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text | @angelpants

[stupetballs]

[She meant to touchbase with him earlier, but then Barbas happened, then the attempted jailbreak happened, then torture happened, so when she does finally text him, it's been a minute since he talked to Fitz.

But shhhhh, Tony doesn't have to know how long she was sitting on this.]

So a little birdie told me you wanted a crash course on the Veiled Order and/or everything we know about Hell so far.

@iamironman

[withmoreme]

[It's okay, he's had his own plate pretty full getting used to all this insanity.]

That little birdie would be right. I wouldn't mind a good scan of a murder board, if you've got one lying around.

[stupetballs]

You know, I just so happen to have one of those. Swing by the bar and I'll give you a tour.

[withmoreme]

It's a date.

And then he will head out to Shorty's, trying not to be too obvious about it in case any of the Brute Squad's around and watching.

[stupetballs]

Waverly's behind the bar doing her thing with her usual smile, even if that smile's been dimmed slightly. When she sees Tony come in, she waves him over. "Gimme a sec to finish up here, and I'll give you that tour."

If she's vague it's because she knows demons are watching, and for the most part they haven't taken issue with her research room yet.

Text | UN: belova, after Hellburbia gets creepy

[laviny]

[Ok so he like barely knows this woman but after a recent conversation with Nat, she's texting him.]

Stark, are you inside the Hellburbia mess or outside?

[She assumes if he's inside she won't get a response, but might as well try.]

text; un:iamironman

[withmoreme]

Thankfully I did not get a one-way ticket to Pleasantville.

Who's this?

[He doesn't recognize that username.]

[laviny]

Yelena.

[And then to clarify, in case he forgot her name:]

Natasha's sister.

She's stuck in there but I was able to make contact. I have a lead I want to follow.

video; un: IAmIronMan

[withmoreme]

[Immediately, Yelena gets a request for a video chat. Tony is leaning close to his phone, staring into the camera.]

You talked to Nat? How bad is it?

[He knows better than to ask "how is she" because anyone that got caught in the spell is fucked.]

[laviny]

[She accepts the call after a moment. It looks like she's in Natasha's suite but she's heading out.]

Pretty bad. She didn't recognize me at all. She seems to be playing the part of some kind of glorifed secretary.

[Honestly it's pretty gross.]

She's still cagey, though. Nice of Barbas to let her keep her most frustrating personality traits.

text | un:o.octavius

[is_hisrealname]

So, it occurs to me belatedly that I may have something that belongs to you.

[withmoreme]

Yeah? What would that be?

[is_hisrealname]

Something I'd been working on for some time, back home.

[clean, renewable energy. the power of the sun in the palm of his hand]

I think Parker called it an arc reactor.

[withmoreme]

[There is a looooooooooooooong pause between texts with a lot of "..." starting and stopping because. Wut.]

[Which, eventually, is all Otto gets.]

What.

[is_hisrealname]

You're going to need to be more specific than that.

[what what]

text; lmk if this works?

[endofcompliance]

[So this is...really awkward. After everything that had happened, though, Mercy, people being forced into surgery, drugged, then the dark carnival, Bucky still had a need to at least make sure Tony was okay. It had been too long since he had run into Howard's son.]

[Of course, as the last time he had seen him, he had teamed up with Tony to seduce Natasha while, well, seducing Tony and being seduced by Tony while affected by the club. So reaching out is done in text. Safer.]

With everything that's happened, how are you holding up?

Definitely!

[withmoreme]

[Tony appreciates Bucky being the one to reach out. He's normally not the kinda guy that's bothered by the potential for things to be awkward, but, well. The level of awkward is even a bit beyond him this time.]

Oh, you know. Just waiting for the next time someone decides to give reality a shake and see what happens.

You?

[Tony is also actually a little ashamed of himself this time. Not for the sex part, but for the things he got up to in the hospital. He's not supposed to fall for shit like that.]

Sweet

[endofcompliance]

[It wasn't even Bucky's first threesome, with or without Natasha, or a man. It was the whole Howard Stark's son thing, or that guy that tried to kill me because I killed his mom aspect that kept it awkward, for Bucky.

That happens here more than I'd like.

I'm fine. In one piece. You still in one piece?

[Because, yeah, he doesn't trust Tony to give that information upfront, if something had gone terribly wrong.]

[withmoreme]

[Yeah, that was pretty much where Tony was, too.]

Everything's present and accounted for.

[Honestly, he wasn't sure if 'fine' was a word he would use, but he was at least in one piece.]

That crap in the hospital too rough on you?

[He thankfully hadn't been the one to mess with Bucky, but he knew someone else had.]

@Daisy; text [private w/encryption]

[agentskye]

[ This request may seem a bit out of the blue because it is. ]

Hey. This is Daisy.
Do you maybe happen to know if there is a place to get painkillers and some medicine around here?

I am SO sorry I'm just now getting to this ;; // text; un:iamironman

[withmoreme]

I can probably track down some painkillers for you.

What kind of medicine are you looking for?

All perfectly okay! No worries ♥ // text; un:daisy

[agentskye]

That'd be awesome. Just tell me what I can do in exchange.

Painkillers, sleeping aids and ... if there is anything that can make bones heal faster that'd be great?

[withmoreme]

Nothing? You don't owe me anything for some meds.

Don't know about that last one but I'll see what I can dig up for the other two.

[odaystar]

To Whom It May Concern,

It has been years now since Hell has been redone and made even greater than ever before. And you, my prized guest, have made it twelve months in your journey towards redemption. I know that there have been bumps along the way and we haven't always seen eye to eye, but I do wish to show my gratitude. Together, we will all leave Hell one day.

I have handpicked gifts specifically for you to commemorate this anniversary. I do hope you enjoy them.

An assistant named Marchosias. He goes by March for short and will help Tony in whatever he asks.

A family photo, taken when Tony was still very young.

A bottle of particularly strong barrel-aged Scotch whisky, signed by one of Hell's elite brewmasters.

Again, I thank you for all of your help in making Hell what it is today.

Yours,
Lucifer

[odaystar]

It has been years now since Hell has been redone and made even greater than ever before. And you, my prized guest, have made it 24 months in your journey towards redemption. I know that there have been bumps along the way and we haven't always seen eye to eye, but I do wish to show my gratitude. Together, we will all leave Hell one day.

I have handpicked gifts specifically for you to commemorate this anniversary. I do hope you enjoy them.

A basket of mini alcoholic beverages and alcoholic chocolates

Lab space at Penance Hotel, Tony now has sole ownership of it

Two vouchers to get out of torture. They may be transferred to another party.

Again, I thank you for all of your help in making Hell what it is today.

Yours,
Lucifer