voidtreckernet | Day 26: Audio

[It had taken him a day or so but he'd gotten the medical room and his workspace back in order after the incident. It was strange that he didn't remember anything from that day at all, except he'd woken up sick and locked in the sick room. Manabu had been there, but he hadn't exactly been open with details. So, he'd let it go and focused on the clean up.

He didn't have a way to wrap this present, so he had it tucked a bit under the table to try and hide it. It wasn't his best work, but then again he didn't have a lot of material to work with. It would simply have to do.

When she shows up, he's doing some calculations in his notebook and the seat across from him had been cleared off for her.]

[ Gwen shows up with two coffees. One for Mr Stark, black and all. And one for her with maybe a little sugar and milk. Don't worry. Hers is decaf. His is not.

With the toe of her boot, she knocks on the workspace door before peeking her head in and checking to see if it's okay she come in. It is. She knows it is. He said to be there, so there she is. But she's a polite child. She wants to be sure.

Heading over to Mr Stark, she sits across from him and sets his coffee down, watching him with some amused suspicion. ]

Everything okay?

[Tony looks up when he hears her and sets aside his work. With a smile, he starts to get up to help her with the door, but she handles it fine without him.]

Thank you- for that.

[He nods to the coffee, picking up the small gift in a glass for a sip. He'd grown really fond of the train's coffee beans, even if they weren't quite what he was used to back home.]

How've you been feeling since you found yourself in the suitcase? Any memories yet from then?

Uh...Twitchy? Like...nervous energy twitchy? But...

[ Gwen takes a sip of her coffee, delaying for a moment to give herself time to think. Does she remember anything? No. She's shaking her head slowly to answer, a pinched look in her eyes like she wants to frown but refuses to. And she's kind of annoyed that she can't remember. ]

I just woke up there. Ripped my way out. Discovered I actually didn't need to since it wasn't actually locked. And that's basically the end of that adventure in Void Train Asshattery.

Edited 2019-08-24 02:35 (UTC)

[A shame. It would've been very useful if she'd remembered something, but perhaps it was better for her that she didn't. Who knows what had happened, after all.]

Well.. I'm glad that's over with then. I uh.. I remembered you were trying to find something before you vanished.

[Why was he suddenly nervous? This was really stupid. He was Tony Stark (tm)! He didn't get nervous. But he was pausing and sort of stalling like.. well, like Peter might. So with one last hesitation, he just hands over the drum. It was made from the wheelchair wheels without the spokes and stretched orange fabric on either side. It didn't look like it should work, but it remarkably did.]

Yeah. I was looking for stuff to make a ---

[ And then it's there. Right in front of her. Silencing that last word with it's mere presence. Gwen's eyes widen and her hands go over her mouth, looking from the orange drum to Mr Stark and back. She's speechless. Shocked. Alarmed. And so very happy. ]

Holy God, is that a drum? Mr Stark, did you make a drum?!

[ She wants to pick it up and look over it, hands kind of hovering over it like she's afraid it'll just vanish. ]

Whoa. Wow. Uh...oh, my God.

[ Don't worry. She loves it. She's grinning too much for anything else. ]

[Would she just take the thing and leave already? For someone who loved compliments and glory, Tony feels a bit embarrassed by the obviously happy reaction to the gift.]

It's.. yeah. Don't worry it's stronger than it looks.

[He was really relieved that she likes it.]

Just.. welcome back. If, a little late on that.

You're wonderful.

[ Gwen says this and means it with every fiber of her five-foot four being. ]

I mean, you really...really are. You're officially the best Tony Stark in the multiverse.

[ With that, she's hugging him. Screw thinking it through. This deserves a hug. ]

Thank you. So much. You've no idea what this means to me.

[After a moment, she steps back and grins up at Mr Stark. That grin will not be going away any time soon. Not even when she heads to the drum and gives it a few test thumps with her fingers, head tilting as she listens and somehow? That grin gets bigger. ]

Holy Shi---itake mushrooms [ GWEN NO SWEARING IN FRONT OF IRON-DAD-IN-LAW! her face seems to say as she switches words in the middle of saying them. ]

It even sounds awesome. Like...this is incredible. How long did it take you to make?

Well.. naturally..

[He jokes having to force the arrogance into the tone instead of it simply naturally being there. Still, it feels really good to make her happy like this.

And oh! They were hugging. Yep, that was happening. He, of course, hugs back but breaks the contact fairly quickly. Not to be rude, he's just.. he's had issues with hugs lately thanks to Buttercup.

The last bit made him laugh.]

You're welcome, kiddo. And I'm not sure I can really answer that too well. I have about four projects I'm working on so.. [He shrugs. Longer than he'd intended it to take him to finish the drum unfortunately.]

Keep your eyes peeled for anything that could be turned into a big glass jar. Like.. real big.

[He motions with his hands something that was at least 2-3 feet.]

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