Apartment Above Stark Industries, Saturday Morning

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Tony woke up to an ungodly cacophony that pretty much only he could hear. Data streams, stray satellite feeds, basic tech in the house...

He made a small noise of pain, shoving the heels of his hands against his eyes like that might help, and went through a mantra of 'make it stop, make it stop' inside his head, not hearing the concerned:

"Sir? Sir, you are overloading the local processo--"

Until everything just... suddenly stopped. And he was able to look around what seemed to be a living room without any pain. Because of course he'd passed out on the couch last night rather than his perfectly ergonomic bed. Not that he even knew about said bed at the moment, but still.

"What just happened?" he asked himself quietly. Or maybe he was asking the voice. There'd been a voice, right?

Come Monday, JARVIS was so not going to be a happy camper about being forced into blackout mode by a panicked technopath. Words would be had on the subject, Stark!

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Tamsin, no!

"We could try to figure it out together," Tony ventured. "If I can find you."

Hey, was that water coming up?

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"I'm gonna go stand by the boat," Tamsin informed him. "I'll see you there!"

She turned her phone off.

Of course, she had no idea what Tony looked like.

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And there went the signal!

Tony swore under his breath and started to jog in the direction of the water. And hey, he was doing pretty good at that! Weird. Almost like he ran sometimes.

"Tamsin?" Why was he whispering? He tried that shit again only louder. "Tamsin?"

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He was greeted with silence.

Well, for half a minute or so.

Then a mildly perturbed, "Tony? Tony!" Beat. "I know how to swim!"

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"Oh," Tony replied, sounding a little strangled and worried as he rushed forward to the dock. "That's--that's good."

TAMSIN, WHY?

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Because she was currently out of memories and her Valkyrie 'new life' mechanisms had sprung on? Probably.

But there she was, swimming in the water not far from the ship.

Or rather, treading water while she gave him the thumbs up.

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Well now. She was pretty. Tony blinked for a moment before immediately offering her a hand to pull out of the water. "Nice to meet you, Tamsin. Again, I guess."

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Tamsin took his hand, pushing herself up onto the pier. "Nice to re-meet you," she said, pulling on her shirt to get the water out. "I wonder how we met the first time."

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At that Tony had to laugh. "Well, it must not have been very memorable."

That was an awful joke.