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Stark Industries | Saturday

So between being a lemur and being a hooker, Topher had missed two weeks of work, which was why the giant STARK INDUSTRIES sign came as a surprise to him. Not so much of a surprise, however, that he was persuaded to do actual work. No, that would be crazy talk.

Instead, he flopped down behind the desk and started working on a configuration for some of the ideas he had for minivan lasers.

As you do.

Stark Industries was open!
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[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Who are you?" Howard, be polite when talking to employees who were busy being animals and sleeping with your fake son.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Topher looked up.

"Topher."

He had a way with words.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"...No."

Yes.

"I work for the crazy chick with the weird hair."

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Howard was just going to stare until that made sense.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Topher glanced at Howard over the top of his computer screen, decided he appeared to be done speaking, and then went back to laser mapping.

Don't ask what he's doing there or anything, Topher.

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then I'll just call the sheriff if you don't actually work here," he decided on.

Luckily he hadn't taken apart all the phones to figure them out.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
BIG HUGE SIGH. Topher made an obnoxious show of sliding his laptop to the side now that this guy was apparently insistent on continuing to yammer at him.

"I... work... here," he said slowly, enunciating. "Me... Topher. You... customer?"

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Owner," Howard corrected. "Howard Stark."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHH."

The missing link in the conversation! The one that should have been relatively easy to find, but this was Topher, after all.

"Pleasure to make your acquaintence." And that was only about sixty percent sarcastic!

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can tell," Howard replied dryly. "Do you normally talk to customers like that?"
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't normally have customers."

But yes.

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wonder why," Howard said, almost sounding sincere about it.

It was cruel, really.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's a question for the ages," Topher agreed. "Could probably ask Crazy Hair Chick."

Whose name he hadn't been bothered to remember.

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll keep that in mind if I ever meet a 'chick' with crazy hair." Why yes, yes you could just hear those air quotes.

Because Howard didn't know what they were and how annoying they were.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lucky you," Topher grumbled. "Sometimes they punch."

Hey, now, Topher. Kate had perfectly normal hair.
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[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, Howard had worked with Peggy Carter, so...

"Only if you do something wrong."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
This was news to Topher.

He looked like he was considering that for a moment, then decided, "Nah."

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd say you'll learn, but you don't seem the sort."
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Sigh. This guy just kept talking.

"So, like, did you need something?"

Yes, Topher, this was how to speak to your boss.

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Manners have certainly taken a nosedive in the future, haven't they?" Howard asked mostly himself as he walked past for the sweet, sweet coffee he had brewing.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Actually I'm from 2005," Topher said helpfully.

...Yes. Still the future.

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Still the future," Howard called back. Helpfully.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Topher huffed. How was he supposed to work for a guy who couldn't even do simple math?

He left his laptop unattended (whatever, he had others) and meandered over to where the coffee was brewing.

"So," he said. "Stark. Is that, like...?"

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"My last name," Howard replied, keeping up that helpfulness. "Never heard of the company before?"
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Heard of a guy named Tony," Topher volunteered. "Heard of him?"

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course, he's my son."

Howard seriously needed to stop messing with the poor kid. Considering he only had maybe a decade of age on Tony... awkward.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh!

"Gotcha," Topher said. How weird that Tony hadn't mentioned anything!

Oh, wait, had he? He remembered something from when he was a lemur, but he had been preoccupied by longing for a video game controller.

"I didn't know Tony was from the past..."

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"He's not." Howard. Seriously.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"But -- you -- but you -- ?!"

[identity profile] doyoufondue.livejournal.com 2011-09-17 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Howard flashed him a grin, lifting the coffee cup in a toast. "Have fun," he said, wandering back to his lab.
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[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2011-09-17 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Topher let out a moan of frustration and huffed dramatically as he stomped back to the desk to ponder this.

Really, Howard? SO CRUEL.
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