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[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.

Comments

[inebriety]

Doing good usually comes at the expense of ourselves. Are you sure he's not giving too much away?

[Without any of the things he used to motivate himself here, Tony is looking to build a footing for himself first before anything happens.]

[anotheroldsoldier]

He has friends. We have his back. [Tony can, in fact, throw himself too far into a project, work late into the night... but he's living on the same floor as at least two people who care about him. He'll be fine. Bucky believes that.]

[inebriety]

I'll hold you to it.

[It's not like he wants to see himself crash and burn even if he's at greater risk of that.]

[anotheroldsoldier]

We could have your back too, you know. [He's just putting that out there. It seems like the right thing to do.] But we're not calling Tony 'Greg'.

[inebriety]

[Bucky can offer and he will pretend he didn't hear that. Support? What's that?]

See, I'm inclined to do that anyway because it feels like the sort of thing that would have him rolling in his grave.

[anotheroldsoldier]

You don't have to bring Tony into things just to get your jollies. [God he's glad the other version of him isn't such a pain in the ass.]