[So close to freedom. The brittle-paned barrier was mere strides away. He could ignore the yammering of this confusing man and go. Away. Far away.
......But he's just so infuriating, talking down to him like he's got rocks for brains or something. Oohing and aahing over his loss of footing, like its so easy to just step five hundred years into the future and find the whole world has gone crazy.
(Or, just maybe, he's pressed on a hidden bruise — Inuyasha had a guide when he visited the modern world on Earth. A welcoming household, food in the cupboard and smiles to greet him. Now he's alone, and he doesn't get it, and he's constantly looking like a fool or tripping over something he'd never know to look for in the first place, and the civilized folk are always gawking, always prodding—)
Inuyasha's shoulders gather in a peevish hunch and mask about half the stink eye he's beaming over them.]
Just how clueless do you think I am? I've ordered plenty of food from the market! It's not my fault the money painting just fucking vanished, or that no one takes real money any more! You all love your stupid "science" and your blinking glass bangles so much! Well I think they're garbage! They don't work half the time anyway! You know what?
[And here, one hand dives into the folds of his haori. It reappears with the comm link, inert, spidery breaks in the smooth surface stemming from a divot that looks suspiciously like a fang mark. Which it is.
He chucks it at the man's feet, disgusted, ears pinned flat to his head.]
You keep it! If you find out where the money went it's all yours, I don't need it! Anything I want, I can get from outside! Just like the rest of the beasts, right?
[His knuckles have whitened, painting pale edges to the fists he's gripping through the whole of his tirade.]
[There's a semi-long silence after the kid finishes his rant. Tony raises his chin and looks down at him with eyes that are a little wider than they were a second ago.]
Yeah. That's. What I thought.
[Internally, he spirals through mental calculations. The money painting just fucking vanished. They don't work half the time.
Anything I want, I can get from outside.
Tony feels the tension in the room, stretched in a taut line between him and dog boy, ready to slingshot the kid back out the window and onto the streets. There's no stopping him from going. Kids are stupid like that -- especially... animal-related ones. Tony feels a tightness in his gut (why hasn't Peter called?) and steps forward before the kid can disappear into the night.]
Hey -- I'm. Tony, by the way. Tony Stark. And you know... [He jerks a thumb over his shoulder.] There's a couch here. You could crash on it if you want, I'm sure Thor'd be fine with it. Thrilled, even -- more people to... revel.
[Tony's hand tenses at his side. Please don't be stupid, kid.]
I mean, you did save my life. Sorta. Kinda. [Definitely.]
[Whittling a man down to size should give him relief. The high airs he needs to leave this encounter feeling like he came out on top. It had worked, but watching the man's face fall only hollows him out. Inuyasha's gone egg-shell brittle. Outside he's rigid, fury turned to a searing sulk beneath the curtain of his bangs.
There's nothing more to say, is there? If he doesn't leave now he'll just dig the hole deeper, the man will bore into him with piteous eyes, and he just might go up in flames. Let hell devour him whole before he makes a bigger fool of himself.
Inuyasha takes one step. Then he's snared all over again — no jokes this time. It's a name. An invitation. His eyes zip to the couch and he nearly asks what "crash" is supposed to mean before the implication wallops him upside the head.
If Tony took his time answering before, Inuyasha doubles that measure now. His lips pull thin.
It's...a kind gesture. An unexpected one from this half of the household. Thor would be pretty cavalier about it, he guesses. That doesn't stop his skin from going prickly. A "yes" is an ocean away. Inuyasha doesn't belong here. In this apartment, in this city. In this world. He's only being offered something because he cuts such a pathetic picture, an antiquated novelty that can't parse magic glassworks to save his life.]
Keh!
[He turns his back and hikes the window high.]
Don't make a meal of it. These people would be pissed to find some carcass stinking up their moon, that's all.
[He could offer his own name back.
Inuyasha takes to the wind instead. He's a will-o-the-wisp in the moonlight, whisking over the rooftops in inhuman bounds. One blink, and he's gone with the mist.]
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......But he's just so infuriating, talking down to him like he's got rocks for brains or something. Oohing and aahing over his loss of footing, like its so easy to just step five hundred years into the future and find the whole world has gone crazy.
(Or, just maybe, he's pressed on a hidden bruise — Inuyasha had a guide when he visited the modern world on Earth. A welcoming household, food in the cupboard and smiles to greet him. Now he's alone, and he doesn't get it, and he's constantly looking like a fool or tripping over something he'd never know to look for in the first place, and the civilized folk are always gawking, always prodding—)
Inuyasha's shoulders gather in a peevish hunch and mask about half the stink eye he's beaming over them.]
Just how clueless do you think I am? I've ordered plenty of food from the market! It's not my fault the money painting just fucking vanished, or that no one takes real money any more! You all love your stupid "science" and your blinking glass bangles so much! Well I think they're garbage! They don't work half the time anyway! You know what?
[And here, one hand dives into the folds of his haori. It reappears with the comm link, inert, spidery breaks in the smooth surface stemming from a divot that looks suspiciously like a fang mark. Which it is.
He chucks it at the man's feet, disgusted, ears pinned flat to his head.]
You keep it! If you find out where the money went it's all yours, I don't need it! Anything I want, I can get from outside! Just like the rest of the beasts, right?
[His knuckles have whitened, painting pale edges to the fists he's gripping through the whole of his tirade.]
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Yeah. That's. What I thought.
[Internally, he spirals through mental calculations. The money painting just fucking vanished. They don't work half the time.
Anything I want, I can get from outside.
Tony feels the tension in the room, stretched in a taut line between him and dog boy, ready to slingshot the kid back out the window and onto the streets. There's no stopping him from going. Kids are stupid like that -- especially... animal-related ones. Tony feels a tightness in his gut (why hasn't Peter called?) and steps forward before the kid can disappear into the night.]
Hey -- I'm. Tony, by the way. Tony Stark. And you know... [He jerks a thumb over his shoulder.] There's a couch here. You could crash on it if you want, I'm sure Thor'd be fine with it. Thrilled, even -- more people to... revel.
[Tony's hand tenses at his side. Please don't be stupid, kid.]
I mean, you did save my life. Sorta. Kinda. [Definitely.]
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There's nothing more to say, is there? If he doesn't leave now he'll just dig the hole deeper, the man will bore into him with piteous eyes, and he just might go up in flames. Let hell devour him whole before he makes a bigger fool of himself.
Inuyasha takes one step. Then he's snared all over again — no jokes this time. It's a name. An invitation. His eyes zip to the couch and he nearly asks what "crash" is supposed to mean before the implication wallops him upside the head.
If Tony took his time answering before, Inuyasha doubles that measure now. His lips pull thin.
It's...a kind gesture. An unexpected one from this half of the household. Thor would be pretty cavalier about it, he guesses. That doesn't stop his skin from going prickly. A "yes" is an ocean away. Inuyasha doesn't belong here. In this apartment, in this city. In this world. He's only being offered something because he cuts such a pathetic picture, an antiquated novelty that can't parse magic glassworks to save his life.]
Keh!
[He turns his back and hikes the window high.]
Don't make a meal of it. These people would be pissed to find some carcass stinking up their moon, that's all.
[He could offer his own name back.
Inuyasha takes to the wind instead. He's a will-o-the-wisp in the moonlight, whisking over the rooftops in inhuman bounds. One blink, and he's gone with the mist.]