003 ¤ [video]

[fe_male]

[ He's sort of holding up a toaster oven but he sets it down pretty quickly. ]

I've got one appliance that takes a little too much glee in burning shit, and what looks like a maudlin blender. Who wants in on this?

[ He's also set up some programs to just sort of trawl the network constantly for various things. One is the word 'pie'. Another is encrypted messages not encrypted enough to be completely hidden from him. Casual re-pimp of permissions. So, yes. Both of these wouldn't be immediately noticed without someone else doing some sort of tracking of their own.

aka: Tony is bored. watch out ]

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[boughtabookstore]

[ Stupidity is one of the few things that actually can successfully irritate her. ]

I'm sure we could all use an exceptional mousetrap. Bigger?

[fe_male]

More involved. More impressive. More time and effort and thought.

Bigger.

[boughtabookstore]

I was hoping for slightly more specific information.

[fe_male]

Oh. Well, what if I didn't want to tell you. What would you do to coerce me?

[boughtabookstore]

You're not doing anything wrong, so nothing. I'm just interested.

[fe_male]

How do you know?

[boughtabookstore]

Unless I'm very mistaken about you, you're not trying to kill or maim transports.

[fe_male]

... I'm not sure how we got here from the original but no I'm not. You wanna come over and see? You do any robotics or engineering yourself?

[boughtabookstore]

My definition of 'doing wrong' has narrowed slightly here.

Seeing it wouldn't say much to me, I don't know engineering beyond the basics of repairing a motor boat engine.

[fe_male]

'Here' being the location or 'here' being during the last five minutes of this conversation?

That's kind of a specific marker.

[boughtabookstore]

Exsilium. Location.

I was Navy. Technology isn't my strong point, but I learned at least that.

[fe_male]

What'd you do in the navy?

[boughtabookstore]

I was a Lieutenant, deployed with the Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain. There wasn't anything terribly exciting about it.

[fe_male]

Guessing that's why you're not in Bahrain right now. Or, [ handwave ] you know.

[boughtabookstore]

More or less. I fulfilled my contract and decided I wasn't interested in remaining longer. So I returned home and joined the FBI. There's my life story for you, nice and neat.

[fe_male]

[ heh. he suspects your life story is anything but neat. like, ever. ]

Cute. With a little bow and everything.

[boughtabookstore]

[ he should stop being perceptive, that's rude. ]

I try. Share and share about. Your turn.

[fe_male]

[ I believe you and i have already had a conversation about 'rude' today ]

What? I don't remember agreeing to that at all.

[boughtabookstore]

[ your face! ]

You didn't. I decided I didn't want to be the only person at the table sharing.

[fe_male]

[ i thought I had a gif of it but after like three songs of looking I apparently don't, so just remember the face Harry made after Perry told him he thought he was stupid and walked away in the club. Tony's just barely bored enough for that face, but he still makes it. ]

Which part?

[boughtabookstore]

[ I love that you assume I can remember that face. ]

Whatever you want. Preferably something interesting, this is about alleviating boredom.

[fe_male]

[ It's a compliment. ]

Uhh. Okay. See the light in my chest? That's kind of an interesting story.

[boughtabookstore]

[ Best kind. ]

Looks like it. Go on.

[fe_male]

Keeping me alive via complicated arc reactor technology and an electromagnet. There's shrapnel in my heart. Without this, the shrapnel could dislodge at any point, wedge in a chamber, and poof, heart attack. Also it makes this fun 'tink tink' sound when I tap on the covering.

[boughtabookstore]

Tink tink sounds are fun. The rest sounds unpleasant. Why do you have shrapnel in your heart?