WHO:
flotillaborn &
iron_liverWHERE: StarkTech
WHEN: Wednesday Afternoon
WARNINGS: None so far!
SUMMARY: Tony has promised Tali a tour of StarkTech, and possibly a job.
FORMAT: Prose to start! I'll match whatever, though.
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It wasn't like she had -that- much wardrobe to choose from. )
That was likely because Tony Stark was one of those sorts that watched his front desk. Or rather, he had a passing interest in it, and whenever his name was called, his attention shifted right over to the front desk. Security cameras picked up on the video, and ten minutes later, he was finishing the last of his elevator ride to the first floor.
Dressed in his usual suit, the jacket slung casually over one shoulder while he approached her, he reached out with his free hand toward the young woman.
"Now what is such a beautiful young woman doing in my building?"
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"Tali'Zorah vas Normandy. We spoke briefly on the communicators about the possibility of finding me a niche here at StarkTech." She hoped that she sounded confident in herself; she'd debated coming in her quarian form, but had decided against it.
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"Indeed, I'm glad you arrived so fast. I've already got a few stops we can make. I hope you're up for a long walk. Why don't you follow me, and I'll take you into some of our labspaces," he offered.
Well, okay, he really was willing to give her a job, but he always like to figure out what made his workers tick. Flirting was simply the most expedient process when it came to the opposite sex. He held out a hand to guide her toward the elevator.
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"I didn't want to keep you waiting," she admitted. She'd also been eager to take a look at the facility after browsing over the information she'd found on the 'net.
"And I don't mind long walks. Do you have any questions for me so far?" She followed him toward the elevator, trying to keep her posture open rather than drawing her arms up to her chest like she might've liked to. She did remove her coat, though, draping it across one arm so that she wouldn't be too warm inside the building.
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The filtered music started playing, but it was faint enough to have a conversation over. "I'm curious about the projects you've worked on before. I know you mentioned several different projects back home. Why don't you tell me about them?"
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He smiles, and indicates for her to continue. Man this elevator is slow...
Which means it's purposefully going slow thanks to the jerk you're talking to Tali.
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She pauses. "Does any of that sound familiar? Most long-distance space travel is done using a system called mass relays; it allows instantaneous travel over thousands of lightyears."
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"That's alright though, we've had our own breakthroughs. I'm assuming FTL is Faster than Light travel? We've worked on it bit by bit, but you know how it is, making a better future has to start with investments here at home," and he paused as the elevator made a small ping.
Yes, he timed it perfectly. He gestured for her to step out of the elevator.
"Which is really what I'm interested in. Here we are on the first R&D level, where we're working on alternative energy solutions."
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"That's what we're trying to do here, actually. I want to find something that will be clean and safe, as well as something that won't accidentally turn into a Chernobyl or 5-Mile Island," he explained, before noting toward a small group of researchers playing with Algae.
"Now, I'm more of a tech guy, but I'm always willing to invest in projects, if I think they'll move forward."
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Surprisingly, sarcasm was something Tali was actually used to. "For all I know you could've outsourced," she pointed out after a moment, finally giving in to her urge to cross her arms over her chest. "Too easily weaponized?" She raised an eyebrow. "Do you use it for personal consumption, then? Or is that also too high a risk, should the technology somehow fall into the wrong hands?" She was curious about what exactly he could've created that he deemed safe for himself, but not for others.
She assumed that what he meant by 'move forward' was 'produce money and useful results'.
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"Anyway, yes, I use my repulsor technology to fly around in a big metal suit and make sure things don't explode around me. For years, it was the only thing keeping me alive, you know."
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"It isn't as if I was making my communication with him a secret -- and he left his encryption nice and open to you when we were speaking together, so he's not trying to keep it a secret either." She made a mental note to look into repulsor technology a little more regardless. "And no, I wasn't aware that he's been trying to sabotage you actively but I'm not surprised."
He'd been friendly to her, but he certainly erred on the side of paranoid as far as she was concerned. Still, he'd been willing to exchange technology with her fairly and that was something.
That perked her interest. "The suit itself wasn't keeping you alive, though - just the repulsor technology, correct?"
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"To answer your question, it was the tech and the suit, until I had it miniaturized a bit more. After that, though, it just didn't seem like it was something I should give up. People needed me, if only to keep some of the small rogue's gallery I had collected at bay."
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So he did know what it was like to live in a suit, if not permanently then at least for a time. That was a bit of information to file away for later.
"Fortunate that miniaturization was an option." She cracked a small smile, though. For whatever anyone said about him being an ass, if he was willing to keep doing things because people needed him then he wasn't a terrible person.
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