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[hyperverbose]

Question that I'm already sure I'm going to regret asking:

Is someone actually expecting us to wear these uniforms?  They're not exactly GQ, and the fact that one seems to keep magically appearing in my closet when I try to toss it out is starting to scream cult dynamic.  I'm not gonna wake up sewn into one next week, am I?

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[expatriates]

Sore that metal armor isn't in vogue?

[hyperverbose]

You go to all the work to establish trademark colors and then this happens.

[ also yes. that. ]

[flagwaver]

I think our clothing choices should be the least of our worries right now, Tony.

[Says the guy who has worn a dumb uniform for a long ass time so he's used to this by now.]

[expatriates]

Trademarks resist the intent. They're not supplying us with resources; they're outfitting soldiers.
Is infringing on your personal style the bridge-too-far for your relationship with bureaucracy?

[expatriates]

Come on, Steve; let him tie himself up in knots with this one. I want to see where he gets with this.

[hyperverbose]

Why am I hardly surprised that Captain Unitard is fine with this?

[flagwaver]

I don't know why you encourage him.

[sigh]

[hyperverbose]

There was no clause in the Accords that dictated what color underwear I wear while saving the day.

[expatriates]

Can you wear underwear in that thing?

[hyperverbose]

You would not want to experience titanium alloy chafing, trust me.

[flagwaver]

That has nothing to do with this. I'm just trying to focus on more important things.

[Like the fact that we are in this weird place between worlds???]

[expatriates]

Because I've accepted that my influence isn't a factor in Tony's decision-making.

[ Low-key implication: you haven't. ]

[hyperverbose]

And I'm trying to focus on things we can control right now.

[expatriates]

Good to know you have.
They're just clothes, Tony.

[hyperverbose]

That's how they want you to look at it. Next thing you know, you're singing Kumbayah around their campfire.

[expatriates]

[ Goddammit, Tony. Your stupid moralizing is getting in the way of her practicality. She's gritting her teeth to try and find a way to make him understand that marching to ALASTAIR's beat is unimportant in the long term, as long as it gets them home. To Nat, it's no different than the Accords. A means to an end. ]

You're being paranoid.

[ which really more reads like hey buddy hey friend u doin ok in there how's that anxiety ]

[hyperverbose]

[ it's cute how she says that as if it's a conditional thing, and not a permanent part of his personality now. ] Oh, my bad. Next time, I'll take this whole "being forcibly enrolled into service in order to get home to my own planet" shebang without the grain of salt.

[expatriates]

Right. In order to get home.

[ So maybe you should bring it down a notch and not riot against them on their technology where they can ? ? ?see it oh my god why is Natasha the only spy of the group. ]

That's the leverage they have. What's yours?

[hyperverbose]

[







welp. ]

... You think they come in black?

[flagwaver]

Yeah, but you go so far as to egg him on.

[hyperverbose]

He knows I can read this, right?

[flagwaver]

And how's that working out for you?

[hyperverbose]

Maybe if Negative Nancy wasn't dismissing my very legitimate concern right now, it would be going a lot better. [ STOP SAYING TONY NO TO LITERALLY EVERYTHING STEVE

that's pepper's job or was ]

[expatriates]

Mine did.

[ She's tired of wearing the colors of so many different organizations, but even that couldn't make her hesitate in putting it on. ]

Some of them look like the early models of Hawkeye's tac suit, and some of them aren't so bad.

[expatriates]

Cut him some slack. He's a senior citizen.