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[cleanedslate]

[ not too much later in the day, on a less populated section of the beach, Tony and Bruce are on a mission.

the mission is science, of course. and their weapons, at the moment, are a large expanse of beach that is currently serving as a makeshift whiteboard.

scrawled across it are a series of equations, all of them deceptively brief (read: condensed), but also filled with cryptic symbols that won't be familiar to anyone who hasn't gotten deep into physics. a healthy heaping of biochemistry will also help you to parse their work, which at the moment seems to be very focused on energy conversion and heat especially.

come stare! or step all over their hard work! you jerk :(

feel free to tag either of them but expect some thread jacking! after all, they are both standing right there ♥ ]

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[sublimating]

[Bruce watches for a beat, elbows braced on his knees, and slants a small smile at Tony. have you met this kid yet?]

Yeah, I don't think you're gonna have a problem getting work as a biochemist, Peter. [he rubs his face, takes off his glasses]

It works great, for a little while. There's even a fun side-effect where you get to be Captain America. [squinting. it's not his favorite side-effect] But... you never know when the body won't be able to regulate the heat byproduct. And the amount of heat byproduct is more than explosive, it's... [spinning his glasses a little between his fingers] ...nuclear. [more things that are not his favorite]

[cleanedslate]

[ he has so totally met this kid. this kid is awesome. and he answers that smile with a grin before adding ]

Lots of fun side effects. [ like addiction, but let's just... side step that one for now ]

[promisebreaker]

[Okay, that ridiculous, goofy, I-did-something-good smile on his face is a direct result of having Bruce Banner tell him that he won't have a problem getting work as a biochemist. Give him a moment to bask before he processes the rest of what is being said. Once he does that...

There's a little bit of a surprise on Peter's face. He hadn't expected to be dealing with the Captain America thing. ]

Oh. [ more processing ] Oh! That's...we're not...I mean it's not a decision...Captain America isn't dying...is he? [Because he's read those comics every Wednesday since he could read. Right. Focusing. Someone is dying, or not doing well and they've got to fix it.

Okay, self admitted geek moment (again) he's actually doing science with Bruce Banner and Tony Stark. He'll get over this eventually. Maybe. Probably. Possibly.]

I just...okay. What happens if we manage to shut down the processes entirely? Can the subject survive? In a lab we could try to come up with a damper, but here...[ he looks around the island. there's not much to work with. ]