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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.

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[ragnarsson]

[Lineface. All the lineface.]

That's not much of a better label. One of my father's best friends is called eccentric. Says he can look inside the trees and see which ones will make the best ships.

[And this was the man that helped raise him. Ivar had no stable role models growing up. Everyone was either insane, drunk, or absent.]

[inebriety]

But can he? He's not eccentric if it's true, you're just unable to understand his level of thinking.

[ragnarsson]

He's a brilliant shipbuilder, but he's also batshit crazy. I suspect the same can be said about you. So my original point still stands.

[inebriety]

If brilliance is so often associated with insanity, doesn't that say your definition needs fixing?

[He's only saying this to debate, Tony knows full well his mental issues.]

[ragnarsson]

A person can be clever and smart without being crazy. I am.

[... Ivar, you are so far from the realm of sanity it is not even funny. Definitely disregard that example.]

[inebriety]

That's an easy enough claim to make, got anything to back that up?

[He is delighted because Ivar saying that only says he is just as messed up.]

[ragnarsson]

Simple. I know I'm not crazy.

[That's not exactly a ringing endorsement of mental health. And Ivar is a full-blown psychopath, just as prone to killing someone as having a conversation with them.]

[inebriety]

[That says he's the craziest of them all.]

So that's a no.

[ragnarsson]

[This is most likely true.]

At least I know it when I see it.

[And Tony definitely qualifies.]

[inebriety]

What makes you think I don't?

[ragnarsson]

Do you see it in yourself?

[He's curious. Do crazy people know that they're crazy?]