02 | A Possible Solution | Video | Locked to Venetian District, Filtered away from Gabriel

[notbuiltforthis]

[Shortly after Boss' broadcast to the entire city, the unwilling residents of the Venetian District will receive another message.

Pepper is standing on top of a roof with the face-plate on the Mark VII suit flipped open so she can be seen and possibly recognized.]Firstly, I would like to issue an apology if anyone was inconvenienced or injured

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[notanemptymotto]

voice;

That is quite the armor you've found yourself in, Ms. Potts.

[notbuiltforthis]

I'm technically borrowing it.

[She'll pass the praise to Tony, not that he needs to hear it.]

It is...quite amazing.

[notanemptymotto]

I certainly hope it gets rather good gas mileage.

[ Jokes to lighten up the situation? You bet. ]

[notbuiltforthis]

It's very energy efficient.

[flipsalltables]

video

[Thor has the smallest smirk at the armour she's wearing.] It suits you. Perhaps ask Tony to make you your own. [Then he shakes his head a little bit.] You should not surrender to a man like this. We know not the extent of his power, and you are not trained for this. Pass the information to someone else, do not do it yourself.

[notbuiltforthis]

[She may. With fewer weapons. She feels like if she gets jostled she'll unleash a missile barrage, even though she knows it's impossible.]

I have to do something. What if I can coax him out? [The Trickster 'asked' for her company before, after all.]

[flipsalltables]

What is your whole plan, Pepper? I do not wish for you to risk yourself when one of us could help. [A pause and a look of concern.] You know my aid is yours, don't you?

[notbuiltforthis]

According to the information I was given, we, [She pauses for a moment to take a deep breath.] We need to pull him out into the open, into a...circle of oil that will need to be lit.

[This sounds ridiculous, she knows.]

[ironfail]

(video hack. because duh.)

Potts! I'm liking the new look. It's got a certain...appeal, can't quite put my finger on it.

[notbuiltforthis]

[...Oh, Tony. She should have expected that.]

You can't put your finger on it? How strange.

[ironfail]

Yeah, I might just have to ponder it some more. Could you be a doll and hold the camera farther back so I can see you better?

[notbuiltforthis]

[She holds the camera out as far as she can.]

It doesn't fit very well. I'm going to have to complain to the tailor.

[selfantagonized]

- You look good. [Totally meaning it, as he fixes his jacket.]

And I think I should be the one to make the apology, shouldn't I? It was my fault that the big guy came out, after all. [There's a slight frown for a moment but he smiles to cover it up, furrow his brows.] I've been helping Dr. Magnus over at her clinic with that, so it's a good thing you put this up, I think.

Pepper, I don't think you should be the one to surrender, though.

[notbuiltforthis]

Tony wears it better. [She smirks for a second before becoming more serious.]

How we react to stress isn't always something we can control, Dr. Banner, and I think we can all agree that this is a very stressful situation. [If anyone tries to make him feel more guilty than he already does, Pepper will deal with them.]

...If the plan works, no one will actually surrender.

[selfantagonized]

You ever tell him that?

Still, I should've known better. Thor and I - we all knew this would be bad, but it... [And subject change, right.] What's done is done, and I should take responsibility. It's the least I can do, Pepper.

What is the plan, exactly? You're not going to be in an actual room with that guy, are you? He's a bit worse than a bag of cats.

[notbuiltforthis]

...I still prefer him in a normal suit. [And why feed his ego?

She won't say anything more on the subject of The Hulk. She's made her opinion known, she thinks.]

I'm hoping to draw him out. Somewhere neutral.

[Somewhere she can make a circle of the holy oil she was given.]

[milesawayfrom]

private text;

I'm going to need to know whatever you know about this bastard.

[notbuiltforthis]

He's creepy and there's magic involved.

[Okay, she'll be serious.]

Apparently if we can trap him in a circle of Holy Oil, he'll be contained.

[milesawayfrom]

Trust me, I've seen some pretty crazy stuff.

[ His whole life is crazy stuff. ]

So, you're the one Elizabeth told. [ Desmond makes a note to keep her identity secret. ] I'm going to need to find some of this Holy Oil.

[notbuiltforthis]

[She may need to tread carefully now. She doesn't know if Gabriel has informants. Maybe she should have thought this over more.]

I was. What do you intend to do with it?