The new reactor's gonna take some getting used to. A lot of getting used too, actually. Tony can still taste it in his mouth; he's hoping that'll fade... soon. The suit's running good. And so is, uh, Tony. He's not dead yet at least.
Crashing his own Expo wasn't really something he's happy about, but he'd be lying to himself if he didn't admit that ruining Hammer's day sounds great. And then the Angriest Russian in the Universe goes and ruin's everyone's day. It's ok though. It's fine. He and Rhodey have that covered, more or less. There's a lot of shooting and explosions. It's a Thing. They break a lot of the Hammerbots and then get to deal with Ivan in a big dumb suit; that goes as well as could be expected until Ivan blows himself up and also, uh. Everything else. Tony supposes he should have seen that kamikazee coming. It's a classic evil guy move. Every Hammeroid bot in the garden beeps ominously.
"Caroline? Pepper?" Stark's eyes dart around his HUD frantically. He rockets straight out of the dome so fast he feels the Gs even through the suit. Rhodey's not far behind.
Caroline responds prompty; they're fine, Caroline got them both out of there. Tony can briefly here Pepper in the background, yelling but muffled. He wonders briefly if Caroline got Pepper out by shoving her in the trunk.
Tony circles the Expo while it all gets spectacularly blown all to hell. It's... it's a lot. Eventually, a car comes back around and parks in an area of the Expo that is less still immediately On Fire. Tony lands by the sedan and takes his helmet off.
Pepper comes boiling out of the back seat of the sedan, yelling. Tony catches only around 50% of it. "--can't do this anymore! My body literally cannot handle the stress!"
"Can't do what?" Tony asks, while Pepper continues unabated.
"This!" She gestures wildly. "All of this! I can't do this, Tony! I never know if you're going to die, or explode, or tank the company. I quit!"
"Wait, you - you quit?" He repeats, in surprise though not as much bewilderment.
"I hereby resign as CEO," Pepper manages in between very deep breaths. "I'm done. I'm - I'm -" She waves Tony away as she steps back towards the car. "I need to sit down."
It takes Tony a moment to re-calibrate. "Okay," He starts, then continues louder; Pepper gesticulates back at him and shuts the sedan door behind her. "Okay. But, uh, no golden parachute."
It occurs then to Tony that Lichfield's been sitting still in the car - well, mostly in the car. The driver's side door is open, and she has one foot out. Tony sighs and walks over. "Are you okay? Are we - are we good? Are you also gonna quit, or..." He trails off. "I'm not actually going to fire you."
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Crashing his own Expo wasn't really something he's happy about, but he'd be lying to himself if he didn't admit that ruining Hammer's day sounds great. And then the Angriest Russian in the Universe goes and ruin's everyone's day. It's ok though. It's fine. He and Rhodey have that covered, more or less. There's a lot of shooting and explosions. It's a Thing. They break a lot of the Hammerbots and then get to deal with Ivan in a big dumb suit; that goes as well as could be expected until Ivan blows himself up and also, uh. Everything else. Tony supposes he should have seen that kamikazee coming. It's a classic evil guy move. Every Hammeroid bot in the garden beeps ominously.
"Caroline? Pepper?" Stark's eyes dart around his HUD frantically. He rockets straight out of the dome so fast he feels the Gs even through the suit. Rhodey's not far behind.
Caroline responds prompty; they're fine, Caroline got them both out of there. Tony can briefly here Pepper in the background, yelling but muffled. He wonders briefly if Caroline got Pepper out by shoving her in the trunk.
Tony circles the Expo while it all gets spectacularly blown all to hell. It's... it's a lot. Eventually, a car comes back around and parks in an area of the Expo that is less still immediately On Fire. Tony lands by the sedan and takes his helmet off.
Pepper comes boiling out of the back seat of the sedan, yelling. Tony catches only around 50% of it. "--can't do this anymore! My body literally cannot handle the stress!"
"Can't do what?" Tony asks, while Pepper continues unabated.
"This!" She gestures wildly. "All of this! I can't do this, Tony! I never know if you're going to die, or explode, or tank the company. I quit!"
"Wait, you - you quit?" He repeats, in surprise though not as much bewilderment.
"I hereby resign as CEO," Pepper manages in between very deep breaths. "I'm done. I'm - I'm -" She waves Tony away as she steps back towards the car. "I need to sit down."
It takes Tony a moment to re-calibrate. "Okay," He starts, then continues louder; Pepper gesticulates back at him and shuts the sedan door behind her. "Okay. But, uh, no golden parachute."
It occurs then to Tony that Lichfield's been sitting still in the car - well, mostly in the car. The driver's side door is open, and she has one foot out. Tony sighs and walks over. "Are you okay? Are we - are we good? Are you also gonna quit, or..." He trails off. "I'm not actually going to fire you."