By Galactica Point And Below, Monday

[fjordicswagger]

"Okay, what is this nerdy crap?"

The piece of paper in Tamsin's hands was definitely some kind of nerdy crap, she was sure of it. Still, it was their best shot at at least getting the island back to somewhere that had actually decent bars.

She eyed the weird rocks embedded into the wall by Galactica Point. "I always thought some kid with too much time and no basement to fester in had come up with this," she muttered. She glanced over her shoulder at the waiting hordes. "Okay, here we go. Up, up, down, down--"

Oh god. It really was nerdy crap.

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Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Ain't his style," Hardison said, shaking his head. "You think he'd be able to do somethin' like this an' not brag about it everywhere?"

C'mon, Chaos was practically one of Tony's supervillains when it came to megalomaniacal gloating.

"Still, the underground computer city is so cool."

He maybe was bouncing a little.

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

"What does an underground computer city have to do with giant rabbits and snakes doing hula hoop impressions?"

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Man, why you think I understand anything about this island?" Hardison asked. "Maybe they're all cyborgs and if you cut 'em open, there will be computer chips?"

Like he knew!

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

Eliot shook his head. "They don't move like they've got metal bits. We need to be ready for anything."

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Man, how would you know that?" Hardison demanded. "How many cyborgs you fought before?"

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

Eliot gave him a long look.

"You ain't cleared to know that."

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Man, don't even fake it," Hardison scoffed.

"...Wait, really?"

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

Eliot's look in response gave nothing away either way.

Sophie would be so proud.

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"I hate you," Hardison muttered. "You're just messin' with me, I know it."

Except for the high possibility he wasn't.

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

Eliot gave a small, toothy smile.

And changed the subject.

"So how do you know about a giant computer city under the island, exactly?"

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Been there before," Hardison said. Smugly. "What, you think you're the only one who goes on adventures, man?"

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

"I'm thinkin' I shoulda noticed any adventures you been havin' on this island."

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Maybe you were off fightin' cyborgs at the time," Hardison said.

Take that!

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

"Nah, I ain't done that since you moved out here."

Which was true even if he hadn't done it before then, either.

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Guess you weren't payin' attention, then," Hardison said. "I was too busy tryna not get shot at to call."

He nodded over at Tony Stark. "That's when I met Tony, too. Cool dude. We talk tech."

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

Eliot frowned. He didn't take things like 'you weren't paying attention' lightly.

Or particularly well.

"Again, when did this happen?"

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"...Coupla years ago, now," Hardison said, trying to remember. "Not too long after I got here, I think. Spring of '15, I wanna say?"

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

"Right around when you first got here," Eliot guessed, and relaxed minutely.

The spring right after Hardison got here Eliot hadn't been paying attention to anything the way he should have been.

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Yeah, right after the whole mess with Gaunt," Hardison agreed. "You were busy gettin' un-crazied."

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

"And y'all just, what, wandered into the sewers for fun?"

Yeah, that sounded just like Hardison.

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Hardison's expression agreed with the narrative completely.

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

"You know, you're terrible at tellin' a story."

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Well, you're terrible for assumin' I'd ever wander into the sewers!" Hardison protested. "I was bein' chased, there were weird clones runnin' around, we ended up in the computer city."

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[vdistinctive]

Eliot rolled his eyes. "I know I woulda noticed 'weird clones'."

Except for the part where he hadn't.

Re: Gather Up And Wait

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Not of everyone!" Hardison argued. "Just the Spider-people!"

That was not making it any more believable, Hardison.