Stark Industries, Tuesday

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

For the first time the sign outside the shop actually read Open. Tony was thinking that maybe this would deter customers as being closed only seemed to encourage them.

Weird place.

And he'd even managed to work right through the pony and sudden move to France incidents, assuming Jarvis was trying to play at something when the radio was relayed to him that evening.

"I don't care what he says, I need the palladium here yesterday, Pepper."

And for someone not actually there with him, Pepper continued to do a lot of work for him.

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Well, he'd promised a toaster that made gummi bears, so here he is, toaster tucked under one arm and coffee balanced carefully in the other as he walks in to the store.

"Hello, sir!" he greets with a cheerful little wave.

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

Tony was beginning to think he was being stalked about now.

"I thought you were a ferret."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I was," Bridge admits. "Then I was a pony. Now I'm me again. Thumbs are awesome."

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"I informed you of that, sir."

Jarvis, of course, only decided to speak when pointing something out to him he was wrong on.

"Ponies. Right. I had thumbs all weekend."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, Jarvis," it takes him a moment to remember the AI's name, since he'd sort of been busy being a ferret at the time Tony had mentioned it to Xander. And after setting down the stuff he was carrying on the counter, he directs a thumbs up to... he's not actually sure where, since he's got no idea if there are optical sensors around or where they'd be located.

"Anyway, I uh. It's not a fruit basket, but," he does a vague handwave in the direction of the toaster.

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

Tony looked at the toaster for a moment.

"The one that makes gummi bears," He said finally, pushing the slide down. Because this he had to see.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Yeah huh," Bridge says. Upon closer inspection, one might notice a small button on the side. Glowing with a faint green light.

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

Glowy button and gummi bears.

Yeah, Tony was going to have to take this thing apart and see just how this all worked.

"And you built this why?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Because toast is awesome, and candy is awesome, so why not combine the two?" it was pretty much his reasoning for anything he made, really.

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"Right."

Tony looked at him for a moment and shook his head.

"Right."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"What?"

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"What if you want to make more than just toast? I don't think gummi bears go with waffles."

Actually, that kinda sounded good...

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"They could, as a topping," Bridge muses. "I added a waffle maker to my friend Rory's laptop a couple years ago."

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"Laptop and waffle combination," Tony said. "Why hadn't I thought of that. Oh right, it's not useful."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Sure it is," Bridge argues. "One less appliance cluttering up the kitchen." Even he knows it's not the strongest of arguments. "Mostly I just did that to see if I *could*," he admits.

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"Well that's a better reason," Tony admitted. There was a pause as he looked at Bridge again.

"What else can you make?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Well, you know, a lot of different things, just about anything I put my mind to, but... Xander's cellphone gets a signal no matter what dimension or part of the solar system he's in," Bridge says. "Um, last semester for class I made a pair of glasses that'd allow someone to see auras. And I upgraded my dog." A pause. "He's a robot," he clarifies.

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

One of the robots behind Tony perked up oh so slightly at that.

Tony eyed him for a moment longer before grabbing the wire on the front desk and turning to go back to the back room. "You start Saturday."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Start?" Bridge... is totally bouncing. A little.

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"That's what I said, isn't it?" Tony asked, measuring off a length of wire and cutting it.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Awesome." Still bouncing, yes. "So, um. Saturday then! I'll be here."