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Thor is gone.

Just so you are aware, I calculate a 42.7% chance of the portal sending giant cat overlords in bow ties on August 14th. For your safety, please do not fight them. Placate them with catnip and pretend to worship them until the portal self-corrects and sends them away.


[General Organa]

Have you ever been to Hawaii?

For those who may be concerned, Tony is doing much better. And here's the proof.

[A photo of Tony Stark casually leaning upon a pink floral cane in one hand, and in the other he's raising a glass of Scotch. He wears a spiffy three piece suit with a floral pink waistcoat.]

[Tony Stark (MCU)]
I see you completed your nano-armor in the end. I'm going out of town with my brother on Tuesday but I would love to see it sometime.

[Posted Early in the morning, not long after this scene takes place]

Shit, okay, so Tony had a memory upgrade and with it a horrible injury. Stab wound by a large blade, piercing all the way through his abdomen, coming out the other side. Internal organs are likely to be damaged. Tony's got his nanotech to close the wound and stop the bleeding, but he needs immediate medical attention. We don't want to take him to a local hospital, because how the hell are we going to explain this?

This is a real emergency, we need immediate help. I'm freaking out here

Who: Tony Stark (MCU) & Julia Wicker
What: Tony finally gets that IW update and some super fun surprises. Like an injury from Thanos and an engagement to Pepper Potts his friends might have forgot to mention. Oops.
When: Early, early Saturday, August 4th
Where: Tony’s bedroom
Warnings: Injury, PTSD flashback, potty mouths (thanks Syfy!)
Status: Complete in gdocs

( This is not on you, Shrubwitch. )

Who: Tony Stark (MCU) & Tiny Steve Rogers
What: Steve is excited to see some Ironman suits.
When: Mid July probably?
Where: Tony’s Place
Warnings: Rescue foreshadowing? TBD.
Status: Complete in gdocs

( You need a pilot’s license to operate that thing? )

Who: Alice Quinn, Tony Stark (MCU), Eliot 2 with guest appearances by Peter Parker (MCU) & Neal Cassidy
What: Eliot 2 arrives in Tumbleweed and Alice isn’t sure he’s who he says he is.
When: Saturday, July 28th
Where: Fort Neil Resettlement Bureau (but also briefly a camping ground)
Warnings: Eliot casually mentions the death and dying and drugs from his previous world.
Status: Complete in gdocs

( Alice? Where am I and why are you standing next to Robert Downey Jr.? I loved you in Chaplin, by the way. )

WHO: Tony Stark (MCU) & Loki Odinson (MCU)
WHAT: Tony and Loki discuss the place where magic and science meet
WHEN: backdated to July 6 or so
WHERE: Fort Neill Resettlement Bureau
WARNINGS: Talk of Infinity Stones
STATUS: Complete in gdocs

( I doubt you would trust me, but I urge you to find someone you can tolerate. For all of our sakes. )

Hey, so ... sorry for being on the quiet side. Laura leaving's been rough on the kids.

WHO: Tony Stark (MCU) & Julia Wicker
WHAT: Tony and Julia grab lunch in the form of dinner and realize it might be their first actual date
WHEN: Thursday afternoon, July 19
WHERE: Málaga, Spain
WARNINGS: None
STATUS: Complete in gdocs

( Every relationship should be so lucky to start in a brig. Really sets the right tone. )

[ FILTERED TO TONY STARKS (BOTH), BRUCE BANNER, PETER PARKER (MCU), JULIA WICKER ]
We're going. I'm not actually giving anyone a choice here, fyi.

[ FILTERED TO CAROL DANVERS ]
So I have a favor to ask you.

There's apparently a website with themed teas and I have my own tea. I'm a little curious to see how I taste. Julia, I bought your tea since we come as a two pack. Apparently our teas have hooked up.

FILTER TO TONY STARK (MCU)

Hi, my name is Neal Cassidy. I'm Henry Mills' Father and I understand you are Peter's guardian here. We've not had the opportunity to be introduced yet but, well, better late than never.

Anyway, I want to take Henry camping and I told him he could bring along a friend. Is it alright by you if Peter joins us?

( sent to the black ops recruits* )

---

( filtered to black ops group )

Spy types, roll call part 2.

[Private to Friends]

Betty's gone. She must've disappeared overnight, since I just spoke to her on the phone yesterday evening.

In case you're worried, I'll be alright. I'm upset, but not in that way. Yet I could go for a bit of distraction, though.

[Tony Stark (904913)]

I’m not going to be at work today. Maybe tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted.

[Marina]

Can you handle class tonight with Pixie? I have a minor situation. Don’t eat the blackberries I brought home.

(OOC Note: There will be an IC/OOC post for the magic class being taught that covers the whole month of July so that those who participate know what their characters are studying. Look for that post closer to this weekend.)

[Tony Stark (MCU)]

I'm not going to make it tonight. Rain check?

[ FILTERED TO TONY STARK (MCU) ]
So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night.

In all realness, I'm sorry for letting the rest of my shit boil up and taking it out on you. I'm coming back tonight. Is that okay with you?

[ FILTERED TO BLACK OPS GROUP ]
Human traffickers. A group operating out of Nova Scotia. Why Nova Scotia? Guess we're going to find out, but they're trading Americans, so that's why they're getting us involved.

Riggs, Echo, Lance. I want you three out there to gather intel. Flights have been booked for you to go out tomorrow night and you can pick up your IDs for this mission at the Facility anytime tomorrow morning. I'll send you what we already have, but your goals are the following: find out where they are holding those that we're trying to rescue, find out how big of a ring this is, call for backup if you need it, go in and leave the bad guys in a position to be arrested, and save the victims. Standard stuff.

Who is available to work comms? Shifts of ten hours until the mission is done.

I go away for a few days, and when I get back is Tumbleweed crawling with tourists. Thank you, Michael, for delivering my coffee and bagel, otherwise I'd be standing in line for half an hour for my order.

[Private to Natasha Romanoff (MCU)]

Seriously, what made you think it was a good idea to go after Tony's place like that, knowing how shaky the relationship is between Tony, Steve and Bucky?

[Private to Tony Stark, Amadeus Cho, Shuri, and Betty Ross]

Betty and I were working on a machine that I'd hoped would help suppress the Hulk, but when something went wrong I came to the realization that I'm too traumatized to work directly on this sort of project. I'm worried that something really horrible will happen and cause a repeat of my accident (or worse), but instead of that being good and keeping me on my toes so it won't happen again, it's stressing me out and causing high levels of anxiety, which you know isn't good for me.

I wonder if you guys would be interested in helping? Betty has been working with me, so she has all the information you need, including a flash drive with data collected up to the moment of the accident that turned me into a monster. Shuri, I know we haven't communicated at all in Tumbleweed, but I have the memory of you helping with Vision when we were up against Thanos, and I trust your skill.

I can be around to answer questions, or if you need me to run preliminary tests, but I need to be hands off.

[VIDEO: security cam footage from several angles of three poorly-disguised individuals wearing Iron Man Halloween masks toilet papering Tony's mansion, with the following shaming caption:

We used to be Avengers, but now we TP houses to make ourselves feel alive again.]

WHO: Tony Stark & Julia Wicker
WHAT: Michael grants Julia with an excellent ass day. Tony is understandably distracted during fight training.
WHEN: Monday, July 9
WHERE: The Malibu House
WARNINGS: Quick fluff.
STATUS: Complete in gdocs

( I think maybe that could have gone better. )

[Tony Stark (MCU)]

I heard through the grapevine that you were responsible for the fireworks display last week. It was amazing. I don't think I've seen anything quite like it. Thank you.

Greetings everyone. It would be a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Most recently in my life, most people call me Breq, but I am also Justice of Toren. Please forgive the immediate discussion of business; however, I have some issues that need to be addressed.

Athoek Station, part of it, has arrived with me, and Station - its AI - is in need of more assistance than I can provide. The Botanical Gardens, recently repaired, will need regular work to maintain it. Given enough time, I can take care of the rest of Station. The Undergarden was mostly repaired, and I can fix what remains. However, living things cannot be ignored for so long. Unfortunately, having just arrived, I do not have local currency on a scale to pay anyone yet. I do have more than enough food, we grow our own, as well as tea and other options, pursuant to conversation and your needs.

While I could spend all my hours maintaining Station, and I will spend a good number of them doing just that, I am also interested in gaining paid employment. I have roughly two thousand years experience in the military, five years experience as civilian security, as well as experience in a multitude of jobs from janitorial to sewing to sports. I am fluent in more than sixty languages and learn new ones easily. If you have means and need for any of my skills or ones I could learn, I am interested in speaking with you.

( FILTERED TO THE BLACK OPS GROUP MINUS CHARLOTTE WELLS )

( FILTERED TO CHARLOTTE WELLS )

[Tony Stark (MCU)]

I maybe have a what update? Hey.

[Tony Stark (MCU)]
Must've taken you a long time to set up those fireworks, huh.

Some really old guy with white hair just dropped off like a bunch of cookies off at the house.

I know they say not to take candy from strangers but I get to keep these, right? They're okay to eat?

[Filter: Tony Stark (MCU) & Alice Quinn]

Tony, Alice. Alice, Tony.

Both of you are working on studying the portal and I thought you'd make a good team. During the power swap week, Tony ended up with my magic and we've worked on a few projects together so he has a fairly good understanding of what we can do.

Also both of you are brilliant and aren't afraid to get into trouble. Discuss.

Who: Tony Stark & Julia Wicker
What: Tony makes an excellent soundboard.
When: Earlier in the week, after this post
Where: The Malibu House
Warnings: Vague mentions of their past.
Status: Complete in gdocs

( So let’s lay it all out. )

WHO: The Invited
WHEN: June 30th, 2018 - 5 AM
WHERE: Undisclosed Location
WHAT: Those that showed an interest in the black ops group. The Facility
WARNINGS: None
STATUS: IC/OOC

( The location that the group was invited to was a clearing in middle of Miller's Woods. )

( text messages to tony stark (mcu) )

Who: Julia Wicker & Tony Stark
What: A Midsummer Night’s Peacock.
When: Sunday Evening
Where: Into the woods & ending at Julia’s
Warnings: Swears!
Status: Complete in gdocs

( Don’t be a cock. )

So last night?

That kind of thing happen regularly around here?

The more I see of this planet, the less I like it.


ROCKET:

Gamora told me I should talk to you about a job.

[Laura]

You okay?

[Filtered Away from Laura and the Kids]

No one tell my wife, but I have no idea where the hell I am.

[OOC: A few hours after this post.]

Hello, my name is Steve Rogers.

Still getting up to speed on everything. I've been reading a lot of internet.

Anything important I need to know? Heard we won the war, so that's a good start. Dem bums win a World Series yet? Still have a couple hours left before I can leave quarantine.

WHO: Tony Stark (MCU) & Julia Wicker
WHAT: Tulia movie night, wherein they try to make it through Weird Science and Julia has something for Tony
WHEN: Friday Night, June 22
WHERE: Tony’s Place
WARNINGS: None
STATUS: Completed in Gdocs

( This is totally worth an hour and a half of our lives. )

Who: Irondad & Spider-son
What: Basically this.
When: Saturday, June 16th,
Where: The Malibu House
Warnings: References to old movies.
Status: Complete in gdocs

( I am beginning to question if this whole shared working space is a good idea. )

[Texts to Tony Stark]

→ Have time for a consult?
→ I’ve been obsessing on my project and could use some human interaction
→ While I obsess more on my wards project
→ Everything okay with you? If you’re up for it
→ If you’re trying to hide your new goatee’s awkward phase, I promise not to judge
→ Too much

[Private to Avengers MCU]

A few of you have already met Betty Ross. She was at Clint and Laura's barbecue last night, and at the Tony's birthday party a few days ago. I'm asking if she can have clearance to come into the Avengers' Compound. She's going to be helping me in the lab with a project.

[Private to Tony Stark MCU]

I know you don't want to talk about it, but do you want to talk about it?

Motherfucker Steve's gone.

Knowing him he'll be back, but no way to know when, or if he'll remember it.

[ OOC: As promised, every day this week, Tony has been texting Julia a selfie of him holding the day's newspaper to prove that he is upholding his end of their bet. ]

( texts to Julia Wicker )

Who: Julia Wicker & Tony Stark, guest appearance by Peter Parker
What: According to Peter Parker, he was hanging with Mr. Stark, got some free sushi, but then things got awkward, but then got more free sushi so it was okay.
When: Thursday, June 8th
Where: Tony’s Place
Warnings: A ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS!
Status: Complete in gdocs

( Obviously, I am treating this whole situation with the utmost respect and reverence. )

Who: Jim Rhodes & Tony Stark (MCU)
When: June 6th, 2018 (Backdated)
Where: Malibu House: Living Room
What: Tony gets a chance to mother hen Rhodey, Rhodey prods Tony about his romantic life a bit.
Warnings: None
Status: Complete

( 'Does that make me Luke or Leia in this scenario?' )

[MCU Avengers, including Buckys, Wakandans & Misty]
I'm seriously concerned about this space station thing. And Rogue in general. With the history back home we really can't get actively involved here unless we're invited by the X-Men and luckily it looks like at least a few of them aren't very happy about this either, but it might be a good idea to just... keep our ears to the ground. I'd feel a lot better if we knew what was going on and I don't really trust them not to just circle the wagons and shut everyone out again like they did on the space cruise. Generally when mutants start getting paranoid enough to build outposts in space it's not long before things start escalating and Rogue has not always been the most stable person. (Rich coming from me I know.)
[/]

[Carol Danvers]
You're going along with this?
[/]

Brother, look. You have an admirer.

WHO: Steve Rogers and Tony Stark
WHEN: the morning after Tony's party?
WHERE: Avengers house.
WHAT: Tony brings Steve coffee and Steve drops a hint that his drunken behavior wasn't random.
WARNINGS: low
STATUS: gdoc, finished!

( Who was I kidding? I can't get past you. You are the cops, you are my student loans. You are a head-shaped hole in a sheet rock wall. You are the pain I feel, you are the stud in the wall. Better than nothing at all. )

Someone needs to get rid of the rest of that elf wine. For the good of the community.

WHO: Tony Stark (MCU) & Julia Wicker
WHAT: Tony loses a bet and some facial hair while he and Julia pretend not to remember what Prince made them do last night
WHEN: The evening of Sunday, June 3
WHERE: Tony’s Place
WARNINGS: None
STATUS: Completed in Gdocs

( So are the terms of this bet effective immediately? Or do my goatee and I get to do a farewell tour? )