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GLADOS has been busy [Open]

There were three people stumbling into various parts of the city and grumbling about the lack of cake. Also the whole wandering in circles and annoying AIs.

Kate glanced at the two men before shouldering her bow and wandering off toward the tree for a breather. She sometimes wandered down that way, and there was something very peaceful and calming about it.

Xander meanwhile was going to give the Sensoriums a wide berth for the time being. His steps lead him toward the Vatican. Well might as well see what else Sawyer's been doing with the place.

Nathan shot up into the air. Might as well do a new survey, try to catch up on what's he's missed. Check the commlink for command staff news. Eventually he headed up toward the Observation Deck.

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"Hey! Kate!"

It's Tony! Out and about, because that's what there is to do, unless you feel like spending all of your time in the Sensoriums.

"Long time, no see."

Kate beamed at that, and hurried over to him. She paused but then threw her arms around for a hug and kiss to the cheek.

"Hey, been stuck in stupid mazes. How you been?"

Tony laughed and gratefully returned the hug, albeit with a bit of surprise. He shrugged his shoulders, looking at her curiously, "...mazes? And I've been pretty good... just sorta hangin' around, you know."

Kate stepped back slightly, tucking some strands of hair behind her ear.

"Yeah. Some AI had me going through them, and kept promising cake. There was no cake. Lucky you, I would have taken that instead."

Tony put on a look of mock woe, "You'd replace me with cake?"

Kate gave a snort and rolled her eyes. "Right. Even if I do miss cake. I meant I'd take hanging around here any day over those mazes."

"Well, that's a relief. At least you're not eaten by bugs or somethin'. Was starting to wonder where you'd gotten to, chica," Tony grinned, "They want us to start takin' classes or somethin'. Told 'em I'd pass."

"Why not? At least get a chance to finish up and not fall behind."

Tony fidgeted uncomfortably, finding somewhere else to look while he muttered a reply, "I dropped out at th' beginning of my second year of high school."

Kate came closer to rest her hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, it's ok. What happened? Because of the fight back home?"

Tony shrugged again, "I didn't think I needed all of that! I had a war t'fight and new stuff to learn and school just didn't seem that important anymore. And I don't need to go back to school now. No point."

Kate scoffed at that, "So? I risk my life on patrols, but we still try to fit our classes and school around it. And right now we have all the time. Why not take a few classes to catch up?"

"Yeah, but there's no point! I'm not a school kid, alright?" Tony found an interesting part of the wall to stare at, "m'not good at that kinda stuff. I'm not a smart kid. I just... know what I know and that's where I operate. I don't need any stupid teacher telling me what's what."

"How do you know you're not?" She asked, and tried to gently tilt his head to make eye contact again.

Kate then shot back sarcastically, "Oh right, because some 'stupid' teacher told you that you were? How would they know anyway, and they are stupid if they didn't try to help you. I could help you. We should get study groups started around here anyway. My friends and I did that back home too."

"I don't need help!" Tony shot back, "School just isn't what I do, alright? I stopped going, because who the hell needs t'know about biology or geometry or whatever if you have to take care of other stuff? It's- I haven't bothered going to school since I was fifteen. What's the point of startin' again now?"

"So? You could still specialize in something. Some of it you could still need. For example, if you know biology, then you can understand anatomy. If you got anatomy, you know the best ways to take somebody down in five seconds without anybody else getting hurt. It's more than just homework and tests."

Tony huffed, "I don't need to go to school, alright? I'm just gonna do my thing and leave it at that."

Kate stared after him, "Well, never would have guessed you'd be a coward. Why are you so afraid of trying?"

Tony almost literally bristled as the beast and rage inside of him suddenly flared to life. He clenched his jaw and turned back to Kate, "I'm not a coward. I'm just happy with the way I am right now. Why is that so damn difficult?"

"Yeah you look really thrilled right now. You're either a coward for letting some stupid teacher get to you or a quitter. Why not prove them wrong?"

"I'm not that thrilled 'cause you keep telling me I should go back to school when I don't want to!"

He rubs his temple with one hand, "Look, I get where you're comin' from, but it's just not for me."

"Why not? Because you're a wolf? There's nothing wrong with learning. I mean, I'm not into tests and papers either, but it helps to learn more."

"Because in five years, I'm probably gonna be dead anyway. That, or th' world is gonna end."

Kate very nearly wanted to punch or slap him for that. Never mind the violations.

"You will with that attitude. How can you give up?"

Tony threw his hands up in exasperation, "I'm not giving up! I'm just stating th' damn facts! Believe me, I would love it if we were to somehow defeat the Wyrm and put the whole goddamn world back into balance! But we're probably going to die doing just that. We're outnumbered, outgunned, and we're already losin' people faster then we can replace them!"

"There has to be some way to stop them. You have to keep trying. We have to deal with threats all the time back home, but they get stopped somehow."

"Yeah, well, you guys have Superman or something. All we have is ourselves."

Kate shook her head, "Wrong universe. We had Captain America but he was an enhanced human. We also had Thor, but he's gone too. We came together because the older Avengers split apart originally. We only have ourselves too, but we keep going and trying to protect our home and others."

"Well, that's your world. Mine's a crapsack and it keeps getting worse."

Tony shrugged, almost sulking a bit. He's a bit of a cynic and he didn't particularly want to hear about how working hard could save everyone. Not while he was in a foul mood.

"You don't know it's always going to be like that."

Kate sighed, and glanced away.

"Fine, do whatever you want. Thought you might appreciate a second chance for something more."

"Second chance?" Tony waved at hand at their surroundings, "I'm on a ship whippin' through the multiverse, fighting God-knows-what, just so I can go home and do virtually the same thing."

He paused and then let out a long, frustrated sigh, "...I mean, it's not all bad, but this is still crazy ass shit."

"We're not always fighting," She pointed out as she finished getting ready to step out.

"Try to make the most of it you know? I'll see you later."

"I... yeah. I'll see you around... stay in touch, OK?"

He shoots her a fond look and a (slightly awkward) half-wave.

He got a soft smile in return, and a wave back.

"I will."

She then stepped back long enough to drop a quick kiss to his cheek.

"Just think about it, ok?" She whispered before leaving back out to the hallway.

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Urgh, sorry this took so long.

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