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[mucked]

PEGGY CARTER | MCU | ENTRANCEWAY ( action, video, voice, or text )

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[revokes]

All I'm saying is that one day, I would love it if you could come down and just take a look at it. Seriously, I've designed things for everyone I ever worked with. I should at least get to make something for the one person I actually like.

[ look at this serious puppy face ]

Don't deny my affections. You know you don't want them in their traditional form.

[mucked]

Well. I've already got a futuristic gun and a singing toaster. [ what more could a girl want? ] Do you think you could settle on a design that's a bit less overbearing than a nanny-drone?

[ she values her independence, tony! ]

Not to mention more stealthy.

[revokes]

I made it extremely stealthy - I'm telling you, you should see it. It can do all sorts of fun things. Besides, you don't visit me anymore, you should drop by.

[ he takes the ice cream ]

See the new toys.

[mucked]

[ a shrewd look. she gives up the ice cream without much of a fight. she's only just now starting to properly unravel tony's behaviour today... ]

Steve arriving won't change anything, you realize. I'll still visit just as often.

[revokes]

Well, you could always do both at one time. As luck would have it, he's seriously right across the hall. I don't know how my life got to this point.

[ ugh ]

[mucked]

Although good to know, [ really it is, ] I think I'll pass on that particular version of hitting two birds with one stone.

[revokes]

Too much fun, huh?

[ his smile is knowing ]

[mucked]

Something like that. [ ... ] Not even I have the fortitude to survive quite that much...fun.

[ if by fun they mean an emotional rollercoaster. ]

I plan to ambush him at the diner, later, to at least mark his birthday. But I don't plan to be knocking on his door proper anytime soon.

[revokes]

What.

[ hey! ]

I didn't get an ambush on my birthday.

[mucked]

Oi! I managed to have FRIDAY let me in and out and you were none the wiser until you found your gift. That's an ambush.

[revokes]

That's sneaking about, that's not an ambush.

[ you know what! ]

I demand a do-over.

[mucked]

[ good lord. she went on a scavenger hunt for rip hunter's birthday; is tony going to demand one of those next? ]

Trust me. [ ... ] Yours had a hell of a lot more drama to it than Steve's will. I'm only going to turn up and pass over a little inconsequential gift before leaving again. A terribly dull sort of ambush.

[revokes]

I guess it can't beat overriding the protocols I wrote for FRIDAY.

[ That actually pleases him. ]

Will you ever tell me how you did that?

[mucked]

Why, so you can fix her vulnerability and thereby lock me out of ever doing the same again? I think not. [ ... ] I'm glad I have my sly way inside. Perhaps it'll keep you on your toes.

[revokes]

I'm just saying, at this point, you should be looking into basic computer programming. You'll be a rockstar.

[ he passes her the ice cream, a piece offer, perhaps? ]

[mucked]

[ hurrah! ice cream. as peace offerings go, it probably works. at least partially. ]

I have been reading up on Turing's work.

[ because that's new! and relevant! right? ]

[revokes]

Get another book. Basic commmands, the whole nine yards. It's like picking up a language, you're good at that.

[ Spoken like a fact rather than an observation. ]

[mucked]

...I would need something to work on.

[ hint hint. she's learned enough, at least, to know one needs a computer for computer programming. ]

Can't imagine I'd get very far with pen and paper.

[revokes]

Give me forty-eight hours, I'll set something up.

[ helpful, amiable. ]

[mucked]

A full forty-eight?

[ she smiles. ]

You can do better. Unless badgering Steve is eating into your schedule.

[revokes]

It absolutely does. You know I have to get creative about that, it's a chore.

[ But being Tony Stark, he responds well to a challenge: ]

Seventeen. Only because it's you.

[mucked]

[ hm! she makes a real show of weighing her verdict. ]

Acceptable, I suppose.

[revokes]

Any kinder and you'd be giving Santa a run for his money.

[ Though he probably doesn't mind if to judge by how quickly he shifts to the next subject ]

So I have one last question you'd probably hate me for.

[mucked]

[ ... ]

Well, Tony, with a disclaimer like that...

[ get it over with. ]

[revokes]

Can't say I don't give you warnings.

[ Though one can debate if they make everything better or worse. ]

Just idle curiosity - have you made absolutely sure all of your company knows that I'm not your son?