005 ¤ [video]

[fe_male]

Oh, fantastic. This place again. Thrilling. So happy to see you all again. JARVIS, daddy's home.

Text; filter to Tali:
[ because. uhm. who are you you're in his room. ]

hope you haven't broken anything in the apartment yet. watch out for the blender btw

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[crystalia]

Oh. You are here.

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[fe_male]

[ who the hell are you ]

I am now. Somebody can start the party.

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[crystalia]

What makes you think we waited for you?

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[fe_male]

Experience.

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[crystalia]

The Tony Stark I know was cured of that delusion a long time ago. I suppose this is proof that you're quite different.

[fe_male]

[ GREAT MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW A DIFFERENT VERSION OF HIMSELF YAY ]

Hope I'm not too disappointing in comparison.

[crystalia]

You don't want to hear that he set high standards for you?

[fe_male]

Precedent's told me enough about that already. You're not the first person to know a different me.

[crystalia]

I guess you're just popular.

[fe_male]

Well that part wasn't in question either way.

[crystalia]

The real question is if it's a good or bad notoriety.

[fe_male]

It's me. It's both.

[crystalia]

But probably more of the latter.

[fe_male]

It's not that difficult to get the bad stuff.

[crystalia]

But you still excel at it, don't you?

_{( she kind of laughs, under her breath. )}

I never introduced myself, did I? My name's Crystal.

[fe_male]

[ he almost can't tell if he's being insulted or complimented here ]

Good to meet you. Finally. Where do we know each other from, exactly?

[crystalia]

I was an Avenger, for a while. _{( said the same way someone would say "we went to the same college." )}

[fe_male]

[ yet more reminder that he's not the only version of himself possible yay ]

Line-up?

[crystalia]

A few. Captain America, Binary, Black Widow, the Scarlet Witch, the Black Knight... and Quicksilver.

And you, of course, sometimes. But there've been a lot of you, over the years.

_{( she says "you" and not "we." she hasn't been an avenger for a long, long time. )}

[fe_male]

[ and he in his borderline-solipsistic-definitely-ego-maniacal method of looking at the world assumes you mean that there have been a few of him over the years, which is just unsettling ]

I've met all but two of those, I think. Binary and the Black Knight? Who're they?

[crystalia]

Binary's gone by a few names. Ms. Marvel, I think, was her most recent.

The Black Knight... well, Dane's British. _{( as though that explains everything. )}

[fe_male]

[ he's kind of amused at someone named 'binary' having multiple names ]

Of course. They're so hard to pin down.

[crystalia]

_{( yeah her cheeks just colored a bit, ignore that. )}

He has a pegasus and an enchanted sword. Someone obviously thought he was useful.

[fe_male]

[ puh-lease like tony is ever going to ignore something like that ever ]

Sounds positively impressive. First hand experience?

[crystalia]

Are you a superhero, or a rumor mill?