Starkastic Hot Mess

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While I'm not 100% back yet, I am working on coming back from hiatus. Mostly in the fact that I'm trying to get caught up on the 'end of the year maintenance' stuff from 2023 that I didn't get to do with everything going on irl, so here is what's been updated and what I'm still working on.

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@smokedanced || semiplotted starter.

Regardless of the familiarity of the suit's design itself, Tony still isn't quite sure what to make of the fact that Cerberus was the one who built this particular model, basing it off his previous Iron Man armour when they had effectively kidnapped him, supposedly in some twisted effort to save his life.

The black, white, and gold theme, however, grinds his nerves more than anything else, missing his red and gold as he walks through the merc base, his HUD offering IFF information on all the Blue Suns, Eclipse, and Blood Pack members he pass, as well as the occasional freelancer. Besides making note of a few particularly interesting cases, he dismisses the majority of the alerts as they pop up.

"Stark, I've scanned the area, but I am unable to plot any other paths to Archangel," EDI notes over the squad comms, bringing Tony up short as he pauses to converse with the AI.

Glancing back at the two Cerberus agents following him, he resigns himself to the slower path of staying on the ground for now. He's already got JARVIS sneaking into Cerberus's network to destroy all their stolen data about his suits and weaponry, so he's not about to provide them with anything himself, even once he does return to Citadel space and schedule a press conference to explain his disappearance for the last two years.

"Guess we're going with the mercs," he sighs in exasperation.

"The heavy mechs and gunship possess considerable firepower. Weakening them before leaving will improve your chances."

"I'll take care of it. Thanks, EDI," Tony acknowledges, wondering just what exactly she would be capable of were it not for Cerberus's shackles… He might have to see about changing that soon enough, though preferably when most of the Cerberus crew are off the ship so no one notices what he's up to.

Coming up on the barricade to the boardwalk, however, JARVIS pops up an alert onto his HUD from his own localised scans through the suit as he catches sight of the blue armoured turian in the distance: IFF ID CONFIRMED: GARRUS VAKARIAN.

"Alright, change of plans," Tony says as he turns to the other two, taking advantage of the privacy of his suit so he can't be overheard by the mercs while tapping into their comms. "We're wiping out this base. Wipe out all the Blue Suns, Eclipse, and Blood Pack you find. I'll handle the freelancers on a case-by-case basis."

"Stark," Lawson starts, clearly displeased, only to be immediately cut off.

"That's an order, Lawson. I have more intel than you do. As soon as we're done here, I'm leaving you two to handle the cleanup on the bridge, and I'm going to Archangel's base. Got it?"

"Understood," she grounds out, glaring at the emotionless mask of the Iron Man suit.

For the first time since waking up from cryo, Tony is actually glad for the theft of intellectual property, as his suit is fully equipped with his standard weapons arsenal, and with JARVIS's help, he makes quick work of entire rooms of mercs at a time as his team progresses through the base. With confirmation from EDI and JARVIS that all hostiles in the base are either dead or incapacitated, Tony starts toward the bridge.

With one last blast...  Archangel seems to be going down. Garrus knows he won’t be able to hold his position for much longer; the stream of mercs has been unrelenting, and he’s beginning to run low on provisions, not that he’s anywhere near safe enough to pause to eat, much less sleep. He can keep sniping them... but for how long, until he’s physically too weak to hold his own?

Not fighting for his own life, anymore, but for the honour of his team, dead on the lower level of their base.

The least he can do is to take out as many of these sons of bitches with him when he dies.

Perched on his vantage spot, between both low and high cover, Garrus keeps popping out with his sniper rifle, wiping out mercs with neat headshots.

The commotion doesn’t throw him, at first. They’re mercs from different gangs, banded together against him, it’s hardly surprising in-fighting should happen. But as he watches through his scope... someone is wiping out mercs en masse.

Before he has a chance to properly become confused, his suit-computer alerts a warning that his anti-hacking systems are failing to prevent someone...

“Archangel. Did you miss me?”

Spirits...

It can’t be, though.

Tony Stark is dead.

This person has his voice, and he maneuvers his suit just like him, though. But it’s not the correct colour, Garrus thinks, stupidly, as he aims his rifle.

Not responding to the comment (it’s so lifelike, it sounds so much like him, down to the tone), Garrus fires a couple of concussive shots at the flying figure, half-heartedly, as it comes straight for him. To bring down his shields, at worst, not to hurt.

"Indeed, sir," JARVIS answers, amusement tinging his synthesised voice. "Though I might note that it was simply concussive rounds."

Grumbling that it was the principle of the matter, Tony makes quick work of the last of mercs on the bridge before aiming his flight path directly through the window of Garrus's sniper perch. And if he's being a little petty by flying in just a little too close without risking injuring the turian, well... He had just been shot.

The moment he lands and turns to face Garrus, he crosses his arms over his chest, directly over the arc reactor, subconsciously seeking to protect it (and his heart, that it keeps functional by keeping the shrapnel still in his chest at bay) just in case. The emotionless mask of the Iron Man suit opens to reveal the very much alive face of Tony Stark, looking exactly the same as two years ago, not even having significantly aged in his time in cryostasis.

"And here I thought you'd be happy to see me, Big Blue," he notes with a pointed look, wariness lingering in his warm brown eyes as if he expects further rejection of his sudden reappearance. After what happened on Freedom's Progress, he's unbalanced, no longer so sure of his place in the galaxy, especially his place in the lives of those precious few people he calls friends.

"Before the watchdogs catch up, let me get something out in the open right now: Cerberus kidnapped me and tossed me on ice, where I've been frozen in cryo for the last two years. This suit is one they made, so yeah, not my usual colour choices, but JARVIS has already taken care of all the additional tracking and monitoring they tried to sneak in. J, say hello, will you?"

"It is good to see you again, Officer Vakarian," JARVIS says through the Iron Man suit's speakers, the AI's lifelike tone surprisingly warm with familiarity. "You had all of us at Stark Industries worried when you too vanished after Sir's disappearance."

I've been having to play caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

I've been having to play caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

I've been having to pay caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

I've been having to pay caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

Questioning Sentences, Vol. 10

(Questioning sentences from various sources to ask all kinds of muses. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Do you think I'm spooky?"

"Do I seem capable of that kind of aggression?"

"Will you please stop trying to pick a fight with me?"

"Am I your boyfriend?"

"Is there a woman alive that hasn't been hurt by a man before?"

"So, how's your cooking?"

"If you can't trust your doctor, who can you trust?"

"Are you refusing to cooperate?"

"Is it even possible for you to know what's going on?"

"Psychologists make you angry, don't they? Why is that?"

"I'm not going to tell you what to do. You'd probably hate that, right?"

"What is your type? For the record."

"What are you going to do? Shoot me?"

"You question my ability?"

"What do you spend your money on?"

"You really get off on this, don't you?"

"It's all about sex with men, isn't it?"

"It happened just the way you said it would. How did you know?"

"If this is the truth that you've been looking for, then what is left to believe in?"

"Have you ever entertained the idea of trying to find life on this planet?"

"Have you got a girl in there?"

"So you'll risk the consequences even though there may be nothing here?"

"So, do you want in on this opportunity or not?"

"Can we talk about this over dinner? Please?"

"Would it soften your opinion of me if I confessed that I've always had a particular affection for you?"

"How could you possibly understand what it's like to lose everything that you've ever loved?"

"You just jump at whatever explanation is the wildest and most far-fetched, don't you?"

"When did you get a waterbed?"

"Do you ever think about dinosaurs?"

"What are you even after out there? Do you ever even think about that?"

"How long are you going to refuse to trust me?"

"Don't you ever sleep?"

"Am I the love of your life?"

"Were you watching me sleep?"

"Why am I letting you do this to me?"

"With all due respect, what the fuck are you talking about?"

"What is it you want me to understand? The secrets or the lies?"

"I did do the right thing, didn't I?"

"What would you do if you were a werewolf?"

Angry & Irritated Sentences, Vol. 6

(Angry and irritated sentences from various sources. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"I don't take orders from you."

"You just wait for me to make a mistake, don't you?"

"Please don't cry in front of me. We're not in that stage of our friendship yet."

"I'll thank you not to test my intelligence or credulity with your ridiculous fabrications of truth and fictions."

"Flattery will get you nowhere."

"Not everything can be reduced to psychology."

"I may be petty, but I'm not that petty."

"I'm delusional? Did you just hear yourself?"

"Did you hear a word of what I just said? No? Well, maybe you didn't want to hear it."

"Don't be so damn naïve!"

"What the hell are you doing? Why can't you stay out of this?"

"Please tell me you're not saying that love is the answer."

"Be honest; you're angry because you're jealous."

"I see your renowned arrogance has been left quite intact."

"You just calm the hell down, before we both get pissed off."

"You question my ability?"

"Why am I even talking to you?"

"I find your attitude rather disappointing, if I may say."

"Will you please stop trying to pick a fight with me?"

"Have you considered that something else might be going on here?"

"It's time to start telling me the truth!"

"No one understands because you won't let anyone understand!"

"Look, I was just living my life. Can't a person just live?"

"If you're going to stab me, stab me in the front."

"Next time you think about breaking the law, you talk to me first."

"Your eye is twitching. When people aren't being honest, their eye twitches."

"Accept who you are, however repulsive that may be!"

"How long are you going to refuse to trust me?"

"What about my face says 'let's share our secrets'?"

"You really are an oaf. You know that?"

"I don't like to share."

"You have no shame."

"You really get off on this, don't you?"

Detective Sentences, Vol. 9

(Sentences from various sources for detectives and/or muses that like to solve mysteries. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"He can't tell you anything if he's dead."

"I've always believed that evil is born in a cold heart and a weak mind."

"I've seen some violent crimes, I mean, some seriously screwed up stuff, but this is extreme."

"You should trust your instincts more."

"The closer we get, the less it makes sense."

"Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later."

"We need you here on this one. We need your abilities."

"Whoever did this is capable of terrible violence."

"Are you refusing to cooperate?"

"How do you know these things?"

"If we ever go undercover again, I get to choose the names, okay?"

"Time had a way of shedding light on injustices."

"I worry about killers, victims, their families. That's my curse; I worry about everybody."

"If he was murdered, there would have to be a reason for it. Maybe he knew something?"

"How did we get to this place where the only thing we're good for is notifying the loved ones?"

"I'm sorry, but this is like good cop, insane cop!"

"You want to go to Heaven? Then get another job."

"If you make every one of these personal, you'll go insane."

"This is a pro job. They made it in and out of here without a sound."

"Next time you think about breaking the law, you talk to me first."

"You come off so rational, but maybe you know less than you think."

"The elaborate nature of the murder shows that he's performing for us."

"I'd like to prove that I'm capable of something more."

"Am I the only one with reservations about this suspect?"

"You blame yourself for what happened to him, don't you?"

"Now, what I want is facts."

"You know I hate to ruin your beautiful theory with ugly facts, but stop to examine the incident. "

"Don't panic but there's a dead person there!"

"If you could prove anything, you wouldn't be here."

"You know everything that goes on around here, don't you?"

"If I wanted to harm somebody, I'd do something to someone they care for."

"The FBI isn't a place for personal crusades."

"So I'm the bad guy because I'm trying to do what's right?"

"The killer doesn't see the world like everybody else."

Oblivious Sentences, Vol. 2

(Sentences for characters that have a habit of missing the obvious. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Why would I make them so uncomfortable?"

"How do you know when someone likes you? You know, like that."

"You thought this was a romantic engagement?"

"Why would I need your private number?"

"Maybe you'd better start paying a little less attention to the heart of the mystery, and a little more attention to the mystery of the heart. "

"You're wearing lipstick. You weren't wearing lipstick before."

"For a genius, you can be remarkably thick."

"He quite likes you, you know. Do you like him?"

"You can't tell what's going on in somebody's head just by looking at them."

"You can connect to people. It just frightens you."

"You still don't get it, do you?"

"Are you making conversation?"

"Do you remember that conversation we had about personal space?"

"Don't be so damn naïve!"

"On the contrary, I think I've been exceedingly polite."

"I don't understand. I said I'm sorry - isn't that what you're supposed to do?"

"Is this your idea of seduction?"

"You seem angrier than I'd expected. May I ask why?"

"Reputation? I have a reputation?"

"It really bothers you? What people say?"

"That really wasn't very good, was it?"

"You're not very observant, are you?"

"I'm an expert in many things, but love is not one of them."

"Couldn't you see I was in love with you?"

"That was very rude. You know better than to stare at people."

"I'm way too old to feel sexy."

"Is it even possible for you to know what's going on?"

"Your expression. What does it mean?"

"You don't think I'm interfering, do you?"

Caring & Reassuring Sentences, Vol. 3

(Sentences from various sources for muses that care for each other. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"We all need to be touched."

"Things don't always work out the way you want."

"This has been going on for almost a week. You want to talk about it?"

"I get the feeling you're not used to anyone taking care of you."

"You've got a choice. You can spend the rest of your life trying to make up for one mistake, or you can live with it and do your job. You can't do both."

"Sometimes, bad things just happen."

"We stay with the hurt we know rather than risk being hurt again."

"Accidents happen. That's life."

"Whatever you do, don't worry."

"I see myself in you."

"Don’t forget that some people will love you no matter what."

"Believe me, we all fuck up."

"I won't let you go alone."

"You know, you could do with loosening up a bit."

"I know what you're afraid of."

"If you ask me, I think that if a relationship can break you, then sometimes a relationship can also heal you."

"Something will happen. It always does."

"You say that you've failed, but you only fail if you give up."

"You can't help me. No one can help me."

"Never give up on a miracle."

"Would it soften your opinion of me if I confessed that I've always had a particular affection for you?"

"We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. We can just sit here in silence."

"When you're in contact with something evil, the people closest to you are going to find that difficult."

"We've all been hurt, some more than others."

"You should trust your instincts more."

"I see now that you've got something I never had."

"You don't have to lie. Not to me. I understand."

"I know what it's like to be abandoned - how you think you're worthless and unlovable, and your heart hardens to the person who did it to you."

"If I could take the slightest bit of your pain away, I would."

"There's nothing wrong with being alone."

"We make the bad things that happen to us our fault. It's a way to imagine we have some control, which we don't."

Secrets & Lies Sentences, Vol. 2

(Sentences for those that lie, conceal, and seek the truth. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Sometimes when people tell you they're your friend, they're not telling the truth."

"If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself."

"What you want to confirm, they will deny. What you want to find, they will hide."

"You feel you can lie as freely to me as to yourself."

"You damn me for my secrets, but you're afraid to speak the truth."

"I don't understand the need for secrecy."

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

"It's time to start telling me the truth!"

"I'll thank you not to test my intelligence or credulity with your ridiculous fabrications of truth and fictions."

"I obviously know how it looks, but I am telling you the truth."

"I can handle imposition. What I can't handle is secrecy."

"Within any important issue, there are always aspects no one wishes to discuss."

"What about my face says 'let's share our secrets'?"

"Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies."

"I came here to put a bullet in you."

"Sometimes you have to keep a secret, even if it means hurting someone."

"There are truths you wouldn't understand even if I attempted to explain."

"What are you talking about? I don't have any secrets!"

"There's a truth even you're afraid to speak."

"Your eye is twitching. When people aren't being honest, their eye twitches."

"Whatever they told you, it's not true."

"What is it you want me to understand? The secrets or the lies?"

"I'll ask you no questions, and you'll tell me no lies."

"There's no such thing as a single truth. Everything must be seen from its own point of view."

"You hear nothing but truth from me."

"Look, we've all done things we're not proud of. We all have secrets."

"Truth is fluid and alterable."

"If you want to kill someone, just choose your victims carefully."

"I don't keep secrets. I'll tell you anything you want."

"You should just give up. This will all end really badly if you don't."

Politician Sentences, Vol. 5

(Sentences from various sources for politicians and/or muses in political spaces. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"I sincerely hope you are not suggesting that I have something to do with this."

"He was a good man. He had a conscience. Sometimes, that's a problem in our line of work."

"Truth is fluid and alterable."

"They never question it, do they? Your power and authority? When you're really such a coward."

"I can handle imposition. What I can't handle is secrecy."

"I can feel you thinking."

"I don't care what you do, or who you do, or who you have to grease - I need that information, and I need it now. Are we clear on that?"

"Is that good news or bad news?"

"Do you really think I'm that controlling?"

"I did do the right thing, didn't I?"

"Flattery will get you nowhere."

"Most people believe they're on the side of angels, but are they?"

"You always gave me the impression that this place was beneath you."

"I see your renowned arrogance has been left quite intact."

"Don't you love democracy?"

"They're trying to discredit you."

"Haven't you ever used someone for commercial gain?"

"In our age, there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.'"

"I'm not a bad man - more, a practical man."

"I find I have no real legacy."

"I have not yet expressed my opinion."

"Well, that was uniquely humiliating."

"I has come to our attention that you have been engaged in an independent project."

"Sleep is a luxury - a self-indulgence we have no time for."

"Paranoia must go with the job. You're starting to sound just like your predecessor."

"I'm not suggesting anything. I think the facts speak for themselves."

"What do you know about fair or right? You're a coward."

"Have you ever been lucky?"

"You brought embarrassment to me, to yourself, and to this country."

"You question my sincerity. You think I'm heartless."

"No sacrifice is purely altruistic. We give expecting to receive."

"Apologies for dragging you from your bed, but this is a matter of some urgency."

"They don't want the truth. You give them the truth, and they'll hang you with it."

"I have neither the authority nor the will to allow your continued inquiry into this matter."

"I expected someone more formidable."