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The Runaway Distance Life Of A Little Stark chapter 28: Easy's Never been this hard
Characters & Pairings: Tony Stark & daughter!Reader, Pepper potts & reader. Pepper potts x Tony stark, Bruce Banner, Thor & Tony stark, Thor & tony, bruce banner & tony, Happy hogan, tony stark, Pepper potts, Steve rogers & tony stark, Roberta Rhodey (real marvel character from the mcu comics) & tony stark, Maria hill, Ben parker, may parker & peter parker, lots of characters mentions.
Summary: Tony accepted his daughter's death then goes to the place that she wants to be buried.
Warning: Flashback and reunion
Co author with: callikc Tag: @venomsvl @geeksareunique
From its beginnings as New Amsterdam, all through the years and to its modern day, it was filled with people on the streets desperate to complete their errands of the day. It was certainly called 'the city that never sleeps' for a reason. It had a heart and it had a rhythm, and it was only for just that one day that Tony wished more than anything the city would somehow shut down.
For once it was clear in the skies, not a single gray cloud or speck in sight. At least that made it seem less foreboding.
Tony and Pepper stood in their room, both in black attire. The latter was fixing the former's tie, her eyes focused on the pendant and key that rested on Tony's chest. Once she was finished with the tie, she paused to take in Tony's expression.
It was distant and cold. Sad.
He was still mourning but, much to everybody's relief, he was starting to finally come to terms with your death in the week that had passed since the destruction of his lab. Pepper made sure to prioritize his injury above all else and kept him on a strict rest and wellbeing regime with the help of Bruce and Dr. Cho.
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It was a few nights before the funeral and Pepper couldn't sleep.
She lay awake in the bed she shared with Tony and busied herself with sorting through digital files and paperwork on the laptop. It was tedious to do at that hour of the night but it was a welcome distraction from the harsh reality of things.
It had been an hour before Tony began to stir next to her. His eyes were shut tight but his other features showed clear panic and fear.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled to himself.
Another nightmare.
"Tony." Pepper whispered, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Tony, wake up."
He responded, but not to her. He continued to mumble things about you, how he wanted to do more and how he should have been faster or quicker and how you lost your entire future because of him.
Pepper placed her laptop on the bedside table and tried to wake him again by using gentle but firm shakes and a slightly raised voice to try and get through.
After some time, it finally worked, and Tony startled awake with labored and shaken breaths.
"Hey." Pepper said softly, making sure he could see her face before he started to panic about his surroundings. "It's okay. You're home."
Tony didn't reply initially and only managed a breathless nod. By the time he finally found his voice again he had processed the surroundings properly.
"I'm sorry." He told Pepper. "Bad dream."
"I know."
"I don't get why I can't stop it."
"It's subconscious. No one can."
"Does it bother you?"
"Never." She smiled lovingly. "We'll get through it just like last time. Together."
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Back in the present, Tony had his head hung low and a pained expression clouding his face as his thoughts focused on you.
Even if he was learning to accept the truth now, it didn't hurt any less. There was still the pain and the agony and the grief, and there was still the guilt. It didn't seem to matter how many people told him he wasn't to blame for what happened, it just didn't seem to make a difference.
Pepper gently held his cheek in her hand, her own look grief-stricken. Tony leaned into her touch, closing his eyes for a moment.
No words could be said because no words would suffice to ease the pain both were suffering from.
Pepper lifted her other hand and held his other cheek, wiping away a stray tear with her thumb. Tony swayed a little on his feet but kept steady in the end, placing his hands over hers.
They simply stood in each other's company until a knock on the door filled the silence of the room.
Bruce walked in, also donned in black, with a somber look of empathy.
"Hi." He said in a timid tone, worried about having interrupted a moment.
"Hi, Bruce." Pepper said, doing her best to smile.
"Sorry. Are you, uh... Are you ready? Happy's waiting by the car."
She nodded. "We'll be down in a moment."
"Okay. I'll see you down there."
He promptly left, leaving the room in silence again. At least until Pepper spoke again.
"Ready?" She asked quietly.
Tony let out a shaky sigh. "Do I get the choice?"
It remained unanswered as she began leading him to the door with a sorrowful look. Once they reached the tower parking lot, they found Happy and Bruce by the car.
Happy's expression hadn't changed since the day you died. He was consistently shadowed by a disconsolate feeling.
"You okay, buddy?" Tony asked in a voice so quiet he might not have said anything at all.
Happy managed a nod. "Yeah."
"Sure?"
He nodded a second time. "I'm ready."
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Just the day before Happy had intended to resign.
He couldn't seem to get over the idea that he was accountable for all that had gone wrong and he had decided that it would be best for everyone if he took a very long and very permanent vacation from the security detail.
"She asked me for secrecy and I said yes because I thought I was helping her." He tried to explain to Tony and Pepper. "What I thought was protection was anything but that. I'm taking responsibility for my actions and hoping for some form of forgiveness before I leave."
There was a dreadful silence.
"What is this?" Tony asked, still staring at the papers.
"My contrition." Happy told him.
Another silence.
Tony looked up from the papers with an expression that surprised Happy. It wasn't relief or agreement like he expected, it was confusion and incredulous.
"I don't get it." Tony said.
Happy glanced at Pepper who shared the confused look. "I'm resigning and accepting accountability."
"Yeah, that's what I don't get."
This time it was Happy who looked bewildered. In his view, he had as good as killed you by not revealing that he had seen and talked to you. He knew who you lived as and he didn't tell anyone, endangering you because no one else could protect you when that horrific day came.
He was startled out of his thoughts when Tony ripped the resignation in half and brought him into a tight embrace.
Happy faltered and took a moment to process before cautiously returning the hug.
"You're my brother." Tony said. "You cared about her and that's all I need to know. That's all I care about. I don't blame you."
Happy closed his eyes. "Why?"
"Because I just can't. She wouldn't."
"Tony..."
"No resigning. I know she loved you, Happy, and I don't want you to go."
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"Steve, Clint, Natasha, and Thor will meet us at the location." Pepper explained as they drove to the mentioned location. "There's going to be journalists and paparazzi but they have restricted access so we don't have to worry about them."
"Where is it?" Tony asked.
He hadn't been as involved in the planning due to his grieving. Pepper had organized pretty much everything.
"Calvary Cemetery." She said.
He looked out the window as he watched the streets fly by. "Why there?"
"Agent Hill suggested it. She said (Y/n) had people in two different places in the same city and that she always wanted the best of both worlds. And that she had special connections in the area and wouldn't want to be separated from them."
Bruce spoke next, his tone curious due to the wording. "What does that mean?"
Tony shared this confusion and Pepper shrugged. "I guess we'll find out soon enough."
Happy didn't say anything but listened to the conversation as he drove to the cemetery. He was surprised by the lack of stormy weather, especially with how miserable the city had looked recently.
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The reason for the nice weather was Thor himself.
He had returned from Asgard the day before the funeral after taking care of some business in his home realm. It was hard keeping the peace and very exhausting and yet he still had the brightest smile on his face as he greeted his friends on Midgard.
Unfortunately he came back to the news that Tony had lost a daughter. He quickly went to the Tower to find him and was directed by Bruce. The two might not get along but Thor understood how it felt to lose family and he knew that no one deserved the pain if wrought.
"Point Break." Tony greeted, his tone jolted. "Didn't expect you back so soon."
"Matters between Asgard and Alfheim were settled with fair ease." Thor explained. "Although light elves have quite the temper. You wouldn't expect it."
He nodded. "Right. Well, uh, welcome back."
Even if he tried to look the same, Thor noticed the hurt in his teammate's eyes. He had the same look when he had lost his mother not too long before all of this.
"I heard of your daughter." He said empathetically. "I understand the loss of a loved one, and I am truly sorry, Stark. I would be honored to attend the farewells."
"Sure." Tony hesitated. "And thanks."
He paused again.
"How did you know?" He questioned.
Thor had a sad look still. "My Lady Jane informed me about the news. I believe she, Lady Darcy, and Erik Selvig will be paying their respects also."
"Did they know her?"
"Only in passing, as I did." He thought back to that day, curious. "Her familiarity in the picture we found puzzled me for quite some time until now."
Tony was simply amazed by how many people you seemed to know or at least spoke to. Just how many others were out there? How many people would show up tomorrow?
"When did you meet her?" He questioned.
"Some years ago." Thor replied. "I was banished from Asgard for my own arrogance and found myself stranded in your land of New Mexico. I became acquainted with Jane and her friends whilst there and shortly after that the Son of Coul and Lady (Y/n) arrived. She told me Mjölnir destroyed one of her devices."
"I forgot I wasn't the only one." Bruce chimed in, reminding them that he was also in the room. "I met her a few years ago too, and she said she enjoyed my papers on gamma radiation. She was smart."
Tony looked between them both, his stunned look growing more and more ridiculous by the second.
"And you didn't say anything?" He asked.
"I didn't know she was (Y/n)." Bruce admitted. "It never came up before."
Tony looked away, thinking on the words. He was finally getting to know you and yet at the same time he found it worse because he couldn't actually talk to you about any of it.
You invented something that had a run-in with Thor's hammer. You liked to read papers on scientific exploits.
"Can I ask a favor?" He said towards Thor.
The god stood straight and nodded. "Of course."
"Tomorrow is the funeral." It hurt just to say it. "Just... Can we have weather that isn't trying to drown the city? I'm not asking for sunshine and rainbows, just a clear day."
Thor nodded again. "It would be my pleasure."
-
Back in the car, Tony hadn't said a word for a good ten minutes.
He prefered the silence. He was content with just staring at the sky and holding Pepper's hand as the world rolled past.
But the car soon stopped at a red light.
He looked at the blazing red for a long moment before focusing elsewhere. He caught sight of a parent and child. A dad and his daughter.
The little girl clutched her father's hand as she jumped into old puddles. She had the most brilliant gleaming smile and the dad watched her fondly, laughing whenever she made a big splash on the sidewalk.
Tony wanted it.
He wanted all those moments he skipped out on. He wanted the birthday parties and the first day of school, he wanted to be there when you had your first heartbreak so he could hurt whoever made you sad. He just wanted to be your dad again.
He tightened his hold on Pepper's hand as his other one reached up to hold the key and the pendant. They were all he had left of you now.
When the car finally pulled up to Calvary Church Cemetery, he wasn't at all prepared for what he saw.
The building was magnificent, a testament to the higher power so many people seemed to dedicate themselves to. It had a golden inscription above the double doors talking about resurrection and life with images of Jesus and his followers carved into the old stone. Beyond the grand architecture was the cemetery itself, lines upon lines of graves and memorials dotting the grass.
As Happy complained about parking, Tony found his eyes drawn to the many strangers that littered the front of the cathedral. He didn't recognize them. Not all of them anyway.
He could spot the rest of the Avengers, Dr. Cho, Thor's girlfriend and her own friends, Rhodey and his mother, and Maria Hill. The ones he didn't know were a vast majority of former SHIELD agents, Coulson and Fury in disguise, Skye, Fitz-Simmons, Agent May, the Parkers, Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson, Mr. Delmar and his family, residents of your apartment complex, Ned and his moms, MJ and her mom, some officers who knew you through Ben, the press, and quite a few civilians who must have just been there to pay respects.
Tony, unaware of everyone else's identity, had to gather his courage before daring to step out of the car. Immediately the paparazzi cameras were on him like flies, flashes blinding everyone.
There was a time that he would have relished in all the attention, but those days were now long gone. He couldn't stand it anymore.
"I'll meet you inside." Happy told them. "I've got to do security checks."
Pepper nodded in understanding and thanked him. She then took a pin badge from her bag.
It was pretty, sky-blue with the most beautiful flower imprinted on it. It was a gladiolus flower, representing honor, remembrance, and heroism. It was your favorite.
"This will get you inside." She explained, pinning it to his suit.
"Thanks." He replied, giving them each a farewell before he left to speak to some of the officers on duty.
The first people to greet Tony, Pepper, and Bruce were the other Avengers. Steve had an arm brace since his injuries from the Triskelion were still quite fresh even with all the super soldier healing. The others looked very somber.
"Hey, Tony." Steve greeted first. "I'm sorry about (Y/n)."
Tony managed a small nod. "You and the rest of the world. How's the arm?"
"Healing. I'll manage."
"Good. Can't have Mr. Dorito out of commission for too long."
Although the jokes normally annoyed Steve, he kept up a smile for Tony's sake. The six of them - and Pepper - talked for a bit about how the proceedings would go until Tony spotted Roberta Rhodes. Rhodey's mother. He excused himself to talk to her.
He hadn't seen her in many years. Since Afghanistan. He did send gifts and cards for Christmas, birthdays, and mother's day since she did the same and never forgot a single holiday. She always tried her best to advise him on your upbringing but he was so arrogant that he never listened.
The second she spotted him she engulfed him in a tight hug and kissed the top of his head lovingly.
"Oh, Tony..." She mumbled, giving him a gentle squeeze. "I'm so sorry, my dear."
He just nodded, forgetting how comforting a mother's embrace could be. He didn't want to let go and probably would have had another breakdown of grief if he wasn't already cried out.
"I'm sorry." He then mumbled, still holding onto her.
"Hey..." Her voice was so gentle and calming. "Whatever for?"
"I didn't listen. You told me what to do and I didn't listen. I wasn't good enough."
"Oh, darling-" She pulled back slightly so she could look him in the eyes. "I won't tolerate that, Tony. You did the best you could even if you didn't know it."
"She hated me, just like... Just like I hated my old man."
"You are not Howard."
"I didn't want to be, but I was. I didn't talk to her, I wasn't there, I never listened. I tried to change but it was too late. She was already gone."
"You still tried." She assured him.
Tony looked away. "You're not disappointed?"
"Never. I didn't like it when my son told me how you raised (Y/n) but I was never disappointed in you. Even when I looked after her and she complained, I always told her to wait and give you time. She understood in the end, just as I did."
He went quiet again, just listening as she went on.
"You're a different man, Tony. A good man. You're a hero to millions, you have a relationship with a beautiful and kind woman, you have friends who are there for you in the darkest time. You are enough. There's no point in trying to change something that doesn't need to be fixed. You did everything you could to find her. You're not Howard. You've always been more like Maria whether you knew it or not."
The Avengers, who had been joined by Rhodey and Agent Hill, questioned who she was as they watched her comfort their friend.
"This is Roberta Rhodes." Rhodey explained. "My mom. She looked after us, and she checked in on (Y/n) for years. Makes a mean cookie, too."
They each smiled at that.
"So who are all these people?" Pepper then asked Hill.
Hill looked around at the crowd, recognizing far more than Tony did before.
"People she knew." She said. "Some are friends, family, some just an acquaintance in the hall, some of them she helped or saved, but they all knew her."
Tony finally let go of Rhodey's mom to look at the crowd again. He had mixed feelings on it all and wasn't sure what he was supposed to express.
"You should be proud." She told him, answering the unspoken question. "I would be. (Y/n) met a lot of people and saved so many more."
He nodded. "I am. She was the real hero.”
#tony stark#ironman#tony stark x daughter!reader#tony stark & daughter! reader#pepperoni#tony stark x pepper potts#tony stark & happy hogan#pepper potts#thor#thor odinson#thor x jane#bruce banner#hulk#steve rogers#captain america#Roberta Rhodes#mcu#marvel#avengers#mcuship#mcuships#maria hill#peter parker#spiderman
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Whiskey Mountain (1977)
"You know, for two days we tried to scare you all off. Y'all just kept comin' and comin'. You just wouldn't stop."
"Just call them plain stupid, Mr. Rudy."
"They're dumb, not stupid. Dumb! You jeopardised our whole operation, you dumb idiots."
#whiskey mountain#william grefé#1977#american cinema#nicholas e. spanos#christopher george#preston pierce#roberta collins#linda borgeson#john davis chandler#robert leslie#jerry rhodes#william kerwin#brad bond#j.g. patterson jr.#elijah perry#edward ramey#frank rickman#charlie daniels#ending my deep dive into bill Grefé's filmography for the foreseeable future whilst i nurse the brain ruptures his work has given me#expected this film (one that actually saw a decent cinema release and had recognisable if b list stars) to be one of his more accessible#and also to have been better preserved that some of the others; it isn't and it looks like shit. somehow Bill seemed to be losing his#filmmaking ability as his career progressed: sure Sting of Death was BAD but it was also campy and fun and original#this is just a sullen treasure hunt movie meets backwoods slasher with way way too much time taken up on filming dirt bike racing#not even the usually dependable Christopher George can save this from being fairly tedious and unpleasant but special mention to#Grefé mainstay JD Chandler who's the only actor who seems to actually be having fun here and delivers one of his most interesting#performances for the Florida Man of bad cinema. oh and the Charlie Daniels theme song is naturally a banger
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Should've Seen it Coming
https://archiveofourown.org/works/50845498
by MsWinifredQuale
Two moments from the 'Parent or Guardian' universe.
1. Rhodey invites his mother to visit so she can meet Peter.
“Rhodey didn’t say- what brings you up from Philadelphia?” Tony asked after greetings and small talk had been made, even as he headed for the coffee pot.
“I’m an old woman, Anthony. I can’t wait forever for you two to visit me now, can I?” Roberta countered easily.
“Ah, so it’s a literal guilt trip. Nice,” Tony replied without missing a beat.
2. Peter finds a dog.
Rhodey grinned, crossing his arms. “Aw. Congratulations. You have a dog.”
Tony glared at him, grabbing his wallet and keys. “No, we do not,” he said firmly, giving up on his search and figuring there’d be something in the garage he could use.
Words: 5714, Chapters: 2/2, Language: English
Series: Part 2 of Parent or Guardian
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Iron Man (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: Gen
Characters: Tony Stark, Peter Parker, James "Rhodey" Rhodes
Relationships: Peter Parker & Tony Stark
Additional Tags: James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark Friendship, May Parker (Spider-Man) & Tony Stark Friendship, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Tony Stark Has A Heart, Not Canon Compliant with Movie: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/50845498
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Tony and Rhodey and a pet rock
You know what? You’re right.
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“It’s my Christmas with Granite Jackson,” Tony said sharply.
Jim pressed his palms together and took a deep breath, then said, “I sent you written request forms in triplicate as required by the custody agreement. You failed to respond to a letter, an email, and then registered mail, which means that you are failing to communicate with your co-parent. It might mean I can’t have custody of Granite Jackson, but it also means that the court will be looking at you unfavorably.”
Tony gasped in affront, hand coming up to clutch at invisible pearls. “I can’t believe you would say that to me. There’s a reason I have majority custody of her, platypus!”
“You are depriving her not only of Christmas with her grandparents, but of meeting her cousin, Lila,” Jim retorted, crossing his arms over his chest as he scowled at him. “Mama hasn’t seen her for three years, Tony. She’s crocheted her a little hat.”
“She hasn’t seen Mama Rhodes for three years because you have been deployed,” Tony spat, offended. “Mama Rhodes is allowed to see her without you, you know?”
“She doesn’t want to give our shenanigans too much credit, otherwise we’ll think of other things to get away with,” Jim admitted.
Tony opened his mouth, then closed it again, conceding with a shrug. “So you’re blackmailing me into letting you take Granite Jackson across state lines,” he said instead, narrowing his eyes at him.
“I’m asking you to let me take Granite Jackson to my parents’ house, where she’ll get to visit my parents and meet my niece,” Jim replied, glaring back at him. “I am willing to call up The Council about this, but I really don’t want to have to do that.”
“Fine!” Tony huffed, rolling his eyes. “I’ll get her bag packed and have her ready to go before you leave. I want pictures of her in her new hat,” he added sternly.
“Good, that’s all I want. I’ll bring her back for New Years,” Jim retorted.
They glared at each other for a moment, just for good measure, and were only interrupted by Natasha shouting ‘what the FUCK are you guys talking about?!’ which is how they learn that despite her spying on Tony, she never learned about the pet rock they adopted at MIT or the literal novel that is their custody agreement, enforced by Pepper, Roberta Rhodes, two classmates from their graduating class they keep in touch with, and two of Jim’s pals from the air force.
Honestly the Avengers are mostly impressed that there are people still willing to be in on the joke after twenty years.
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Arknights CN 4th Anniversary PVs
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New Operators
Melanite, 5* Heavyshooter Sniper
Please check the status of your weapons again to avoid any mishaps on the battlefield.
Silence the Paradigmatic, 6* Welfare Abjurer Supporter
We should explore the meaning of combat, not just let it happen.
Ho'olheyak, 6* Core Caster
Doctor, are you really going to waste your time alone with me, preaching about Rhodes Island's rules and regulations?
Muelsyse, 6* Limited Tactician Vanguard
Rhine Lab, Director of the Ecology Department, Muelsyse, but i don't think there should be such a formal greeting between us, Doctor.
Friston-3, 1* Protector Defender
Greetings, my name is Friston. And yes, "Friston", not "Friston-3".
Operator Skins Update
Total of 9 new skins, 6 new additions for the Bloodline of Combat brand and 3 new additions for the Ambiance Synesthesia brand
Bloodline of Combat
Orchid's Twines of Time - Free Login Event skin
Ebenholz's Eine Variation
Specter the Unchained's Born As One - L2D Skin
Ch'en the Holungday's Ten Thousand Mountains - L2D skin
Kal'tsit's Remnant - L2D + Special Voicelines skin
Justice Knight's Tournament Fantasy Retrofit Kit - Event Reward skin
Ambiance Synesthesia
Irene's Voyage of Feathers
Lumen's Golden Dream
Roberta's Granter of Colors
Announced skin reruns
W, Rosmontis, Nearl the Radiant Knight's Epoque skins
Mountain, Eunectes, Ayerscarpe and Flint's Bloodline of Combat skins
Series I & II Ambiance Synesthesia skins
~74 skins as part of 4th Anniversary Celebration edition of Rhodes Fashion Review
Operator Modules Update
Melanite and Ho'olheyak being part of branches with modules immediately gets their modules
ARC-Y module base effect increases Melanite's ATK to 105% and allows her to ignore Physical dodge when attacking enemies directly ahead
CCR-X module base effect allows Ho'olheyak to ignore 10 RES
Hexer Supporter and Flinger Sniper branches gets 1 module type each
W and Kal'tsit gets their second modules
ART-Y module base effect allows W to ignore 100 DEF
PHY-Y module base effect increases Kal'tsit's healing effectiveness by 15% when healing units on melee tiles
Events and Stories
Lonetrail, a Rhine Lab side story event
Misc Stuff
CN regional dialect voices for Lee, Aak, Waai Fu and Hung (though for some reason the PV claims there are 11 new additions)
Suzuran, Ayerscarpe, Click and Friston-3 added to recruitment
2 new main menu screen backgrounds, Laterano and Rhine Lab
Livestream Stuff
Showcased Muelsyse being a 6* Tactician Vanguard utilizing a special reinforcement unit that you can deploy on melee and ranged tiles, her reinforcement also comes with a unique skill that lets you deploy any operator on it to clone (most of) the op's base stats and applies unique properties depending on whether the operator copied was melee or ranged, her 2nd and 3rd skills play into this and have different skill effects depending on what mode the reinforcement is in
Showcased Ho'olheyak being a 6* Core Caster that reduces the weight of enemies in her range and utilizes Levitate, her 2nd skill is a rapid-fire arts burst with a chance to Levitate enemies and her 3rd skill makes her attack by sending tornadoes down her attack range and Levitating the first enemy it hits + dealing massive arts damage
Showcased Silence the Paradigmatic being a 6* Abjurer Supporter that gives a Sanctuary effect without any HP prerequisite and the effect becomes stronger the lower the ally's HP is + has a talent that automatically heals allies below a certain HP threshold, her 2nd skill allows use of a drone that can give a stronger Sanctuary effect and her 3rd skill allows the first ally that takes lethal damage in her range during skill duration to survive and their HP will not go below 1 for several seconds
Showcased the event mechanic, adjustable artificial gravity that can affect enemy movement speed and ally operators ASPD depending on the direction it's set to and gravity-affected spheres that can block enemy pathing and ram into enemies, the spheres can be pushed by operators dealing enough hits to it or by operators applying Push to it
Showcased the new gamemode Pinch-Out, Experimental Operation
A different take on the difficulty-select challenge gamemode, you can choose contracts of varying difficulty that are placed on a branching path with rewards scattered throughout the paths, certain rewards are only unlocked by clearing all connected contracts or paths required
After completing a run you can start the next run from certain "checkpoint" nodes instead of starting over from the original starting point
The gamemode has daily maps and missions for rewards
Laterano lore video narrated in Latin, showing the history of Laterano's founding and racial conflict, which then cuts to a room filled with unknown technology, a teaser for the next Laterano event
An introductory video for potential surveyors of the Infy Icefields, the video advises people to go through Sami due to ongoing Ursus-Columbia disputes then elaborates on Sami's geography, culture and society. A teaser for IS4: Expeditioner's Jöklumarkar
Showcased a few of IS4's new content
Temperature which presumably replaces IS3's light levels mechanic
Collectable rune tablets that can be combined to gain buffs and special effects, for example the ability to change nodes ahead of you
Ability to scout upcoming nodes with a special device to peek at the contents, the device can break which will prevent you from seeing what the upcoming nodes are at all
Interference in the form of elements and weather that can disrupt your exploration
Teased the next summer event to be located in Siesta after the events of Heart of Surging Flame, with a title "Wanderland"
Showed teasers for more episodes of the Ceobe mini-series in progress and LDA anime
Showed a teaser for a new comic series centered around Angelina and her travels across Terra
Arknights anime adaptation 2nd season: Perish in Frost teaser
Talked about the Terra settings/world building art book and the Arknights Vol. 2 art book, which comes with an exclusive Planter skin for 3* Lava
Showed art for an Arknights tabletop game, planned to release Late 2023
Showed teasers for collabs with ANTA Sneaker and China Aerospace Science
Announced that Rhodes Kitchen Tidbits and Rhine Lab - Records of Originium will get physical book forms
Ended off the livestream with an animation starring the Rhine Lab cast, from the founding of the company to Saria and Kirsten's parting
Destiny 2 collab teaser, said to be a story collection event and will have collab exclusive skins
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EAST HAVEN'S 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT: THE WIND STORM
With the 1 year anniversary of East Haven's opening, we have decided to have an event that centers around a wind storm that is blowing it's way through town, inciting chaos where ever it goes. The event will start on January 5th at 12pm (noon) and end on January 15th at 12am (midnight). No new starters should be posted after January 10th.
You were placed into groups that are listed below. You will be expected to write with at least one character in that group that you normally do not write with. You are still free to do other threads with others in the group, but are required to at least one.
Participation for this event will be mandatory. Acceptances and checks will be held as usual. Reminder: Injuries need to be in by January 3rd*. You can find the form here. Details of this will be posted on the 5th.
Characters and locations are listed under the cut and will be updated with acceptances & unfollows. Please use the tag easthavenevent007.
East Haven Memorial - Maple Hills
Stevie Wagner - Kayla
Johnny Wagner - K
Sunny Hussan - Jennie
River Jackson - Star
Sarah Ruiz - El
Gale Peterson - Nadine
Callum Jackson - Madison
Alec Kincade - Justin
Aubrey Miller - Lital
Wesley Levitt - K
City Hall - Downtown
Nate Clairmont - Kayla
Brody Evans - Jackie
Aarin Duskin - K
Chantel Bedford - Katelyn
Ann-Marie Seigert - Jennie
Maggie Sommers - Kayla
Mallory Sinclair - K
Verity Wagner - Mat
Max Diax - Star
Isabella Castro - JimJam
Andrew Jackson - Nadine
Willow Springs Apartments - Downtown
Ashi Hussan - Kayla
Emre Ediz - K
Orion Blakely - Justin
Jude Sanchez-Khalid - Star
Amerie Chen - Mat
Dana Allen-Lopez - K
Apollo Williams - Desi
Riley Day - Marie
Celine Ediz - Gigi
Beyza Senkan - Kayla
Heywood University - Downtown
Liliana Santos-Blake - Nadine
Cami Quintana-Lopez - Marie
Cristian Hernandez - Dix
Asher Spring - Kae
Wyatt Wheeler - K
Prue Cassidy - Kayla
Marcus Reyes - K
Alex Fontenelle - Madison
Frederick Sullivan - Star
Genevieve Hernandez - Beki
Fire Department - Downtown
Connor Bowen - K
Penelope Ruiz - Nadine
Benjamin Jackson - Justin
Harlow Hanlon - S
Eddie Castro - Kayla
Ari Seong-Paterson - Katelyn
Keely Seigert - Desi
Brady Levitt - Jennie
Roman Rhodes - G
Javier Rivera - Dix
Renee Thompson - K
Mount Aston Lodge - Mount Aston
Josiah Huddington - Katelyn
Neena Wagner - Gigi
Dilara Baysal - K
Malik Farouk - Jackie
Travis Jackson - Kayla
Samuel Bradford - S
Cameron Hatcher - Dix
Mason Paterson - K
Josh Pryce - Nadine
Diego Castro - Star
Gas n Go - Sutherland Park
Shane Marshall - Jay
Alice Cheung - K
Bridget Levitt - Kayla
James Morrison - Sam
Quentin Levitt - Nadine
Hunter Renner - Star
Bee Bowen - El
Estella Harris - Lital
Julieta Alvarez - K
Alliannah Vaughn - Katelyn
Animal House Shelter - Maple Hills
Evren Osman - Katelyn
Morgan Fontenelle - K
Alaric Farrow - S
Lance Browne - Justin
Roberta Rhodes - Kayla
Gavin Gunther - Jackie
Chanse Ainsworth - Kae
Chloe Austin - Madison
Mateo Torres - K
Isla Ricci - Mat
South Pines - Primrose Heights
Abraham Wilson - K
Julian Heywood - Nadine
Luciana Medina - Kayla
Owen Bentley - Star
Ricky Thompson - Jennie
Luna Morales - Lital
Simon Heywood - Marie
Matt Wheeler - Kayla
Valentina Delgado - K
Rohan Belton-Stone - Justin
Old Maple Way - Maple Hills
Dean Walker - Dix
Nicole Peterson - Kayla
Haven Sinclair - Katelyn
Oliver Hensley - JimJam
Aster Moon - G
Hazal Senkan - K
Kanyon Webb - Jackie
Aindreis Blythe - Marie
Yasmin Ansari - K
Sydney Heywood - Gigi
Demir Ediz - Lisa
Tequila Cowboy - Sutherland Park
Donovan Morgan - Star
Marcel Vaughn - Mat
Amayah Fontenelle - Nadine
Abel Morgan - K
Teagan Weatherford - Katelyn
Jaslene Clairmont - K
Maverick Bennett - Dix
Sofia Carmichael - Kayla
Romeo Clark - Jackie
Graham Winters - JimJam
Maple Hills Mall - Maple Hills
Parker Campbell - K
Xia Huang-Clark - Kayla
Viktor Pierce - Dix
Lenny Clairmont - K
Nancy Lee - Kayla
Nora Sinclair - Beki
Tyler Day - Star
Summer Cassidy - El
Ali Webster - Sam
Daniel Kwon - Nadine
Harrison Lee - Jennie
Moose Lodge Rentals - Primrose Heights
Nick Wagner - Kayla
Eli Browne - K
Vivek Virani - Jackie
Charlie Davis - Star
Waverly Erickson - Em
Cael Montgomery - Nadine
Adem Sahir - Madison
Jeremy Lieberman - Kayla
Jo Spring - Marie
Logan Walker - K
*We did change this so we could have time to talk to and plan these injuries.
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“The gorgeous society duo was a stunning young couple—she a sought-after debutante turned photographer, he a freshman senator. So when the pair made it official on September 12, 1953, in Newport, Rhode Island, it was the society wedding of the year, complete with a blessing from the Pope.”
- Roberta Correia
#jackie kennedy#john f kennedy#vintage#icons#the kennedys#1960s#jackie o#60s#jfk#60s icons#first lady#60s vintage#60s 70s 80s 90s#60s culture#60s style#jackie onassis#60s hair#jacqueline kennedy#fashion icon#1950s vintage#1950s#iconic couple#vintage couple#vintage celebrities#vintage wedding#vintage fashion#vintage style#vintage beauty#kennedy family#lee radziwill
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if you got to pick an operator you think is underappreciated and give them an event with them as the main character, who would it be and what would it be about?
Rhodes Island goes to Terran Hollywood to shoot an ad starring Roberta. The whole is narrated via Click's travel blog videos.
The event title and logo is just Click's video thumbnail, labelled "I almost became a movie star??!" And a cutout of Click's best pog face
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Wonder Woman - ABC - March 12, 1974
Superhero / Action / Adventure
Running Time: 75 minutes
Stars:
Cathy Lee Crosby as Diana Prince (Wonder Woman)
Kaz Garas as Steve Trevor
Charlene Holt as Hippolyta
Ricardo Montalbán as Abner Smith
Richard X. Slattery as Colonel Henkins
Andrew Prine as George Calvin
Anitra Ford as Ahnjayla
Beverly Gill as Dia
Sandy Gaviola as Ting
Robert Porter as Joe
Jordan Rhodes as Bob
Donna Garrett as Cass
Roberta Brahm as Zoe
Thom Carney as Fred
Ed McCready as Wesley
#Wondor Woman#TV#1974#Superhero#Action#Adventure#ABC#Cathy Lee Crosby#Kaz Garas#Andrew Prine#Ricardo Montalban
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starter for @bobbyxrhodes
location: founder's square, evening of tree lighting ceremony
Jaslene had brought Davina and Althea out with her, but it wasn't long before her mother too Althea into the warmer comforts of Patty's Cafe until closer to the tree lighting. Her two daughters had done their photos with Santa already and Jaslene was walking toward a spot when Davina took off in front of her. There was nothing that made her heart drop into her stomach faster, watching as her daughter picked up a toy and ran up to another young girl about her age. She held it out to her, "Davina you scared me," she quickly caught up to them, feeling out of breath before she realized who she had approached. Roberta Rhodes. The two had not got along on the best of the days growing up, but now, she was forced to watch her daughter give her daughter, or she assumed, the toy that she dropped. "Seems she dropped this and Davina saw."
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Arknights: Healthcare on Terra
In Ursus, the Infected are used as slave labor until they die, and political dissidents or unwanted peoples are forced into slave labor that makes them Infected.
Even for normal diseases and infirmities, the nobility and military of Ursus retain the best doctors, while the working class have to hope anyone who learns enough medicine to help them will take their meager offers in trade rather than forsake them to seek employment to the nobility.
Leithania and Victoria and Sargon are the same as Ursus, save that they usually don’t use slave labor for Originium-related industries, and generally only shove the Infected into quarantine zones and leave them to die eventually.
In Columbia, the sick of the working class and the Infected have a choice that they don’t have anywhere else: They can suffer and die, or they can pay for treatment the likes of which only the nobility of other countries could access.
Columbia is much worse than it could be for all of the same reasons that every other country is much worse than they could be, but I think Columbia should be fairly compared against those available alternatives rather than to a Perfect Utopia that doesn’t exist even on Terra.
I don’t think the question should be “why is Columbia so bad?”, but rather “why is everywhere but Columbia worse?” Or “Why is Columbia, as bad as it is, actually better than all of the others?”
Even in Arknights, Columbia is seen as a place of opportunity where most of the world’s immigrants settle to find something better than the totalitarian alternatives.
Columbia certainly pretends to be better than it is, and many immigrants definitely buy into the illusion that it will be utopia, but characters like Roberta and Big Bob go there knowing full well that “better than the alternatives” doesn’t mean they won’t have to struggle. Only that they have a better chance of reaping the rewards of their struggle in Columbia than anywhere else, as well as living to enjoy those rewards.
The Elephant In The Room: Rhodes Island
Obviously, the only better option in Arknights to compare Columbia against is Rhodes Island itself.
Leaving aside whether anything like Rhodes Island could actually succeed in reality rather than in a fictional story where the premise demands it must succeed...
Kal’tsit herself reminds the player that Rhodes Island is not a charity, and it must sell its treatments to the people who can most afford to pay them, which generally means the nobility of the world. Rhodes Island wants to help all of the sick and Infected in the world but literally cannot afford to do so.
Members of the working class can usually only afford treatment at Rhodes Island by becoming employees at Rhodes Island. It’s practically indentured servitude, because they will die if they leave.
This is especially true given that, other than the medical staff of Rhodes Island, the best-paid employees (and thus the ones that can afford the most healthcare) are combat Operators who risk their lives as part of Rhodes Island’s unofficial Private Military Contractor branch.
And the only reason Rhodes Island exists in the first place is because the last reigning monarch of Kazdel devoted the resources of her country towards archeologically digging up a landship that was apparently designed and built by some sort of Precursor Civilization, while guided by the Doctor (possibly the last survivor of that civilization) and Kal’tsit (an ancient polymath herself).
Heck, most of the original employees of Rhodes Island (the old Babel crew) probably worked for next to nothing in terms of a paycheck simply because they had nowhere else to go and they wanted to continue serving Theresa’s cause and heir apparent.
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The Runaway Distance Life Of A Little Stark chapter 32: A Place Made Of Memories
Pairing: Tony Stark & daughter!Reader, tony stark, Harley keener & Peter Parker, Maria hill & Tony stark
James rhodes & clint barton, Tony stark x Pepper Potts, Ben parker, may parker & peter parker, Happy hogan & Pepper potts, May parker & pepper potts
Summary: Visiting reader's apartment
Warning: Tears
Co author with: callikc Tag: @venomsvl @geeksareunique
"I met her a while ago." Harley was explaining. "I had no idea."
"I don't think anyone did, kid." Tony told him as they reached the parking lot.
The three of them were rejoining the rest of the group, reminiscing on their moments with you. It was good to remember the better times since it kept the bad ones at bay.
"No, I think I kinda did, though." Harley continued.
"Yeah?" Tony glanced at him, a little curious. "What do you mean?"
"I don't know, she was so... She reminded me of you. I didn't ask but I thought about it a lot."
Tony averted his eyes again. It wasn't getting any easier to hear how similar you and him were.
"She was a genius, too." Harley smiled, suddenly digging around in one of his suit pockets. "Check this out."
In his hand he now held a pencil.
"Uh..." Peter tilted his head, speaking up again. "A pencil?"
"Impressive." Tony said flatly.
"Not just an ordinary pencil." Harley corrected.
He pressed down on the eraser at the top and each of them jumped as a spark erupted from the graphite tip.
"What's that?" Peter exclaimed, simultaneously fascinated and alarmed.
"Pencil taser." He stated proudly. "(Y/n) gave it to me."
"Okay..." Tony eyed it as the boy tucked it away again. "I'm gonna fault her on child endangerment there, but that is pretty sweet."
"I know, right?!"
"It's awesome." Peter said. "She didn't make things like that with me, but we did make a computer out of garbage remains."
His face fell as he remembered late afternoons before the garbage trucks rolled up to the apartment block. Sometimes he would keep a lookout as you took the dive in the smelly spare parts, and then other days you would hold him securely when he chose to brave the stench.
"I miss her." He mumbled.
Tony very slowly and unsurely reached out a hand to grasp Peter's shoulder and give it a comforting squeeze. He didn't know if it was what others normally did, but Peter seemed to appreciate the gesture with a ghost of a smile.
"Give me a call sometime and we'll do better than a computer." He offered thoughtfully. "You'd be surprised what you can do with cereal and a few magnets."
Although still very shy, he managed a nod. "I'd like that, Mr. Stark."
They finally stopped near a shining corvette and saw a few of the others admiring the vehicle. Evidently, this was the car you'd left to Rhodey.
He was sitting in the driver's seat as he chatted intently to Clint, both of them with big grins on their faces as they detailed the car. Clint also explained what had happened to it during the SHIELD collapse and why it needed so many weeks to be repaired. It was only after this explanation that he noticed Tony and the boys and waved them all over.
"Isn't this awesome?" He asked with a grin. "(Y/n) had taste."
"It's alright." Tony shrugged, playing off just how excited the car made him.
"Alright? You're kidding."
As he dragged his friend over, Harley and Peter remained rooted to the spot. Whether it was because they both thought the car was breathtakingly impressive, or simply because half of the Avengers were now standing less than ten feet away, neither knew. They just couldn't move or stop the looks of pure awe.
"I meant it, James." Roberta was telling her son. "Treat this car right."
"With respect and care, I know." Rhodey complied, smiling proudly as he reclined in the driver's seat. "(Y/n) trusted me, Mom, you've got to too."
"I do, but I also raised you. I know what boys are like when they get a new toy."
"Mom-"
"James."
She gave him a stern look which made him very reluctantly relax. "I'll behave."
Roberta smiled again. "Thank you."
Peter was the first of the boys to move, slowly approaching the Corvette with a very small twitch of his lips. He'd seen the car before of course because he had been living next to you for years now, but he hadn't seen it so polished. It seemed to shine.
"Iron Maiden." He said, letting his hands rest on the hood. "That's what she called it. I thought it was gone."
"Iron Maiden?" Harley questioned as he eventually stopped beside his new friend. "That's awesome."
"Yeah. Originally it was the Blue Iron Maiden."
"Even better. How'd she choose it?"
Peter turned red as his shyness came back. He hadn't really talked to anyone his own age other than Ned so conversing like this with Harley was strange but also fun.
"She said she named it after Mr. Stark but wanted her car to be a girl because girls are cooler." He explained.
Harley scoffed as he fought back a laugh. "Then I guess blue is for the color of the car."
"Actually, no. Well, not really. Kind of." He turned even redder at the stumble of words. "I mean, she actually thought of it because of a dress Ms. Potts wore to a gala, I think. (Y/n) liked it and said Ms. Potts was really pretty."
As the boys talked, Pepper and Tony shared a lingering gaze. They were touched by the sentiment of the Blue Iron Maiden being named after them and that familiar feeling of longing replaced the momentary peace everyone had found.
"Please look after it, Mr. Rhodes." Peter said, his voice timid and almost incomprehensible as he mumbled.
Rhodey nodded. "I will. Don't you worry, little man."
He took a moment to embrace the car again, from staring at the dash and the dials to letting his hands become accustomed to the touch of the leather seats. It smelt like polish and yet there was a distinctly familiar scent mixed in too. It was your scent. It was comforting.
"Thank you." Peter said. "I just want her things to be looked after."
Rhodey turned his attention back to the boy, his expression of content becoming one of kindness. "I'll protect the Iron Maiden with my life."
"Promise?"
"Promise." He smiled. "I'm her uncle, I've got no choice. I took care of (Y/n), and I'll take care of her car, too."
"He'll do more than that." Clint chimed in. "I say you take her for a spin internationally. Make her a famous getaway car for one of your missions."
Rhodey rolled his eyes. "Shut up. Don't start."
"James." Roberta had to scold him yet again. "Be nice."
Clint smirked. "Yeah. Be nice, James."
As the two bantered, Peter grinned up at them all, truly amazed that his heroes were all around him. Clint and Rhodey were back to talking about the car, Tony was talking quietly with Pepper, and Thor seemed like a very happy-go-lucky man as he proclaimed how proud Tony should be of his daughter. There was even a joke that Tony should build a female-fitting suit to match with the car.
Soon enough, Hill returned with Steve, Natasha, and Bruce.
"We've discussed the will." She announced, returning the air of seriousness to the area. "We're all aware of what (Y/n) left to the Avengers."
"Yeah, not really." Clint commented in return. "It was pretty cryptic."
"Well, that's the point. The location is a secret."
"Do you know?" Tony asked her.
Hill shrugged lightly. "All I can say is that it's Upstate. We'll take a jet. It's faster, and we're busy."
"Then let's get this show on the road. Everyone good with that?"
The other five Avengers showed their agreement.
"Great." Hill said. "Follow me."
"Let's hope I don't destroy the tiny flying machine." Bruce muttered to himself.
Before they all left, Tony turned back to Pepper one last time and kissed her softly.
"I'll be back." He promised. "I just gotta check this place out."
Pepper nodded in understanding. "I know."
"Are you gonna look at the apartment?"
"Yeah. Take your time with everything, okay? There's no rush."
Tony considered her words and let out a shaky sigh, fighting to keep the calm exterior. "Noted."
She reached up to cup his cheeks. "Be safe. And be nice."
He jokingly pouted. "Damn."
"I mean it."
"Yeah, I get it. I'll just have to find another means of entertainment that doesn't involve painting Cap's shield hot pink and sensual red."
She couldn't help but smile. "I love you."
He leaned in for another quick kiss. "I love you."
With a lingering gaze, they began to part ways. When Tony turned around, he was faced with his best friend again.
"See you soon." Rhodey told him.
Tony nodded. "Head to the tower. JARVIS will let you in. There's plenty of food in the kitchen if you get peckish or something. Thank Hammersmith and Everdeen for that."
"Got it."
They shared a quick hug before Tony finally turned his attention to the two boys from before again. He placed a hand on Harley's shoulder and ruffled Peter's hair a bit.
"You kids have fun." He told them. "No snacks after midnight."
They both smiled up at him and, almost as if they planned it beforehand, hugged him around the middle at the exact same time.
The action surprised Tony and he took a few seconds to reciprocate the hug. When he did, the boys held onto him tighter. He closed his eyes, relishing in the moment.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself staring at your grave in the distance. It was located near a stunning tree on top of the hill. It looked almost peaceful from this viewpoint.
He made a mental note to visit you very soon with more flowers.
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Apartment buildings were always odd.
Some were covered in dust, some were dilapidated, and some were just abandoned. This particular building, however, stationed rather conveniently in the middle of Forest Hill, was not as lifeless as some of its neighbors.
The dust and occasional unsafe staircase were all over, but it wasn't abandoned or devoid of life. There was one floor that seemed more devoted than others. The floor where you had lived with the Parkers.
Pepper, Happy, Harley, and the Parker family had arrived in separate cars.
They couldn't see each other, but all of them had the same difficult expressions on their faces. It wasn't necessarily grief anymore, but there was a different semblance of loss and pain. While Pepper, May, Peter, and Harley arrived first and took the elevator, Ben and Happy were slightly behind.
"The street's going to be crowded." Ben said as they started to near the complex. "There's a place called Delmar a couple minutes down this road if you want an easier time of it."
Happy, having seen just how many cars were already lining their destination, nodding. "Never say no to an easier time."
While they took the quick detour, the others stood in the elevator at the end of the floor hallway, feeling rather small all of a sudden. How could one simple floor become so intimidating?
"I've got legos." Peter spoke up, hoping to ease the somber atmosphere. "Star Wars."
Harley grinned. "Really?"
"Yep. We can try out the computer (Y/n) and I made, too."
"Cool."
"So, how long have you been here?" Pepper asked May.
"Four years now." May replied, smiling sadly. "We moved from 15th."
"Any reason?"
The older woman glanced at her nephew who was still quietly chatting to Harley.
"It wasn't the safest place." She excused. "We did it for all of us."
Pepper nodded in understanding. "I didn't mean to pry."
"No, no, it's alright. We're happier here anyway."
The elevator door finally opened then.
The boys led the way, the adults following soon after. They stopped outside the Parker's door, but only to look at the door next to it.
There was a tribute there for you. Flowers, jarred candles, cards, and various pictures and notes. The candles and flowers made it smell homely and sweet.
"It's beautiful." Pepper whispered.
May nodded sadly. "It is."
She then turned to the boys, putting her arms around them.
"Peter, why don't you show Harley your room? Grab (Y/n)'s key as well, please."
Peter nodded, waiting until their door was opened before showing Harley inside. As they did, Pepper walked over to your door, crouching down in front of the tribute and looking at all of the pictures.
"These are from the entire building?" She guessed.
May nodded. "Everyone loved her in some way or another. She was always helping out. Peter said her life was full of those side quests you find in video games these days."
Pepper chuckled. "I can imagine that."
She curiously picked up the card closest to her - a small but vibrant yellow one - and read it.
Ellen,
Thanks for cat-sitting last month. McWhiskers is going to miss you x
She picked up another one.
Ellen Campbell/(Y/n) Stark...
Who needs a mechanic when you've got Ellen Campbell living on the floor above? We (and the cars) appreciate all you did for us.
Lots of love from the Nelson family
Pepper read a few more, her eyes glistening with tears after each loving card. She was so proud of you. She just wished she could tell you that over and over again.
"Even something as simple as watching a plant for a day merits a lot." May said.
"Aunt May?" Peter asked, coming back into the hallway. "I've got the key."
"Thank you."
She ruffled his hair with a fond smile before taking the key and all its keychains into her own hand. There were a lot of different chains attached, notably sci-fi logos, a joke, and a few quotes from various shows.
"I suppose this is yours now." May said, offering the key to Pepper.
Peter watched as the mentioned woman smiled sadly and accepted the key. His gaze also wandered down to the cards by the door and he found the one that he wrote to you right next to one from Ned and his moms.
Pepper took a moment to collect herself before she even dared to slot the key into the lock. Once she did, she let out a long breath before pushing the door open and carefully stepping over the tribute to get inside.
She didn't know what she was expecting from the place that you lived in, but somehow this apartment just made sense. It was quite like your room from the Malibu mansion, only far more organized and full.
The walls were cream and gave the living room/kitchen a light appearance which was aided by the large windows through which the sun streamed inside. The floors were pine boards with the only cover being a vintage-esque carpet over the sitting area.
You had a comfy looking couch with various cushions and a blanket draped over it, as well as a matching armchair positioned in front of one of the windows. There was a small coffee table between these seats and the long cabinets on which the television sat upon. On either side of the screen was a speaker connected to a stereo which was also next to a record player. On the other side of the television was a small piano settled into the corner. Various plants and wall art also dotted the room.
The kitchen area was also cozy and bright, consisting of minimal cabinet space for utensils and the sink, a pale oven and cooker from which tea towels still hung, and a rectangular wooden table against the opposite wall for the kettle and dining necessities.
After taking a minute here, Pepper opened a door into the bathroom.
This was different to the main room, covered in white tile only. There was only one window on the wall directly across from the door with a bath mat lining the entire room. It was only a small space. The toilet and sink were on one side, and the bath/shower was on the other. The only utilities inside this room were personal care and again a plant or two.
After this came the room Pepper was most dreading and yet the most anxious to see. Your bedroom.
The walls could barely be seen in this particular room since every inch was covered by posters and lights. The likes of AC/DC, KISS, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Metallica, and other famous classic rock bands were the most prominent. The movie posters consisted of Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Back To The Future, and Star Trek. There was a poster of the NYC Survivors, and even a few Avengers posters beside that one. There was also a line of posters displaying nerdy jokes, and a banner of what must have been your Hogwarts house right above the bed.
The wardrobe was a small closet with the sliding door open. You didn't seem to have a set style because Pepper could see almost everything from leather jackets and ripped jeans to summer dresses and even denim dungarees. There was also a box which she assumed was for jewelry and accessories, and a place for shoes below that.
You had a bookshelf too. Its contents again fit the geeky and nerd theme from the rest of the room, being lined with series after series of books such as the Harry Potter ones, Game of Thrones, Percy Jackson, Shadow & Bone, and even The Chronicles of Narnia. The shelf was also home to a vinyl record collection, all being of the genre of rock and metal. It reminded Pepper of Tony's collection back home.
LED lights were strung above the bed to provide reading light, and on the window ledges was more floral decor. And, finally, the bed itself looked very comfortable. It was more of a couch/bed combination and draped in multiple blankets and pillows, as well as stuffed toys.
Pepper entered the room fully, her footsteps muffled by the carpet beneath as she explored every inch of the place. She was in awe of how comforting and peaceful an aura it presented, and she was even happier to see how creative and obsessed with little things you were. She remembered your fondness for reading and music and was glad to know it hadn't dwindled in the years you were away.
After looking at everything, she settled on the bed, her eyes drawn to a stuffed bear in the corner. She couldn't believe it.
It was her bear.
Her grandmother had given it to her as a child and she always wanted to give it to her own kid if she ever had one. She believed it lost when The Mandarin destroyed the mansion but apparently not. You had it the entire time.
Her fingers grazed the worn cotton, its beaded eyes and nose, and eventually the ears. One of them had stitches to keep it in place.
Back at the front door, Happy had just arrived.
He had been talking to May for quite some time and putting off the inevitable before gradually walking in. He was having some mixed emotions knowing that your apartment building was so close to his own home. All this time he could have had a chance of seeing you again and somehow it didn't happen.
He didn't move around the apartment. He simply just stood there and took it all in. At least until he heard muffled crying coming from what looked like a bedroom.
He peered through the door, surprised to find Pepper sitting on the bed with a very old teddy bear clutched to her chest.
"Hey." He spoke softly.
She looked up, hastily wiping her eyes free of tears. "Hi."
"It's... It's a nice place, huh?"
"It is. Did you just get here?"
He nodded, taking his time to observe the room before eventually sitting beside her on the bed.
"It's... Neat." He said.
Pepper chuckled. "Makes a change, doesn't it?"
"Yep. Do you know how many times she went missing as a kid? The amount of hiding places in her room-"
They shared a laugh, both having had their fair share of digging through your old room in attempts to find you after a tantrum or a bad day.
"Was that hers?" Happy then asked, motioning to the bear.
Pepper shook her head. "It was mine. My grandmother gave it to me. I really thought I lost it after the mansion collapsed."
"(Y/n) found it?"
"She must have."
Her eyes teared up again and Happy gently wrapped an arm around her shoulders in a side hug. Pepper let her head rest against his shoulder as she closed her eyes.
They missed you so much.
#Tony stark#ironman#peter parker#spiderman#pepper potts#happy hogan#maria hill#james rhodes#war machine#clint barton#hawkeye#mcu#marvel#avengers#pepperony#mcuship#may parker#ben stark#thor odinson#harley keener#tony stark x daughter!reader#tony stark & daughter! reader
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Perfumer??
Hm... Perfumer hasn't gotten a lot of screentime and focus (or maybe I just don't remember her scenes) so it's hard for me to decide who to ship her with, but her lines and files do indicate that she's a little sweet on the Doctor. Maybe some of the operators that hang out at her greenhouse would make good partners as well?
I think she would get along very well in platonic fashion with Roberta/GoldenGlow/Orchid/Bibeak, self-care is important and Rhodes Island's operators deserve to feel pretty.
Sorry I don't have a better answer for this one.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/43243836
Glimpse Of Us
by SpaceCowboysFromMars
The air is knocked from Tony’s lungs. He sees Peter in his daughter's eyes, bright and heroic and so, so good. Good enough to want to save everyone. Good enough to put himself in the firing line for complete strangers. Peter was perfect in a way that Tony can only hope to be.
He stops his lecture to hug Morgan, chest hitching with repressed cries. He prays to whatever is above, whatever cruel God that has never listened to his prayers before, that Morgan stops being a hero before she can truly start.
Tony cannot lose her too. He won’t survive it.
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Or: Five times Morgan reminds her father of Peter Parker, plus the one time Morgan reminds Peter of Tony.
Words: 6054, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Series: Part 5 of 5+1
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Categories: F/M, Gen, Multi
Characters: Tony Stark, Peter Parker, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Pepper Potts, James Rhodes, Roberta Rhodes, May Parker (Spider-Man)
Relationships: Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe) & Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, May Parker (Spider-Man) & Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Additional Tags: Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Tony Stark Has A Heart, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, Precious Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Peter Parker & Morgan Stark are Siblings (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Grief/Mourning, Time Skips, Kid Fic, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, this is sad sorry yall, Minor Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Child Loss, takes place during the blip, and a little bit after, Canon Compliant, Canon Temporary Character Death
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OLTRE
Interprete: Claudio Baglioni
Etichetta: CBS
Catalogo: 466135-1
Data di pubblicazione: 16 Novembre 1990
Matrici: CI CBS 466135 1-1L/2L/3L/4L
Supporto:vinile 33 giri
Tipo audio: Stereo
Dimensioni: 30 cm.
Facciate: 4
Note: Sottotitolo: Un mondo uomo sotto un cielo mago / Fotografia di Guido Harari / Registrato a "Real World Bath Westside" (Londra), "Town House" (Londra), "Grande Armée" (Parigi), "Forum" (Roma), "Pick Up" (Reggio Emilia), "Studio Emme" (Firenze), "Easy Records" (Roma), "Heaven" (Rimini) e "Great Linford" (Milton Keynes) / Copertina a busta con speciale poster contenente su un lato la riproduzione di un lungo manoscritto dello stesso Baglioni e sull'altro una combinazione di foto e disegni. Non sono presenti i testi delle canzoni / Pubblicato anche in uno speciale cofanetto con il codice 466135-0 / Distribuito da CBS Dischi S.p.A.
BRANI
Lato A
DAGLI IL VIA
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Simon Clark (piano) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Pino Palladino (basso) , Phil Palmer (chitarra) , David Rhodes (chitarra) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
IO DAL MARE
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Pino Daniele (voce) , Pino Daniele (chitarra) , Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Pino Palladino (basso)
NASO DI FALCO
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Marcello Bono (ghironda) , Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Pino Palladino (basso) , Frank Ricotti (percussioni) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
IO LUI E LA CANA FEMMINA
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Pierre Dutour (fiati) , Richard Galliano (fisarmonica) , Michael Gaucher (fiati) , Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Antoine Russo (fiati) , Celso Valli (direzione fiati) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
STELLE DI STELLE
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Manu Katche (percussioni) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Mia Martini (voce) , Pino Palladino (basso) , Danilo Rea (piano)
Lato B
VIVI
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Nick Glennie Smith (tastiera) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Phil Palmer (chitarra) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
LE DONNE SONO
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Rossella Corsi (coro) , Danny Cummings (percussioni) , Cesare De Natale (coro) , Susan Duncan Smith (coro) , Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Roberta Longhi (coro) , Livio Macoratti (coro) , Paola Massari (coro) , Claudio Mattone (coro) , Matteo Montanari (coro) , Piero Montanari (coro) , Franco Novaro (coro) , Pino Palladino (basso) , Danilo Rea (coro) , Massimiliano Savaiano (coro) , Walter Savelli (coro)
DOMANI MAI
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Paco De Lucia (chitarra) , Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Pino Palladino (basso) , Unione dei Musicisti di Roma (orchestra di archi e mandolini) , Celso Valli (tastiera) , Celso Valli (direzione archi e mandolini)
ACQUA DALLA LUNA
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Steve Ferrone (batteria) , Tony Levin (basso) , Celso Valli (tastiere)
TAMBURI LONTANI
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Danny Cummings (percussioni) , Isobel Griffiths Brass and Woodwind (fiati) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Danny Thompson (contrabbasso) , Celso Valli (direzione fiati)
Lato C
NOI NO
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Pino Palladino (basso) , Frank Ricotti (percussioni) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
SIGNORA DELLE ORE SCURE
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Tony Levin (basso) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
NAVIGANDO
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Steve Ferrone (batteria) , Richard Galliano (fisarmonica) , Nick Glennie Smith (tastiera) , Tony Levin (basso) , Hossam Ramzy (percussioni) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
LE MANI E L'ANIMA
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Danny Cummings (percussioni) , John Giblin (basso) , Nick Glennie Smith (tastiera) , Charlie Morgan (batteria) , Youssou N'Dour (voci) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
MILLE GIORNI DI TE E DI ME
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Steve Ferrone (batteria) , Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Tony Levin (basso) , Walter Savelli (pianoforte) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
Lato D
DOV'È DOV'È
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Riccardo Baglioni (voce) , Ida Baldi (coro) , Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Teresita Lastoria (voce) , Oreste Lionello (voce) , Paola Massari (coro) , Phil Palmer (chitarra solista) , Mario Pescetelli (voce) , Silvia Saleppico (voce) , Walter Savelli (coro) , Celso Valli (tastiera) , Celso Valli (programmazione ritmica)
TIENIAMENTE
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Claudio Baglioni (tastiera)
QUI DIO NON C'È
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Didier Lockwood (violino) , London Symphony Orchestra (fiati) , Pino Palladino (basso) , Hossam Ramzy (percussioni) , Frank Ricotti (percussioni) , Unione dei Musicisti di Roma (flauti) , Celso Valli (direzione flauti) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
LA PIANA DEI CAVALLI BRADI
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Danny Cummings (percussioni) , Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Pino Palladino (basso) , Unione dei Musicisti di Roma (orchestra d'archi oboe e fagotto) , Celso Valli (tastiera) , Celso Valli (direzione archi oboe e fagotto)
PACE
Autori: Claudio Baglioni Musicisti: Paolo Gianolio (chitarra) , Manu Katche (batteria) , Pino Palladino (basso) , Frank Ricotti (percussioni) , Celso Valli (tastiera)
ARRANGIATORE
Celso Valli
EDIZIONI MUSICALI
Cosa
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Arknights Summer Carnival 2022 Event PVs
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New Operators
Minimalist, 5* Welfare Mech-Accord Caster
After the instrument is debugged, you can start it at anytime.
Cantabile, 5* (unknown new branch) Vanguard
In the future, i will also find my right place.
Позёмка, 6* Heavyshooter Sniper
As long as one lives in this world, there will be a day when one will take up arms, this i know.
Gavial the Invincible, Limited 6* Centurion Guard
Well... Doctor, it might be a little strange to say this now, but it's interesting how a difficult task can be done so easily just by completely trusting in others.
Operator Skins Update
4 new additions for the Coral Coast brand
Elysium's Shining Dew SDm11
La Pluma's Summer Flowers FA210
Roberta's Summer Flowers FA374 - Event Reward skin
Surtr's Colorful Wonderland CW03 - L2D skin
Announced skin reruns
Series 2-4 of the Coral Coast brand skins
~44 other skins as part of the summer carnival edition of Rhodes Fashion Review
Roberta's skin will be a reward from the new upcoming gamemode/event 'Trials for Navigator'
If you bought Gavial's Combat Medic skin using OP, a skin voucher will be given to you when her alter arrives
Operator Modules Update
Позёмка being part of the Heavyshooter Sniper branch immediately gets a module, but has a unique unknown module effect
Hookmaster and Ambusher Specialist branches gets 1 module type each
Fartooth and Specter the Unchained gets their second module
Fartooth's second module base effect: If the attacked enemy remains alive, gain 1 additional SP
Specter the Unchained's second module base effect: Substitute gains more Max HP
Events and Stories
Ideal City: Carnival in the Endless Summer, a Zeruertza/Durin Underground side story event
Trials for Navigator #1, first season of a new gamemode/event that consists of wave-based boss battles and large scrolling maps
CC#10 Operation Ashring, brings a new MARTHE brand skin for Broca to the cc shop along with Gitano's Unknown Journey skin for people that missed it
Operator Archives update for Gavial the Invincible, Thorns, Flint, April, Indigo and Pinecone
Misc Stuff
Phantom, Shamare and Cutter added to Recruitment
CN voices for Gavial the Invincible, Позёмка, Cantabile, Minimalist and 17 other operators
Glebe Mining Platform, a new stage added to Stationary Security Service
Zeruertza Amazing Wall - another orundum lucky draw
Livestream Stuff
Showcased Gavial the Invincible being a 6* Centurion Guard that gets stronger the more enemies she blocks and takes increased healing, S1 gives her self-sustain, S2 gives her a range increase and ability to pull enemies towards her and S3 gives her massive stats + extra block count + damage mitigation with backlash when skill ends
Showcased Позёмка being a 6* Heavyshooter Sniper that carries a typewriter ballista which acts similarly to Weedy's water cannon (but limited to ranged tiles), S1 gives her an infinite duration attack boost with chance to crit, S2 is a stackable burst skill with narrow range and S3 gives her a range increase + attack boost with increased damage against enemies on the tiles in-front
Explained the mechanics of the new side story involving gathering machine parts to power up karts that can be deployed in-battle and the ability to showcase your own custom karts separate from the one you use in-battle for other players to see
Gave a quick sneak peek of Trials for Navigator, talked about a challenge mode where you are given a preset group of operators and shown that there are buffs that can be toggled in the gamemode
Revealed IS#3 - Mizuki and Caerula Arbor, along with new additions, mechanics and QoL changes to the gamemode
A meter that changes as you progress and will affect the encounters and events you can get in a run, it will be checked when going to a new floor with a dice roll then applies permanent team buffs/random operator debuffs (debuffs can be removed by certain collectibles or encounters)
New nodes variants and consumable keys that can be used to switch paths vertically
Upgradable dice that can be rolled a limited time per run to apply buffs/debuffs during battle and refresh shop items or alter loot outcomes outside of battle
Possibly new IS-exclusive temp recruit/elite operators
New IS-exclusive enemies and the inclusion of more friends of Duck Lord in IS#3
New collectibles and confirmation that almost all stages in IS#3 will be brand new instead of just reskins
Revamped and expanded the skill tree/talent branch system and the full skill tree will not be time-gated behind Month 2 (able to farm it even when at max level)
The ability to use Originite Prime to skip IS#2 Castle Notes grinding
Announced a story collection event scheduled for September and main story Ep11
A very quick teaser of a crossover of some sort with the animation franchise The Legend of Luoxiaohei
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