[console] audio;

[ironwood]

[ The broadcast starts in a blast of static undercut by a hollow sort of roar. It cuts in and out, wavering wildly, half there and half not. The speaker is a woman, but it’s difficult to tell at first through the static. ]

--dustries, come in! We’re--

[ A wave of static, and when the voice comes back on, she’s gasping. ]

--loodin--

--quest evacuat--

--doors are sealed, but we’re not waterproof, we can--

Stark Industries, I repeat, we need immedia--

--idge up on the mountain. Don’t follow the vall--

[ The broadcast cuts off. ]

Comments

[bigdamnhiro]

Um, no? I am, unfortunately, an incredibly...normal...teenager.

[If he could fly, though, he and the top shelf in the kitchen would be having a very different conversation.]

...Where are you going with this?

[He feels like he knows the answer, but he has to ask.]

[backwordscompatible]

[Normalcy was so overrated.]

Ever want to try?

[bigdamnhiro]

[Look, the last time he and Tadashi put jet propulsion and wings on a shopping cart, arms got broken, concussions were had, visits to the ER happened.]

...I've thought about it, once or twice, yeah. Could give it a try, maybe.

[Yeah, this is going where he thought it was going. GJ signing up for generator repair and weird magic shit, Hiro.]

[backwordscompatible]

Your choice

I can hold you pretty steady over the water, but once you're up there, the rest is up to you. Think you're up to the challenge?

[Pun quite possibly intended.]

[bigdamnhiro]

[Hiro makes a strangled noise, dragging a hand down his face. What'd he get himself into.]

...Lemme get my tools. I'll meet you outside the Hotel in ten.

[backwordscompatible]

Make it fifteen.

I need to change first.

[Now that she knew how soaked she was expected to get.]