[ Pre-shatterverse - warning for spoilers for Iron Man]It starts in the sky, several hundred feet up. There's a light and a bang, and something appears
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Josh swoops closer - a curvy girl who looks like she wouldn't be out of place anywhere in the Middle East. At least, as far as that dark skin and hair is concerned.
The jeans are just a bit too tight and that blouse just a little too short-sleeved, really.
The red-and-gold head pivots towards her, taking her in with glowing eyes. "Okay, hello." He doesn't sound nearly as freaked out as he probably should, this high off the ground. Probably thanks to the tight jeans.
"Thank you for not letting me die. Unless this is the part where I sit here while my life flashes before my eyes. Because I'd rather skip that."
He rocks a bit - the boots are built to be solid, and to hold the rockets, and so aren't exactly flexible. Turning towards the girl, he lets the suit's faceplate pull back, proving that, yes, there is a man in there. He's sweaty, and sorta grimy, with cuts and bruises here and there that still have yet to fully heal over, but a man nevertheless.
"Thanks for..."
He doesn't quite finish, distracted by the landscape. Or lack thereof.
She is contemplating saving him.
Or seeing how big a hole in the ground he makes.
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That was an angel, he is thinking, So I'm about to die, and incidentally lose Pascal's Wager.
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Beat.
Be-
She snaps out a hand, magic to freeze him mid-air.
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- Oh. Not dying anymore.
Not flying, either. Running on automatic, the suit's boot-rockets fire a couple more times (pfft! pfft!), utterly useless.
As the metal man attempts to twist about: "Okay. What caught me?"
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The jeans are just a bit too tight and that blouse just a little too short-sleeved, really.
"Me."
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"Thank you for not letting me die. Unless this is the part where I sit here while my life flashes before my eyes. Because I'd rather skip that."
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"Sadly, outside of my powers. I can show you how you are going to die, but that's always depressing. Care to be on the ground?"
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"The statement and the question are unrelated, right? You're going to put me down nicely if I say yes?"
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Damn wings.
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He rocks a bit - the boots are built to be solid, and to hold the rockets, and so aren't exactly flexible. Turning towards the girl, he lets the suit's faceplate pull back, proving that, yes, there is a man in there. He's sweaty, and sorta grimy, with cuts and bruises here and there that still have yet to fully heal over, but a man nevertheless.
"Thanks for..."
He doesn't quite finish, distracted by the landscape. Or lack thereof.
"Where are we?"
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"Earth." Beat. "Just, a really kinda fucked up version of it. End of the world, boyo."
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"How far are we from Gulmira?"
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