Stark Industries: Thursday

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After spending the morning familiarizing herself with her computer system, Lindsay was now trying to compose and e-mail to her friends back home- Scratch that. An e-mail to her friends back in San Francisco. Only problem was how do you e-mail your friends about a place like Fandom without sounding crazy?

"Hey guys. Things are going well here. Everyone is very nice and there are aliens, people from other centuries living here and my boss likes to build robotic armor for himself," Linz said reading aloud what she wrote and then promptly deleted it.

No reason to make them think she had really got nuts.

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[flipped-god-off.livejournal.com]

Ooh, she was fun. And that was fun for him.

"Add a thumbs up and maybe I'll give you a shiny nickel," he retorted with a wide grin of his own.

[memberslonely.livejournal.com]

Oh, this guy is fun. Cute too. Probably a serial killer knowing Linz's luck.

"Gee," she said returning the grin, "if I give you two thumbs up will you give me a tarnished dime?"

[flipped-god-off.livejournal.com]

Loki reached into the pockets of his jeans, pulling out a stick of gum, a few pennies and a paperclip.

"What's that get me?" he asked. "Ooh, a dance. Do a jig!"

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"Um. No. I'm going to at least need a pack of juicy fruit brfore that happens," she snarked back.

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"Well, fuck," he said and reached into his other pocket. "Raincheck? Oh, what about layaway? Let me put if on layaway. Pay a little now, pay a little later and I get that dance in pieces!"

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"Okay, now you're getting a little creepy," Lindsay joked. "And besides I only dance if I get paid up front."

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"I prefer call it creative," he said but pocketed the crap he'd dumped on the counter in front of him. "I'll be sure to bring payment next time. Where did you come from anyway? If you tell me fucking space, I might have to start banging my head against something."

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"Oh, do not get me started on that," Linz said already getting spun up on the subject. "I mean, Jesus, someone was telling me about people being from other centuries and hiring talking frogs! What the fuck is up with this ace?"

[flipped-god-off.livejournal.com]

"I don't fucking know," he said, agreeing with her vehemently despite what he was. At least he was from the planet. "I thought meeting a few people from other fucking countries was a reach but now I've got people telling me their from times when Washington was the president or living on some planet that only exists in movies."

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"Finally! Somebody who agrees with me!" Linz exclaimed throwing her hands in the air for emphasis. "Don't get me wrong, I mean people are nice and all that but what the fuck?"

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"Oh, but it's weird and strange and you get used to it," he said, miming some of the explanations he'd heard. "Yeah, right. I'm waiting for someone to tell me they were fucking hatched for an egg or they're a plant or some shit."

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Linz held up her index finger and waved it in air dramatically. "I swear to GOD if some tells me I'll get used to it one more time I'm getting my gun and shooting them in the head!"

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"Ooh, a woman who likes her weapons!" Loki said and fanned himself. "You might be my new favorite person on this island. I'd testify for you in court. Be your alibi."

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That got a loud laugh out of Lindsay. "For the record I'm usually pretty discriminating on who I aim my gun at but it's nice to know I have a complete stranger as a character witness," she said before standing up and offering her hand. "I'm Lindsay. Just got into town last week."

[flipped-god-off.livejournal.com]

He bypassed giving out a fake name fairly quickly. She'd talked about weapons. The way to his proverbial heart.

"Loki," he said, taking the offered hand. "It's Scandinavian. Parents were fucking hippies."

Okay, that was a little lie.

[memberslonely.livejournal.com]

"Loki, huh?" She chuckled. "They must have expected a lot of trouble out of you if they named you after the god of mischief"

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"Well, they didn't get it wrong," he said and grinned. "I had to live up to my name, didn't I? Grow into it, cause trouble, be worthy of that name."

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"Gosh," she said with a smirk. "I'm so surprised. You just seem like such a sweet and innocent guy."

Oh. The snark. It burns.

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"Well, I am," he said, eyes wide. "I like long walks on the beach, sitting by the fireplace and reading Walt Whitman and writing poetry to ready to pretty woman while they smile at me from their windows."

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Now it was Linz's turn to pretend to fan herself. "Oh. My. How is it you don't have women throwing themselves at you as son as you walk in the room?" She said in a mock-swoonish tone.

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"How do you know that I don't?" Loki asked, amused. "I mean, sure, you didn't but that's because we didn't know each other. Now, we do. Next time, I bet you'll do it too."

Or laugh at him.

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And that would be a rather loud snort of amusement coming from Linz.

"Maybe I should just skip waiting next time and just rip all my clothes off now."

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"I would be just fine with that," he said and smiled ever so sweetly. "I could take mental pictures!"

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"You sure about that?" Lindsay asked. "I could have a ton of scar tissue and open wounds under here. Might be an ugly mental picture."

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"Pfft, they add character," he said. "Well, the open sores might be a little disconcerting. I'd probably go get you a box of fucking bandaids. Much more sanitary. But...I think you probably look fine under there."