Mark I - [action + video]

[gold_titanium_man]

(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]

Comments

[video]

[baby_in_a_trenchcoat]

[Castiel leans towards the screen, reading the name to himself at first.]

Yaldabaoth. [He doesn't even struggle with it. He leans back from the screen.] I have not met anyone with that name yet.

[video]

[gold_titanium_man]

Right, you seem to know something about Yaldabaoth, so, am I rooming with a tentacle monster?

[video]

[baby_in_a_trenchcoat]

I don't know. If he is anything like anyone else stuck here, no. He is human. At least, he will most likely appear human.

[video]

[gold_titanium_man]

Good to know. [he'll have to meet his roommate eventually]

So, who are you?

[video]

[baby_in_a_trenchcoat]

Castiel. Who are you?

[video]

[gold_titanium_man]

Tony Stark.

So, did they give you a little dog with that dress?

[video]

[baby_in_a_trenchcoat]

No. I do not have any animals.

[video]

[gold_titanium_man]

Come on, Dorothy, don't worry, I'm sure Toto will come running.

[video]

[baby_in_a_trenchcoat]

... I don't understand.

[video]

[gold_titanium_man]

You know, Dorthy Gail and the Wizard of Oz. [he pitches his voice into an impersonation of the Witch] "I'll get you my pretty and your little dog, too."

[video]

[baby_in_a_trenchcoat]

... I don't have a little dog.

[video]

[gold_titanium_man]

You know, most guys would be arguing the fact I'm calling you by a girl's name, rather than wondering about not having a dog.

[video]

[baby_in_a_trenchcoat]

Why?

[video]

[gold_titanium_man]

Because I'm calling you by a girl's name. You don't get out much, do you?

[video]

[baby_in_a_trenchcoat]

It is not my real name, but any other name does not affect me. I do walk outside.

[video]

[gold_titanium_man]

It's a figure of speech. It means you don't interact with the real world.

[video]

[baby_in_a_trenchcoat]

I interact with the real world everyday. I cannot interact with an imaginary one.

[video]

[gold_titanium_man]

No, no, do you know what a television is? Or pop-culture is? [this guy was really literal]

[video]

[baby_in_a_trenchcoat]

I do know what a television. I'm afraid I'm not familiar with this 'pop-culture' term.

[video]

[gold_titanium_man]

Pop-culture, things they show on TV, usually. Movies, video games, commercials, cartoons, dramas, comedies, music. Pop-culture.