ataraxion | mark iii suit ❦ [ text + two encyptions ]

we might have a problem.

[ normally tony wouldn't bring this up at all, but creepy red smile thing is really fucking creepy and this is some shit out of a horror film. ]

not a demon problem, because unless i'm wrong winchester and the angel thing have that dealt with. was going to mention this before that came up, but not all of us can split our attention between two things. actually most of you can't. right, though, problem of the ship variety.

[ and then an attachment entitled i am a smile and i am creepy is sent to everyone's device. ]

i know what you're going to say, tony you made the creepy smiling thing mad. you're going to get us all killed. no, i'm not. what i did was discover something kind of important. the good ship tranquility is watching us. and as much as i'm cool with being watched, kind of want to know who the fuck is watching me on this huge ship. weirdly enough.

i know you two are watching everything. what do you say about this?

[ finally tony adjusts his device to video and if they pay attention, they see that he's in his suit. it's a bit of a way to intimidate them, but he's not going to come right out and say it. ]

Okay, whatever, you two are in charge along with Kirk. I don't care, if that's one of you two, I want to know. Everyone does, but I'm the one who asked the questions and got the answer so I get the first answer.

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[ don't worry, aberdeen, natasha's got this. ]

i can handle medical, then.

where else could recurrences be possible?

given how little of the ship we have access to,
most attempts at speculation would have little to no basis.

holodecks, oxygen garden, passenger quarters.
no obvious recurrences there.

the shuttle bay, possibly.

the bridge, purely speculative.

number of plants, but we ruined that by planting things. passenger quarters fall with us unless there's more or less than 200 decks. shuttle bay...i've been around but i might have missed something. number of areas we can't get into. counting each place that's blocked off.

[ There is a lag in her response. ]

hotspur, joker, starbuck.
one or all could provide insight to the shuttle bay.

otherwise: the bridge.
think you can gain access?

hotspur. i have to head down there soon-ish to fuck with my suit a little. can ask him to meet me down there to ask. ...electronically or physically?

suit.

[ The question mark is implied, okay. ]

physically.

suit. mechanical. wearing it right now..

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might be. working a bit blind in it. ai that it's typically synced up with is home.

OS?

[ She wants to borrow it the way some kids borrow their parents' beamer for the weekend. ]

you like challenges.
they provide an opportunity to show off.

one of my own design. i control it while in it. powered by- [ he waits for a second before sending the other. ] my arc reactor. also known as my heart if i guess you're sentimental. or nostalgic. i'm neither. [ you may want to borrow it, but you mot definitely are not getting it, aberdeen. unless you ask really ask nicely. ] they do. it sucks if you end up failing the challenge, though. [ another small wait between texts. ] if it's broken in there, it's not going to be of use to us until we get it up and running.

i want to see.

[ The suit. The arc reactor (his heart, if you want to be sentimental; she's not). The OS. Everything. ]

ward and resnik have access to the bridge.
ward and resnik won't answer our questions.
if whatever's there is broken, that's one answer as to why they won't.
if it isn't broken, an alternative answer may be available.

you just saw.

[ he knows that's not what she meant, but it's his suit and as cool as it is to show it off, it's also vulnerable. and he trusts her but trust is a funny thing with tony. ]

they say they don't know what it is. and that it's not them. for the record. i can't guarantee i can do it, and even if i do, kind of thinking my ass might be hauled off to the brig, but i can see what i can do. good enough?

i won't touch anything.
i promise.

[ Which isn't a word she says very often, so the fact that she says it now means she's at least trying. ]

never been in jail?

[ She doesn't bother saying yes because the lack of answer means the yes is implied. Silence, meaning consent. ]

can't show you the reactor in the way you want. complications happen if i do.

[ which he kind of hopes she can read as, i will die if i take that thing out. ]

people don't arrest tony stark. you?

[ it's a no, but he knows the underlying message behind it. and he knows that natasha might. (shield has to. ergo she might.) people don't arrest tony stark, they kidnap him and nearly kill him. ]

at your discretion.
no questions asked.

[ A peek's a peek, so long as it's in person. His terms, hers; it doesn't make much difference to her. It's the act of being shown at all that's important. ]

people don't arrest people like me either.

[ 'People like me'; the Order. It's something of a tell, albeit a vague one, but the implication is there. The Order is above those sorts of things and when they want something done, they go through different channels. ]

if you're careful i might even tell you why i can't.

[ it's half a joke and half a truth, most people don't know why tony has this device in his chest and the less people who do know, the better. because it's his business. ]

is this part of the later conversation?

[ he's guessing based on how she reacted to him knowing about cambridge, but he honestly doesn't know. ]

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