[Pepper's been running through the motions since she got here. Arya had honestly been a godsend when she gave her the job of organizing the department and since she'd gotten that handled she'd really become more of a wondering spirit in the halls of The Tranquility.
The incidents in the halls only built on that. Seeing Phil was painful, but not as much of an encouragement to jump into the glowing portal as the ship must have thought it would be, and the scenes in the hallways still haunted her - as did the lack of visual evidence even though she'd clearly recorded and photographed it. She needed to talk with Inato Jones, to better understand what had happened in the past before she was here, but she'd been stalling.
So instead of looking for the man she was making her way into the kitchens to find a hot cup of coffee and maybe a beagle or a croissant or something. That's when she notices Natasha with her coffee and out spread gun. She'd never actually seen something like that before. Stark Industries had made weapons of course, but she never really saw those weapons. Not unless she was present for a demonstration (which she rarely was).]
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The incidents in the halls only built on that. Seeing Phil was painful, but not as much of an encouragement to jump into the glowing portal as the ship must have thought it would be, and the scenes in the hallways still haunted her - as did the lack of visual evidence even though she'd clearly recorded and photographed it. She needed to talk with Inato Jones, to better understand what had happened in the past before she was here, but she'd been stalling.
So instead of looking for the man she was making her way into the kitchens to find a hot cup of coffee and maybe a beagle or a croissant or something. That's when she notices Natasha with her coffee and out spread gun. She'd never actually seen something like that before. Stark Industries had made weapons of course, but she never really saw those weapons. Not unless she was present for a demonstration (which she rarely was).]