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[bacondivination]

You go too far, Iron Man! You know not what you have done, knavish cullion. I will relish taking my revenge, make no mistake. I hate you, hate, with every ounce of my being and this shall not be a mistake you ever dare repeat.

[ Loki's mad. Real mad.

Just in case that wasn't obvious. ]

I was on level four hundred and thirty-three! [ His voice goes high enough it cracks on the last word, and he huffs before continuing. ] Why would you even do that? Is this not against your Midgardian Geneva Conventions? Candy Crush Saga should be sacred and untouchable.

[ He hasn't even checked his other games yet. He deflates somewhat, plaintively fussing: ] It's just so rude.

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[bacondivination]

And, unsurprisingly, you miss the point of the fun of things yet again. One of these days, you'll figure it out. I have faith in you.

[constants]

[ Excuse you, she made a snowman and went ice skating. Those are fun things. BUT IT'S HARD TO HAVE FUN WHEN THERE'S A CRAZY POSSIBLY SOON TO BE MEGA-POWERED PERSON THROWING A FIT. ]

Is it not fun to play it?

[bacondivination]

The fun is in the conquering! If the score is not kept and progress not recorded, it is for nothing.

[constants]

If it is a simple memory wipe then it should not interfere with subsequent score and progress recording. Now you can conquer it again. Twice the conquering, twice the fun.

[ Look at that, the Deputy of Fun hard at work. ]

[bacondivination]

Except now I know he can wipe it out whenever. Keep up already here.

[constants]

Does he have remote access to the device?

[ The only reason she's still talking is because it would be a pain if he went even more crazy and threw more than just a harmless fit. He might damage her work in the process and that would be really inconvenient because she likes work. ]

[bacondivination]

Apparently so, given he did it while I was secure behind my wards at home. He's a version of Iron Man, I'm fair certain no bit of technology is strictly safe from him.

[constants]

If you find the portion of the hardware which allows for remote access and remove it, that should at minimum impede his ability to perform such tasks.

[bacondivination]

Mayhap I'll just remove the hardware that allows him to access my belongings, like his brain.

[ He's really just blowing off steam. Her idea isn't terrible, not that he understands the mechanism behind it. ]

Would it be so simple?

[constants]

[ Good lord, way to win points. She's going to ignore the first part. ]

Most likely, yes. I expect you would need to bring it to a hardware specialist, though if they were also skilled in terms of software that would be best. It would most likely take considerable skill and some time to determine the exact piece of hardware allowing the transmission.

[ Though given how smart Tony Stark was, he probably made it be some crucial part of the hardware. That's what she would do if she didn't want someone to compromise that functionality. All or nothing. ]

[bacondivination]

[ Loki considers this for a moment, looking thoughtful. Perhaps he would fight fire with fire, then-- or Tony Stark with Tony Stark. If anyone could do that, it'd likely be him.

And then he smiles, happy as can be. ]

Thank you, Deputy, you've done a great favor for me by suggesting this. Seems once in a while something useful comes out of that pretty little head of yours.

[constants]

[ There's a moment of pause, and if he's paying attention he might notice that she's even less expressive than before. She truly hopes that Tony was smart enough to make the wireless transmitter a part of the critical technology and that he continues to erase Loki's scores on his games. All of them. ]

You are welcome, it was a simple suggestion.

[ There's a tiny hint of condescension in that second part. ]

[bacondivination]

A wonderful suggestion! I knew there was a reason I liked you.

[ Loki is willfully ignoring the little bit of condescension. He's legitimately just that happy with the idea that she came up with. ]

[constants]

[ Well that was... Okay. So now he is happy and excited about her suggestion and likes her. There are a few confused moments of silence on her end before she speaks. ]

It is not that difficult of a task. Anyone with simple knowledge of mobile devices could have provided such a suggestion.

[ There's not any condescension this time, she's simply telling it as it is for lack of a better response. Seriously, major emotional whiplash here. ...Then again he is crazy. ]

[bacondivination]

But you had the knowledge, and I didn't. It counts. Don't go devaluing your contributions to the team!

[ Babbling on about nonsense is a sure sign that he's in a better mood, unfortunately for the Archive. ]

I'd best be getting to solving this dilemma and plotting my elaborate revenge scheme. I'll see you about at work!

[constants]

[ If she was the type to facepalm, she would do it right now. ]

Good luck fixing your phone.