Stark Industries [Tuesday]

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Pepper was mildly concerned about the washing machine thing, though thankfully she dry-cleaned nigh unto everything. Little did she realize that she probably wouldn't be able to retrieve those clothes until it was too late, anyway.

In any instance, she wondered if they would be busy with people wanting Tony to fix their large appliances.

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[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

Okay, Ray had been hoping on a good shirt today, but apparently it was not to be or something. Hence, when he poked his head in, he was wearing a ratty Chicago Bulls shirt that he'd owned since the Dark Ages, but eh, he could pull it off. "So, this is Stark's, huh? Looks like it got rebuilt alright."

Shut up. He needed an excuse so he wouldn't look pathetic.

[lots-of-olives.livejournal.com]

"I think so," Pepper said, smiling slowly and looking up from her paperwork. "But then again, I also didn't see it before, except in pictures. Hi."

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"Eh, you didn't miss much," Ray told her, grinning at her for a minute before he caught it. "Uh. What's up?" Smooth, smoother, Ray, people.

[lots-of-olives.livejournal.com]

She grinned right back, which was a fairly unusual look for her, really. If Tony walked in he'd probably fall right over of shock. "Paperwork. Tuesdays generally aren't all that exciting around here, I'm afraid. I don't...build things, like the other people who work here."

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"Hey, can't all make gizmos to bring the sky down," he said, wandering up to the desk. "Or fight dinosaurs with, uh, our bare hands or whatever. Bet they can't do forms." Well, neither could Ray, but that wasn't the point.

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"I doubt dinosaurs can do forms," Pepper agreed, but she knew perfectly well what he meant. "Those would have to be some really big pens."

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"Probably pens like the Eiffel Tower," he agreed.

[lots-of-olives.livejournal.com]

"With paperweights like the pyramids," she added, nodding.

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"Smash the island right in two," he finished, "Big desk."

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"So maybe it's best that the dinosaurs stay away from paperwork," Pepper agreed very seriously. "We can't keep rebuilding everything."

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Stark seems to be doin' fine," Ray snorted, poking at one of the walls. "Eh. Maybe the island would be better off a bunker."

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"You know, for all that people keep saying things like that, I have yet to see much of anything," Pepper noted, grinning. "I'm starting to think everyone's just been hazing the new girl."

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"I'll believe anything," Ray told her, "But don't tell anybody. First day here? I got boobs."

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Pepper stared, because she was sure she had misheard him. "I'm sorry?"

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"First day," he repeated, "Boobs. Chick Fraser's dating? No boobs. Welcome to Fandom."

[lots-of-olives.livejournal.com]

"You got her boobs?" Pepper asked, completely misunderstanding.

It was a really weird thing to try to picture.

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"No, no, no," he hastened to correct her, because um. "She was a guy. I wasn't. Same for all the other guys on the island. Island's cursed."

[lots-of-olives.livejournal.com]

"Oh, god, on your first day?" she asked, staring. "I am so sorry. Not that there's anything wrong with being female, and I'm sure you were...pretty, but the lack of adjustment period must've been fun."

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"Fraser's fault," Ray said, with conviction, "Guy brings the weird. Um, what're you doing for lunch?"

[lots-of-olives.livejournal.com]

"Ordering in and eating at my desk, unless someone has a better idea," she said, slanting a look at him.

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"I think I, uh, could come up with something," said Ray Kowalski, the eternally hopeful. "No curses. Well, except the laundry thing, but I dunno how much you can do about that."

[lots-of-olives.livejournal.com]

"I think we're all victims of the laundry thing," she noted sadly. "...not that I completely understand the laundry thing, since it seems like a lot of work for a prank or whatever. But lunch sounds nice, yes."