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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:02 pm
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Tony ignored the men for a moment, petting Loki’s hair and carefully covering him again, making sure he was okay. The silence only made Steve more tense, more angry though, the soldier seeming to take up even more space than normal, arms crossing over his chest as he stared the genius down. Tony looked to the men with an eerie calm when he finally moved his attention from Loki. “I don’t plan on giving him anything…..or at least giving him anything he can keep.” He said slowly. Letting out a slow breath, he looked between the men. “If either of you have ever trusted me….I need you to trust me now. I am not going to endanger this world, but I am not going to let Loki be prisoner to that monster any longer either.” He said firmly. Steve frowned darkly at Tony’s words. “We cannot let you gamble with things like this, even if it is for Loki.” He said. “Why is it that all of you refuse to trust me? All of you take chances, plot and scheme, make deals with the worst people possible and no one blinks, yet when I, the one person here who has made it through every situation and challenge without calling for help, with way less damage ask for trust, I must be insane and incapable?” he snapped.
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:22 am
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Tony looked to Clint when he spoke, relaxing slightly hearing that the archer would at least listen. His attention was drawn away when Loki stirred though. Gently petting Loki’s hair, Tony instantly softened. “Shh….It’s okay Loki…..sleep.” he murmured, waiting for the god to settle again before he walked away from the cot, hoping to not disturb him again. “I’m going to need Thor and Frigga’s help…..” he said slowly. “Thanos has shown his hand a little. He went after the tesseract, he wants the scepter, and he wants the aether….that red stuff Thor dealt with a few months back.” He continued. “He doesn’t just want them, he needs them….Asgard has to find the connection between them to figure out what Thanos wants. HE’s desperate enough that he’s agreed to completely pull his magic from Loki’s mind in exchange for them. Loki would be free of his influence forever…..” he said, looking to the other men, wondering if they saw how important that was. All of Loki’s fears would be gone. Steve took a deep breath as he heard Tony explain what Thanos had offered. It really did seem like the deal of a lifetime. He still wasn’t sure about giving Thanos what he wanted so badly though. “I think……I think I can combine science and magic with a little help…..Take a piece of that he wants, create a magnet almost…..Thanos takes what he wants, removes himself from Loki, and I activate my device. Then… what we give Thanos is attracted back to the piece in the machine. We keep everything from Thanos….and Loki is free from him….until he actually shows up on Earth.” He explained, rubbing the back of his neck. He wasn’t completely sure of this himself, but he had to try.
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:25 pm
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“I don’t really know how he turned back.” Tony admitted. Even with what Loki had shared with him, he didn’t know the full story and all the details of that time in Loki’s life. It was a painful memory that neither of them were keen on poking at. When Clint asked what he needed, Tony visibly relaxed. He wouldn’t be alone on this….at least for a while. “First off, Loki doesn’t know anything. He doesn’t find out about what happened or what we’re doing. He has enough stress on his own. Not to mention we don’t know when Thanos is listening.” Tony said firmly, looking at both men. “I need to convince Thor and maybe Frigga to look into everything, make sure it’s really possible.” He said slowly. “And I want to use my magic if at all possible. I don’t think Thanos has much experience with that type. If Frigga can get me in touch with someone like that, then I’ll accept the help.” He said slowly. “Though Getting Coulson to bring in that magic expert of his might work….” He added. Crossing his arms, he looked between Clint and Steve. “More importantly, I need you two to crack down on the search for HYDRA. They have that scepter…..we need it. For now, I’ll assume the aether is what I can give him first.”
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:27 pm
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Tony frowned at Clint’s disbelief, but rubbed his neck tenderly. He’d figure out how to work around that. At the idea of Natasha keeping Loki busy, he nodded. “He has a lot that he needs to take care of, if I give her a list, I’m sure she would have no troubles keeping him busy. But that would take you convincing her not to be nosey. We can tell them both everything after.” He said, meeting Clint’s eyes. “As for Thor and Frigga, Loki wants to make a list of items for Thor to retrieve from Asgard. That should be enough, and I may travel with him for that.” With more and more favor being put on the idea of bringing Coulson in, he nodded. “We could use their resources, they’ll be happy to weed out HYDRA too.” He mumbled. Steve shifted then. “Taking down HYDRA is the first part of this plan I can support. If I sit down with Bucky I may be able to get some hints about anything he may have heard about bases or odd objects.” He offered. “But you need to be sure about this machine of yours Tony.” Tony looked to Steve, looking tired, but after a moment he steeled himself. “It will be ready.”
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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:50 pm
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The healer was able to get rid of the bruising like they had hoped, and she didn’t ask too many questions, still uncomfortable and mildly confused by things on Earth. Afterwards Tony called Coulson, it was a long conversation, one with both of them obviously edging around the whole truth. They found an equal ground though and Coulson agreed to help a little considering that Tony mentioned tracking down HYDRA remnants. By the time Loki woke, Tony had moved on to Thor, trying to explain to him what he was doing and why. He had no doubts that Thor would agree, the god would do anything for his brother, but Tony needed Thor at his best. He needed the patient, intelligent god he knew Thor could be when time called for it.
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