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[ms_potts]

You're going to "stick me somewhere"?! That sounds like you're going to, uh, I don't know, pick me up and put me on a shelf. That's not a very flattering description, don't you think? Can't you say that you're "sending" me somewhere or something like that?

Oh and don't you start being indecisive, now. It's new, yes, but that's never stopped you before, has it? Just take the night off to relax and collect your thoughts, you have plenty of time tomorrow to take care of everything you need to do. Yes, including that application. Trust me. If I can manage Tony's schedule I think I can handle yours.

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[rockstark]

Oh, geez, she's doin' it again? You gotta be kiddin' me over here, Pep. After that nice party, all the fun we had? Well. I had?

You must've had at least some fun, though, yeah? Like, oh, I dunno. Forty percent fun? Minimum?

[ms_potts]

Oh this time it's simply the uncertainty of the unknown.

[She smirks, raising an eyebrow] Just forty percent? Well, at least it's up from twelve.

[rockstark]

Like that's ever stopped her before. Certain cases in point are pushing the keys as we speak.

Hey, come on. I give you more credit for fun than I do for ideas on default. It's simple numbers. You're just as capable of having fun as me. You're not as capable of being ridiculously brilliant.

[ms_potts]

Oh she's well aware and has no intention of letting it stop her. There's a certain allure to the learning process, after all, once the nerves pass.

[She crosses her arms, cocking her head at him] I seem to recall a certain someone calling me a genius.

[rockstark]

Don't even get me started on the nerves. I'm still in the process of teaching this one how to convert "aaah oh god oh god crap" into "alright, let's DO this". It's ... coming along.

And I didn't say you weren't a genius. I'm just saying that comparatively, I'm more of one. You can't argue with that. You just can't. Go on, try it. Tell me how far you get.

[trickstering]

You will be joining us, then?

y halo thar threadjack

[rockstark]

Both of us.

Stock up on clean underwear.

yes good go team

[trickstering]

Wonderful.

[rockstark]

Isn't it, though. You must be one of those quietly enthusiastic types. By the way, never got around to asking you, last time: your mom pick that outfit for you, or did you just order it from PretentiousCosplay dot com?

[trickstering]

Is this what the future holds, then? Meaningless insults without substance?

[ms_potts]

[Oh look, it's the guy who fits the imprint in her floor.]

It seems that way, yes. She's just got to spare herself some time to actually work on the application.

[trickstering]

[you know what. shhh.]

Do you expect she will find the time to do so, then?

[ms_potts]

Seeing as she has the day off from work tomorrow? I would assume so.

Why? [Now she's suspicious, dude] Are you that anxious for us to arrive?

[6collegecredits]

I can promise you that the community is nothing like being put on a shelf.

[ms_potts]

That's reassuring, thank you. [She smiles] Do you have any suggestions for the uninitiated?

[6collegecredits]

Do you mean for you, or for you mun?

[ms_potts]

Either? Both? [She shrugs] We're both entering into this rather blind, as it were. Any information could be extremely helpful. [She pauses] If you don't mind, of course. It wouldn't be the first time she jumped into something head first without knowing all the details.

[justanothercop]

If only it were like that - being put on a shelf that is.

[ms_potts]

Why? Would you rather be put on a shelf?

[justanothercop]

Not particularly but sometimes the idea beats having your entire life broadcast for the world to see and having stupid viruses.

[ms_potts]

I've been Tony Stark's assistant for years and was CEO of his company for a brief time, I'm very used to having much more of my life broadcast than I would like.

I've heard about some of these viruses. [she pauses] are they really that bad?

[doyoufondue]

'Stick you somewhere' does sound like a rude way to phrase that.

[ms_potts]

Thank you! See, that's what I thought, too. There are much nicer ways to put it... I think she just enjoys saying it because she knows it bothers me.

[doyoufondue]

Mine called it 'moving in.' Move you into. It's more polite.

Can't really be helped if she's doing it on purpose though. Does she like pushing buttons?

[ms_potts]

Moving in. I like that. [She smiles]

And, yes. I'd say she's almost as bad as Tony but, well... I think that's physically impossible.