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The Tower

> Welcome to Avengers Tower. My name is JARVIS.
               
> Mr. Stark has asked me to guide all visitors through the building. Could you stand in front of the scanner and state your name, please?▐

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G - Lobby

> Excellent. Now, if you would be so kind as to wait a moment while I assess your clearance level.
               
> In the meantime, please enjoy this brief presentation regarding the history of Avengers Tower, and Stark Industries' clean energy initiatives.▐

1F - Avengers Lounge

> Mr. Stark has granted you clearance to the Penthouse Lounge.
               
> The team isn't here at the moment, but please make yourself comfortable while I let them know they have visitors.
               
> Odd... no one has answered. They must be otherwise engaged – please stand by.▐

2F - Malibu Mansion

> Mr. Stark has granted you clearance to the Malibu Annex.
               
> He's most likely on the garage level, working on... something. Just a moment.
               
> Ah – he'll be up shortly. Please help yourself to the bar in the meantime – I'm told the Chateau Canon is an excellent vintage.▐

1B - Lab / Garage

> Mr. Stark has granted you clearance to the Garage.
               
> Please don't touch anything, and please note that joyrides in the cars are strictly prohibited... unless you're Mr. Stark.
               
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[ Sam is back on his feet and more or less back to his normal self, which means that Steve is finally willing to let him out of his sight. For all that he might have been accused of overreacting, he thinks he handled himself pretty well. Sam had been dust for five years, and when he'd returned, they'd had only a brief reunion back home before Steve arrived here. He came to the city, Sam wasn't even in town, and then he showed back up unconscious and remained that way for over two days. So, with all that in mind? Steve could have been a lot more obnoxious about it.

But Sam is back on his feet, they've had time to catch up, and Steve even got shown into the Horizon. Which had been an odd experience in retrospect, now that he has his memories (and reflecting on what it was like to be without them, he can only think about one thing; one person), but it's about time that he explores the place with all of them intact.

He shuts himself in his room at the inn and locks the door, not all that comfortable with entering a state where he isn't aware of what's going on around him. Meditation itself is also not really his thing, and it takes a few tries to successfully quiet his mind. Frustration builds until he breathes it all out, lets it go, and finally finds his way inside.

As he sees elaborate structures and mountain ranges and quaint villages scattered around, he understands that each spot belongs to another one of the Summoned, a place they've made for themselves. It would be nice to return back to Sam's dockside home with context now, and he intends to go there, but it's hard to miss the monolith that is the Avengers Tower standing off in the distance, begging to be acknowledged.

Steve scoffs and shakes his head to himself, but ends up moving in that direction all the same, unable to resist the nostalgia of it. He knows the tower could only belong to one person.

When he steps inside, he's greeted by a familiar voice. Vision's voice, before he was Vision. It's all just a mental construct, he knows, but he wonders if Wanda's experienced this.

(No, she would have avoided this place at all costs.)

He's asked to give his name, and when he does so, JARVIS is pleased to let him know that he's been granted full clearance within the Tower. The artificial voice carries on with describing each of the floors, but Steve only half pays attention.

Full clearance, huh? ]

Edited 2022-07-10 01:43 (UTC)

horizon | abraxas

july 5