104.3 - Stark FM

[builds]

[ Anybody turning to the radio today for their weekly dose of Hard Harry will be sorely disappointed. Or not. Because the voice that greets Paradisa is definitely not some teenage radio jockey's. ]

Good evening, ladies and gents. Some of you may have noticed, but I am not your usual radio DJ. This is Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man, and I'm afraid that I've hijacked the airwaves tonight. Turn off those radios if you'd like, but I'm just going to play this entire thing for the journal anyway, so you're really not getting away from me.

Also, the fact you even have a working radio tower? You're welcome. [ At least, he assumes he built it. ]

So, the question burning in everyone's minds... what's up this week? I think the one thing you should all know about is the fact that there's going to be some major remodeling in the city, starting this week. And by major remodeling, I mean that I'm going to be demolishing a priceless city landmark - one that I own, before anybody even says anything - and building a bigger, better building in its place. The Avengers Tower is going to become a permanent addition to the Paradisa skyline, and really? It's going to be a thousand times better than anything that anybody else here has ever built. Which is saying a lot, since I built and-slash-or designed a lot my last time here.

That? Pretty much all you need to know.

[ He pauses a moment, shuffling some papers. Notes? Who knows. ]

Now with that announcement out of the way, let me finish this up. If Tony Stark does something, he does it right.

It seems that your usual guy throws in some call-outs to the new residents. So let me just note that there haven't been any new residents this week. Shocking, I know. But good old Paradisa is keeping you on your toes, and it seems like some familiar faces are showing up in the city itself. And they think they've been there their entire lives. Creepy. Paradisa, you've outdone yourself. How about a round of applause for the malevolent, mind-altering, and all-around magnificent bastard of a castle?

Yeah, okay. Enough applause. Time for some real music.

[ And with that, he cues up the music.



Also forwarded to 10 PM, posting an hour early because dinner. ]

Comments

Dictated forever

[whichwayyoulean]

[God Tony he really, really, really doesn't like you. As usual, it;s because you remind him far to much of himself. But that's a perfectly legitimate reason not to like someone as far as he's concerned]

Oh wonderful. Because if there's one thing a quaint little town needs, it's a giant tower blotting out the landscape. How lucky we all are that you're here to tend to these non-existent needs.

[builds]

Hey there, neighbor. How's the whole "holing myself up in my room and building needless traps to keep others out" routine working out for you?

[sexyhitchhiker]

[nope. She doesn't quite know how to deal with you, so this obviously means teenage apathy/sarcasm is the way to go. Even if she's technically no longer a teen.]

What, is the other guy on vacation?

[builds]

We'll run with that explanation.

[whichwayyoulean]

[Go die in a hole]

They aren't 'needless' and you know what? It's going pretty well.

FYI, I wouldn't give up your day job. At least Mark manages not to make his broadcasts an ode to himself.

action → forever

[quits]

[She just shakes he head at him, still going through some of the work orders she put in earlier.]

You are already making friends.

[builds]

Out of curiosity, then, which part of my day job would you say I'm best at? Managing one of the most successful companies in the world? Developing technology that entire countries would spend decades trying to even replicate? Privatizing world peace?

If you think about it, I've got a lot of day jobs that I'm really, really good at. I'll accept having a hobby that I'm only pretty good at.

[builds]

[ He cuts the mic, content that the music will carry through the rest of the program. ]

Pepper, I'm the life of the party. Even when there isn't one.

[cheerupemoborg]

[Oh hey, an adult instead of a teenager. That's... mildly better!]

'Iron Man'?

Avengers. Is that a business of some kind?

[builds]

"Avengers." That would be an odd business name. What would we sell? [ Really, it almost sounds like weapons manufacturing - WHOOPS. ]

No. It's more of a... group. Or an agency.

An Earth's mightiest heroes sort of thing.

[whichwayyoulean]

[In the driest tone imaginable] This is my impressed voice. Can't you tell how dreadfully impressed I am by all your accomplishments. Yay. Capitalism.

I didn't even say you were marginally good at this.

[cheerupemoborg]

Sounds like a private military contractor, in that case.

[But oh lord, that last bit sounds familiar.]

1/2

[builds]

Hey, not everybody can make a corporate empire based on something like advancing technology and expanding clean energy work. Improving lives everywhere and making a profit? I'd say I deserve a better impressed voice than that.

But hey, you're hard to impress. That's cool. I deal with plenty of those types back home. Makes me feel like I can fit right in here.

[builds]

Oh, and I don't need you to tell me I'm good at this. I know I am even without that.

dictated;

[valuedstrength]

Avengers Tower, huh? [A beat.] What happened to Mark?

dictated;

[builds]

That's right, an Avengers Tower. A home away from the castle, and a strategic headquarters for all of our... you know. Avenging.

As for Mark, I just stole the airwaves from him. He's fine. [ Actually he's on a loss. But Tony doesn't even know that. ]

[builds]

Government-backed. Usually.

[sexyhitchhiker]

[hah, that's mildly amusing]

Why do you need a tower?

[builds]

Got tired of the castle.

Plus, I can actually name this tower and have it stick.

dictated;

[persequor]

[ The voice coming through is a little duller than usual. Her trademark bite is gone. ]

You are truly building it?

[cheerupemoborg]

Usually...

Are you expecting to fight many wars here, Mr. Stark?

[whichwayyoulean]

It's never completely clean. Somewhere along the way, someone or something gets hurt. That's just the way it works.

[Ugh. Tony what is even wrong with you]

Uh huh. You do know other people's opinions are just as important as your own, right?

...filtered away from first-gens

[builds]

I'm striving for peace.

If I have to fight threats that present themselves in order to achieve that, then I will. I'd do that with or without the Avengers.

dictated;

[builds]

Of course I am. I'm Tony Stark. I don't shy away from hard work, I don't make empty promises, and I build skyscrapers just to show the world that I can.

filtered forever

[cheerupemoborg]

How noble.

Judging from this filter, you consider these First-Gens a problem as well.