mark xiv suit ❦ [ audio ] ❦ what's done in the dark will be brought to the light

[starked]

[ the feed opens up on, well, nothing actually, the unfortunate consequence of being on audio. you don't get to see tony's face, but what you do get to hear is something akin to a robot moving around and the sound of machinery being fiddled with. there's a moment where there's also an exhale like tony's getting ready to say something before there's a clang. and a few muttered curses, before tony actually says something. it regrettably not the original thing he planned on starting this with. ]

I wanted you to come along and be helpful, Dum-E, not drop things on my foot. I will take you apart don't think I won't. [ ah, and yes, the feed was on, forgot about that. ]

Not actually how I wanted to start this. Disregard any of that, by the way, I'm fighting with something from home. Anyway. You know for all we have a bunch of hero types, leaders, take charge alpha males and females, you think we could have prevented that. I know, we're all displaced people and what, the pirates thought we were insane because we all shouted and threatened to kill them or hurt them and I don't like people taking my shit as much as the next guy, but did you notice that we're forty years behind, according to them. I don't think any of them were forty, I haven't looked at all the dead bodies of course, I'm not that morbid, but this is something they knew about. We're a ghost story to them. We're a ghost story that shouldn't exist. [ a pause and more noises on his end are heard. ] I don't know about you, but I feel pretty solid. No one was supposed to get down to the brig, and yet, how in the fuck do you think we got to hear dead bodies falling down. I'm not advocating law, because guess what, martial law, also known as what you heard but shouldn't have heard, is the only thing you could pull off. And can you guess who's in charge of what your punishment is, who would be your military tribunal. I'll give you a hint, it's not Kirk, it's not me, not Nathan, not Tyke, it's not any of the captains who came or insert military rank here, etc.

Yeah, for those of you listening at home, that leaves Ward. And Resnik. What I'm saying, if I'm saying anything, and I am and I am hoping you are actually listening, is that we're stuck fending for ourselves here. And unless we get our fucking shit together, we're gonna be like sitting ducks. And I'm not a big fan of being a duck. So, you know, maybe you might want to pull your heads out of your asses and stop acting like this is a vacation and, oh I don't know, maybe make sure the next time someone decides to board us or we stop at a hell port, we're not looking like insane idiots and maybe we might learn something. But, hey, what I know, maybe I'm just making this situation worse. Yeah, something tells me I'm okay.

[ there's a beat and another muffled curse before he continues. ]

Oh yeah, in case any of you are not nursing wounds, funny thing about pirates ripping things off the ship, you kind of need to fix them and/or find the parts they took. Those of you who have any sort of actual ability when it comes repairing mechanical things, could use your assistance or maybe the ship will break during a jump and that means we're dead. So, yeah, get in touch now, I don't care about your grieving at the moment, you can grieve later, trust me.

And no, I'm not bothering with a lock, our pirates, our now dead pirates, got into every lock including mine and every other tech person's. And may have pointed out that Ward and Resnik could see it all. So, I'm not bothering with a lock against those two that won't work, because there's always a backdoor they can see through. 

[ stark encryption 100% to pepper potts ]
You're not gonna kill me in my sleep if I spend way too much time trying to fix all of this right? And not exactly sorry about the PR mess this is going to be right now.

[ axvengers encryption 100% ]
I would go on an adventure to their ship, but I'm stuck doing this. Do a bit of recon and steal some loot. Not that you really need the order, but I might as well say it anyway. Stash it 100, and we'll talk when I get a chance. In person. About all of this.

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audio ( axvengers axemble encryption 100% ) as long as im ravaging your inbox

[recalibration]

I passed the day they were handing out that super power. But we'll get what we can.

[ aah, clint likes you stark. ]

Usually telling people to get their shit together counts as a pep talk, right? [ with much less pep. ] you're right, there was zero organization and we could have avoided it with a little foresight. But more than half the people here are civillians. Those of us who aren't don't exactly have dealing with space pirates in our skillset.

[ it's not critical, and he's pretty calm when he says it because stuff like people being blown away can only phase an agent so much. ]

audio ( axvengers axemble encryption 100% ) i find it ironic you didn't edit this one

[starked]

You should have arrived late, everyone wanted to avoid that one.

[ he teases because he likes you two, bro. ]

No, telling them to get their shit together is calling them an idiot. Pep talks mean that I'm saying we tried but we need to try harder. [ try and tell him he's wrong. ] Remind me again, disregarding the fact that I moonlight as a superhero, what am I?

[ he's not mad when he says it, and instead just says it like it's a statement of fact. ] And you never know, more of them might be pirates than you think.

audio ( axvengers axemble encryption 100% ) gotta keep you on your toes/learn how to type

[recalibration]

[ oh no, he's not falling into that one. clint learned a long time ago how to approach the stronger personalities with his two cents. besides, clint's been here barely a month and he has no room to talk about anything that's gone down in the past. still, he's got his opinions.

so have the non-commital audible cofirmation, so long as they're on the same page. ]

I'll give you that. [ a pause. ] Operations, gunnery, security, all the other departments—I hope the irony isn't wasted on you when I start throwing around the word teamwork.

[ because not too long ago he was an agent that worked alone or on a two-man team 90% of the time. but with the right leader(s)... ]

audio ( axvengers axemble encryption 100% ) that is entirely legit i will not even lie.

[starked]

[ it's almost nice to not have someone fall for that one. tony likes making people fall into it a lot, but it's times like this, when someone side steps it that he's just pleased. ]

The irony of it is something that I am way more aware of than I want to be. Start calling me the leaser and I won't hesitate to punch you, for the record. Because yeah, this is the informal threesome that is also a foursome when we include Pepper in on things. I might have actually learned the lesson of teamwork. [ because tony's had to, he's had no other choice, even if he's still bristly enough to where he can't work as well as he should with people. ]

It's an actual miracle.

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[recalibration]

[ to be fair, clint kinda noticed. he didn't have all the time in the world to give tony the proper once-over during the first avengers assembly, what with his being brainwashed and all, but even now this is more a team effort than he expected. ]

I've been punched enough this week. [ this is an appropriate way to say he's totally cool with this threesome-sometimes-foursome, right? ] Now we just need to convince everyone else banding together trumps the free-for-all.

audio ( axvengers axemble encryption 100% ) a leaser. this thread is typos 'r us

[starked]

[ it's strange thinking of this as a team effort, and tony's wondering if it ever won't feel weird, but maybe it's better that way. that he'll just fork it over to anyone else who he trusts who likes team efforts more than he does. ]

It's a crime to leave the story at that. [ in tony speak, lbr, it totally is. ] You haven't been stuck with these idiots as long as I have. It's like talking to me only without the parts that make me fun to be around.

audio ( axvengers axemble encryption 100% ) typing straight is clearly for suckers

[recalibration]

[ if only tony had a little more of the spy's approach to this like clint and natasha: fake it til you betray it accidentally become apart of a team of superheroes. ]

Calm down, it wasn't Nat. [ it was fending off pirates that were confused/scared by his bow mostly. ] It's starting to look like that. How exactly have we all made it this long again?

[ yeeaaah. clint's used to a little more coordination than this and even tony's methods back home qualify as that. but. whatever, he can criticize how leaderless this place is later, there's shit to avenge pilfer. ]

Nat and I will contact you once we're back. I'll buy you something nice.

audio ( axvengers axemble encryption 100% ) also losers

[starked]

[ but being a spy requires being quiet and not opening your big mouth and tony has a problem or two with that. ]

I'm calm. Not running around like a chicken with my head cut off. [ that's...not even remotely— tony just no. ] Dumb luck, my genius. Nat's genius. Your skills. You guess is as good as mine.

[ later they can bitch over wine. or something. there's no wine, but details. ]

Make sure it's got a diamond and is shiny.