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[inebriety]

[Tony's dressed only in a garishly coloured purple robe and his underwear and he appears to be working on something just off the screen. He's so far refusing to wear the uniform provided, sticking with what came with him in his locker. He doesn't look like the first Tony Stark on the ship, but he certainly shares the same facial hair as him. There's also no arc reactor sitting in his chest.]

There's a reason why I donated my services to a government-sponsored metahuman strike force while maintaining my position as CEO of a multinational company. I don't do idle very well.

[His hands still and then he reaches out to take a drink of the space-booze he's been building a stockpile of for himself in his room. Alcoholics have to drink.]

That said, the last time I visited another dimension they'd never heard of me and the last time I met a parallel universe version of myself before this ship his head dropped through the multiversal gate and onto my lap.

So question, who here has heard of the Ultimates, Fantastic Four, mutants, Spider-Man or even recognise me? [That seems to be the major factions that were known in recent years for him.

Then there's a chirp and a small robotic bird flies up to hover in front of Tony, evidently what he was working on before.]

...And does anyone want this?

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[jurisimpudent]

"Mutant" is certainly a familiar term. The rest, less so. Forgive me the question - does your jumpsuit not fit?

[voice]

[inebriety]

In what context though? I'm not merely speaking of a difference in the base-pair sequence of DNA.

[A pause.]

I haven't tried and I don't intend to. I have standards.

[Aka he's being a rich snob even if he isn't rich here.]

[voice]

[falsehoods]

I know of these things.

[voice]

[inebriety]

All of the above? Only one of the above? Which?

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[testgasm]

Okay, points for the robot, that's very clever of you. Good job, as far as that's concerned. Why a bird, though? I mean, it's--we've got enough real ones to worry about as-is.

Can't say I'm familiar with any of the, ah. Items on your list, sorry. Mutants, sure, all right, but that's sort of a general...nonspecific term, isn't it? Could mean a whole slew of things, really.

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[inebriety]

Why not? It's a greater challenge to build something that can fly. I was hoping it would take longer though. [Because now he's got nothing to do again.]

Where I'm from, a portion of the population has what has been called the 'X-gene' which confers to them superhuman abilities.

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[chaineddog]

[Oh god, it's the drunk guy again and really, Heine probably wouldnt have said anything at all if it weren't for the fact that well, that bird looks like something Nill would like. Oh, and there was the word 'mutant' mentioned.]

Depends what kind of mutant you're talking about. [Saying it just leaves a bad taste in his mouth.]

As for that bird...I'll take it.

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[inebriety]

[Yes, it's him again. And he's still drunk...]

A person with a genetic mutation that gives them certain abilities.

[He holds his finger out and it drops down to perch on it.]

Sure thing. Want me to programme any particular tricks?

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[seem]

[ A moment of debate passes before Littlefinger responds, but, in the end, the video feed on his end flickers to life, revealing a look of mild curiosity. ]

You would give the creature away freely?

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[inebriety]

I've no use for it so why not give it to someone who wants it? It was only a mental exercise.

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[mingus]

[ He issss not actually going to acknowledge 90% of this post. In fact, he hears the chirp and replies -- video because while he can't see, you can, and that's alright with him. The feed is off-center and he's not looking directly at the camera but-- ]

What's "this"?

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[inebriety]

[The way he holds the camera and how he doesn't look at it directly tells Tony enough.]

It's a robot in the shape of a bird, about the size of your hand.

[the_vishual]

Your journey seems long, sir. [ and, because for all of her hyper-intelligence, she's still quite young: ]

Did you do all of it in that bathrobe?

[inebriety]

[Jokingly.] No, some of it was in my underwear.

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[target]

a shapeshifter, a telepath, a guy who can fuck with metal, and a guy who shoots things out his chest

how many of them are familiar to you?

[inebriety]

[Well isn't this ominous. He copies the security and makes sure it's unhackable.]

Mystique, Professor X, Magneto and not sure of the last one, but he sounds familiar.

Are we thinking of the same people?

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[culver]

[oh she sees that bird, and she sees that heine has already asked for it for her. her cheeks are a little pink, but she looks completely fascinated.]

it is pretty

[inebriety]

[He smiles.]

Thank you my dear. It is only a rushed piece of work though.

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[aggressively]

[ so much blinking. SO MUCH. and staring.

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Well, this is, uh... weird. Tony?

[ because that may not look like his tony, but holy deja vu. ]

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[inebriety]

[This guy looks like Mark Ruffalo. Is it actually Mark Ruffalo or someone who looks like him in the way that the other Tony looked like Robert Downey Jr.?]

Yes?

[If it's a version of someone he knows it looks most likely to be either Bruce or Hank. Please be Hank, being trapped in a confined space with the Hulk is a scary thought.]

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[soothing]

[ Head... tilt... ]

... Tony?

[ The facial hair is the same, and that swagger is certainly familiar. ]

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[inebriety]

[More people who look like movie stars!]

That would be me. I take it you're acquainted with the other me?

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[golemized]

Could it replace all of the birds with such things? They seem far less messy.

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[inebriety]

[A being of stone is hardly the strangest thing he's ever seen.]

It could but why would I do that? Making the same thing over and over gets tedious.

[And the whole point of this exercise was to stave off boredom.]

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[logicals]

What else can you make?
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[inebriety]

You'd have to be more specific. I'm the best engineer you'll ever meet.

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[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

Can a man make other things?

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[inebriety]

This man can make many things. I invent for a living.

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[helpmeguideit]

I do not recognize you, but I am familiar with mutants.

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[inebriety]

[Another locked message. Curious.]

I have gotten more hits with that than with anything else.

If you don't know me then do you know a Professor X? I've been lead to believe that he's here. I used to sponsor his school.

[willpunchfaces]

You idiot, why are you building robots?


[please forgive him, he's just arrived and hates robots. also he's pretty sure this guy is a younger version of Tony but that could just be the disorientation from jump]

[inebriety]

[...]

Excuse me?

[He's got nothing against building robots since he didn't make Ultron.]

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[aimlessness]

didn't anyone ever tell you to bring enough to share with the class?

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[inebriety]

Guess I must have been too busy being a genius.

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[mstitel]

[He'd been this close to yelling about the robot but, uh, Francis kind of beat him to that.

So instead, James is staring curiously with that severely nagging sense of familiarity (worse here than it was for the other Tony, because this wasn't just speech patterns this was appearance, posture, blue eyes and something so close to the same voice). Well, curiously and warily.]

... My brother's a mutant. [He narrows his eyes at the feed, just slightly] Why're you building a robot?

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[inebriety]

[He smiles placatingly.]

What kind of powers did he have?

[He whistles and the bird drops down to perch on his shoulder.]

Because I can would be the easiest answer. Like I said, I don't do idle.

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[bring_em_down]

Way to infodump, Stark.

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[inebriety]

[There's a reason why Nick Fury brought in Gregory to the Avengers instead of him.]

None of it matters to anyone other than the people we should be interested in. Our identities are public knowledge, [Minus the altered backgrounds.] I hardly see the point in hiding here.

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[starked]

Nice trinket.

[ tony. ]

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[inebriety]

It is excellent bait.

[He's not denying it's a trinket, but it's getting people's attention which is what he was aiming for.]