Tony's head jerks up when he hears a muffled clattering noise – one must always be alert to unexpected sounds of things breaking when in the lab – but he realizes it came from upstairs in the kitchen, not from any of his equipment.
He's really tempted to say 'not my problem' and keep working (he's in the middle of something and he hates being interrupted when he's in the zone), but he has been firmly trained in Good Roommate skills as well as How To Not Be A Completely Insufferable Spoiled Pig Of A Boyfriend skills and knows better. Also, he has a pile of empty plates and mugs that he needs to take back upstairs and wash before it gets too shameful. Might as well kill two Mandroids with one repulsor. He grabs the stack of dishes and trots upstairs.
Observations: One (1) broken plate, consistent with predictive model. Two (2) friends in different stages of freaking out, not accounted for by predictive model. Critical data about the starting conditions was clearly lacking.
"Uh." Tony stops in the threshold, awkwardly holding his dirty dishes, and his eyes widen with alarm. "What happened? Gene, are you okay? Pepper, what's going on?"
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He's really tempted to say 'not my problem' and keep working (he's in the middle of something and he hates being interrupted when he's in the zone), but he has been firmly trained in Good Roommate skills as well as How To Not Be A Completely Insufferable Spoiled Pig Of A Boyfriend skills and knows better. Also, he has a pile of empty plates and mugs that he needs to take back upstairs and wash before it gets too shameful. Might as well kill two Mandroids with one repulsor. He grabs the stack of dishes and trots upstairs.
Observations: One (1) broken plate, consistent with predictive model. Two (2) friends in different stages of freaking out, not accounted for by predictive model. Critical data about the starting conditions was clearly lacking.
"Uh." Tony stops in the threshold, awkwardly holding his dirty dishes, and his eyes widen with alarm. "What happened? Gene, are you okay? Pepper, what's going on?"