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Tweak says, "Surrender to me"

Lady Mary Crawley (ladycontrary) wrote in paradisolog,
@ 2016-10-16 18:49:00

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~mary crawley (ladycontrary), ~tony stark (ironawesome)

WHO: Mary Crawley and Tony Stark
WHAT: Chatting and checking out his alcohol production
WHEN: Sunday evening
WARNINGS: TBD
STATUS: Closed, Incomplete

Mary wasn't sure what to expect from her meeting with Tony. Despite the fact that many people on the island who knew him from home seemed upset with him, Mary found that she liked the man. He was confident in himself, admittedly to the point of over confidence, but she would rather a man err in that direction than have no confidence at all. He'd defended her desire for a fur stole when no one else seemed to understand, and like her, he didn't give a damn what others thought of him.

When he invited her out to look at his alcohol still and his computer, Mary was fairly sure that he was at least hopeful for more. She was pregnant, though she had not made that public knowledge yet. It seemed tasteless to her to sleep with a man other than the father of her child while she was pregnant, but she and Jim were not in a relationship. So what did that mean? What did any of this mean? Without marriage, the lines of boundaries seemed very blurred.

Mary approached the temporary shelter where Tony was staying, smiling at him when she caught his eye. "It seems as though you've been quite busy," she said as she took in her surroundings.

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	ladycontrary 2016-10-16 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Space? That seemed impossible. The technology a mere century after her was so phenomenal that a man could go to space in just a suit of armor. "How did you create such a thing?" Mary imagined that she wouldn't understand most of any explanation that he offered. It was so far advanced from everything she had ever known back home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ironawesome
2016-10-16 09:45 pm UTC (link)

Tony laughed a bit and shrugged, "I could go into the technical jargon, but I have a feeling that'd just annoy you. While I have no doubt you're a brilliant woman, I'd have to explain to you the history of computers and jet propulsion before I ever got to that point."

He moved towards the armor and tapped on the middle of the chest, where the lightly glowing blue light was, "That thing is what controls it all. I created a working version of it in a cave when I was held captive by some terrorists. I upgraded it when I got home, and a few years later, turned it into a flawless thing."

Tony moved back towards her, "It uses arc technology, which essentially are hidden particles in the air, to create, essentially, re-usable, unending energy. As for the suit itself, well, that's just like building a car. Using extremely light weight metals, and several hundred different moving parts, all working in unison. It takes the computer to make them work together properly."

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ladycontrary
2016-10-17 06:21 pm UTC (link)

She noticed that he was careful to say that he didn't think she would be too stupid to understand it. Mary appreciated that. She was a clever woman and was sure that she could understand such things, though he was right that it would take a long and drawn out explanation.

Her eyes widened when the suit lit up at his touch. Mary stood next to him, looking at the suit before turning her gaze back to him. "The whole thing is quite incredible, something that could hardly be imagined in my time."

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ironawesome
2016-10-19 01:08 am UTC (link)

"Well giant buildings of steel, hell even steel would seem like the single greatest thing on earth to people just a hundred years before your time, Ms. Crawley. The light bulb, the telegraph, all would be magic to someone from the 1600s. Hell, where you come from, the idea of sustained flight is somewhat common, but not on the level of space, or ocean flight, or even commercially viable passenger aircraft..."

He smiled and looked back to her, "It's all in perspective. I'm sure I'd find myself fascinated by a man from the future. In fact, there is one such man here. James T. Kirk. I spoke to him briefly on the Network, and if he is the actual James Kirk that I've heard about, he may be fictional where I come from, but he's from the future and pilots a vessel capable of something even I can't accomplish--Warp speed, or, faster than light travel. I'd give anything to see his ship in person."

Tony looked at her and winked, "And yet all of this pales in comparison to the company of a beautiful woman, so some things never will change I think. And perhaps, when you're up for it someday, I'll take you up for a ride. It's a bit terrifying at first, but the view's incredible."

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ladycontrary
2016-10-19 05:55 am UTC (link)

Mary nodded. "You're right, of course. I suppose the whole thing is relative. To me, this suit definitely seems like magic."

How ironic that he mentioned Jim. Mary couldn't help the smile that crossed her lips and the subtle hand on her lower stomach. "I know Jim. He's a lovely man. He's fictional in your world?" That seemed so odd to her, but then there were many things on the island. Mary would like to see his ship too, though probably for an entirely different reason than Tony did.

"You want to take me for a flight in that?" She couldn't help her skepticism. Mary had never even been in an airplane before.

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