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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.
theladyofwinterfell: (and turns me to gold)

[personal profile] theladyofwinterfell 2020-06-04 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
The room doesn't make much sense at first. It's a beautiful party and these rooms almost never show beautiful things. Sansa realizes that her normal drab and practical gown has fallen away to grey silk that leaves her shoulders bare. Her shoes are dangerously high, her hair is piled atop her head and when she touches her lips, rouge comes away on her fingertips.

None of that is interesting, though. Not really. What's interesting is the way the beauty fades to raw stone and there's a door set into the wall. She raps at it, wondering if anyone will actually answer, and busies herself with touching the rough stone in the meantime.

"The party is false, then," she says to herself. "Pretty and an impeccable forgery but false, somehow. It may as well be the court at King's Landing under Cersei but this isn't my dream. This isn't my room."

Still, the door with the party is inviting and this one is not. False or no, she goes back to it and steps inside, curious to at least see the memory that seems to be laid bare instead of the one beyond
Edited (me, an actual writer who forgets whole ending bits) 2020-06-04 01:37 (UTC)
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[personal profile] backoff 2020-06-04 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh..." The blinding flash of light confused him almost instantly. Fancy parties were not his scene, he's not about the fame or the luxuries. Cloud would ignore any kind of interactions in that beginning part of the room. He wondered who would even have a room such a this. It might have lured other people into the party scene. Cloud goes deeper in, ignoring all the beautiful people, the flashing lights. He slows down when he believes that he's coming to the end of it.

The walls seemed to be changing into something different. He stops before it turns to stone. Cloud tilts his head curious looking up ahead to see what might be coming up next. He's one to not give up easily. If there's a way to get to the person whose room this is, he'll figure out a way. Cloud's about to do something stupid. It's not like he can truly get hurt, right? He reaches out to one of the scrap metal jagged piles. He's tense not knowing if it's part of the room or if a memory might actually come from it.
theladyofwinterfell: (if you fall asleep)

wow parties so much nicer than murder or anything

[personal profile] theladyofwinterfell 2020-06-04 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
The party is grand and Sansa is suddenly glad she's dressed for it, even if her face is bare of any mask. She sees animal masks on some of the people and wonders if she'd be a wolf or a little bird. Most likely a wolf, these days; Sansa is more fierce now than she used to be.

She pushes through the party and while the figure on the staircase intrigues her, the quieter room intrigues her more. It's strange, to have a place where no one is partying and the lights are down. The other room had people in it, even if they weren't dressed the same, so it's this one she thinks is more interesting.

"Hello? I know I've stumbled into your memory," Sansa says quietly. "And I am truly sorry. I've been to a room like this but not yours. Whose mind is this?"
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[personal profile] backoff 2020-06-04 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Cloud watches as the sliding and rattling happens. He's careful to move out the way if it's about to come for him. It's okay if he get sliced up, blood wouldn't be an issue for him. "What if I keep touching them?"
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[personal profile] wearingthestars 2020-06-04 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
The party may be meant as a tempting lure, but it has Billy shying back. It really doesn't seem like his scene at all, and that hesitation leads him to explore what other options he might have. And as he makes his way into the cave he spots a familiar face which eggs him on, relief spreading over his face.

"Tony? What's going on? Where are we?" He tries to make his way closer, glancing back to follow that judgmental look, and frowning faintly at the computer monitor before turning his attention back to Tony. "Are you okay?"
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[personal profile] backoff 2020-06-04 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
Cloud has been curious if things would start backing away at the question. He's looking at the obstacle in front of him. It's true that there's not much to want to touch near this area. "I'll be fine. I've been through worse things." He gives a shrug. He's been stabbed plenty, fallen from massive heights, fought against people and creatures that no one else could take on. "I did..."

He tries to look at the other through everything but shakes his head. "I'm not interested."
theladyofwinterfell: (every minute and every hour)

[personal profile] theladyofwinterfell 2020-06-04 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
This room looks as if the party outside is over now and the cleanup has begun. When she gets a good look at the man at the table, it's plain to see: it's Tony, but quite a younger version of him. He looks tired and his shirt's been loosened at the collar but it's certainly him. When he says she has to warn him, she laughs.

"I'm in your mind, not the other way around. I'm dressed for the party you gave. I do like the dress, though. I'll have to remember how it looks so I can make myself on later."
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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."
theladyofwinterfell: (every minute and every hour)

[personal profile] theladyofwinterfell 2020-06-04 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Both," Sansa says, flashing him a smile. "I learned I liked champagne somewhere, I don't remember. I like the bubbles."

It's a silly thing, she thinks, and she needs a few more silly things in her life. A lot of it has been deadly serious and a bit of fun never goes wrong in her book.

"How big is my heart in this dress? I can't see myself."
theladyofwinterfell: (and turns me to gold)

[personal profile] theladyofwinterfell 2020-06-05 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
"It's bound to be at least someone's nameday today. Steve's is good enough as any," Sansa says. The cake looks good, even if it isn't her beloved lemoncakes, and she eyes the glitter before she sits down. It's absolutely beautiful but as soon as she touches it, it sticks to her and won't come off.

"I'm going to be washing the decorations off for a month," she says, picking up a napkin embossed in the stuff. "This reminds me of ice, I think. I don't know that I've seen it before. It...yes. Ice glinting off snow. It's a good thing my hair's up or we'd have problems. I'd have to wash it -"

Sansa frowns a bit and shakes her head with a laugh. "I'm in your dream - your memory. I don't have to have a bath and wash my hair in your dream. I'm not really getting this all over me."
theladyofwinterfell: (tangled up in morning white)

[personal profile] theladyofwinterfell 2020-06-05 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
"You're ruining my face," Sansa says, dipping her finger in the icing herself and smearing it on his face. It's in his beard a bit and Sansa hides her laugh behind her hand. It doesn't taste like anything, possibly, but it is fun to play around in it at least. It's freeing, in a way, to be in a dream and not deal with the reality of diapers and feeding and sleeping whenever James sleeps.

"Did I get to the party too early, then? That's a shame. I might have seen you...differently, I suppose."

She takes a napkin and shakes it free of glitter before wiping it against his mouth and beard to get the most of it off. "It's still everywhere because you keep a beard, you know, but I did my best."
theladyofwinterfell: (count my cards)

[personal profile] theladyofwinterfell 2020-06-05 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
"That's a shame. You should have been able to come," Sansa says quietly. There's icing all over her face now and she wipes at it ineffectually. She's not going to get it off without a mirror and she sighs a bit; it's to be expected when playing around like a child, she supposes.

"We could have our own party. We've champagne and we've got cake. I know how to dance so I can lead you - we've every element we need for a party, I'd think. No one's birthday but I don't know what my nameday is here. The calendar's not the same. I just know I was born in the middle of the year and it was a year we had summer. I never knew a winter until I was seventeen and wed for the second time. Of course, at Winterfell, we got snow even in the summer."

"You still have some of it," she says softly, brushing her fingertips against his face. "I didn't get it all."
theladyofwinterfell: (by your favorite song)

[personal profile] theladyofwinterfell 2020-06-05 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Sansa lifts the glass of champagne to toast him back and tastes it, enjoying the feel of bubbles against her tongue. She sets her glass down on the table and leans in, pressing her mouth to his softly. It tastes a bit like champagne now and the strange sugary nothingness of the cake and she leaves them there perhaps a half moment longer than she should before pulling away again.

"Happy Birthday, Tony. I hope you have a very nice one even if I don't have any gifts."

It's an arbitrary nameday, perhaps, and they are in a dream but she still is the sort of person to have made a gift for someone she cares about. She makes a note to see what he likes between now and his next nameday so that she's able to do so.
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[personal profile] wearingthestars 2020-06-05 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yours or mine?" Billy asked, not sure if it really made a difference at the end of the day. This didn't seem like the sort of place his mind would conjure, but Billy felt reasonably sure he wasn't some product of Tony's imagination either, which meant he was somehow sharing this space.

"This place is kind of...uh...Tony...are you okay?" he asked again, eyeing that dark stain with a worried expression.

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