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Tweak says, "You love him don't you?"

Anthony Edward Barton-Stark (aedwardstark) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2015-09-05 02:14:00

Entry tags:

!closed, !plot, applejack, ~tony stark

Who: Tony and AJ
Where: The barn
What: Tony has been aged down to 17
When: Backdated to after this
Rating: TBD
Open: Nope
Status: Ongoing
It didn't take Tony long to find the barn once he figured out that his phone had a map of the island on it. This phone was amazing and he was definitely going to keep it for when he got back home. There was a part of him that wanted to keep it for himself, but he knew he'd just end up showing it to his dad. Then Howard would take all the credit for it, as usual.

He walked into the barn and immediately sneezed. Something about the hay and the humidity. He didn't do outdoors very well. His time was spent in a lab or in a classroom. Or in his dorm room. Barns were where you took people to get rid of the body. His eyes went wide as he looked around and suddenly he didn't think it was such a good idea. But she had sounded nice so obviously he was just being paranoid, right? He suddenly desperately wished that his body guard had accompanied him to this strange place.

She had sounded nice enough, though. And she knew who he was, though that wasn't a stretch. Thanks to Howard most people did. He found a stack of hay bales that looked like a good place to sit and did exactly that, setting his bag beside him. It was full of books that he apparently wasn't going to need for a while.

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	applejack_ 2015-09-10 08:51 am UTC (link)
	"What kind have you designed so far?" Not that she understood the gadgets. Devilishly she plucked at his buttons, opening his shirt more than it had been. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-12 03:15 am UTC (link)
	"Right now I'm working on a robotic arm that responds to voice commands. It's to help around the lab and things like that." He grinned. He did love talking about his work. Even if she was unbuttoning his shirt as he spoke. "I've also designed a couple of missiles for my dad. Pretty high tech stuff." He nodded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-12 06:13 am UTC (link)
	It was obvious that he was proud of the robot, and she knew a little about what his father did for a living. "So the robot will be able to do anything you ask it to do?" She wondered if it was U or Dum-E he was working on. The rest of the buttons came undone under her careful fingers. AJ began playing with the ends. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-12 06:30 am UTC (link)
	"For the most part, yeah. There are limitations because of the lack of fine motor skills like a human, but it'll be able to do a lot." He nodded. "Hold basic tools and things like that." He smiled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-12 08:33 am UTC (link)
	"Have you given it a name yet?" How far along was he, would be the next question. Because she was sincerely curious. The Tony she knew talked to the robots like they were pets, and oddly they responded as if they were. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-13 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Not yet." He shook his head. "Gotta get it working before I can give it a proper name. I'm almost done with it, just a few more tweaks and I should be able to do the test run. Once I see how he responds and works and everything, the name will follow." He nodded. It was one of his final projects. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-14 04:18 am UTC (link)
	Unable to resist the urge, she trailed her fingers down the skin she had exposed. To the top of those adorable boxershorts. "I reckon that makes sense. It's gonna be a 'he'?" Applejack batted her eyes at him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-14 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	Tony was about to answer but he was distracted by her fingers suddenly. He blinked a couple of times as he looked at her. "I..um....huh?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-14 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	Applejack chuckled softly. "The robot, it's gonna be a he?" She loved that she could distract him so. That she could make goosebumps raise. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-14 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	He cleared his throat and nodded. "Um....yeah. That's what Dad says anyway. Robots are he and cars are she." He smiled a little. "Because cars are much more elegant and beautiful." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-15 12:27 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, okay. I never knew that was why cars had girl's names." Teasingly she dipped her finger against his belly button. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-15 01:28 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. Cars are....pretty. They're art. If you take care of them properly." He nodded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-15 08:30 am UTC (link)
	"I'll have to remember that. Can't say I have ever had one." She hadn't seen one until she got here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-16 02:51 am UTC (link)
	"You've never had a car?" He raised an eyebrow, then shook it away. "Never mind. I know there are people that have never had cars. It's just....it's weird to me. Sometimes it's hard to remember that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-16 06:40 am UTC (link)
	Applejack smiled at him. "That's cause you're from the city. It's understandable." She was sure that was a good excuse. Rather than her being a pony and not really needing a car. She didn't want to freak him out if she didn't have to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-16 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Actually, while that is the case in Boston, that's not so much the case in Manhattan. Most people don't have cars because it's easier to just walk around." He shrugged. "Or to take a cab." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-16 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, I've been there. There's way too busy for your regular folk to have a car." Applejack nodded. Even her version, Manehattan was too busy for any ol' pony to pull a cart around. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-18 01:50 am UTC (link)
	"And yet there are still cabs." He shrugged. "It's one of the things I like about Cambridge. Not so many cars." He smiled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-18 06:56 am UTC (link)
	"I liked that it seemed older than New York." Applejack confessed. She had enjoyed the college campus too. Seeing where he'd gone to school had been an experience. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-19 03:18 am UTC (link)
	Tony nodded. "I like the feel in Cambridge. It's very.....homey." He smiled. "Mom loves it there. She spent a couple of Christmases with me instead of me going home." He looked down for a second. There was a reason for that, but he didn't want to talk about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-19 04:55 am UTC (link)
	"Oh it's beautiful when it snows!" Aj swooned almost. It had been so very pretty. "I bet she just loved the snow." She actually could understand why, but she wanted to put an upswing on it for him. Especially when he looked so down. "How could she resist a place so beautiful?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aedwardstark
2015-09-19 04:58 am UTC (link)

"I love the snow." He nodded. "There was one year that we actually went sledding. It was a lot of fun." He chuckled. "The sled kind of dumped us over and we got into a snowball fight. You can't really do that in Manhattan. The snow is all dirty and it's usually mush." He made a face. "But there are plenty of places to find great snow in Cambridge." He actually considered moving there when he graduated.

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	applejack_ 2015-09-19 05:41 am UTC (link)
	"And it's the best for makin' snow angels." She spread out one of her arms, the one farthest from him and waggled it in the hay. Chuckling softly as she did. AJ of course missed snow at home, but she didn't want to drive his happy down. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2015-09-19 05:46 am UTC (link)
	"It really is." He nodded. "I love the snow, really. Which is weird because I don't like it when it's cold. But it has to be cold for it to snow." He chuckled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	applejack_ 2015-09-19 06:29 am UTC (link)
	"I like it when it's cold. You get to bundle up, and snuggle up to someone special." Her lashes flutted just a little and she snuggled up against him (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)