arcanarum | Mark I - [action + video]

(please refer to his third-person sample for what's happened immediately before this.)

[he woke up a second time. It was unexpected, but extremely welcome. He expected to feel little pieces of metal stabbing away at his heart since his arc reactor was missing. But strangely, he didn't feel any different than normal. Just groggy.

Deciding to take advantage of this reprieve from death's embrace, Tony flipped open the little communication's device and activated the video function. As an after thought he grabbed the little card]

So, this is a new one, kidnapped by insane cosplay enthusiasts? Your jokes can use some work, though. Really, the Tin Man? Is that the best you could come up with? What do ya want, anyways? Money? Weapons? My armor? I'll tell you where to shove it, but you won't listen until I have a better microphone.

And who is this... [he mouths Yaldabaoth, trying to figure out the pronunciation, gives up and continues] Who is this Yogi Bear character with a name that looks like it belongs to something Lovecraft invented? I'm not living with a tentacle monster, am I? [he looks really unsure about that]

Is there anyone who happens to know where I can get 1.5 grams of palladium and a few other odds and ends? [even though it was a bad design, he would be more comfortable with his Mark I reactor in his chest than a great gaping hole]

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[Here, have more strange: An elven woman talking to you. Yes an elf. Stereotypical blonde hair, green eyed... not wearing green though.]

Okay... I know a bit about rare and hard to find spell components, but I've never heard of that one! What properties does it have?

[he stares at her ears and then...]

Spell components? This ain't magic, sugar, this is science!

[so going through culture shock]

Sometimes they can be one and the same things.

[Blinks and tilts her head.] What are you staring at?

Are those real? [he points to his own ears to demonstrate what he's asking about... he really needs a brain to mouth filter]

Err...? Yes?

[Never been asked that question before. Begins to wonder if he might not be right in the head.]

Why, are your ears not?

No, mine are definitely real. Your's are just... pointed... [he probably wasn't right in the head]

Y...es?

[beginning to think that he isn't] It is a common feature among my kind.

{common as in all elves rock pointy ears.]

You seem a bit... confused? [Was that the right word?]

Your kind... right... are you sure you're not part of the crazy cosplayers who kidnapped me? [it made perfect sense to him]

Cosplayer?

[frowns at him, and crosses her arms across her chest.]

Kidnap? Why would I want to kidnap you? Half the time you're babbling nonsensical words out of your mouth! Besides I'm not really in to humans. You're so... hairy!

[huffs.]

And for your information I was taken too!

Cosplayers, people who dress up as fictional characters. Like you're dressed up as an elf.

[then the rest of her words hit him]

...wait, you're really an elf... [cue brain-short]

[Hello culture shock. She nods, incidentally tucking a strand of blonde hair behind a pointed ear. Why would people dress up like something else? Boggle.]

And you're human. Any other obvious observations you would like to make?

[give him a moment while his brain goes through the elf's aren't real denial stage and then...]

This is a different world...

[She smiles, a little patronizingly at him]

Just now figured that out?

[actually chuckles] I take it you haven't met any talking unicorns yet then either.

Talking unicorns? [yeah, he hasn't meant any of those yet]

[but, there were more important questions]

How is this even possible?

I'll ask you another question first: How can fate (tarot) cards even be alive? You'll find that they are to blame for this awful mess.

Tarot cards? You do know those are a hoax, right?

Tell them that. [smirk] Just a warning though, they don't tend to listen all too well.

I intend to. Once I get this situation with the Arc reactor finished.

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