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[biggerstick]

[What does an insomniac superhero do at night? They wander off the pool house and build their own working area in the underground labs]

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[paragon]

[ picking himself up, feathers ruffling a bit but not seeming any the worse for wear.

and he peers inside the window with a caw, head tilting. ]

[biggerstick]

JARVIS is there actually a bald eagle on my window?

That appears to be the case, sir.

... okay.

I don't actually have a follow-up to that.

[redacts]

. . .

[meows and goes over to bat at Slick again.]

[paragon]

[ sees the cat with a twitch of his head in that direction and taps his beak against the window. ]

[biggerstick]

[looks from the eagle to the cat and back]

Where the hell did you find a bald eagle to piss off?

[redacts]

[looks back over at Tony and gives him the cat equivalent of a kanye shrug.]

[paragon]

[ tapping again. ]

Tony, let me in!

[biggerstick]

[... THE EAGLE SPOKE]

[biggerstick]

[IT SOUNDED LIKE STEVE]

[biggerstick]

[this starts as somewhat hesitant chuckling but in three seconds flat he's doubling over, laughing so hard he almost can't breathe]

[redacts]

[oh no strange human, are you choking!!

pads over to Tony to rub against his legs again, what.]

[biggerstick]

[p-pats the cat, still wheezing omfg]

One... one minute Steve. Just— [but when he looks up at the eagle he loses it again]

[paragon]

[ just gives a somewhat embarrassed caw. ]

Bucky, can you get up here?

[biggerstick]

...

[immediately stops petting the cat and wipes his hands on his shirt]

[redacts]

You loved it, Stark.

[biggerstick]

Now you've ruined the moment.

[STILL LOOKING PRETTY AMUSED THO. And moving to get the window open]

[paragon]

. . . thank you.

[ does a little half-hopping, half-flapping thing to get inside, the window too narrow for his wings, and lands on a chair. ]

[biggerstick]

Your country salutes you.

[paragon]

I've got talons and I know how to use 'em, Stark.

[biggerstick]

So. Are we alarmed about this... or is it like your inner animals coming out? Am I turning into an animal?

[redacts]

Nah, I almost got up close and personal with the star-spangled banner, but this place isn't too hot on the bombs bursting in air part.

[paragon]

[ strangled caw ]

Bucky . . .

[redacts]

Ohhhhh, say can you seeeeeee . . .

[biggerstick]

[reduced to helpless laughter again. MAYBE SLIGHTLY MORTIFIED HELPLESS LAUGHTER. But hey]

[paragon]

[ YOU WANT TO TALK MORTIFIED, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN FEATHERS THIS RUFFLED —




— is that a rat. ]

. . .

[ brb flapping down to the floor to disembowel it. ]