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one. video. (johannes factotum)

[ Peter's not exactly thrilled to be appearing on film, like handing over his location to the FBI with bells on, and he's not out to try too hard to pretend that he is. But he's taken part in his fair share of interrogations (on both sides) and he can seat himself in front of a camera and look serious.... and entirely well-intentioned, hopefully. ]

I don't do bored. I've never actually done bored very well, but before all of you jump on me and say I should give it a week and there'll be something for me to do- [ he holds up a hand; talk to it. ] I'll save you the time. I believe you.

Absolute chaos and destruction - combined with space's every attempt at a science experiment - should definitely give people something to do. [ Peter talks almost entirely with his hands, gesturing unconsciously all about. ] Not sure i'd expect anything less, but hey, not judging anyone if they choose to keep out of the fray, either. But the rest of the time, in-between one horror movie plot and the next, i'm not capable of sitting around and acting like this is the next best thing to a vacation without the benefits of getting to relax. Even though I can find my fair share of things to do, they won't be accomplishing anything. And at the end of the day there's only so many card tricks I can practice.

[ yes, okay, he's getting on with it. ]

I know there's departments, and I know what most of them are for. [ ... he pauses for a second and then shakes his head. ] Okay, I probably don't know everything they do, and I want to change that. I want to know more. Not sure I know much about farming, i'll just fess up to that now, but what I really want to know, is which departments need the most help. What you're looking for, what I can do to make things easier. Holding down a job isn't exactly a specialty of mine either, but I still want to get involved as much as I just... [ tensing for a moment, he finally sighs. ] -I like a good challenge.

You want to know what I can do? Sure, fine. But i'm only showing you mine if you show me yours.

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Sarcasm.

...Never say interdepartmental cooperation again. I'm getting hives from the bureaucracy of it. Look, I'll be honest there. The "departments" are more of "guidelines" and being able to get into certain areas you wouldn't be able to normally.

I take adventures into the science labs too. It's— seriously not a big deal.

Don't worry, i'm not planning on it. My own brand of sarcasm gone awry.

So I won't get taken down a peg if I step out of the figurative line. Good to know. Just didn't exactly want to upset the masses before I even got going around here. Not that I exactly care about stepping on toes, but there's just not enough places to run when you're locked on a spaceship.

Moving on- what exactly do you have available to you. In engineering. More than the obvious, at least. [ does he get to tinker with shit. please tell him he gets to. he will be your bff. ]

I'd say keep in check, but I like it so let your own brand go as awry as you want.

Fry will bitch at you, I won't. So. Really. I have a sneaking suspicion that there's going to be an OPR on your arm next jump and I'll get to be the one who says you're with me. And I'll just let you roam free in other places. ...And you'd be surprised.

The entirety of engineering including the scrap pile. Mechanical heaven.

[ so, yes. don't even dare point out that he causally didn't mention the jump drive. just. read the context there peter. ]

[ why would he even point that out god, he's already heard more than enough. ]

And i'll let you keep your sneaking suspicion because as long as i've got the advantage of roaming, then maybe a few other people'll thank you for consideration on the matter. Or maybe they'll just kick me out.

Guess we'll just have to see how that one goes. I know for a fact MIT's still regretting that particular decision. [ No, they're really not, Peter. Especially since you never went there. ]

But on to the important part: the beloved scrap pile. Not sure i'd get to hear those words again anytime soon. People just don't understand everything you can do with their old junk. We allowed to make use of anything else we come across? Because i'm guessing people don't just hand over things we might find.. useful.

There may be one that does both. Maybe.

Graduation year? How's the old alma mater doing, blah blah, still feel bad about missing a commencement speech I was supposed to go to. [ Peter, don't say that to the guy who graduated from it. ]

It's what was left behind by the previous owners around here. If you can find me someone who willingly gives up their random metal they might have laying around, then by all means, add it to it.

I can handle both.

[ LOOK, it's not his fault he wanted to be a college professor for awhile. he just... never finished college and MIT looked good on paper, shut up. maybe he just really wanted to pretend to go there for as long as he should've. But fine, he'll be good. ] Probably would've been '98. '97 if I really wanted to knock their socks off. Wouldn't worry about the commencement speech though.

Sounds like a good enough deal to me. Our very own scrapyard's about the best I could've hoped for.

We'll see about that.

[ LBR HERE. Tony graduated summa cum laude and they don't do that, he can't really judge— and yet. ] Would have. Drop out? Or— I'm not letting you anywhere near anything if you flunked out. That's just embarrassing. And Pepper had been bitching about it at the time. Something about how they were bitching at her about it. I kind of didn't listen. Stopped worrying about it years ago.

Wait until you see the place. It's a engineer's wet dream.

[ so much judging, Tony. SO MUCH JUDGING. ] Dropped out. College didn't exactly turn out to be my thing at the time, whatever the hell that actually means. But believe me, I wouldn't have flunked out. And not worrying about it seems like the sane thing to do, no matter what Pepper says. Not that I even know who Pepper is.

Well then I guess i'll be a happy man.

Year? Freshman? Sophomore? And you got bored, obviously. But MIT is a tough school, people do it all the time. Begged asking. You'll meet her soon enough. She won't like you for encouraging me to be me. And enjoy things in engineering. Don't take offense she does that to all my science related people.

You might even look like this: :D

Freshman. Didn't even it give the place a good ol college try. Horrible pun always intended. [ oh peter. just keep on bullshitting about whether you actually went to college in the first place. at least the drop out thing is honest.... ] And hey, she's welcome to dislike me as much as she wants to. Not like i've never gotten managed to earn myself far worse, and if that's all the flak is gonna be for, I think i'll be fine.

Well, hey. Turning into an emoticon's always been a lifelong dream.

First semester? Ugh. That is embarrassing. [ tony actually gives minimal fucks compared to how he's acting like right now, but yolo. ] For now it'll just be that. Careful. She may upgrade you.

...You're definitely going to be a good addition.

Tell me about it. [ actually no, those seven arrests were more embarrassing, but hey. who's counting. ] Then I may actually have to work at staying on someone's good side. Something new for a change.

Glad I passed the test.

Maybe over drinks. [ seven isn't half bad, okay. ] She'll make it new every day. I'll popcorn while I'm watching.

Considering how hard it is, you should be.

I wouldn't be adverse to that. That's usually how the best talks start. [ fraud is a bad thing apparently. ] Offering entertainment in the process - this just gets better and better.

Especially when I didn't even know I was taking it in the first place.

I'm remembering you said that in case you get a hangover. [ so is public indecency, who knew? ] I'd throw in something else, but I think it's a sweet enough deal anyway.

Like keeping you on your toes.

Can't even remember the last time I had one of those.... no, that's not entirely true. [ he's just done a hell of a lot of sleeping on couches lately. ] At least space booze's sure to be interesting.

And believe me, I was already in the middle of being kept on my toes before I showed up here. This is just icing on the cake.

That is depressing on so many levels. And wait until you see the colors. They'll surprise you.

I'd say I'm glad to not give you a break from it, but I don't actually care all that much so.

What can I say, i've been busy. And you know, that doesn't actually make me all that much more enthusiastic. There's reasons I avoid martinis named after fruit.

I wouldn't expect you to.