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[buildsomething]

[The video flicks on to Tony's tired face, though he actually looks pretty good, considering that he's still mildly sick. He grins at the camera, though, the pleased look of someone who's managed something.]

Hey, so. For anyone still caught with this plague thing, I've got a...well, not a fix. A work around, maybe. A focused EMP seems to deactivate the nanities long enough for some of the symptoms to fade, at least for a little while. It doesn't get rid of the things entirely, but it should give you a nice break from feeling like shit.

I'd like to thank my lovely assistants for working with me on this.

[The camera pans across the workroom to focus on the couch, and the two bodies sprawled on it. The eagle-eyed might recognize one (or both) of them as Bucky Barnes, but the way they're both just kind of slumped in a heap makes it kind of hard to tell. It's not that large a couch.

One of them twitches slightly, and there's a snort as Tony turns the camera back on himself.]

That's it for now. I'm still working on a more permanent solution, but magic is really not my thing. Someone else wants to have a crack at that part, be my guest.

[A sudden crash comes from what seems like the vicinity of that couch, and Tony gives the screen a sardonic look before the feed cuts.]

Comments

[nobasisinfact]

Space and something to practice on that isn't living.

[The rest of the materials he can get hold of himself.

Though really, Tony might want to find Richard's sanity, because he's now sure he lost it in that five-day coma.]

[buildsomething]

Would a nanite sample work?

[nobasisinfact]

Possibly. Organic would be better in this case.

[buildsomething]

Hard to have an organic sample with the nanite infection that isn't attached to a person.

[nobasisinfact]

I'll see what I can do with just the nanites.

[buildsomething]

I mean, what's the worry about trying it on a person?

[nobasisinfact]

I would prefer not to experament on human subjects.

[buildsomething]

My point here is that I'm offering. I'm infected. Unless we're talking like, possible loss of life and limb.

[nobasisinfact]

There shouldn't be, but there's always a risk.

[buildsomething]

What kind of risk?

[nobasisinfact]

Some, believe, that certain sidials can be used to summon demons.

[buildsomething]

...

Okay yeah let's not do that.

[nobasisinfact]

Even if I did believe in demons, summoning them wouldn't be first on my list.

However, you did ask the theoretical possibilities.

[buildsomething]

You're the one who said this kind of thing was possible, how do you not believe in demons?

[nobasisinfact]

It's complicated.

Besides, this is still all theoretical.

[buildsomething]

Uh huh. Well let me know if you theoretically still want a nanite sample.

[nobasisinfact]

Of course I want it.

[buildsomething]

I'll send some over.

[nobasisinfact]

Thank you. I'll let you know how things go.