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.]

[anotheroldsoldier]

Not really. No reason you can't share that name, too. There are two Caps in Riverview right now. [Three, if you count Earth-616 Steve, but he's still insisting he's not Cap anymore.]

video, @LOKIOFASGARD

[ikols]

What do you work for?

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

[inebriety]

I'm under the impression he wants as little to do with me as possible, but good on you for making it work for the Cap name.

[It's like being an intolerable drunk drives people away.]

[anotheroldsoldier]

I wonder why. [His tone is as dry as the goddamn Sahara right there.] Tony doesn't have to change anything if he doesn't want to. Seems like it's on you if you need to be different.

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[inebriety]

[Deliberately not getting it.]

Like most people, money works.

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

[ikols]

[ Squinting, because pls. ]

What if I paid you to work with your alt-self as Iron Man?

[inebriety]

[Absolutely pretending he missed that.]

I don't, but I thought it was the polite thing to do since people do get touchy when things get attributed to the wrong person.

[inebriety]

If you can afford it, sure. But make sure he doesn't run out the room.

[He hasn't let it show, but it does bother him how poorly the other Tony takes his presence.]

video; @sg.rogers

[livingsymbol]

You're not calling him Greg, Tony.

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

[ikols]

He's shy.

[ More like insecure and wounded in his heartspace, and afraid of a great deal. Wow, is Loki trying to hold an Avenger together? So proud of himself. ]

What would you do for work, if anything?

[anotheroldsoldier]

You mean you get touchy when his things are attributed to you?

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; 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; 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 wish I could.

[He does still miss his evil brother.]

[inebriety]

I usually just hit things really hard.

[It shouldn't surprise anyone that he doesn't really use his brain.]

[inebriety]

Oh no, I couldn't care less. However he might be a little upset having my behaviour attributed to him.

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

[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: 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".

video;

[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: 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.

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[livingsymbol]

Tony.

[That's a gentle admonishment.]

He maybe trouble sometimes, but we like him for who he is.