The Universe's Mixer

It had happened again. This time when Tony was out walking around. No suit, which worried him honestly. It meant the Iron Man was back on the other planet, and though it was at least something to know that it was locked down from use it by anybody but him, it was still disconcerting to know.

At least he was back in a real civilization though. He'd walked through the streets, trying to get his bearings, finally finding his way into a pub. Good alcohol and pub food, there wasn't anything better after what he'd been eating lately. He didn't know how he was going to pay for this, but he'd figure out something. Or just run like hell when he'd had his fill.

He sat at the bar, making his way through a plate full of buffalo wings, watching some kind of sports program on the television and sipping off some bourbon. He'd work out where he was and what he was supposed to be doing later. First he wanted a decent bite to eat.

Piotr wasn't sure what happened. Between trekking to the lake - or trying to - again, and getting back to die Festung, something changed. It was a gradual thing. The forest stopped looking wild and overrun and became more park-like, and then he was stepping out from the trees into a normal city street. Naturally, he turned to look behind him. Had he turned wrong while in the depths of the forest? Had he not been paying enough attention while crossing the ruins? Was this another section of the planet that he'd not yet encountered? And if that was so, why wasn't everybody living here?

"This is some bullshit." Piotr mumbled to himself. He was wearing a pretty ratty pair of sweatpants and a tanktop that had seen better days. His shoes were unlaced and his facial hair was in an unforgiving state. Seeing people running around in clothes that hadn't survived a war situation made him feel particularly grungy.

And grumpy.

Another thing occurred to him. If he was here, where was Kitty? Had she come too? Was he supposed to live with losing her again after they'd finally managed to get their shit together and be together? He didn't like that one bit.

At least he had the wherewithal to keep the metal flesh to himself. He needed more information about what was going on here before he revealed what he was. What if this was some anti-mutant haven?

Annie pulled herself out of slumber, expecting there to be a snarky older gentleman next to her. She'd been staying with him in the rather small apartment, going out into the strange world only a little bit. Mostly she was content to sit and work, or talk to the suit. She was also worried about running into the people that Tony had warned her of. It seemed smarter to stay inside, really.

When she woke in her own bed, in her own apartment above Fixit, she actually felt a little bit of disappointment. She hadn't been happy to be in a world with very little tech, or one that wasn't the City, but she'd found in Tony somebody who she felt a new kind of connection with. She had felt something similar in Fred, but in a much different way.

Of course, she did immediately climb into the shower and stay in it until the water was getting cold, and used up a lot of her favorite shower gel, just because it was actually there. Following that, she might have overindulged some on the snacks in her cupboard that the City provided for her, as well as some soda and ice cream.

Post these events, Annie made her way out into the streets, where she was greeted with the noise of city living. Technology all around her. Cars on the streets. Buildings that didn't look like they'd been next to an explosion. A wall that was there to keep them from falling off of a space-island instead of keeping bad things out.

She did miss the suit already, though.

Really, she was torn. Tech and food and cleanliness VS Tony and the suit. She wondered if she should try to find Dean, or Charlie. Or Fred. Or Megan. She wondered if anybody else had made the trip she had, or if she was the only one. Had they missed her, if so?

Not sure what to do, Annie stood in front of the shop, staring at the sky.