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That thing I'm working on for FF->PP?
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July 26, '74, 5th and E. 71st, paying a surprise visit to one of the Stark mansions. Noise and violence complaints. Rumors about superhero business, but I keep my nose far out of that bullshit. Just here to talk to whoever's around.
The rumor? They say the Avengers live here. I don't exactly see how that's possible--they may have a few ladies on the team, but they ain't a gaggle of girls, from what I've heard, and that's exactly what I found here.
Our Lovely Hostess in the Pants -- well, who doesn't know who Andrea Stark is by now? She's been scandal fodder for every gossip rag for the past five years--what did they call her, the Hamptons Pony? Disappeared in 'Nam for a few months, then pulled a hostile takeover of her father's weapons company, which had left the family when old Howard Stark died. Nobody knows how she managed it, but now she's the first lady CEO of an international engineering firm, and the business world still hasn't finished freaking out over her. And add to that her mysterious armored bodyguard who keeps showing up and saving people at random. Word has it she's genuinely brilliant but a bit trippy, and five minutes with her confirms both. And if you doubt the trippy part, she's putting the rest of these wiggety-wacks up in her spare mansion. Drinks a mean scotch though.
Donna Blake -- the wiggety-wack bit? She's the exception. A widowed mother of two and a medical doctor. Showed me pictures of her kids--Benny, eight, and Anne, five--and made me tea. British, you know. One of the sweetest ladies I've ever met, especially for a professional type. A bad leg, too, the poor thing. Then again, she's a pediatrician, and I think she got into it because she loves taking care of kids. Don't know why she's wasting her time with this lot.
Ian Van Dyne -- modernist fashion designer from blue blood and old money. Has a scandal record as long as Miss Stark's--oh, excuse me, Ms. Stark, we're supposed to call her Ms. Stark now. Some say he wears eyeliner, if you know what I mean, but his work's a smash hit on the runway most seasons, and his money can bail him out of anything. If he weren't making eyes at Miss Pym (see below) I'd assume he was here to accompany the Hamptons Pony. Man spends more time tweaking his clothes than all the girls put together.
Henrietta Pym -- I saw her for about two seconds before she went back down to her lab, and she wouldn't stop talking about ants, which is funny, because I'd thought she was a chemist. Lovely girl, but not all there. Rumor has it she was involved in some big disaster at Vernon Van Dyne's lab. Same Van Dyne--it's not like there's more than one Van Dyne in this town, he's Ian's father--and a big research scientist type. Apparently he had a problem and went to her for help for some reason, and then things blow up and you have a batch of eyewitnesses going on about a big green monster. I did some of the clean-up on that, but didn't meet her until now. And, yes, she keeps a lab in the building. I wouldn't be surprised if she blows this one up, too.
Stella Rogers -- lady wears dogtags, army boots, and a World War II GI uniform, and goes around talking about things that happened thirty years ago like she was there, when she can't possibly be that old. Plus she looks like she could break most of my beat cops over her knee. Don't know why these folks have a crazy lesbo living with them, or where she even came from, but it certainly can't help with the complaints we've been getting, now can it?
Kids outside asking me if I talked with the Avengers. Of course I didn't. They say everyone knows they live there. Dumb kids. I need to get back on my real case. Except what the hell is my real case these days? We're never going to find Beth Banner...
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July 26, '74, 5th and E. 71st, paying a surprise visit to one of the Stark mansions. Noise and violence complaints. Rumors about superhero business, but I keep my nose far out of that bullshit. Just here to talk to whoever's around.
The rumor? They say the Avengers live here. I don't exactly see how that's possible--they may have a few ladies on the team, but they ain't a gaggle of girls, from what I've heard, and that's exactly what I found here.
Our Lovely Hostess in the Pants -- well, who doesn't know who Andrea Stark is by now? She's been scandal fodder for every gossip rag for the past five years--what did they call her, the Hamptons Pony? Disappeared in 'Nam for a few months, then pulled a hostile takeover of her father's weapons company, which had left the family when old Howard Stark died. Nobody knows how she managed it, but now she's the first lady CEO of an international engineering firm, and the business world still hasn't finished freaking out over her. And add to that her mysterious armored bodyguard who keeps showing up and saving people at random. Word has it she's genuinely brilliant but a bit trippy, and five minutes with her confirms both. And if you doubt the trippy part, she's putting the rest of these wiggety-wacks up in her spare mansion. Drinks a mean scotch though.
Donna Blake -- the wiggety-wack bit? She's the exception. A widowed mother of two and a medical doctor. Showed me pictures of her kids--Benny, eight, and Anne, five--and made me tea. British, you know. One of the sweetest ladies I've ever met, especially for a professional type. A bad leg, too, the poor thing. Then again, she's a pediatrician, and I think she got into it because she loves taking care of kids. Don't know why she's wasting her time with this lot.
Ian Van Dyne -- modernist fashion designer from blue blood and old money. Has a scandal record as long as Miss Stark's--oh, excuse me, Ms. Stark, we're supposed to call her Ms. Stark now. Some say he wears eyeliner, if you know what I mean, but his work's a smash hit on the runway most seasons, and his money can bail him out of anything. If he weren't making eyes at Miss Pym (see below) I'd assume he was here to accompany the Hamptons Pony. Man spends more time tweaking his clothes than all the girls put together.
Henrietta Pym -- I saw her for about two seconds before she went back down to her lab, and she wouldn't stop talking about ants, which is funny, because I'd thought she was a chemist. Lovely girl, but not all there. Rumor has it she was involved in some big disaster at Vernon Van Dyne's lab. Same Van Dyne--it's not like there's more than one Van Dyne in this town, he's Ian's father--and a big research scientist type. Apparently he had a problem and went to her for help for some reason, and then things blow up and you have a batch of eyewitnesses going on about a big green monster. I did some of the clean-up on that, but didn't meet her until now. And, yes, she keeps a lab in the building. I wouldn't be surprised if she blows this one up, too.
Stella Rogers -- lady wears dogtags, army boots, and a World War II GI uniform, and goes around talking about things that happened thirty years ago like she was there, when she can't possibly be that old. Plus she looks like she could break most of my beat cops over her knee. Don't know why these folks have a crazy lesbo living with them, or where she even came from, but it certainly can't help with the complaints we've been getting, now can it?
Kids outside asking me if I talked with the Avengers. Of course I didn't. They say everyone knows they live there. Dumb kids. I need to get back on my real case. Except what the hell is my real case these days? We're never going to find Beth Banner...
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