[Video] Week 41 - Thursday Afternoon

[wisdom_of_hounds]

[Locked to Pepper Potts]

[The video clicks on to show a certain redhead, standing against a storefront in town, looking a little frustrated but pleasant as always.]

Good evening, Miss Potts! I'm sure you're wondering why on Earth- or rather Verdana- I'm contacting you. Well I recall you mentioned something about being a rather high ranked business exec back home. In my experience people like you have trouble turning off the "work" switch. Which means I know for a fact you've done a little scouting here, even if it's subconsciously.

I've been trying to get permits and such to get a business off the ground and find myself in need of a partner of sorts. I was wondering if you had any suggestions. Now I'd say we could meet for tea or coffee or something and discuss it but's that's exactly the issue, isn't it? There's nowhere to get a good cup of tea brewed in this city.

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[Video]

[pepperspray]

[The other end of the feed clicks to life to give a view of a dimple-cheeked Pepper, with a touch of paint smudged on an otherwise impeccable forehead in just the sort of way that a Tony Stark in a puckish mood might dot on her surreptitiously. She's traded her usual tailoring for broken in jeans and a filched men's button shirt designed for reno work, and the view behind her shows what's rapidly turning from empty space into the beginnings of a very comfortable cafe pub. Given the way her smile settles into place at his offer, that's probably entirely intentional.]

And a good evening to you Atticus. Happily enough, I wouldn't even call it subconscious, because I'm in the process of opening a little business of my own and I have enough to spare that a partnership wouldn't go amiss.

[Never mind that her 'enough to spare' actually has an embarrassing number of zeroes in it after four centuries of investments. One shouldn't play all their cards even in the little negotiations.]

The decor and the painting's still going in, but the bar front's functional here. I happen to have coffee, if you want to bring tea.