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Tony Stark ([personal profile] in_extremis) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2020-06-03 05:21 pm

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WHO: Tony Stark, dangerously open
WHERE: Tony's Calibration Room
WHAT: You're stuck in Tony's head and good luck, buddy, he doesn't want to be there, either.
WHEN: During the Calibration Event (June 3rd - July 10th)
WARNINGS: Some body horror under the cut, but otherwise it depends on you. Digging for Tony's secrets is still going to be a challenge here, so if you work for it I'll assume you want to see that nasty stuff. I'll update as necessary.
Update: Horny, as usual.


There is bright, dazzling light in the eye immediately upon entering this room, another door directly in front of the entrance peppered with bursts of camera flashes and roving spotlights illuminating the fine, gold silk drapes around the open frame, flashing through intricate, stained glass mosaics set into the stone flanking the entryway, and glinting off of the golden struts where a velvet rope had hung but had been knocked carelessly to the floor, an open invitation. Through it is a sweet-smelling party, packed with beautiful people in even more beautiful clothes, laughing among the sumptuous chime of crystal in a warm, welcoming hall. The wall stretching away from either side of it reaches almost to the extreme edges of the room, incrementally decaying from polished brickwork to raw, cracked stone, tumbling down into rubble that litters the way further into this room around the corner from the rich door.

This building the door is set into is just a wall from the other side, built up into a dark cave of that raw stone. Tony is pacing behind it, nowhere in the cave welcoming enough to sit or linger, jagged piles of scrap metal where there wasn't cold stone lining the walls and scattered in piles that would have to be carefully navigated to avoid sharp edges glinting readily to slice into ankles. The lone occupant isn't dressed nearly as charmingly as anyone at that party that would have been such a good time, his once white shirt wrinkled and tattered and rolled up to his elbows, open at the collar and liberally stained black down the front with whatever dripped from his hands, thick and dark like oil and charcoal. In one hand, coated in this viscous liquor, his ever restless fingers worked erratically and mercilessly over a dark knot. The sweet smell of the hall is long gone here, overtaken quickly by acid and whiskey and a bitter, sick smoke.

Set into the back of the wall, there is a computer monitor, spilling a soft blue glow across the stone floor with a constant generation of lines of code in an alien alphabet that Tony throws judgemental glances at as he paces back toward the front of the cave. Most of the light comes from the back of the room, though, the roof of the cave opening to a bright, blue sky, where soft clouds make a slow march across and birds wheel freely, well above the curl of smoke that whisped up out of the cave and dissipated.
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[personal profile] backoff 2020-06-04 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Cloud's about to get another thought. Had he seen anything in the party room or before the party room that can be used as a weapon? He is pondering if it's possible to knock back sharp objects in that matter. There's a quick pause and very faster answer. "I don't dance."

But he clearly knows how to, but Tony doesn't need to know that here. Also he just won't do it. Cloud's starting to look determined. He walks up to the sharp metal object not afraid at all. In fact he uses that strong will he has to keep moving forward. Even if the sharp metal slashes or cuts through the clothing that he's currently wearing. He wants out of the room but he's not doing it via party room. "Nothing's ever easy."
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[personal profile] backoff 2020-06-25 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Cloud will reply once done with his stupid determination. The concern coming from Tony made him realize that maybe the other didn't really want people to get actually hurt. He smirks a little while looking down at his clothing. "I've been through a lot. Even if I feel it, it must mean I'm still alive." But he's not really thinking about the pain since is it really real? Cloud doesn't feel blood or wetness like he probably should. He wasn't sure how these things worked. If he were bleeding it wouldn't matter. He's been stabbed through the chest before but that's not something to bring up now.

"I still wouldn't be caught at an event such as the one you provided." He's not into big parties and he wouldn't be caught up in corporate gatherings even if he had been part of Shinra in that matter. Cloud was still being himself with barely making friends. "Even if I was, I doubt anyone would have noticed me."