008 ¤ [video]

[fe_male]

[ The screen comes on, this is broadcasting more or less like anything flagged with a tiny 'important!' flaggy sign on a forum would have been. Tony looks to be in a good mood, he's clearly been working, and still is, apparently, seeing as it's a few of his workshop.

(Dummy can be seen sweeping, if one pays attention to this while Tony's speaking, instead of to Tony, they will see DUM-E2 sweeping, Jellyroll accidentally drop something on a swept part of the floor, and then some sort of robot whirring fight - at some point DUM-E-JR came over - ...starts?

No, it doesn't, because Max comes in and quietly picks up the knocked over thing and gives the little broom to DUM-E-JR who is delighted, tells the others to power down for a bit.)

Tony was aware of all that, but that's how his life works now anyway, so whatever. ]

I know my place isn't the only one that got bashed in a smidge with all those bombs. Yikes. Now I'm not puking my guts out, I've got most of my repair done as far as I know, so I'm up for commissions again, or just lending a helping iron hand if you need one. [ He doesn't want this to seem too altruistic. ] We'll just call it collecting good karma or something. Just bring me shit to fix if you've got shit that needs fixing. [ Still happy, still actually kind of working on things during that whole talk. But he seems to be done now, turning and halfway through a sentence to JARVIS when he shuts the feed off from across the little corridor between two long tables. ]

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[fe_male]

Hey, if no one takes it seriously then that's less work for me. What are you doing?

[motherofnemesis]

Last of the cleaning, hopefully. [ There's been a fair amount of it, but the workshop is looking pretty good again. ] After that, I don't know. Pick up where I left off before the bombings, I guess.

[fe_male]

Seems like a plan. Everybody'll probably be working on that in some form or another. [ Actually it's going to make finding certain materials that much more difficult for a while, but he'll tackle that when he gets there. ]

[motherofnemesis]

Yeah, that whole 'suddenly in the middle of an active war zone' thing threw a wrench in a lot of people's day-to-day I think. [ It was irritating as shit she really disliked it. ] The natives are pissed.

[fe_male]

New York took it a little better. But I'm working on it.

[motherofnemesis]

New York would take anything in stride after a little bit. They'd probably just yell at it to get out of the way, even. These people not so much.

[fe_male]

Yeah. [ He stops working, looks up at nothing in particular as though he's considering something, then back down again to his work as the obvious part of the moment passes. ] We ought to do something about that.

[motherofnemesis]

Got any bright ideas on that? Because I'm pretty sure I don't.

[fe_male]

Got a few. Like I said, I'm working on it. [ Has been for a while, actually, just kept it on the dl. ]

[motherofnemesis]

Hopefully everyone is. [ Shaking her head a little bit. ] What else are you working on right now?

[fe_male]

Bus system. Wholly unreliable. Smaller transportation, mostly self-sustaining, at least as far as I can get it without creating thousands of little potential nuclear bombs. Just things to make life a little easier. Although apparently now they'll just be bribes - I'm tired of being glared at for things I didn't do.

[motherofnemesis]

As opposed to things you did do? [ Pausing to consider. ] Sounds like a good plan. Let me know if there's any way I can help.