[Accidentl video post]
[Maria's been strangely absent of late. Not only that, but absentminded as well. She forgets to do simple things like eat, and hasn't been going out nearly as much as she once did. This could, of course be attested to the loss of her best friend, if one knew her well enough, but in truth, it's more then that. It's the commitment that she made to Tony and Pepper to help with Pepper's issue.
It's also the blind wonder and curiosity of what Pepper's issue is. As a person who had been trying to pioneer artificial limb replacement, something like Extremis is a marvel. It not only regrows those limbs, but it enhances the human body to become more then the marvel that it already is. If only it could be perfected ... But that really isn't something that she has been dwelling on too much. After all, they've made it very clear that the samples are to be used to stabilize Pepper and only for that reason. It's a pity, but after learning what they went through it's an understandable thing.
When the device falls from her pocket and the video feed turns on, she doesn't even realize it. The feed shows Maria, still dressed to the nines, but wearing a pair of wide legged pants and blouse (she's clearly still preferring the sensible and modest look of her own time period.) with a pair of safety goggles on. Unfortunately the video doesn't catch what she's working on. Just a tuft of green leaves as they spill over the counter.]
If I....
[She shakes her head and frowns, moving and allowing the view to now become the ceiling of her clinic.]
No. He's tried that already. Oh! Maybe ...
[She moves back over to where the discarded decide is laying before adding something to whatever she is doing.]
Right.
[She leans over and starts to write in a notebook.]
Now to find out the result. Fingers crossed.
[She snaps a piece of what she was working on a steps back, stepping on the device.]
What are you -
[Before she can get anything more out there's a rather spectacular explosion and the feed goes black. Coughing, however, can be heard.]