Office Hours, 11/13

[tyler_gone]

Tyler's office hours today could be divided into three parts.

There was the morning, when he actually did his work and only occasionally glanced over at the Tony-pony napping on his office couch. (He'd told the pony that his hooves would ruin the upholstery. Tony's glare in response somehow managed to communicate he'd pay for it. Also that Tyler was ridiculous and very, very feminine for saying the word "upholstery.")

Then there was the really fun part when he tried to brush the pony and wrangle him out of the office to meet Steve. He got bitten on his thumb. Pony teeth hurt.

Then, in late afternoon, there was the odd feeling of not having a pony in his office anymore ... and sort of missing him.

[Open door, open office.]

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[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer, still in She-Hulk form (She... hadn't changed back yet), arrived at Tyler's office that afternoon.

"Sir?" she greeted, smiling a bit.

[ooc: Will be able to continue after work!]

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"Jennifer," Tyler said, blinking.

Nope, she was still green. "You decided to stay that way, huh?"

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"Yeah," Jennifer said. "It seemed like a good idea, really. Get used to it better, you know?"

She was masking some of her true reasons.

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"You mean, in case you get stuck that way for good?" Tyler asked, to clarify.

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"Well, I figure it lets me better know myself for when I need to fight or... do anything really," Jennifer said. "This isn't some alter-ego. It's me."

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"It's not a mask, it's your face." Tyler was almost a little jealous.

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"My extra strong, extra sexy and extra green face," Jennifer said. "I think it works great."

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"Certainly stands out," Tyler said. "So what inspired this experimentation?"

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"Well, the fact I can control it now, mainly," Jennifer said. "It makes it less about anger and more about me."

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"But how did you find out you could control it?"

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"Oh, that's a side effect of the serum Dr. Morbius gave me," Jennifer said. "Kind of a long story."

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"I have time, but you don't have to go into it if you don'; want to," Tyler said. "Seems like it makes you happy, anyhow."

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"Well, how it happened wasn't happy," Jennifer said. "It was actually really scary. There was something wrong with my blood."

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"Oh?" Tyler raised an eyebrow.

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"I changed, when I was home," Jennifer said. "And I... well, it hurt. It hurt more than when I got shot. It was the scariest thing I've ever felt and I thought I might die."

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"And then the doctor gave you the shot?"

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"I wish it was that simple," Jennifer said. "I sort of... passed out, and my dad arrested me. Not that he knew it was me. I had to break out of the cell they put me in and find someone who could help me. Doctor Morbius was being held at UCLA awaiting a trial, but he seemed like my best bet."

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Steve came to Tyler's office after his class with a rather cranky-looking pony in tow. It might have something to do with the terrible overlap of Steve's 'no alcohol for equines' and 'no alcohol in class' rules. "Well, none of the students were mauled by pony, so he probably won't be getting sued once he's back to normal, anyway."

[tyler_gone]

"That's about as much as we can ask for," Tyler said, reaching over to pat the pony.

Which did not end well.

"... he tried to bite my thumb again."

[OOC: Fleeing for a few hours!]

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"Bad Tony," Steve chided the pony. "I think not having thumbs is bad for his mood."

His supersoldier reflexes had kept him from being damaged so far, but he figured it was only a matter of time.

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"No thumbs, no BlackBerry, no Scotch..." Tyler was shaking his head. "And he's cute in a way that doesn't make anyone want to sleep with him. It's probably Tony hell."

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"Well, at least it's temporary," Steve said, reaching out to ruffle the pony's forelock, then swiftly snatching his hand back before Tony could take a chunk out of him. "And nothing that hasn't happened to half the island before."

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"Never to me," Tyler pointed out, with what would have been smugness if Tony hadn't been trying to glare both of them to death. "Has it gotten you?"

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"Not yet," Steve said, ignoring Tony's radiant-yet-adorable hate. "I've been relatively...lucky, I guess."

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Tony was the cutest furious pony EVER, yes him was.

"Just watch," Tyler said, and now he was digging in his desk drawer for something. "We've said that out loud. Now we'll be earthworms."

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"Might not be so bad," Steve mused. "Earthworms are small enough that maybe no one would notice to make fun of us. Of course, there's the possibility of getting stepped on. That wouldn't be so good."

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".... yeah, I'd rather be something with a brain and teeth, thanks." Tyler said.

Tony snorted, possibly dismissing the conversation. Possibly he was hungry. Tyler offered him a handful of Doritos.

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Steve said nothing about the Doritos. If Tony was happy, well, whatever. "Yeah, probably you're onto something there."