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[tasteslikecoconut]

Sooooo who's got some palladium they'd like to give me? No reason. Just need it. Preferably like. I don't know. One point six grams or so. Not greedy.

Oh, and some scrap metal. Again, no reason.

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[ No hello's, no greetings, no hey, didn't we fight a space opera together. Just: ]

how long?

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[There is a pause in his response time as he figures out just who the hell this is. Doesn't take him long. There are very few who know just what palladium and scrap metal and 'no reason' means and he's already spoken to one of them.]

Hello Natalie. Is it Natalie today?

[Natalie, Natasha. Same thing.]

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natasha.
i don't work for you anymore.

[ Natalie, Natasha, same thing, so it's not like that's the end of it. She's definitely not going to drop it, is she? ]

you're avoiding the question.

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So that means you'll be some other name that starts with an n by the end of the week. Maybe Nadia. Nala? That might be a little too Disney.

[Didn't you not only read, but write his SHIELD file? Shouldn't you know his wonderful deflection techniques?]

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[ Figures. If she could sigh, Tony, and you could hear it, she probably would. ]

cute.
weeks? months?

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[He knows. It's his goal in life to get you to crack a smile showing teeth someday. Someday.]

Ask Banner.
He popped the million dollar question cherry already.

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[ What, like a human emotion? Those things Natasha "Basically a Bond Villain" Romanoff doesn't have? ]

i think i'm disappointed that i wasn't your first.
i'm asking you, not bruce.

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[Yes, those. They're there. Buried deep under all that badass and red hair. And he will find them.]

Bet you could be my first for a lot of things.
That's saying something considering who I am.
What, worried I'm going to go drag racing in Monaco or blow up watermelons at birthday parties?

[He's mostly curious to know how long he can keep this up without a ninja showing up at his door with a knife.]

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[ You're lucky she came here without one. Not that she needs weapons to perform the Deadly Thigh Trick TM. ]

we're propelled into a future, existing on a planet that's overrun by crime.
you need to be able to fight and think. you need to be coherent.

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[Tony is one lucky son of a bitch he hasn't been personally introduced to the Deadly Thigh Trick TM yet.]

So I'm going to write that one down as a glaring yes.
Glad we got that out of the way.

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i've watched you deteriorate before. my guess is months.
that's a short window.
palladium and metal: anything else?

[ It's not like she'd actually say that you're probably one of the smartest people in the world and one of the only who could figure out what's going on, or anything. ]

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Money. Money would be good. Maybe a cherry turnover.

[No no, of course not.]

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sorry. fresh out.
i'll keep you updated.

[ Widow out. And fuck Nick Fury — she's got her eye on you, Tones. ]

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I'm sure you will. Just knock before coming in the apartment, you'll give Capsicle an aneurism.

[You're terrifying even in third person brackets, Nat.]