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[orangetoughguy]

Okay picture this: Bill Murray. He's made up like a zombie or whatever but who the hell cares? It's Bill fuckin' Murray and some guy who looks like a rough neck drifter Woody Boyd. Toking up. Together. Playing Ghostbusters.

With me. With motherfuckin' me.

I gotta sleep after car bombs and cereal bars again.

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[boutant]

[ Nothing is safe from the piss of the network. ]

It's not just going to Paris. It's living there, studying there, for five years.

Does fluently speaking French count, or is that another freebie?

[orangetoughguy]

[He can barely speak Spanish and he's been in California all his life so...]

Anything not French? Cause I mean for someone who doesn't agree with being called Baguette...

[boutant]

[ Do you even know what a baguette is, Sunny D? ]

Power tools. Bandsaws, drills, welding, you name it.

[orangetoughguy]

[It's like bread and shit in a bag that sticks out of a bicycle basket. But wait! This actually takes him by surprise.]

Bullshit. What do you need to know that shit for?

[boutant]

[ She's so proud. Both of his knowledge of carbohydrates and of herself, for surprising him. ]

Architects do build models, you know. [ There's a slight shrug. ] Besides, I had to take some electives other than art. Why not shop?

[orangetoughguy]

[There's some mild skepticism here but only because he's a dude and dudes are supposed to appear skeptical of chicks who know tools. Secretly he's kind of fascinated because Orange builds models too...not quite the ones she does though.]

Drill press? Panel saw? Sand belt? Arc welding?

[boutant]

A five-year-old could use a drill press. But yes, all of the above.

I'm usually stuck with paper and cardboard these days, though. The time crunch is too intense and materials are too expensive.

[orangetoughguy]

I'm usually stuck with resin, glue, and paints now.

[It's kind of a lie since he's working for Tony Stark too but but but....he just wants to talk about his model kits.]

[boutant]

For fixing cars?

[ That's obviously not the case, but she'll let him share. ]

[orangetoughguy]

No man for putting models together. I got resin kits.

[So proud.] I can do legos too.

[boutant]

What sort of models?

[ Legos. Really? Well... They do work... And they're fairly inexpensive, reusable (though if he's using resin, maybe not so much), and... okay, fine, they're fun. ]

Can I see?

[orangetoughguy]

Sure, I got pictures.

[Photos incoming.

LOOK AT THE SILVER SURFER ON HIS BOARD RIDING UP A COSMIC WAVE. LOOK AT HAL JORDAN WITH HIS ARCH NEMESIS SINESTRO. LOOK AT THIS MOTHERFUCKING LEGO X-WING. AND LOOK AT FREDDIE FUCKING MERCURY.]

[boutant]

[ She's... actually pretty impressed. Orange is clearly a giant nerd, but the fact that she can recognize over half of these figures isn't doing her any favors in that department, either.

And then she gets an idea. ]

How many more legos do you have?

[orangetoughguy]

A couple buckets?

[Yes. Buckets.] Why?

[boutant]

How do you feel about large-scale models? Say... a whole city?

[orangetoughguy]

Are we talkin' Metropolis or Gotham?

[boutant]

Too many explosions to keep track of. [ She saw The Dark Knight, okay. ] How about this one?

[orangetoughguy]

This place? I guess you can try the topside, I don't know anybody who's been around the underground enough to map it.

[boutant]

It could be useful. [ She goes to tap her fingers in thought again before grimacing; she forgot about her sliced up hand. ] If nothing else, it's a way to kill time.

[ She wonders if Stark's off-the-wall enough to pay her for constructing it. Maybe if she makes a good argument... ]

[orangetoughguy]

When you're feelin' better I'll bring you a bucket.

[boutant]

Will you help out, or are you going to trust me with your legos?

[orangetoughguy]

Do you want my help?

[boutant]

I don't know the city as well as other people do. [ Which hurts to admit. Her poor ego. ]