Safely on undigitized film, at the bottom of the Pacific now that I think about it.
[Joking about the utter loss of the Malibu house, less a trio of plucky robots, is still a bit of a push for her. Pepper grimaces at the screen, and another texts pings into the ether in short order.]
If you've never heard of it, it's about time you have. It occurred to me around the time the Sokovia Accords were failing to be ratified that legal frameworks mean nothing if you don't have actual workplace policies in place for the day to day. Like co-ordination with civil services. Or on-call/off-call hours. Or health insurance.
[Pepper Potts: Determined to make being a superhero boring.
[Oh, yeah, that kinda sucks. This kind of consequence, not the mention the real chance of death consequences are why he has a bit of a fear of well... everything having to do with relationships.]
I think you're underestimating the chaos factor of what gets some of us [me] out into the field. And some of us [me] don't need health insurance.
My home state currently spends a larger and larger part of the year on fire. Crisis response can be organized, even if the crisis itself is chaotic and unpredictable.
Also, I notice that the idea of an on-call schedule is the one you didn't explicitly shoot down.
I don't think that comparing wildfires and alien invasions are commensurate, and we're always on call. If it's big enough to require a code green, I'm not going to say, "I'm not on the schedule tonight, you're on your own."
[In the privacy of her office, Pepper inhales deeply, and wraps a hand around her coffee mug. One sip of suspiciously re-heated caffeine later, she attempts a reply.]
I'm talking about the general concept of organized crisis response and advanced planning, not fighting extraterrestrial invasions with smokejumpers, and you know it.
The big guy is an option. He should never be the only one, and if he routinely is then that's an area where resources need to be developed. In your own way, you're just as bad as Tony and Captain Rogers, you know.
You don't know the half of it. If I could have nothing to do with this at all, I'd be a lot happier.
Nat would probably be a better resource for you for this kind of organizing. Six PhDs and not one of them has anything to do with crisis response management.
What makes you think I'm not already talking with her?
[It had been a year ago when the bi-monthly margarita night club of Pepper, Maria and Natasha realized they were actually terrible at what women were apparently supposed to talk about on margarita nights, and accepted that they'd just talk shop instead. With fruit on sticks.]
I suppose what I'm angling for is whether, given an option where you could have more of a sense of normal in your life, you'd take it. Could you settle for becoming a regular sort of hero, minus the super.
As the closest representative from Normal you know, I should warn you that it still won't be your life as it was before... but you deserve the chance to have one.
I'll let you know when Nat and I have rearranged your future for you... and if I get to make Thaddeus Ross have a tantrum in the process, I'll make sure to have at least another nine minutes of video for you.
If you get me video of Thunderbolt Ross having a meltdown over not getting what he wants from me, I will help you wrangle Tony at least... idk what's fair? Two times?
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My opinion on work-life balance? Never heard of it.
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[Joking about the utter loss of the Malibu house, less a trio of plucky robots, is still a bit of a push for her. Pepper grimaces at the screen, and another texts pings into the ether in short order.]
If you've never heard of it, it's about time you have. It occurred to me around the time the Sokovia Accords were failing to be ratified that legal frameworks mean nothing if you don't have actual workplace policies in place for the day to day. Like co-ordination with civil services. Or on-call/off-call hours. Or health insurance.
[Pepper Potts: Determined to make being a superhero boring.
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I think you're underestimating the chaos factor of what gets some of us [me] out into the field. And some of us [me] don't need health insurance.
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Also, I notice that the idea of an on-call schedule is the one you didn't explicitly shoot down.
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Believe me, I'd love to.
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I'm talking about the general concept of organized crisis response and advanced planning, not fighting extraterrestrial invasions with smokejumpers, and you know it.
The big guy is an option. He should never be the only one, and if he routinely is then that's an area where resources need to be developed. In your own way, you're just as bad as Tony and Captain Rogers, you know.
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You don't know the half of it. If I could have nothing to do with this at all, I'd be a lot happier.
Nat would probably be a better resource for you for this kind of organizing. Six PhDs and not one of them has anything to do with crisis response management.
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[It had been a year ago when the bi-monthly margarita night club of Pepper, Maria and Natasha realized they were actually terrible at what women were apparently supposed to talk about on margarita nights, and accepted that they'd just talk shop instead. With fruit on sticks.]
I suppose what I'm angling for is whether, given an option where you could have more of a sense of normal in your life, you'd take it. Could you settle for becoming a regular sort of hero, minus the super.
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I don't think I remember what normal even looks like, Pepper. But yeah, if I had the choice, I'd pick some normal.
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I'll let you know when Nat and I have rearranged your future for you... and if I get to make Thaddeus Ross have a tantrum in the process, I'll make sure to have at least another nine minutes of video for you.
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If you get me video of Thunderbolt Ross having a meltdown over not getting what he wants from me, I will help you wrangle Tony at least... idk what's fair? Two times?
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Interplanetary invasions considered extenuating circumstances, of course.