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[ The look on Tony's face as the feed clicks on is clearly unamused. Possibly even Unamused, capital and all. Why is he so irritated you might ask? Well, don't you worry about that, he is bound to let you know. As soon as he finishes sipping on his coffee in a more than obnoxious way. If you look close enough, and know Tony, you will be able to see a darkness beneath his eyes, the kind that comes with too much coffee and too many ideas and not enough hours in the day, so clearly he has to sacrifice some of the night for the Greater Good or some shit.

Whatever. That is why there is coffee.

Once the coffee has been consumed, Tony gets up from where he is sitting, and it becomes very obvious that he is in the kitchen on the floor, a kitchen you have all seen thanks to a Viking, but there is no sign of him now. However, there are signs of someone making a rather large breakfast here (if only you could smell it, seriously, Tony would kill to eat some of it okay) and not sharing.

This? This is why Tony is unamused.]

Really, you come in here, use the space and leave the dishes, while also not sharing?

[ Steve is gonna be annoyed. Not that he isn't usually in that state. The images shifts as Tony puts the phone down, and there is the sound of more coffee making its way into his cup while you get a lovely view of the ceiling. Look, no scorch marks. Yet.]

That's just rude, even for gods of chaos and mischief. And here I was going to make you a fancy partial AI for your phone. Ha.

[ Look, he doesn't know if it was Loki, but he assumes it is. Because if it was Steve or Bucky they would have shared, and he is pretty sure that Stephen only eats things that are still moving, and Billy-- well maybe him too. But for now, his ire is on Loki.]

Also, working on some ideas for the defence perimeter, some new weapons and targeting systems, if there is anyone that has any ideas, let me know. I mean, I've probably already thought of it, but still might be nice to bounce ideas around.

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[ Tony winces a little, tipping his phone back a bit before:]

Yeah, it can. And I can tell you that is one cool as fuck eye colour there. But uh...

[ As he goes to tell her to pan out a little, she does so and Tony sighs a little. It is a little too much like being close to someone he doesn't know, that being up in his face. But he looks almost amused at the torrent of questions. There is a pause where he sips his coffee, humming a little as he thinks about his answers (really, he's just kind of checking her out, whoops).]

Electronic targeting systems, place them in the turrets, allow the turrets to make the distinction between friend and foe and begin the whole defence thing without someone having to be there. And by artificer do you mean sorcerer? Because we have those where I am from, but no artificer, not that I am a sorcerer either, but whatever. An engineer, that is more my thing. Make the weapons, and fire them pretty well, but why not make weapons that can fire themselves?

Only eyes like it on the plane I'm from. I think it has to do with my fire.

*Tony that is a bad idea for untold reasons. She's making faces at some of the words, mouthing them and trying to figure out what they mean. 'Electronic' being the one giving her the most trouble. But once she seems to twig to what he's saying she brightens... and maybe there's a bit of smoke from her hair.*

Engineer! Yeah, that's an Artificer! You make things that are like magic, but it's all about clever design and stuff. Not any innate magic to yourself. Just the right tools, ideas, and materials! But... are you sure making the weapons able to fire themselves is a good idea? I guess being easier to aim is good, but wouldn't a remote system be better than autonomous.

*Last time she dealt with an autonomous system she had to blow up the building to escape. So she might be a bit biased against machines just doing things.*

You're fire? You control it, burst into it, or something else?

[ The first two are the most common things that he has seen, okay. Also, Tony is king of terrible fucking ideas, well maybe prince since Strange and Loki are also here, but he's up there okay. Still, he is going to hit on her because that is what he does, sorry Chandra.

Nodding to her explanation, Tony is impressed and nearly surprised at how quickly she picks up the idea.] Basically, give me some metal and a power source and I can make almost anything. And why do people always have misgivings about machines, seriously, I'm not programming the next HAL, I swear!

[ Pause.]

Not that you would know what that is, but really, I have an AI and I can totally hook her into the systems and it would be completely safe. [ Like she hasn't gotten jealous and kidnapped people before...]

All of that!

*She holds up a hand, letting a small flame dance over her fingers for a few moments. It was easier than having her hair burst into flames.*

I'm a pyromancer, fire magic is kinda my thing.

Every time someone tells me something is completely safe it tries to kill me, or my friends. And this was extra true at home with machines. The stuff mom made is fairly safe, but she never gave it more than the most basic movements. Nothing that attacked without a command.

Huh, that's kind interesting. Only fire that you can manipulate? Like, is it an element thing, something you can train to adhere to others or one of those mystical bullshit ideas that comes with the magic territory where it is inexplicable?

[ If he sounds a little bitter, it's because he is. Magic and him just... aren't friends okay. It doesn't logic well and most of the magic users that Tony knows are irritating at best. ]

Yeah, I guess... well there's always room for error. Human and all, I am pretty good with machines, trust them more than I trust most people honestly.

[ Which... might be sad. Wow.]

Well, it's magic, and I'm sorta an Abbot of an order of pyromancer monks. Being skilled at fire magic is just sorta innate with all of us. And no, I can't explain how it works. I slept through those lessons. Or skipped them to go play in a volcano. I really think the monks were making crap up to explain it because it never made sense.

*Chandra Nalaar everyone!*

That's... kinda dumb. I mean machines are easier if you're really good at them, but people are always a lot more surprising to be around. Machines don't suddenly change unless you really screwed up.

...innate. I mean, while I don't blame you for falling asleep, I am now super curious as to how the hell one can be innate at commanding fire. Granted, I am sure if you did explain it to me I would hate it, so let's just... not.

[ He's not touching the thing about the volcano okay, or anything else. Nope. This is why Tony hates magic. HATES.]

Yeah see, the surprises that I tend to get from people are betrayal and attempted murder so, I'm going to stick to machines thanks. I have only had like... one of my suits go awol and kidnap me.

Mom and dad just got it, when it came to metal and machines. I get fire. I don't see the big deal. This is just how I work, I guess.

*Chandra Nalaar everyone!*

I've had some of that, but I also got 'my mom wasn't dead like that jerk told me' surprises. I mean, they can't all be bad surprises all the time, right?

*Stop helping Chandra.*

Wait, so there are people that can... magic machines?

[ That... does not compute at all wow. What.]

....uh, darling, I don' think that actually helps your point at all honestly. I mean, yeah no death but, um...

Well, not my parents, they just... work on machines. They can make airships and weapons and stuff. But they do it the old fashioned way.

But I met someone named Saheeli who can warp metal into all sorts of things with just a wave of her hand. She's real good at making machines that perfectly mimic animals.

*This isn't weird, you're weird!*

Maybe not, um... look, there are good people out there! You should meet them, and when you run into the backstabbing murdering ones you should punch them in the face. Yeah! That more helpful?

[ You are... something else. Yes that is what Tony has to say about that. But he is kind of jealous of people who have the ability to manipulate metal like you say, the shit Erik could do if that guy wasn't so fucking unstable man. Tony is so jealous.]

Mimic animals? Do they act like them as well, with a sense of, uh, consciousness?

[ He wants to delve into coding and shit but he feels like that won't make sense to you.]

Yes but no. Mainly because the ones I need to be punching into the face used to be friends. [ Scowl. ] Or manage to get out the range of my fist before I can.

Saheeli is special with what she does, so I'm not sure. Aunt Oviya they just do what she builds them to. She spends hours studying small birds to get the motions just right. Carefully building the gears and chains to do them, and programming the little motions in.

*She knows the words but not the nature of the action. She never had the patience for building anything, let alone being a lifecrafter.*

If they used to be friends, then you need to punch them even harder. So they get some sense. And, I dunno, build a thing to punch them when they run off?

So it is programming! That's-- yeah okay, that's pretty awesome. I wonder if magic coding is the same as computer programming... You know nothing about that, you said?

[ Which might be a good thing or you would never be rid of Tony again. This is magic that he can get behind! Well, mostly. I mean, it's still magic and all.]

Yeah see, then there is guilt. But whatever, I have my suit and a lot of pull but it's hard to punch people you still consider friends even when they've stabbed you in the back.

[ Tony Stark, bleeding heart, everyone. ]

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Not a thing. I know they do it, but even the most basic apprentice projects I'd get angry and stab the stupid junkpiles with the tools they gave me.

*Chandra would never be like her parents, not when it came to machines.*

Then... try to fix whatever happened. Or punch them. I don't know, mushy stuff isn't really me. I always say the wrong thing and something ends up on fire.

That sounds like a good way to deal with it I suppose.

[ Says the guy that used to get mad and then blackout drunk yes. Great plan.]

You think you might be able to make other things use fire? Like... could you use it to work with a machine that I make at all?

[ Because he is coming up with some ideas here, how to maybe make something like a flame thrower. Or something else because ideas and science and--]

Eh, same here. Or someone ends up dead, I am noticing that trend sadly.

Um... I'm not really good at making elementals that don't, um, burn out. But if you need a machine powered off fire I could do it while I'm there.

*She has no idea what he's thinking, but it could be fun.*

I can usually keep people from dying. Well, now.

*Her dad? Not so much.*

That burnout? What does that mean? Like all the power is channelled all at once? Or they overload the system put in place to contain them? Because-- huh, we are totally going to have to meet up, I have to say as much as magic and I are not friends, yours is proving to be both interesting and useful and that-- that is something that we need around here.

[ Tony doesn't know what he is thinking of half the time, this is his life. Come up with a few half-assed ideas and pray that at least one of them pan out the way he thinks they should. Unfortunately, life doesn't always help him out.]

...is that another magic thing or is that just that you developed sense of self preservation that extends to others? Because I might want to borrow some of that if it is the latter.

You make it too weak, it fades away and just... blows out like a candle. Make it too strong it, well, explodes at some point. Living fire creatures are delicate, and really complicated.

*Knowing what you're thinking is boring, having a mind described as a hurricane that's on fire is fun! So Chandra can relate.*

Being a bit better at being careful. Knowing to keep an eye out for the people that matter to me. This isn't a magic thing, my magic is all about destroying everything.

....this might totally sound creepy, but I mean it as non-creepily as possible, but would you be opposed to meeting up and like... showing me how this fire magic works? It might be helpful when it comes to making defence things for the wall.

[ Well, that isn't wrong honestly.]

Dunno, fire is necessary for a lot, not just destruction.

That doesn't sound creepy? We'd just need the right place to not worry about what I set on fire.

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