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[iron_man]

Guess I should probably check in, huh?

I'm Tony and I'm still exploring this cool little device. Any recommendations on where to go/what to check out?

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[justakidfrombrklyn]

Just making sure. I'll have to ask the Tony back home when I'm there next if he happens to be you. Or is you... now. Apparently people can come from different times.

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[american_alien]

There's a TON of stuff. What kind of stuff do you like?

Oh, hi, by the way. Clark.

[iron_man]

It is, but considering the money I throw right now is at the team and SHIELD, the argument doesn't last long.

Private:

Bucky? Your friend is here, too? And... Huh. Well. That really is different.

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[capwolf]

Barnes is here. My friend was James Buchanan. Betty was a nurse in the war, and is definitely... a Betty.

[iron_man]

I just saw the you from where I'm from, and it didn't come up. Guess we can figure it out, though.

What's going on with you, back home?

[iron_man]

Technology, mainly. I like to balance it out with having fun, though.

Private

[iron_man]

Oh.

Wow. Guess this is a way for me to be completely sure that alternate universes really do exist.

How are you handling the whole change? You alright?

[american_alien]

Have you been out to the Satellite yet? There's all kinds of places and aliens and crazy cool tech stuff. The shuttle is right behind the McAran building.

The smoothies at the shop with the orange sign are really good and they're not too pricey.

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[capwolf]

Yeah. Seeing the shape she's in makes me worry about Bucky more, and worry about her, but me? I'm good..

[justakidfrombrklyn]

The word 'Ultron' mean anything to you?

[iron_man]

I haven't, but that has now been added to my to-do list. You sold me on crazy cool tech stuff. And aliens, huh?

Smoothies are always good, so that will definitely happen, too.

Private

[iron_man]

That bad, huh?

Sorry, Steve. Anything I can do?

[iron_man]

No? Should it?

Private

[capwolf]

Nah. I think I've more or less got it covered, but I appreciate the sentiment.

What about you? You pushed that transport button yet?

Private

[iron_man]

Let me know if that changes.

Yeah. I landed in City of Laughter.

[ More like picked it for the bars, but hey, who's counting. ]

[justakidfrombrklyn]

The world will be a whole lot better if you never ever think about it again. Please trust me when I say that.

[ Maybe someone else would worry about changing timelines or the space time continuum but Steve's just thinking about all those dead people and how he can possibly prevent the mess in Sokovia from happening. ]

[american_alien]

Yeah, there's aliens. I've been up there talking to some of them. Most of them are pretty nice, though a lot of them kinda wish I'd buy something. But allowance only goes so far, you know?

But it's still pretty cool.

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[iron_man]

Okay. But you gotta tell me what happened. You can't say something like that and not elaborate.

[iron_man]

What kind of stuff do they sell?

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[justakidfrombrklyn]

You tried to make an AI that could help patrol the world. You worked on it with Dr. Banner and something happened with Loki's staff once we recovered it that made it come alive.

A lot of people got hurt, Tony. And a lot of people died.

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[iron_man]

[ There's a long silence that follows as Tony tries to grasp this new information. An AI. An AI that had...

Oh god. The horrifying reality makes his stomach twist so painfully that he even manages to forget that he has left Steve waiting ('A lot of people got hurt, Tony,' the words seem to burn in his head. 'And a lot of people died.') but after what feels like an eternity he finally responds. ]

and I did that? Did anyone

did we lose anyone from the team, too?

[goblinjr]

Just beware of banana peels if you go back. Tomorrow's pretty cool. They're having a STEM fair soon, so if science is your thing, there's still time to enter.

Hah! Well, the SFC's got this City of Nightmare. There's a ReQuest open over there right now to help some hotel owner rid this haunted room of a serial killer's ghost. It sounds cheesy, but I went and they're totally not playing around. Add in the fact that there's a murderer running around the lake over there and... yeah. It's called "Nightmare" for a reason.

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[justakidfrombrklyn]

We liberated a pair of kids from a HYDRA base just before that. One of them joined the team.

The other one didn't make it long enough to get the chance.

I'm sorry, Tony.

[american_alien]

All kinds of stuff, but it's all kinda small and fun. Like there's this little tree thing that grows in different colors and this machine that can make your voice sound totally different and translate it into a hundred different languages on the spot and a hologram projector that could make stuff that you can actually kind of touch. It feels weird but you can move it around with your hands.

[iron_man]

Thank you, I'll definitely need to check that out when the fair starts.

Huh. Well, guess I know where to go next.