fandomhigh | Mythbusting, Tuesday, 8/18

By classic handwavy email arrangement, class today met in one of the labs at Stark Industries. And if they were there in part so Tyler could keep an eye on Tony, he would never, ever admit it.

"Welcome to Tony Stark's lab," Tyler greeted the class. "The management has told me to make it known that if you break or steal anything, you should assume Tony Stark owns your soul. He will claim it painfully and very, very slowly."

His smile showed teeth and wasn't very nice.

"We're here to build a perpetual motion machine in a real-world lab. Perpetual motion machines are devices that produce more energy than they consume. Now, physics say a perpetual motion machine won't work -- it violates a couple laws of thermodynamics. That doesn't stop idiots from trying to make and sell them as 'free energy' machines. Your job is to try to invent the first working perpetual motion machine. In an hour. If it were possible anywhere, it would be possible in this lab."

He quickly showed the students around the lab, enumerating tools, circuits, computers with only basic functions accessible, and the projector. "This will let you test your design," he said, showing a quick demonstration with a drawing of a drinking duck thing.

... never let it be said he lacked a sense of whimsy.

"To give you a head start, I'm passing out blueprints for a few kinds of machine. We have the ring oscillator, the Minto wheel, and the water fuel cell. As far as I know, none of these work, but you should try building them anyhow."

He gestured to the lab. "Go to it. I'm here and Tony's around to claim your soul if you mess anything up. And Ino, Anemone, thank you for covering last week."

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He really would take your soul. He would find a way to do it and enjoy himself.

Ask Thor.

It was only polite to pay respects to one's host. This Vulcans and Humans had in common. So Spock made his way over to Tony after giving the perpetual motion device his best effort to say, "Your facility is most impressive for this time period, sir."

He didn't actually mean for the compliment to be slightly backhanded, thought it possibly came across that way.

"And your hair is wonderful for something your mother did," Tony replied, smiling nicely. "My time period?"

"My mother had nothing to do with my hair," Spock said, fortunately not comprehending the insult. "It is just that I come from approximately two hundred and forty years in this time period's future."

Smart and yet kinda dim. Interesting mix.

"And just how advanced are we talking?"

"I am not sure I should be discussing this with you," Spock informed him.

Tony rolled his eyes. "Please. You'd hardly be the first time traveler to be here."

You know he was getting used to everything ~~and totally from Marvel~~ when that was said with a straight face."

"The Federation has laws against sharing technology with civilizations not yet prepared for it, sir."

"Good for them." Really, terribly wonderful they had rules. "Tell me, how would you like a job?"

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Oh heeey, Francine remembered that beard.

And winced.

And was an idiot and didn't just whistle, look the other way, and pretend she was in Cleveland all of last spring.

Arms crossed. So not touching things she might break. "Um. Hi. I think I may have tried to convince you that you were my father sometime in the spring and then sneezed all over you? Sorry about that."

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"...I think you were a lot smaller then," Tony said faintly, looking down his nose at her.

In several dimensions, yes. "I don't usually sneeze on people when I'm not four." Yes, yes she did. Just not on purpose.

"Right. Try not to do that here."

Great, she was already wrapping her arms so tightly around herself that she appeared to have lost two cup sizes, now she had to worry about accidentally breaking something by sneezing on it, too?

Dammit, now her nose itched.

"Right! No. Not planning on that. At all."

Tony sighed, rubbing his forehead. "If you have a panic attack, you'll do more damage."

Children. Ugh.

"I'm not gonna have a panic attack!" Well, she wasn't until he'd suggested it.

"I'll just.... go over where there's absolutely nothing within six feet of me in any direction."

She was 5'10"; it was a good round number.

"Have fun with that."

Tyler found Tony near the end of class. "Breathing okay?" he asked solicitously. "I mean, with the children in your lab."

Which meant thank you.

"I'll breath as soon as they leave." Your welcome.

"... understood." Tyler watched the students working for another moment and ventured, "Nobody's getting too grabby."

"Don't think I didn't see the boy with the mullet."

Tyler made a face. He'd hoped he had caught Jack before Tony could notice.

"Not one of my brighter pupils," he admitted. "Are you just ignoring the frog?"

He still wasn't entirely convinced Robin couldn't light himself on fire.

"There's a frog here?" Admirably, it would seem.

"Maybe not." Tyler went to his happy place to block it out. "Also, short blond girl there looks like she might go psycho and take out a robot, and I think the smug kid with the scarf and the really tall boy are doing it or about to."

... Tyler gossip was special.

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"She breaks it, she buys it."

Only he got to threaten them.

"The kid who was apparently my son when I took over the mayor's office that weekend?" Tony looked for the tall kid. "I'd surprised he didn't beam himself on the top of the door frame."

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