Nin and I need to look into buying an old Jeep. Too many places around here we want to explore and need a high clearance of 4WD vehicle. We started down to here today, but it wasn't doable in a car. And it's not the first time we've been thwarted in our explorations! Our ultiame goal is to be able to do the Toroweap road which leads to this:


Somewhere along the way, Nin and I have become adventure girls. I blame Utah :D

Rating: PG
Notes: Gen friendship fic. One of these days, I hope to write a full story based around the events of IM III, but till then, I had to write this little epilogue to get the voices out of my head. Spoilery note at the end.
Character(s): Tony Stark, Original Character
Summary: Tony has a lot to be grateful for - even if he did forget rule number one.

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What's Rule Number One?

"Happy is going to hit the roof when he wakes up!" Charlotte said, pointing a finger at Tony. "What's rule number one, Tony?" she demanded.

He crinkled his eyes, as if thinking. "Don't swim for an hour after eating?"

"Try again."

"Don't tick you off when you're holding the bail money?" ( A smile tugged at his lips. )

Saw in a tweet from Marvel today in answer to a question several of us have had about events in IM III and what was going on in the Marvel universe at the time.

( Relevant to our interests... )

The moment I've been waiting for - Tony finds out Charlotte knew Howard. Of course, I didn't know she did, not till Captain America came out, with the inclusion of Howard, which ran smack into our already established WWII history for Charlotte and Ezra. So not really her fault, you know? We'll blame Nick Fury for this one :D Again, a much longer part than initially intended - hope you don't mind!

Fandoms: Iron Man/Marvel Movieverse, Highlander
Rating: PG15
Warnings/Notes: WIP, spoilers for Iron Man II as this is set during the events of the movie, gen friendship with background het.
Character(s): Tony Stark, Methos, Ezra Standish, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, Phil Coulson, Natasha Romanoff/Natalie Rushman, James 'Rhodey' Rhodes, Jarvis, Joe Dawson, Justin Hammer, Original Characters.
Summary: Their whole world changed when Tony revealed he was Iron Man, but that wasn't nearly the end of it.

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Chapter Seven

Charlotte had found a—relatively—quiet corner of the deck to compose herself. This area was off limits to party goers, not far from Tony's master suite. She leaned over the railing, looking down at the cliffs and ocean below, letting the pull of the surf mesmerize her.

"No jumping," Methos called from behind her.

"Just once?" she asked, looking over her shoulder, managing a weak smile.

"Yes, well, maybe just once," ( he said, stopping next to her and putting an arm around her waist. )

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As some of you know, I wrote a set of interconnected ficlets that are set just a few days before IM III, and hoo boy, I didn't get Jossed! I'm actually kinda pleased at how well they work with what I finally saw in the movie! It's nice when it works out.

I really want to write fic set during IM III now, but must finish current IM II story, and the one set during Avengers before I go crazy.

Speaking of IM II story - note to those waiting for the next part of Equivocal Coalescence, the current part is this close to being done, so hope to have it posted this week at some point. It just kept growing in length and has taken longer to finish than anticipated.

Back from Vegas and pooped. More details on the trip at some point, but must squee. We ended up seeing Iron Man III three times, and...( a few thoughts. )

We arrived safely yesterday morning, a really long day after we fetched all from airport over next 12 hours. It was about 1am when we got to bed.

Nin, Roberta and Casey are gambling currently, and since I don't gamble, I'm contributing to ensure vice quotient by sitting in the bar behind Nin's black jack table, drinking a Margari-tine at 1pm.

Iron Man III
in 8 hours!

If I'd ever had any sympathy for Regina, it's totally gone now.

More in depth later when I'm not so sleepy--maybe.

Several people I know on Twitter and on LJ/DW are at the midnight premiere of Iron Man III in the UK, and I'm so hoping they come out with squee and not ho hum. Can't wait to see it next week!!! All the trailers I've seen lead me to hope it's going to be awesome, and I'M THIS EXCITED!!!! My hope is the after the credits scene will lead to Thor II, but I have a feeling it'll probably be for Guardians of the Galaxy, which I have no interest in. On the bright side, that means on the rewatches, I can head straight for the restroom and not have to wait till the credits end.

Oh, and Red Carpet from Hollywood is about to start, if you want to watch it live here.

and as I said on Twitter, "I am burdened with glorious product." :D

This chapter is a bit of a long one, but I hope it's worth it. I'm really pleased at how it turned out, and hope you enjoy reading it.

Fandoms: Iron Man/Marvel Movieverse, Highlander
Rating: PG15
Warnings/Notes: WIP, spoilers for Iron Man II as this is set during the events of the movie, gen friendship with background het.
Character(s): Tony Stark, Methos, Ezra Standish, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, Phil Coulson, Natasha Romanoff/Natalie Rushman, James 'Rhodey' Rhodes, Jarvis, Joe Dawson, Justin Hammer, Original Characters.
Summary: Their whole world changed when Tony revealed he was Iron Man, but that wasn't nearly the end of it.

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Chapter Six

As they neared the end of the long winding driveway, Charlotte checked her 'Jarvis-phone' one last time for messages. As she started to put it in her evening bag, the AI's voice issued from the car's stereo speakers. "Madam, Mr. Stark requests your presence in his suite."

"You've got to be kidding me!"

"Indeed not, madam," Jarvis replied. "He was quite insistent."

( She shook her head at the facetious note in Jarvis' response—he seemed more real to her some days than actual flesh and blood people she knew. )

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Wow, brain! I either can't get it to string a few sentences together or it goes nitro. I wrote nearly 3000 words yesterday! I found my angsty emo Tony place and just couldn't stop. Even with having to make sure the part ended in the right emotional place to segue into the scene from the movie, at the birthday party, when Tony and Rhody blow up the mansion. I want to write more today, but I really need to remember I need to get some RL things accomplished today as well.

Have realized I screwed up the timing in latest fic: I've made it weeks instead of months between Transformative Variations and Equivocal Coalescence, and considering I shot Happy in TV, he can't be running around as active as he is in IM II. Unless I pretend the Happy parts didn't happen in my universe, which I could go with since the two scenes with Natalie aren't used in my story. Or I go back and tweak everything I've already posted. Or or or, no one actually notices/remembers/cares.

In anticipation of Iron Man III's imminent arrival, I made two new default icons - one for DW, the other for LJ. It's getting close!!

So this has grown by a chapter, in part due to an extra deleted scene included in the Phase One set for Iron Man II, and Joe Dawson walking in. If they'll all stop being so chatty, maybe this will be six chapters, but if the don't, I can see seven :D

Fandoms: Iron Man/Marvel Movieverse, Highlander
Rating: PG15
Warnings/Notes: WIP, spoilers for Iron Man II as this is set during the events of the movie, gen friendship with background het.
Character(s): Tony Stark, Methos, Ezra Standish, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, Phil Coulson, Natasha Romanoff/Natalie Rushman, James 'Rhodey' Rhodes, Joe Dawson, Justin Hammer, Original Characters.
Summary: Their whole world changed when Tony revealed he was Iron Man, but that wasn't nearly the end of it.

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Chapter Five

"Wasn't that something?" Joe Dawson jerked a thumb towards the flatscreen TV on the far wall of the saloon. The twenty-four hour news channel had just finished replaying, for what seemed like the hundredth time, Tony Stark's 'statement' last night from the deck of his Malibu home to the news helicopter hovering overhead.

( Charlotte looked up briefly, the little lines of stress around her eyes fighting with the fatigue that weighted down her shoulders for dominance. )

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I wish.

Looks like I came home with a lovely souvenir from my trip - gastroenteritis. Started at 3AM this morning, needless to say, I stayed home. Which mostly involved laying on the floor in front of the bathroom. Feel weak as a kitten now.

I've posted chapter five of Equivocal Coalescence to AO3, but won't get a chance to post it here till after we get back from Vegas.

I knew the price of healthcare was going to go up, a lot, but dang, I still got sticker shock when I opened the bill from my doctor's visit. Now, I was there for maybe twenty minutes to get my prescriptions renewed, saw a PA not the actual doctor. Last year, it cost me $90, this year? $175! My work insurance is a catastrophic policy, with a $5000 deductible, so that's all for me to pay. Yipers!

For those that may be wondering, I have been working on the next part of Equivocal Coalescence, it's just sort of growing, in part to Joe Dawson walking into the story. I think there's going to be an extra part or two more than I anticipated. I need to rewatch the birthday party scene from IM II today yet again to get the timing/dialogue right in the story. The first four parts are up on my AO3 if you need to catch up.

Scandal is my guilty pleasure. Pretty much every character should be in prison, but I find the show captivating. So some thoughts about the last few eps.

( Oh show! )