like he does a reasonably good job not visibly flipping shits. (No he doesn't.) ]

Had an Expo to run. Places to be, people to do.

video;

[boutant]

[ Ariadne's smiling despite herself, despite the fact that Tony doesn't remember her. He's still Tony. She can still bribe him with doughnuts. ]

I'm your head of engineering. Is that interesting enough?

[fe_male]

[ It's sad how universally applicable Tony seems to be to himself sometimes. ]

Quite. And you are?