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“hojicha, a japanese green tea, quite tasty and calming for myself, personally.“ he tuned his gaze towards her and smiled, “i’m glad to see i’ve got a norse god’s approval.“ he paused and let out a small laugh, “i’m sure the japanese would be happy as well.“ he gave it some thought, lingering his gaze for a moment and then meeting loki’s eye. “thank you, i try quite hard to not be terrible at everything, i’m glad a mutual respect and like is developing here.”

he flashed loki a quick, but earnest smile before inclining his head. “i dropped you into an alternate dimension and forced you into suspension for thirty minutes, you had every reason to want to attack me.” he stated, waving a hand before using his magic to refill loki’s tea cup. he gave her next sentence some thought before taking a sip of his own tea and nodding, frowning into his cup. “it’s hard for most people to see beyond their own noses, loki - even i had that problem when i was a neurosurgeon.” he paused and looked over to her, “but if it helps, i have no issues with you and i quite enjoy your company.”

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levitating with her legs crossed, heels having been discarded on the floor. they were pretty, but tended to get in the way from time to time, and loki usually preferred to not get poked in the thigh with a heel. a cup of tea in her hands, she sipped at it as her eyes drifted around the room, taking in the scenery and other objects around them. “mm. this is far better than the tea i had earlier. what kind is it?” she raised a brow, turning her attention to stephen.

“perhaps you aren’t so bad after all,” she hummed, a small smirk tugging at the corners of her mouth. “and i do apologize for attempting to attack you the last time we met. i was on edge and reacted impulsively.” she didn’t usually apologize, and if she did it tended to be a lie, but this time she was being, at least somewhat, genuine. “a lot has happened since 2012. i’ve changed. i hope people may begin to see that.”

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stephen had kept an eye on peter for most of the day and throughout the entirety of the party. when peter seemed to not be paying attention to his surroundings. so much for his extra senses. smirking to himself, stephen offered up a glass of water. “saw you were low on your beverage and decided to bring you one.” truth be told, he’d just wanted to speak with peter - and technically he’d conjured the water, not plucked it from a table. “also no, i came over to talk with you, so you’re certainly not in my way.” he smiled, “how are you, peter parker?”

to say that peter didn’t really know what to do at parties would be an understatement. it wasn’t like a kid people classified as a nerd was invited to many parties… and if he showed up he was usually mocked. sometimes he felt like spider-man did better socially than he tended to. and of course then there came the thought of whether or not people would prefer spider-man to him. but as he’d said to ned before – spidey wasn’t a party trick. lost in his own thoughts, he hadn’t noticed someone approach him and speak, not until they’d already spoken and he’d completely missed what had been said. “huh?” he mumbled, his eyes widening as he looked up at them. “uh– shoot. sorry. am i in your way? i totally missed whatever you just said.”

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stephen wasn’t supportive of this gathering, finding that he’d much rather be somewhere else than actually be forced to interact with an entire room of people who probably didn’t know who he was or what he could do. he glanced over at the crowd, stopping only to focus onto carol danvers, watching her for the moment before sighing and reaching for a drink.

giving a small smile, the sorcerer leaned into his drink and hummed in agreement with what she was saying before nodding over to her. “hopefully this ‘breather’ wont take days, we could use a break as you said, but... not for too long.” he sighed, setting his drink down and moving towards her.

“you’re captain marvel, i’ve heard about you through the inter-dimensional wave-lengths.“ he brought his gloved hand out, “doctor stephen strange.“

carol watches as everyone trudges into the huge mansion and start mingling with each other. the fight against the brood, the skrulls and the black order was long and tiresome but in the end they prevailed. the reality stone was lost, yes, but the other two were safe, along with the soul stone. so this break was very much needed. it would give them time to think about what to do next.

first thing should be regaining the reality stone from thanos and then trying to locate the power and mind stone. finding thanos was going to be hard with him having the red stone, carol knew that for a fact, but it was the only lead they have right now. the blonde drinks her punch as her thoughts run through her head.

     ▕ ▏ “i know we are suppose to be taking a breather, but does anyone know what our next move is going to be? i’m sure thanos is organizing his next hit.”   

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stephen whirled around and smiled at the nickname afforded to him by tony stark.

the gathering at the x-mansion was familiar to him as he’d been there a few times in the past, but seeing everyone from all over there... well, it was certainly a unique advancement towards something better. he had the time stone now, containing it within the eye of agamotto and keeping it firmly around his neck.

he blinked at tony’s words but gave a small incline of a nod towards him, “would that i could, tony, but i’m sorry, i can’t fully reveal that information.” he gave a small, helpless shrug towards him, hoping that was sufficient enough of an apology.

“i do believe we are wasting time trying to recapture the remaining stones though, but i have the time stone and it is...safe.“ he looked up and locked eyes with him, smiling fleetingly before sighing. “are you doing alright? i haven’t seen you since the nineties.“

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“Doc!”

It wasn’t exactly a superhero landing, but it was pretty close – Tony dove through the crowd at the X-mansion when he spotted a familiar figure, grinning as he managed to snag a champagne glass on the way over. Holding it out, he gave the sorcerer a happy smile. “So… 14 million futures… tell me this is the one that we win.”

After all, it felt like a victory. They’d lost the reality stone, sure, but the dead were back, and they had at least one stone back in their possession. Better odds than before, right? 

Right??

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“Welp, yes, sorry,” Tony said, still making no effort to move. Stephen, on the other hand, was moving and–

–whoa whoa whoa.

He was about to scramble up and off him, when Stephen poked him in the chest and started distracting him with his distracting fingers and eyes and stupid face. 

“Yes, I know who you are, doctor,” he replied. “… That’s interesting. I always thought you were the master of time, or something like that.” 

He was about to move when again, Stephen spoke up, and derailed his train of thought.

Turned to dust at the snap of the mad titan’s fingers.

“How did you survive?” he croaked out. “How did you come back? Fourteen million futures, huh? Is this the one that we win? Is it?”

“oh you do? interesting, i always just assumed you’d forgotten and called me whatever catchy nick-name came your way because you were too embarrassed to ask me what my name was again.“ he teased, adding a small smirk to show tony he wasn’t actually criticizing him. 

“and i was keeper of the time stone, guardian of it, it--“ he sighed and closed his eyes, a remembrance of his own failures flooding back to his mind. “it does not matter.” he sighed, ultimately letting the negativity of those moments hit him and not doing much to stop them.

tony still laid on top of him and stephen needed somewhere to rest his hands. the ground was too hard for the pins and well.... slowly he tried to wedge it onto his own body but ended up keeping the hand between his hip and tony’s, finding it more awkward now than it was before. his other hand hung uselessly in the air while being propped up by his elbow.

“i don’t...“ he frowned and looked away from tony, staring off at a building. “i don’t know.“ he sighed again, turning to meet tony’s gaze. “i wish i did, but something has happened and we’re back far too early.“

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@alloykineticmind & @oflornadanes - ERIK LEHNSHERR & LORNA DANE

it was absolutely imperative for stephen to get to the time stone. he was its protector and he would stop at nothing to retrieve it and to properly place it back into his care. floating up with the aid of the cloak, stephen threw out a hand to force the rest of the remaining brood to slam into the mirror dimension before turning his attention over towards a member of the black order; supergiant.

landing beside the infamous magneto, stephen looked over to him and nodded - before spotting another mutant ahead of them, on the other side of the alien. “erik,“ stephen started, pausing and keeping his eye on the woman. “who is that?“ he spoke before turning his attention onto supergiant once more. “you will not have this stone today, creature. you will not have it ever.“ he turned to erik, speaking loud enough for the woman on the other side to hear. “i think a little demonstration of our abilities would be good right now.“

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OPEN STARTER FOR - T’CHALLA, SHARON, MANTIS

whispering enchantments and hexes, stephen floated above the ground with the help of the cloak of levitation - crossing his arms and throwing up shields around his fellow teammates, the sorcerer cursed to himself silently as what seemed to be a terrifying out-pour of dangerous, alien creatures.

he could sense the time stone, feel it calling to him, for him to protect it - but knew that this was his utmost important threat to go after. looking down, he spotted someone else helping him against the brood and reached out, taking a grouping of them and bringing them into the air with eldritch energies and slamming them back down with a crack of their spines. “are you alright!?” he called out, floating towards them. “we need to find where they’re ascending from and  cut that off now.”

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Tony wasn’t combat trained per se, but he’d spent enough time in the field to know that someone sneaking up behind you was usually bad news, and he whirled immediately, lashing out and flinging a punch towards the person’s solar plexus. 

Only to scream a bit as he realised who it was, pull his punch, lose his balance, go crashing into Stephen Strange, and send them both sprawling to the ground.

With him on top.

Nice.

“Oh,” he said, conveniently forgetting to move. “Hello. Wait, aren’t you the time wizard? Can’t you just hop skip and dance back to the future? You are from the –”

He paused. “Wait. No, I can’t tell you.” His face crumpled for a moment as he remembered the last time he’d seen Strange. There was no telling when the man had come from, but Tony was leaning towards the theory that this was pre-dusting. 

in an instant, stephen felt himself lying flat on his back with a weight of another man on top of him. making a very indelicate noise, he reached up to shield his face before sighing heavily at tony. “i tried to stay as far back from you as i could because i knew this was likely to happen and yet...”

he shimmied a bit to work himself a little free before realizing that the movement and friction was probably a bit too provocative.

well.

poking tony in the chest, stephen raised a brow as he began to ramble at him. “my name is doctor stephen strange, not ‘time wizard’ and yes, stark, i can - but not physically, not like this.” he gestured at himself, completely aware of his entirety of his personal space being invaded in that moment.

sighing, he rolled his eyes, “you mean from the point whence i turned to dust at the snap of the mad titan’s fingers? yes, you can tell me.” he tried to offer a smile as he laid there, waiting for the other to move - but not entirely fighting him.

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well, this was a surprise...

stephen strange blinked a few times as he stared over at what appeared to be tony stark in the flesh. twisting his expression into a form of amusement, he silently made his way over towards the man and kept his head low before looking up to stare at the back of his head.

“yes, you’re in the nineties and yes that is an actual working, not bankrupt blockbuster entertainment store.“ he gave a quick smile, stepping back in case tony decided to scream and hit him from being snuck up upon.

he looked around for a moment and then shrugged, “i’m going to take a wondering guess here and state that you got randomly time displaced like the rest of us - not entirely where i would like to go, but... well, i’m here. stuck with you. at least it’s not a foreign planet.”

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“Ok. Here goes.” Tony rubbed his hands together and bounced on the balls of his feet.

The deadzone stretched out before him, dark and forbidden. By Tony’s back-of-the-envelope calculations, this was the way Back to the Future without a Delorean, but he was working pretty blind here. 

Still. He wasn’t going to let himself be stranded in 2004. Nope. No way. So. 

He sucked in a breath, stepped through the gateway.

And nearly ran smack into a Blockbuster. A 1990s Blockbuster.

“Oh.” He said. “Shit.”

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“yes,“ stephen stated almost immediately, giving a glance over at the boy before sighing. being time displaced was making the sorcerer far more cranky than he ever really was, he hated it - especially since at one point he could have fixed all of this with a simple spell. but now that he no longer possessed the time stone.... shaking his head at the guy’s question, the sorcerer began to look around to help him. “who is susan and what does she look like? perhaps i can aid you.” he gave him a small, but polite smile. “and i’m sorry for being rude, i hate being thrown out of my current time without my permission.”

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             ❝ am i the only one pumped about this?! ❞ he cried to a bunch of faces he didn’t recognize. it had only taken johnny about a minute to figure out what had happened. having landed right next to a radio shack, the only thing playing on the TVs were 90s commercials. in the store windows, there were bedazzled jean jackets and corduroy pants; no one would wear that crap today. no, he knew where he was and he couldn’t help his giddiness. ❝ the 90s were the greatest! oh, hey Sue- ❞ he looked around and walked through everyone who was around and no one had seen his sister. johnny couldn’t remember the last time he had been without his sister for more than a day.  ❝ where is Susan? ❞ stuck in one of his favorite eras and his sister was missing. 

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stephen was in existential horror for the most part, he’d lived through the nineties and had sincerely hoped he’d never have to see it again. and now, here he was, smack dab in the middle of it and with a child who had never seen the era, let alone experienced its issues with good fashion choices. when peter spoke up, the sorcerer craned his neck towards him with a raised brow. “i hope you only plan to use it as a clever disguise to distract some sort of villain while the rest of us get away.” he stated before sighing and pointing towards one of the strip malls. “try there.”

Peter wasn’t a child of the 90′s but he was going to fully enjoy the chance the experience it. If he had known turning into a pile of dust would lead to getting to finally be a 90s kid, he might have done it sooner. “I’m going to need some parachute pants, a fanny pack, and one of those fun coloured rain jackets stat!” He looked to the nearest person, hoping they could point him towards a good clothing store. Thank god he had some cash stored on him.

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“oh... my god,“ stephen breathed out, his expression fixed upon the glowing neon blue and yellow sign of the currently-not-shut-down blockbuster. the sorcerer had already lived through the nineties, he didn’t want to relive through it - and right now he really wished he had the time stone to reset everything back to normal. gritting his teeth, he stepped back, turning with a whoosh before giving a glare towards the person nearest him.

“we need to figure out how to get out of this living hell,“ okay sure, maybe a bit dramatic on his part, but stephen wasn’t exactly one to play himself down. “and if i see any animal-print anything i will personally rip it off of someone and burn it in front of them,“ he stated, raising a brow and challenging anyone to try to disprove him.

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@maxi-moffscar - WANDA MAXIMOFF

stephen concentrated with trained precision, the time shift was off - it was wrong, and almost immediately as it happened, he knew. the comet had come and hit and one moment he was within the sanctum in new york and the next he was.... somewhere else. inhaling sharply, he closed his eyes and began to astral project, taking the time to view his immediate area from a safe perspective.

spotting a familiar silhouette, stephen returned to his body and with the aid of the cloak of levitation, stephen floated over and down to her.  “wanda maximoff,” he stated, not surprised at seeing her as they had previously both been a part of the decimated fifty percent and now they were not. “something has gone very wrong - do you feel it too?”

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When I became a Doctor I swore an oath to do no harm, and I have just killed a man! I’m not doing that again. I became a doctor to save lives, not take them.

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