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Systems Alliance, come in. This is Lieutenant Commander Shepard of the SSV Normandy reporting.

The planet I've landed on is habitable. In fact, there are others here in the same position as me, though it appears all trace of the crew and ship are MIA. That -- probably means I'm the MIA one. I can only hope you're all still together, and in a beneficial situation. Planetary life here seems peaceful to some degree, but I'll stick to the book if it's necessary. I'm documenting plant life, animal genuses, and physical terrain, so you can expect some good reading whenever we meet up again.

Don't sweat. I'm fighting for Earth still, and I'll be back in the line of fire before you know it. Keep yourselves safe, be smart. Unite the alien races, you know the drill. Earth has its eyes on you, and humanity needs us.



To everyone else, hey. Know where a girl can get a decent drink around here?

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Iron Man?

( :3cccccccc )

I didn't know I was talking to a celebrity. Double celebrity?
So, without any military training, you made a super suit and hopped in, fighting malicious aliens to protect the world?





That's impressive. You might be more of a good guy than me.

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YOU HAVE GOOD SOCIAL SKILLS. BET THEY DIDN'T TEACH THAT TO YOU IN THE ACADEMY.
HERO IS AN ASPIRATIONAL ONE. I'M BUYING MY WAY BACK ACROSS THE TILTED SCALE A GOOD DEED AT A TIME.



P.S. NOT VERY NICE TO PRETEND YOU'VE HEARD OF IRON MAN.

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Some people are just naturally charismatic.
If you spend your life repenting, you're never really living, Tony.

I'm not. I just think it's funny that someone as tech savvy as you would take on a name featuring a material you don't even use in your suit.
Unless the compound of your iron is different from the compound of my iron. That would be awful confusing.

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TO BE FAIR, I LIVED PRETTY HARD BEFORE I CRAWLED ONTO THE SCALE. FUN WHILE IT LASTED. FOR ME.


NO YOU'RE RIGHT.
GOOD ZING, COMMANDER.
BRANDING, NOT ACCURACY. YOU DON'T HAVE MONIKERS FROM HOME?

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Old Tony sounds like a ball, I wish I could've met him. Maybe you'll dust him off for a little while, while we're here.

Alright, I can tell when I'm being patronized, Metal Boy. Tin Can? Steel Dude. Headbanger! Which do you like more.
I don't, but some of my friends do. Archangel comes to mind.

( which they also make fun of bc garrus vakarian u absolute edgelord. )

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IRON MAN IS EXPONENTIALLY COOLER THAN ALL THAT.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A MONIKER AND IT'S GOING TO BE COOL.
ARCHANGEL IS OKAY, BUT I'M NOT ONE FOR RELIGIOUS OVERTONES PERSONALLY. OR UNDERTONES.

NEW TONY CAN HAVE FUN. AVENGING MANKIND CAN BE FUN.
P.S. MY GROUP OF EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES WAS CALLED "THE AVENGERS."
COOL, SEE.

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I was pretty happy with Headbanger.
Alright, but it better be cool like you say. I won't settle for anything less than the best.

You had a nickname for yourself and your crew?
I must've skipped that lesson in Heroics 101. Usually people just called us a suicide mission, and I can't exactly fault them for that.
The Avengers does sound pretty cool, though. Who was part of it?

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STEVE ROGERS, AKA CAPTAIN AMERICA, AS PATRIOTIC AS THAT SOUNDS, CHEST LIKE THE TITANIC. THOR ODINSON, ACTUAL GOD. DEMIGOD? NOT CLEAR ON THE DISTINCTION. WIELDS MJOLNIR AND POWER OVER THE WEATHER, I SHIT YOU NOT. BRUCE BANNER, A MILD-MANNERED SCIENTIST. THE BLACK WIDOW, SPECIAL MANEUVER INVOLVES A THIGH ATTACK ON THE NECK VERTEBRATES AND SIMULTANEOUS ELECTROCUTION. HAWKEYE, WILLIAM TELL WITH A SIDE OF HIGH-TECH EXPLOSIONS, TRACKING OPTIONS, GRAPNEL ROPE, MANY TOYS IN A DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR FORMAT.

2/2

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MA'AM FATALE

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One of these things is not like the other. Mild-mannered scientist?
He's my favorite. I have a soft spot for underdogs.

( aw tony. that's pretty cute. shepard is smiling at her phone when she responds. )

Does that mean you're going to call me Ma'am from now on?

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HE'S MY FAVORITE TOO. HANDY IN A PINCH. IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING



I GUESS THE WORLD DID END. I PROBABLY WOULD'VE GONE WITH IT IF IT WEREN'T FOR DR. BANNER.

[Oh Bruce. ;w;]

IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, MA'AM.

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( absently, she's a bit reminded of ashley williams, the god-loving eden prime soldier, formal to a boot under her family's long war-history. she always liked to call her ma'am, despite what shepard told her about it being unnecessary. she died on virmire and -- god, does that seem like forever ago. )

Here's to Dr. Banner.

I could get used to it. I thought country boys were supposed to be the ones with manners.