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mark xiv suit ❦ [ audio ] ❦ what's done in the dark will be brought to the light
[ 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.
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.
voice » encrypted 100% » SHE'LL BUG HIM ABOUT IT
[ gdi yourself, tony. ]
voice » encrypted 100% » BUG HIM ABOUT IT. REALLY ANNABETH REALLY.
It might be. Why are you asking?
[ C: ]
voice » encrypted 100% » WHEN SHE'S NOT PLANNING ABOUT TREKKING OUT INTO THE SHIP
Kind of a big job.
[ to do while you're also making her a weapon. >:| ]
voice » encrypted 100% » HE WILL GET YOU TO DROP THIS PLAN IF IT'S THE LAST THING HE DOES.
It is surprisingly enough. [ a beat. ] If only I had assistants. Who are relatively intelligent.
[ C: C: C: ]
voice » encrypted 100% » sjdhlskjdf WELL YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB
I'm not- I'm not that great with building things. I'm not a Hephaestus kid. [ oh whoops, is that awkward? ]
But, I mean, if you really need the help.
[ maybe she can bug him if she's helping him... ]
voice » encrypted 100% » WINNING AT LIFE: THE TONY STARK STORY.
If your mom was around to hear that she'd point out that she thinks her kids are way better than mine. I'm just saying. Geniuses and all. Mine just are just excessively talented in this field. [ lmfao, yes, yes it is. ]
I definitely need the help. So what you say? Do I get an Athena kid helping?
voice » encrypted 100% » Oh god
and maybe there's a hint of a smile there who really knows ]
My mother would also tell me not to help you in the first place. [ let one of his kids do the dirty work, right? but annabeth's already sold so it doesn't really matter. tony knew exactly how to stroke her ego enough that she couldn't say no ]
Yes, you can have an Athena kid helping.
voice » encrypted 100%
Your mother also isn't here. So, technically, she can't tell you not to do it. And I'm unfortunately lacking in my kids here. So. [ but he's just smiling like an idiot right now. ]
But see, was that so hard?
voice » encrypted 100%
[ actually, she could, but she won't because she might like this idea and it might be the first time she's actually felt decent since the jump. ]
Was it supposed to be?
voice » encrypted 100%
[ because honest to god, sometimes you just don't want to argue with tony because it gets messy. ]
I don't know, you were looking like you were going to make it be.
voice » encrypted 100%
[ you say that like annabeth's half of it wouldn't be messy as well. ]
I could have, but I figured it wasn't worth it. This time.
voice » encrypted 100%
[ she's a teenager though. she's allowed. ]
This time. Should I be quaking in my shoes waiting for the wrath of Athena to come down on me?
voice » encrypted 100%
[ well that didn't last very long. ]
If that's all it took to get you to quake in your shoes, then maybe. I always thought it was better to be prepared for the worst.
voice » encrypted 100%
[ except he sounds about as likely to do that as nothing. ]
Takes a little more, but gold star for effort.
voice » encrypted 100%
[ and somehow she knew he wouldn't ]
Did you want me to try harder next time?
voice » encrypted 100%
[ tony that doesn't work when she's your girlfriend, but gold star for trying. ]
Bring it, Annabeth.
voice » encrypted 100%
[ a.k.a. how bad can hephaestus be i mean really
and then it's just all just tiny 'why am i doing this' grins. because the oh, it's being brought doesn't even have to be said. ]
When do you want me to come in?
voice » encrypted 100%
[ really really bad. but shhh, he's secretly got a heart in there somewhere.
it's just ~there~ because they're cool like that. ]
Sooner the better actually. Come on. Unless you got something really pressing you need to do. Which. I doubt.
voice » encrypted 100%
I- [ but no, he's right. she hasn't had anything pressing to attend to since her last post, since she was on the cusp of just walking right on out of here. since then it's been a lot of looking through the network, seeing what she could gather from people going missing. then there'd been the pirates and now she was just waiting for her bow and arrow set so...
yeah no. nothing. she sighs. ] I can be there in fifteen minutes.
voice » encrypted 100%
I'll be waiting.
[ and then feed end ta-da. ]