servomotor: (oblique)
"anthony" stark ([personal profile] servomotor) wrote in [community profile] xistentia2018-01-05 11:02 am

o1 👨‍💻 Nothing like a big bad bridge (open)

Characters: Tony Stark, CR, & YOU
Summary: A smol average height technologist superhero man goes about his business in the wake of war and random comedic holiday shenanigans. Some closed starters in the comments.
Date(s): Catch-all for January 2018!
Warnings/Notes: Mental illness, manpain, etc. Maybe some sexual content in here eventually!



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Whether in this world or the last, Tony Stark manages to be both a highly private person and incredibly easy to find. Most of the time, he can be found in his workshop, where he invents and repairs a range of machinery for people. Lately, he's been working on copying Xistentia's emotional energy conversion technology and turn it into something that the average citizen (or above average, depending on your self-concept) can use. Behold: sewing machines and weaving looms that feed off bursts of emotional inspiration, coffee machines fueled by your addict's desperation, and cars that go a little faster because you really really want them to!

The rest of the time, he might be found out and about, often in the iconic red suit. He's often preoccupied with brokering deals to acquire more scrap from the beach or trade with other people from contemporary worlds. You might catch him in dry debate, negotiating; you might even find yourself waved over and asked for your honest opinion about the value of a piece of chassis or energy source, in the middle of an otherwise incomprehensible technobabble conversation. Just remember: there is definitely a right answer.

However, in his off-hours, you might instead find him at your local liquor establishment or listening to some live multiversal music downtown, wearing an Immensely Doubtful expression on his bearded face. On the other hand, it's Tony Stark. Maybe that's just what his rich white boy face looks like.
dothelokimotion: (You will never go)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-01-18 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Blithely. ]

I saw you on the news. I think a mother called you an "uncultured influence on young minds." I also think she was crying. Blubbering. I can never tell.

[ Resting two fingers on the creature's head, Loki wills it to awaken. It blinks its baleful yellow eyes, letting out a warbled cry. He lifts his fingers away as the creature starts to uncoil itself, undulating its way to the sea. Going home. Though this was not anyone's home. This was a patchwork quilt, a joke. Or maybe deep in his bones, there is a fatigue Loki hasn't been able to expunge, not since the bridge broke under his feet. ]

Recommend what you like. But again, I haven't partaken in wide-scale murder in years. So your advice, if one can call it that, is moot. So I'm not sure what it is you are trying to accomplish in your dialogue.
Edited 2018-01-18 23:39 (UTC)
dothelokimotion: (Horses should not be trusted)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-01-22 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ He does not flinch, but it is a near thing, hidden under layers of practiced deception. Loki is not surprised that Stark would choose this tact. His lip curls, close to a snarl before he reigns it in once more. Giving ground for anger would mean Stark's words had found a mark. And Loki wasn't keen on losing ground, not lately. Not anymore. A coldness descends upon him, encasing his face. ]

No. That's not what you want. What you want is my suffering, my regret. You want it as currency for my own pit. What good is my regret to anyone? Does it make me a better person?

[ It ends with a hiss. ]

I think not. It changes nothing.
dothelokimotion: (Maybe your attention is drifting)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-01-24 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Then I do not see the point. I can acknowledge what I've done, but I will not fake or scrape for forgiveness. So I ask you again. What is it you want? Otherwise, go pontificate at yourself in the mirror.

[ Of course, again, the conversation turns to Thor. As if everything Loki does has to do with Thor. He hates it because it has the stench of a truth Loki cannot fully escape, even with Asgard's dust behind him. The simmer of frustration is in his eyes, bright as a star. While Thor is more boisterous, he is steady as a hammer. Loki's passions are sudden, dangerous sparks that makes one's head spin, drawing them in. He moves closer, his form wavering in the ozone. Loki may not have the kind of power Thor has, but his divine presence still holds weight, charging the very air. ]

You have some nerve, Stark, to speak of me and my brother. As if you didn't see for yourself when you traipsed into my head. As if you do not know.
dothelokimotion: (He did not have much in the present)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-01-29 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ The waves lap gently over Loki's boots, soaking them with sea-water. Even now, the sensation feels alien and cold. Asgard had no seas. All he could remember were the constant rush of sound coming from the rapids as they poured over the edge of the universe. ]

Everything I believed in is gone. Of course, all of it was a lie but — [ He shrugs carelessly. Tony has hit it on the nail and Loki is unnerved. There was an itch under his skin that was slowly subsiding, the maniacal energy that had surfaced so quickly ebbing away with the tide. ]

Who I'm meant to be? You don't know that. I don't know that. Freedom, it seems, is still life's greatest lie.

[ What he is now are scraps, broken china pieces oddly fitted together. He can't go back to the way he was. He can't keep playing the villain because his sister Hela has far outdone him in that regard. He is no longer Odin's monster or Odin's pawn. He barely — barely qualifies as Thor's brother. He is not necessary to Asgard, to anyone. He could vanish and be forgotten. Like Hela. It's why Loki was always perplexed by Thor's mourning. He never quite understood it.

Deep down, he would like someone — anyone — to tell him what he could be. More what? More who? ]
dothelokimotion: (It’s not other people that hurt us)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-02-06 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Loki doesn't speak for a long time. Whether he's listening or not, it's hard to tell. Any sign (the bobbing of the adam's apple, the pinch of his brow) could be lies, placed there to elicit a sympathetic response. Or, more telling, is the lack of it, a polished mirror, reflecting back at those who speak to him. He's a chameleon boy. Always have been. ]

Is that what you tell yourself, Stark?
dothelokimotion: (Why wasn’t I able to lift it?)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-02-10 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ Loki snorts delicately as he walks off, fading from view. Some things do not merit a response. ]