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[ Finding out that Pepper's stocks in Stark Industries have been transferred to him - and because she'd been running it, he can only assume that it's the lion's share - and that that means she's presumably gone is not the way he wants to start the day. But it is what it is and there's nothing he can do about it.
He's wearing the suit, though the helmet's off, and the expression on his face is as professionally detached as the matter-of-fact tone of his voice when he speaks. ]
It's come to my attention that Pepper Potts may no longer be in residence in the city.
[ That covers that and he's not lingering on it. If he does, he'll wonder what that means, if some piece of her has gone back to the world she remembers or if she's dead and her body is being recycled or whatever it is they do with clones when they're gone. It isn't something he needs to worry about right now. Not in front of an audience. So he moves right along to business. ]
I've been informed that per her request, her interests in Stark Industries have been transferred to me. For those of you don't know, I'm Tony Stark, and if you work for SI, it means you're working for me.
[ May whatever aliens people consider gods help them all. ]
If you do, I want to know who you are and what you do for the company. If you don't, and you want to, talk to me.
And be prepared for change. It's coming.
[ What that change is, he doesn't know yet. But once he finds out what the company's been doing, he'll figure out the right path for it to take under his leadership. And this time, it's going to be a damn sight better than the last time he was at the helm. ]
He's wearing the suit, though the helmet's off, and the expression on his face is as professionally detached as the matter-of-fact tone of his voice when he speaks. ]
It's come to my attention that Pepper Potts may no longer be in residence in the city.
[ That covers that and he's not lingering on it. If he does, he'll wonder what that means, if some piece of her has gone back to the world she remembers or if she's dead and her body is being recycled or whatever it is they do with clones when they're gone. It isn't something he needs to worry about right now. Not in front of an audience. So he moves right along to business. ]
I've been informed that per her request, her interests in Stark Industries have been transferred to me. For those of you don't know, I'm Tony Stark, and if you work for SI, it means you're working for me.
[ May whatever aliens people consider gods help them all. ]
If you do, I want to know who you are and what you do for the company. If you don't, and you want to, talk to me.
And be prepared for change. It's coming.
[ What that change is, he doesn't know yet. But once he finds out what the company's been doing, he'll figure out the right path for it to take under his leadership. And this time, it's going to be a damn sight better than the last time he was at the helm. ]
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She what?
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You know, I did run the place for like, twenty years. I think I can handle it.
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I can't imagine the Tony Stark I know running a lemonade stand, let alone a corporation.
But I guess you have more experience than he does.
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[ Please. Technically, Tony could have managed a company back then. If he'd wanted to. He hadn't. ]
Believe it or not, you learn stuff as you get older.
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Seventeen.
[He adopts a tone of wide-eyed innocence.] No kidding! Well, that's a relief.
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[ There are people his age or thereabouts already working for Stark Industries. Tony figures he might as well pay it forward to this kid he's never known but that, unlike him, actually managed to have a few friends while he was still young enough for it to matter. ]
You got a job yet, Tiger?
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Tony's question takes him a little by surprise.]
Not really? Nothing steady.
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[ After all, that is what he's been doing since he woke up: dealing with the company and coming to understand the employee roster. ]
See, I've got a few openings, figured you could fill one. I wouldn't be friends with a dumb guy, which means you've got skills, and those skills might be better served doing something interesting than just, I don't know, hanging around playing dumb cell phone games.
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Sure, [he says, not sounding very sure at all.]
Thanks.
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Mostly my strengths lie in research and analysis. I'm fluent in Mandarin and Mongolian, and my Cantonese is passable, if that matters here. And I've been trained in Wushu since I was five, so I can fight if I need to. I'm also pretty good at puzzles.
[Nice job dancing around the 'also I have some magic rings that have nearly limitless power' bomb. Not exactly what you want to open with at a job interview.]
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[ He rolls his eyes, but he isn't so oblivious to himself that he can deny that patience is a big necessity when it comes to dealing with him. ]
How does a research position sound? What's interesting to you? Robots? Metaphysical mumbo jumbo? Energy sources? We do a little of everything here. Apparently.
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transition to action or handwave?
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