video;

[prorenataa]

[ When the video feed clicks on the images it displays are not of a person but rather a work space. If anyone is familiar with the labs of the MedBay, this looks to be one of those, the flat surface of which is covered by bits and bobs.

Adrien's voice comes across clearly on audio, even if he's being a rude shit and not looking at the device. ]

Oh for FU ... [ the expletive is choked off by an annoyed pounding, and frustrated growl. ] ... SAKE!

[ There is a pause, a deep breath and then, in a very deliberately calm tone. ]

I'm trying to execute a small project, for Medical, involving the MIDs.

I know what the final result should be and I believe I have the necessary raw materials but getting from point A to point B is proving beyond my technical knowledge.

Is there anyone available who could spare a couple of hours to help me work on this?

[ Before he tries to punch the bulkhead and ends up with a busted fist. ]

Comments

text; private

[prorenataa]

Yes.

It's finally slowed down enough for me to work on this.

[ And fail epically. ]

text; private > action;

[arcreact]

i'll be down there in 15

[ And he clearly doesn't bother waiting to see if there are any protests to that or not, because he waltzes into medbay twenty minutes later, acting for all the world like he owns the place. ]

action;

[prorenataa]

[ Adrien was at the counter that dominated the lab, his arm folded across the table in front of him as he attempted to poke at his own MID. He didn't look up from whatever it was he was squinting at, but he spoke up all the same. ]

You're five minutes late.

[ It doesn't matter; he just likes to give Tony shit. ]

action;

[arcreact]

[ Tony's response comes from over Adrien's right shoulder. "Five minutes late" is Tony Stark's "twenty minutes early", fuck you. ]

Aw, you counted. That must be how much you missed me. Can't say I blame you.

action;

[prorenataa]

Every minute I am out of your presence is agony to my soul. [ Adrien deadpanned as he marked a point on the code he was trying to unwind.

Point mark, he sat back and rubbed his eyes. This code was horrific. He passed the tablet with it's mess back over his shoulder towards Tony. ]

With the basic key we've got, I've tried to translate it into something resembling a language we're used too, but I must have missed pieces.

[ The software code was pure alien. They'd been given a base key but Adrien had found it hadn't gone deep enough for what he was trying to accomplish, so he'd gone back to try to translate it all over. Yes, he'd been doing it by hand. No that probably wasn't the best way to approach it, but someone didn't have the savvy to write a code that could translate a code into another code. ]

action;

[arcreact]

[ Tony leans forward, all the quippiness bleeding out of him as he examines what Adrien's already working with. For a long few moments he looks far away, like he's ceased to even register anything else in the room.

Then, with a frown, he takes a step back and starts to pace, mind already playing tetris with the pieces and parts he'd been committing to memory. Even so, he's no idiot. JARVIS will be able to peel this apart faster than he can, which is the whole reason he made the guy. ]

You realize you could've put an AI on this ages ago, right?

[prorenataa]

[ Rubbing his eyes with his fingers, he was aware of Tony pacing even if he didn't look at the man. When the question came, Adrien actually paused and lowered his hand. For a long minute he considered his roommates words, before reaching back and rubbing at the nape of his neck. ]

Actually, the thought hadn't occurred to me.

[ Someone really was not used to the ideas of asking for help or trusting; anyone. He'd finally reached that point now but earlier? Nope, he'd been stubbornly trying to sort it out himself.

Show him the error of his ways master JARVIS and let's get this thing unwound! ]

[arcreact]

Hear that, J?

[ He doesn't even need to touch his MID for there to come a response. ]

Of course, sir. Shall I prepare one of the secondary machines?

You always know exactly what I want.

[ He glances up at Adrien, eyebrow raised. Well? There you go. ]