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[buildsomething]

[Tony's in his workroom, look surprised. His expression is deadpan, but there's something almost pleased underneath it. An almost imperceptible loosening of the tension that's always there in the set of his shoulders.]

So I know we're all well aware that this place is weird as hell, but does stuff just like. Turn up sometimes? Your stuff, I mean. From home.

[As he's talking, a metal arm pops into view behind him. The claw at the front of the arm clicks together once, then starts slowly creeping forward like it's trying to peer at the camera over Tony's shoulder. It's about the least subtle thing imaginable, considering the robot's sheer size, but Tony seems to be quite comfortably ignoring it.

At least until the claw nearly knocks right into the camera and Tony has to move it out of the way like he's holding it out of the range of a toddler. The robot arm is still taking up most of the image now, though. When Tony's voice comes again, it's more than a little resigned.]

'Cause this definitely mine. Unfortunately.

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[metalmenace]

[Don't mind him squinting and staring at the robot instead of caring about anything Tony's saying.]

...I do hope that it was broken upon arrival and this is not how it normally is.

[That's kinda rude, Victor.]

[buildsomething]

[Tony's eyes narrow a little. Only he gets to insult the bots, Doom.]

Nope. That's Dum-E. Say hi.

[metalmenace]

[Sorry small Tony, he insults everything and everyone.]

That's...unfortunate. I thought you could do better than this.

[buildsomething]

Yeah, yeah, I'm sure everything you made when you were seventeen was perfect.

[Behold the most epic of eyerolls.]

[metalmenace]

They worked well enough for the tasks I needed them for. And I didn't keep them around to embarrass myself in the future.

[We don't talk about the machine he made in college.]

[buildsomething]

Maybe that's your problem. Giving up on things too easily.

[metalmenace]

Some would disagree with you and say I have the opposite problem.

[buildsomething]

I wouldn't know, would I?

[All Tony knows is that Doom is a weird guy who hijacks armor. Also magic or something?]

[metalmenace]

That's right, you haven't dealt with me in your universe yet.

[It's a matter of when, not if for Victor.]

I am a scientist first and a sorcerer second. I deal primarily in robotics, artificial intelligence, time travel, and weapons.

[buildsomething]

...congratulations?