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[ican_takeyou]

Who: Caroline, Elena, and Tony Stark (aka The Boss)
Where: Stark Universal. Tony's lab.
What: Caroline is bragging about her boss. He's pretty cool, yo.
When: The Day After LifeDay.
Notes: Back-dating is for winners.

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[tonywankenobi]

[ Hey, despite the fact that the first thing out of his mouth was a complaint, Tony is definitely not going to complain about his current company. First he addresses Elena because she's new and said significantly less substance, omfg Caroline way to just fire seven bombs at once. ]

Though the armor would probably look good with passion pink nails, I'm going to request that the manicure set stay away from my things.

[ And now you. ]

First of all, you need to give me time to respond to the things you say before you say twelve new things. I can't react in the correct order if I forget which things you said when and I don't want to be smiling at bad news.

[ A small pause as he pretends to think, taking a deep breath. ]

Okay. Zenned.

Some people take their work home with them, I take my home to work. Trust me, I'd be doing more hobby-related things if there were less work-related things on my plate. I have yet to see a vehicle worth fixing up yet otherwise I'd have a sweet new ride by now and probably a bigger fake smile for the next point.

[ Crap he forgot where to go next. Whatever, he's already over it. Have a fake smile, Elena! ]

Nice to meet you, you've got some interesting friends. [ Immediate subject change because he's going down a list. ] That's good news to hear about the draft, check another thing off my list and buy yourself some celebratory champagne and...

What was next? LifeDay?

No. Let me know when it's Christmas.

[ And he thinks he's covered everything! ]

[brave_andstupid]

[Elena is very amused as he gets ready to respond to the Caroline infobomb. She can't help the slight giggle as he makes his way through every point on Caroline's list.]

You get used to it after a while. Your brain will eventually get a Caroline filter that will sift out all the important things and allow you to answer more easily.

[and then there's a smile]

And it's nice to meet you too.

[ican_takeyou]

[Caroline stands there, watching as Tony runs down the mental list of all the things she said and her smile grows more and more as he progresses through it all. By the time he's reached LifeDay, she's beaming. This is why they actually are a good team. She can remember almost all of it and he can keep up with her.]

Actually, speaking of champagne, I was thinking since you're here - when you shouldn't be - that I can pull you away from here for a bit and you can come have a drink with us. It's nothing where I'll drink you under the table. I promise, but Elena wanted to know what I did here and this is the last stop on the tour.

[She looks at him expectantly.] You know you'll have fun, plus, it'll be a small, but very well-deserved, break.

[tonywankenobi]

[ And like that, all the important things she spewed at him and he responded to earlier are dropped in favor of celebration.

He waits for Caroline to finish speaking before turning to Elena. ]

I'll have to work on that filter for the next time I'm breaking a rule I never put into place. I mean, she told you that I was the boss, right?

[ And oh look, there's Caroline! Don't worry, he knew you were there. Tony had reached a good spot for a break and turns fully away from what he was working on. ]

You really know how to twist my arm, Miss. Forbes. [ There is a brief pause and he looks at Elena. ] I want to make sure you're taking "drinking me under the table" with a grain of salt. It didn't happen quite like that and I was running on very little sleep that day.

...you wouldn't be able to do that right? Are you even old enough to drink? Good god, no one has birthdays here but me.

[brave_andstupid]

[Elena gave him a face that said she was very convinced that that is absolutely the case -- though she doubted it with Caroline's vampire metabolism and the fact that she's been drinking with Caroline before]

I'm sure you weren't at your best. Completely understandable.

[ican_takeyou]

[There will be no judging of her boss. He didn't even know that she was a vampire at the time.]

Tony's clued in on my advantages when it comes to drinking. At the time... not so much. He deserves a rematch. [She grins at him.]

So, we're going right? The bar up the way, right?

[tonywankenobi]

[ Perfectly understandable! People don't just go around assuming people are vampires! Similarly, people don't go around BEING vampires most of the time so Tony is the real victim here. ]

Exhausted. Absolutely and utterly ready for bed at the time. I was also outnumbered. [ Though at the mention of him "not knowing at the time", he nods at Elena. The truth is out.

Though he stands up because hellz yeah he's going despite anything else he might say. ]

A rematch? Maybe I should just slap my liver down on the table now because you know I can't back down now. Duty as a man and your boss. I never stood a chance.

[ His life is so hard. ]

[brave_andstupid]

[This could actually be FUN. Elena had almost forgotten what that was.]

He could always just take me on? I might be a bit more his speed.

[ican_takeyou]

I think we should stop talking about the potential drinking and get around to the actual drinking. [She misses having fun too, everything is always very extreme in this place. It's always a war, or a draft, or someone from back home that could kill them all.

Honestly, some drinks and a good night out is exactly what they all need.]

I can always handicap myself and go with three to every one. [She makes the offer as she starts for the door. Come along, to the bar they shall go!]