Infinite Consortium, Monday

[deathsmajesty]

Liliana had been working on a secret project over the past three weeks and it was almost finished. It was almost as important to win at birthdays as it was at Christmas--and she had lost Christmas to both Ignis and Prompto! Obviously, this could not possibly stand.

And so, her project, sparked by a dinner conversation. One she was putting the finishing touches on now, sitting behind the counter and chuckling to herself, highly pleased by her own cleverness.

In the window was today's item, the Magister's Scepter.

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[imafuturist]

Look. Look. It'd be just fine. Ignore how both Steve and Ignis were suddenly on high alert and couldn't explain why.

"You know, that's a great idea." And excuse for when they got caught.

[deathsmajesty]

They were just paranoid. Everybody knew that.

"And think of how much safer he'll be afterwards, once we get it to work!" Another great excuse! They were definitely focused on safety and not if they could make it happen!

[imafuturist]

"I love the way you think," Tony replied, beaming.

[deathsmajesty]

Liliana dimpled back at him, just two very gorgeous and brilliant people who were going to work together and very possibly destroy the world!

"It's because brilliance recognizes brilliance, darling," Liliana said with a laugh, pouring him a cup of coffee and toasting him with it, before handing it over. "The first thing I suppose we'll have to do is find something that recognizes the energy that is magic."

[imafuturist]

Tony's grabby hands at the coffee was perfectly normal, you know.

"In a lab environment," he agreed. "Then we can transfer that over to the field. And I can hold one over on Strange if we manage it."

[deathsmajesty]

She was involved with Ignis Scientia, for whom coffee was her only rival. It was perfectly normal.

"...Strange?" A pause as she tried to figure out why she knew that name. Perhaps an Earl Gray tart would help. "Ilyana's Doctor Strange?"

Oh look! It did!

[imafuturist]

"Well, a version of him, I assume," Tony replied. "I don't know that I know of Ilyana back home, honestly. But that could just be a timeline thing."

Also, the X-Men were hard to keep track of. They just kept dying or going to space or both.

[deathsmajesty]

"The sheer number of versions of you all hurts my head," Liliana said, pinching the bridge of her nose.

[imafuturist]

"What can I say? I'm a popular guy." Tony, no.