video; stark

[inebriety]

[Tony has the Iron Man helmet with face plate up and one of the gauntlets on which he uses to wave at the camera. He's smiling brightly, but there are bags under his eyes and the flush to his cheeks are from more than just excitement.]

Some of you might remember a certain someone's offer to trade junk into something better. Please be sure to get the right guy because I don't work for scraps. If you have trouble telling us apart, other me is highly strung and a little sensitive.

[He taps his fingers against his chin.]

Perhaps we should change names as well. I was already thinking of rebranding Iron Man and getting a new paint job. And he can be... do you think he'd mind if I called him Greg? Or is that a little too morbid using a dead man's name? He'd have to dye his hair too, we look terrible in white otherwise...

[He picks up a bottle with his uncovered hand and takes a drink.]

Okay, it probably is. This silly event has got me maudlin I see.

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video, @jb.barnes

[anotheroldsoldier]

[He's frowning. Bucky has had his issues with Tony, but they're friends now - and he feels the need to stand in his defense.]

Tony doesn't have to change his name. Steve and Steve manage just fine, I'm sure you can too. [He doesn't add 'besides, our Tony was here first' or 'our Tony is the one with friends here'.]

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[inebriety]

Hey, I offered to switch off Iron Man, isn't that the important thing?

[This Tony has like one friend okay. He won't argue against other Tony having friends.]

video, @LOKIOFASGARD

[ikols]

What do you work for?

[ As in, what will get him to stop boozing and do some mental agility. ]

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[inebriety]

[Deliberately not getting it.]

Like most people, money works.

[And he can do both at the same time.]

video; @sg.rogers

[livingsymbol]

You're not calling him Greg, Tony.

[Steve sounds patient and even, but firm. Nobody needs to change their name.]

video;

[inebriety]

I wish I could.

[He does still miss his evil brother.]

un: scarlet, video;

[divulsion]

I don't think a name change is required. I'm sure every John Smith in the world has adapted to sharing his name with thousands of others and you two can cope with sharing it between the two of you.

[She pauses a beat.]

And who is Greg?

video;

[inebriety]

[Now that he's seen her face he can make a reliable guess who she is.]

...you don't know him?

[His face visibly falls for a second before he covers it up.]

He's my brother.

video; private

[amelioraate]

[ it's like you're trying to make him hate you more than he already does on principal. look, if you would put the goddamned drink away for thirty fucking seconds, maybe he could handle being in the same room as you without wanting to tear off his own skin.

as it stands, he looks properly annoyed. ]

No one is dying my hair blond, thank you very much. Also, I am not high strung, I'm just not blind drunk all the time.

[ bitterness? what bitterness. you're clearly hearing things. it isn't his fault you literally embody everything he hates about himself (which is, to be fair, himself almost in entirety). still, he should-- try or something. jesus. ]

If you think you can lower yourself to scraps, I am working on a defensive turret system for the quarantine. I am sure, despite your brain being all but pickled, two Stark brains would work better than one.

video; private

[inebriety]

[He'll let his counterpart have his denials even if they only seem to be proving his point.]

Don't worry, darling. If I can pilot drunk and run R&D at the same time this would be a walk in the park. I haven't had the luxury of exiting the weapons industry so I'll even do what you can't.

[With some irony Tony realises that makes him Greg in this situation.]

video; un: ghostking

[deathkid]

I see you play along nicely. Not so sure you'll be making top dollar here, though.

[ says the son of the greek god of wealth. he's somewhat knowledgeable about these things.

a beat, and then muttered: ]

This duplicate stuff is getting annoying.

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[inebriety]

I'll live. I don't have any of the same things to motivate me anyway.

[There's a lot more capable people here for one thing.]

If it's annoying for you, I imagine it's frustrating for the others involved.

[It doesn't bother him because he doesn't care about very much.]

[ video | un: trickster ]

[dothelokimotion]

What a charming idea.

[ Stark. Or some form of Stark. Either way, Loki is reveling in the state he's in. ]

I was thinking of calling mine "mini-me".

[inebriety]

[Between the username, how happy he seems to see Tony and the 'mini-me' comment, it's not difficult to tell who this is.]

I suppose he is a rather cute size.

[There is absolutely no hostility because Loki hasn't been an issue for a while.]

[ not here ]

[ikols]

[ THIS FACE ]

video, un: falconwings; private

[wingedman]

[Sam just covers his face for a moment because jesus christ Tony did you have to go and poke the hornet's nest with a stick?

...of course he did, he's Tony Stark.]

So did you just decide to piss everyone off 'cause you were drunk and bored? Because that's sure as hell what it looks like to me.

[inebriety]

[He's drunk and miserable and thought this wasn't a half-bad idea. Just that natural self-destructive Tony Stark tendencies shining through.]

You wound me with how poorly you think of me.

video; un: liches.get.stitches

[spellslots]

[Man you know what's great, being enough of a petty ass to enjoy this trainwreck.

The video feed right now is just Taako, sitting in his living room, literally just popcorn.gifing, expression and all.]

Are you going for a record for like, how many bridges a single dude can burn in one go?

[inebriety]

You're under the mistaken belief there's bridges to burn.

[Even if they weren't alternate versions of the people he knows there still wouldn't be much of a relationship to wreck.]

video, @fraulien.zweihander

[oniondaughter]

[Yeah, Sieglinde doesn't completely follow Tony on the bits about trading junk, and being confused for another. She honestly hasn't been paying all that much attention to the network, as of late.

The helmet, though, certainly catches her eye. And her helmet will likely catch his as well - as she's in full platemail when she turns her phone's video on.]

I'm not sure I fully understand the problem here. If someone has the same name as you, misunderstandings should be simple enough to rectify.

I must say, though, that's an interesting helm you're wearing. Are you a knight of some sort as well?

[Maybe you could have people call you 'Sir' stark instead.]

[inebriety]

Only if directly asked, a passer-by has no reason to ask for clarification.

[He taps his head with his gauntlet.]

There's no royalty to knight me, but that's far too low a rank for me.

[He'll aim for higher which seems simple enough considering her appearance.]

video - un: s.rogers

[starspangled]

[three guesses what steve's expression is, and the first two don't count. but at least his frown is disapproving and a little concerned.]

I know this sort of thing takes a little getting used to, but I don't think this is how you wanna go about it.

[inebriety]

[He has been the recipient of that look far too many times. It has never worked on him.]

Wow, did you know you all have that same judging look?

Video @the.boneless

[ragnarsson]

Oh gods. There's another one. Why did they see fit to make two of you?

[He had just gotten used to the idea of two Buckys. At this rate, he's not going to be surprised if a double of himself shows up any day now.]

[inebriety]

[He waves his hand in a flourish.]

Why not? We're handsome and brilliant, a perfect choice.

video, un: j.k.

[aeturnus]

Most people would just think about shaving before naming themselves after a dead guy.

[ Says the guy who named himself after the brother-killer. ]

[inebriety]

Shaving would ruin the look.