[Voice / Action]

[selfhelp]

[Okay, so. Several things need to be dealt with here, one way or another. First being the fact that he has a facetwin hanging around who is pretty damn hard to explain, though Tommy being more or less okay with the "brother" title helps with that. Second is that he knows the truth about his heritage now, which is, in short, a huge weight off his shoulders. Third is that his strength is mostly back in his arm as long as he doesn't bend or twist it in a way that stresses his brace too much, which admittedly doesn't mean much, but it does mean that he's able to finish the sketches he'd promised to Pepper's art gallery.

Thus, since it's so warm and dry today, he'll be heading out to deliver a set of hefty-sized rolled sheets of drawing paper to Pepper's art gallery, and then to swing by Tony's house to catch up on some work and maybe fill his... sort-of employer in on the recent developments. Mainly the kid with Billy's face who is probably going to hate him for a while. Tommy's not as keen to forgive as some people.

His last stop will be the plaza, armed with a miniature sketchbook, and props himself up against the side of the fountain to draw whatever comes his way. Occasionally he might have to stop and give his hand a frustrated shake, but hey, there's no physiotherapy like a good work-out, right?

At some point while he's out, though, he'll be doing what he told himself he'd get done: a journal entry that is better late than never.]

[Voice, locked from Tommy]

Hey, it's Billy. Just wanted to get it out there that if you see anybody with my face - or hear my voice, I guess - that's Tommy, my... brother. Kind of. It's complicated. He might be a bit tough to deal with sometimes, but he's not a bad guy, so just try to put up with him, if you can. He could use some friends.

[....]

Just don't let this get back to him, I'd never hear the end of it.

Comments

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[touchofrogue]

[She gives him a look.]

An' that makes it less tacky... how?

[Rogue shook her head.]

'sides. That was before the world [briefest pause] knew about mutants.

[Gawd it seems like ages ago.]

[action]

[selfhelp]

Technically, I didn't have a model for that one. Teddy was busy, so I drew from memory. I just figured it would look nicer with a human element.

[Not that the scenery isn't lovely, but- you know. People are good. Makes it easier to relate to.]

action;

[selfhelp]

Yeah, you should see the CG on Hulkling's shapeshifting. It's like the whole village has the most undetectable green screen.

[Still weird, but admittedly it's getting a little fun. I remembers the initial terror and shock at watching Teddy's ability at work, and even if it just feels natural now, there'd been the same surreal experience when it had first manifested. This is kind of nostalgic.]

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[handing]

[Somehow Pepper isn't surprised that Billy can draw Teddy from memory more easily than a landscape.]

It adds to the sense of perspective too. I think it was a good choice.

[She sets it aside carefully, not wanting to accidentally smudge the pencil.]

What about these other two? I imagine they both have things to do with your world?

action;

[televisioned]

I'm starting to realize that. The Malnosso should work for Hollywood.




Maybe they already do. That would explain a lot.

[Action]

[snikting]

[Logan frowns. Except, given he never looks happy to begin with, this takes on the appearance of a scowl.]

Good idea, kid. Presuming things tends to lead to trouble, don’t it?

[Voice]

[lostinmyway]

Then let's make them! After all, practice makes perfect.

[action]

[selfhelp]

Breezy... I believe it.

[His own little tenure as a Disney princess taught him more than he ever wanted to know about dresses, thank you very much.]

[voice]

[selfhelp]

[Poor confused little replicas.]

Not last time I checked, no. He'd probably say it's hazardous to his health, but he's all talk with that kind of thing.

[Action]

[selfhelp]

[Whoa, why's he so cranky-looking? ...Like... more than usual. Is he that protective of her?]

Generally, yeah. I'm not here to cause trouble. ...Sir.

[Voice]

[selfhelp]

Not when he 100% believes that he's older and therefore has the authority to do whatever he wants.

[Voice]

[selfhelp]

[That compliment means even more than the last, and he gives himself a quiet moment to let the words sink in before he smiles and moves on. Sue... she's really nice, isn't she? A lot nicer than he'd have expected, months ago.]

He can also destabilize atomic matter, apparently. Shake things up until they explode. There could be more, but that's all I know about.

[selfhelp]

Well, he's an Avenger- trouble comes hand in hand with the title. But it's the good kind of trouble, usually.

action;

[selfhelp]

[Super jealous. Greener than his boyfriend.]

I'd just make friends with that raccoon and fill the house with leaves again or something.

[Action]

[snikting]

Good. We're full up on it already.

[He expects that should be enough to put the fear of Wolverine in him.]

[ filter; 60% ]

[herotypical]

Wait? There's such thing as a Wonder Man?

action;

[alloys]

Oh, god. Don't bring that raccoon back here. I've got my armor again, and I know how to use it.

[Voice]

[selfhelp]

A video- he's here?

[OMG IF APPA IS HERE

IF APPA IS FUCKING HERE

THEY NEED TO BE FRIENDS FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS RIGHT NOW]

[neversurrender]

I wasn't aware there was a good kind of trouble.

[Action]

[selfhelp]

[Why does he get the feeling that he's in trouble before he's even done anything?]

Is, uh. Is something wrong? I mean, I know I should have asked her first, but she's seen by sketchbook before. She knows I draw people all the time.

[action]

[lorentzian]

[ She laughs, gentle, before changing the subject. ]

So tell me about him.

[voice]

[fourteen]

[ dammit billy with your confusing face and confusing descriptions ]

Hehe. So he's like that, huh? [ Kind of a familiar attitude. ] Well, it's nice of you to ask for him. It doesn't sound like he'd do it himself!

[action]

[selfhelp]

"Him"? Him who?

[There's a few he could talk about, sure, but in the context of their conversation, he's not sure.]

[ action ]

[selfhelp]

Oh, wow. It's hard to imagine that kind of world, to be honest- knowledge about mutants was pretty widespread before I was even born. I'm surprised my parents even wanted to have more kids before they knew if I was one or not.

[It doesn't even occur to him how weird that sounds, considering the only parent he's referred to has thus far been Wanda.]

[action]

[selfhelp]

Heh, thanks. Oh, and these- [He takes one back - the tower shot - and holds it out in front of him, pointing a few things out as he continues.] This is Stark Tower. Or the Avengers HQ, now. Hardly anybody calls it Stark Tower anymore. The Avengers have been using it as a base since the mansion got destroyed. ...There was a mansion, by the way. And this one- [He moves on to the second shot now.] I drew as many of the Avengers from my time as I could think of and had room for. I thought it might be cool to give people from our world a taste of what's to come.

[Even if they're from a different universe, the potential is there.]