Stark Industries [Tuesday]

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After her interesting evening the night before, Pepper was doing her best to catch up on the work she'd been trying to do at her coffee table.

And, okay, maybe she was looking into landlord/tenant rights and agreements. Just casually.

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Lindsay returned to the office after her workout and gave Pepper a wave as she entered.

"Hey, Pepper," she said cheerfully. "How are things going today?"

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"Uneventfully," Pepper replied with a small smile, returning the wave. "My landlord is a horrible person, but that's not exactly news. How are you?"

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"Good. Kind of," she said pausing a little bit. "This town... it's a little unusual isn't it?"

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"That's...a word for it, yes. Did something happen?" she asked, looking up from her laptop now.

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"Well it appears this island has aliens, people from different centuries and apparently a frog that talks," Lindsay rattled off. "Also? Our boss got pulled for questioning by the police for something about a kidnapping."

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"Yeah, you should probably talk to him about that," Pepper said carefully, because part of her job was to keep Tony's secrets until such time as he chose to reveal them.

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"Oh. I plan to," Lindsay assured her. "Generally it's a good idea to know these things before the police shows up. I'm just glad he didn't have anything to do with the actual kidnapping itself."

She shook her head in chagrin and shrugged. "Oh, well. How was your holiday?"

[lots-of-olives.livejournal.com]

"Quiet," she said easily, shifting to something she could talk about. "It usually is. I normally just work. How was yours?"

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"Also quiet," Lindsay replied with a nod. "I looked around for a place to live and came in on Thanksgiving to get familiar with the company. And now that I've said that out loud it sounds completely sad and pathetic."

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Tony looked over her shoulder, trying to figure out just what was in store for him next. "Using company time for something personal, Miss Potts?"

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"Your fault for making me move here," she replied. "And I spend enough personal time doing things for the company."

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"I didn't make you move here," Tony insisted, ignoring the other part.

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"Of course you didn't, Mr. Stark." He totally had.

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Sighing and looking more closely at the paperwork, he frowned. "You could always get a house, you know."

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"I don't need a house. I'm barely ever home," she pointed out.

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"You could always move in here."

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She just stared at him for that one, and slowly said, "...no, that's all right."

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"I'm sure there's enough room." Now he was just teasing.

[memberslonely.livejournal.com]

Linz waited until Tony was done speaking with Pepper before approaching him.

"Hi. Remember me? I'm you're new security person. Can we talk?" she asked sarcastically.

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"Lindsey, right?" Tony asked, turning to keep his eye on her.

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"Correct," she said crisply. "And probably the one person you should talk to when it comes to getting hauled in for questioning."

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"Please, they couldn't find their ass with both hands," Tony replied, heading for the lab.

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"They had a material witness warrant," Linz said following him. "And if you expect me to do my job you can't keep me in the dark."

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"There was nothing to know. It was over before you even arrived," Tony said dryly.

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"Apparently there was something to know because you got pulled in for questioning," Linz retorted. "And the only reason I knew that was because that weird computer voice thing called me."

She stopped as a weird robot arm swung around and... was that thing looking at her?

"What the hell is that?"