video | un: iron.man

[buildsomething]

[The video opens on a very nice view of a warehouse ceiling, at least until there's a muffled curse offscreen and it tilts to reveal one Tony Stark. He's practically vibrating with the kind of manic energy that means he's been working for possibly too long, all hair standing on end and a few dark smudges on his face, but he looks pleased at least. Just behind him is a glowing blue hologram picking out the lines of something circular, spinning lazily like it was hurriedly abandoned.]

So hey, you all know those power plants out there in yonder abandoned wasteland? Sure you do. I know there's one working, but I've got some ideas for how to give the other ones a good kick. Thing is, I could use an extra hand.

[The metal arm that's been slowly rolling along behind him suddenly straightens and twists in Tony's direction, claw at the front contracting. Without looking back, Tony just snorts.] Not you. [The arm droops, somehow giving the impression of looking disappointed, but continues his trek to wherever he thinks he's going.]

Anyway, yes. Manpower needed. Preferably the kind that knows it's way around a welding iron, but I'll take what I can get. Oh, and a metric shitload of palladium. So if anybody's got a spare catalytic converter or twenty, let me know.

[He reaches for the phone, then pauses, something slightly sardonic flicking across his mouth.]

Or if one of you magic types wants to straw-into-gold me up some, I'll take that too.

Thanks in advance.

[Looking much more satisfied, he reaches the rest of the way to cut the feed.]

Comments

[alkahestic]

I'm really good at transmuting metals. I can't turn lead into gold or anything since those are elements, but I can alter things on a molecular level.

[buildsomething]

Hm. Palladium's a platinum group metal. So you're saying you couldn't make something else turn into it?

[alkahestic]

So you're saying it's an alloy? If you have the basic elements, I can definitely fuse them together to form it. Platinum is pretty easy to work with that way.

[buildsomething]

Not an alloy. It's an atomic element of it's own, just similar chemical makeup to platinum.

[alkahestic]

Oh! It must be one of the newer ones. I'm a little behind the times, to be honest. I think it was something like... 1923 in your world. But anyway, I think I can still work with it. Process it and form it into whatever's necessary. I can also separate it from other elements, if you need that.

[buildsomething]

Now that might be something to think about, if I need to refine it. I'll keep you in mind, thanks.

[alkahestic]

Sure! Um... I'm Al, by the way. Alphonse Elric.

[buildsomething]

Al, Al. We talked once, didn't we? About your brother's arm.

[alkahestic]

Oh, yeah! We did. Brother's kind of secretive about it, but I think he's doing okay with it for now.

[buildsomething]

Good to know.