homeless, heading nowhere.

[vied]

Oh, I don't know. It could be fun.

I'm guessing this is where I'm supposed to offer a definitive yes or no, but I think I'm just gonna leave it up to you. It's no skin off my back, whatever you decide to do.

Just don't shortchange me.

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[ex_starks385]

Hey, — remember that time your definition of "fun" [ look, ma, finger quotes. ] was — I don't know — singlehandedly destroying virtually everything in your path and nearly demolishing American government as we know it so that you could, basically, just — stick it in?

Boy, you know, it's good to see times sure have changed, huh?

[vied]

[ Though it takes a pause, Killian raises both palms in a gesture of mock surrender, the long-suffering quality to his expression entirely unearned but likely the closest thing to an apology that he's going to be able to muster. ]

As nice as the conceit is, Tony, it wasn't all about the girl. Anyway, contrary to what seems to have become the popular opinion, I don't mind a little R&R that doesn't involve a body count.

[ex_starks385]

Speaking of bodies — Hey, you're looking a little lively there for a zombie. Last I saw, you were, uh, campfire remains.

So, this is what you do in your downtime? Apart from, you know, back-up work for Michael Jackson?

[debts]

[ Mildly: ]

People usually don't mind until something worse happens.

[vied]

Fair point. But considering how little this one's got planned out— [ he points his thumb over his shoulder ] —I'm not all that worried about the possibility of jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire, y' know?

[debts]

No, I suppose you don't. [ What's that phrase about blood in the water and sharks? ]

You've managed to create quite a name for yourself. [ A beat; a tic of a smile. ] Or so I hear.

[task]

[ Hey remember that one time you took Pepper hostage and then proceeded to make her a glow-in-the-dark amazon? Cause she sure does. ]

Speaking of the skin off your back—

[vied]

[ IT WAS ONE TIME. ]

Hey. [ Ironically, he still starts off in that same half-starstruck manner, though the whole you blew me up part takes a bit of the edge off. ] Look— [ he spreads his arms out, seeming fairly pleased given the fact that the last time they'd seen each other he'd been blown to smithereens; skin off his back indeed ] —good as new, right?

Sorry, I have to bother all the Killians /o\

[canyouregulate]

You bored, too, boss-man?

[vied]

A little, I have to admit, but I'm gathering that that's what's par the course for these parts, at least until things start getting hairy.

[canyouregulate]

Yeah, but when things get hairy, at least that's when the fun starts.

Otherwise, what's the point?

[hasthekeys]

What could be fun? Being homeless?

[Does this mean you'll go without socks forever, Killian?]

[vied]

[ Going sockless is a complement to casual summer tailoring, thank you very much! ]

Contextually, yes, but not in the literal sense. I like having a roof over my head; don't you?

[hasthekeys]

[Why not just wear flip-flops, then?]

I like having a head to have a roof over.

[No head that turns into a bomb for Happy, please and thank you.]

[therealgenius]

You're probably going to get shortchanged.

By a lot. So much that "short" seems like the Statue of Liberty.

[vied]

That bright an outlook, huh?

[therealgenius]

Not really bright at all.

Though, that depends on what they mean to do with you, whether they think you're a "precious baby" or they want you to go through hell.

[overheatings]

Better to keep doing after all - right, boss?

[vied]

You got that right. Can't let a single failure keep you down.

[overheatings]

Besides, had a hell of a streak going before the minor blips. [ One of them being needing better Extremis because so not cool getting chest blasted and not healing, okay, that was one of the things the body job should have covered. ]

[ex_scintillating454]

Oh they're likely going to shortchange you. I would say accept that now but I haven't in two years.

The downside to being what they deem a villain though? They think we're fine with nothing to do, that we'll entertain ourselves. Then they get annoyed when things get destroyed, or our voices get too loud.

[vied]

I don't intend on making a mess, but I'll agree that "villain" is a label that's worth a little rebellion. Never really been all that fond of it, myself.

[ficus]

"Fun".

[vied]

More so than the alternative, anyway. Life is for the living, blah, blah, so on and so forth. [ Now, this is what we like to call the wrong approach to an apology. ] You're looking well.

[ficus]

[ An eyebrow raises, arms fold. Her jaw clenches to keep the disgust at bay. But at this point? Hey, she's pretty sure she's earned it. 'Wrong' doesn't even begin to cover the basics. ] Well, you know, it's like your father used to say, Killian — Nothing really gives a person clarity like a bullet to the gut. I hear it works wonders for the skin.