re: marvel movie re-watches

[sunburning]

I suppose Miss Potts and I do have a few similarities. Red hair, unreasonable employers, dangerous situations. On the other hand, my employer actually relishes throwing us both into the most violent environments he can find.

More to the point-- You keep coming back, you know. You leave me be for a few weeks, then return. It's becoming a cycle, don't you suppose? And to think that at first I was an afterthought compared to the others. I think it's time to accept the inevitable and search out a place you you'd like to settle me. Set can do without me for a short time, at least, and it might be enjoyable to have a vacation from his mercurial temper.

No, it's not like that. I'm happy in my job. I can't imagine doing something else, and that's not because I was basically raised to do it. But I am only human, and he is the god of chaos and et cetera, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to need a break now and then.

.. Considering what I'm accustomed to, I think most of these games would be a, what's the phrase.. cake-walk? So lay on, MacDuff.

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[perago]

Unreasonable employers, hm?

[ Where has he heard that one before... oh, wait. ]

[sunburning]

I'm afraid so. I suppose I wouldn't know what to do with myself if he were any less, how shall I say.. exciting, though.

[perago]

Certainly keeps you on your toes, if nothing else.

[sunburning]

Sometimes literally. I hear a hint of familiarity, though. Does my own situation resemble yours?

[perago]

Not at all.

[ Except the little lift to the corner of his mouth says otherwise, but hey, straight answers don't come easy from this guy. ]

[sunburning]

[ well, thankfully, cass is accustomed to worse. or at least similar. he offers an amused little hum of laughter. ]

I see. Simple empathy, then, of course.

[perago]

I wouldn't go quite that far.

[ Ouch. Tough crowd today, Cassidy. ]

[sunburning]

How would you define it, then?

[ bro, you don't even know. ]

[perago]

[ He might have an idea. Might. ]

Making conversation.

[sunburning]

[ he needs to introduce you to his boss sometime. ]

Is that what this is called?

[perago]

[ Because James meeting a pompous god of chaos with an ego as big as the bloody desert he came from can only end well for all parties involved. Definitely. ]

You tell me.

[sunburning]

[ it might be entertaining for cassidy, if nothing else. ]

Well, I think it could stand for an introduction, but otherwise, it's vaguely beginning to resemble conversation.

[perago]

Introductions in my line of work are usually made on the other side of a Beretta, if you'll forgive my bluntness.

[ Only James could manage to make that sound even remotely flirtatious. ]

[sunburning]

Then you'll simply have to choose another name for the moment.

[ not that the notion isn't intriguing. ]

[perago]

It's almost like you value your own life, or something.

[ Haw. Take a wild guess who doesn't. ]

[sunburning]

You say value my life, I say it's too early in our acquaintance to introduce you to my more interesting kinks.

[ well, after all, he does work for set. ]

[perago]

[ Wellthatescalatedquickly.jpg. But he'll just roll with the punches, no sweat off his back. ]

Are you always this straightforward? I'm not sure your employer would be too happy about brushing shoulders with a stranger.

[sunburning]

[ an arch of his brows. ]

Oh, I'm not interested, if that's what you're concerned about. That was rather the point, in a roundabout way.

[perago]

I think I'm beginning to see where the unreasonable bit comes from.

[ Snide remark, barbed sympathy, or playful advance? You decide. Or don't, as he's moving along too quickly to really give it much consideration. ]

It's James.

[sunburning]

Just wait.

[ james. there's no way to tell if it's his real one or not, of course, but it doesn't matter to cassidy. he's accustomed to others using false names, anyway, given what his employer entertains himself with lately. ]

James, then. A pleasure. You can call me Cassidy.

[chaotically]

[ Kanye shrug. ]

Have I ever tried to keep you?

[ You'll find he hasn't... aside from the times he ties you up, but that's for funsies, alright?

Set gives orders, but he doesn't make anyone do anything for him. He just doesn't give that much of a damn maybe he relishes freedom a little too much.

All he demands are fighters. Come when you're called, lay down your life if you have to for the battle. Cassidy didn't have to do nearly as much as he has for Set and it baffles the god he even tried. Not that he'll say as much. He's just going to pretend like it's no big deal and Cassidy's overcomplicating matters. ]

Where do you want to go?

[sunburning]

You needn't try. I think we both know perfectly well that I'm not going anywhere for long.

[ an adjustment of his sleeve, smoothing the fold absently. they're rolled up his forearms again-- in fact, the only time he doesn't roll them is probably when set has left marks. can't be alarming potential buyers or collaborators, after all. ]

I really have no opinion. Somewhere with a beach might be lovely, but that's unlikely to happen. I'd just prefer for her to make up her mind one way or the other.

[nstark]

Pepper enjoys her employment, thank you very much.

[sunburning]

I don't believe that I implied otherwise.

[nstark]

Indicating you and Potts have similarities such as unreasonable employers? Sounds like implication to me.