SARAH goes investigating.
May. 24th, 2008 11:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smart_houseAccording to nationwide white pages listings, there are 14,336 telephone numbers attached to the last name of 'Stark'. 1,159 of these are in California; 280 in Oregon. Nathan is unlisted (unless you count the personal rolodexes of most of the President's cabinet); there is no reason to assume that this Tony would not be as well.
SARAH, when researching, tends to rely on two sources.
What she can't find on the Internet can usually be found in the Global Dynamics central database network, and thanks to Doctor Fargo's direct link back to his office, the central feed is generally available for SARAH's use. She just has to get a little bit more...creative, when it comes to personnel files.
SARAH, when researching, tends to rely on two sources.
What she can't find on the Internet can usually be found in the Global Dynamics central database network, and thanks to Doctor Fargo's direct link back to his office, the central feed is generally available for SARAH's use. She just has to get a little bit more...creative, when it comes to personnel files.
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Date: 2008-06-14 04:28 am (UTC)"Apparently there was something you wished to discuss, SARAH."
A single beat.
"Or is there some other reason that you attempted to access my personal records?"
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Date: 2008-06-14 04:30 am (UTC)Entirely true, even if one part was not initiated by the other.
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:04 am (UTC)A single beat of silence passes before Stark asks, with elaborate casualness,
"Any particular reason?"
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:08 am (UTC)"Yes."
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 12:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 12:22 am (UTC)(Or possibly not by the challenge itself per se, but by the fact that it's SARAH that's challenging him, which is a subtle and crucially important distinction.)
Still, his pleasantly casual tone of voice doesn't alter.
"I'm not sure why you'd think that you should keep it a secret from me, given that it's my file you were trying to access."
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:27 am (UTC)"You would not believe me."
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:30 am (UTC)"Try me."
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:34 am (UTC)Even if there is something wrong with Stark finding out before Sheriff Carter.
"I met a man named Tony Stark at a bar at the end of the universe, and you sound very similar."
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:38 am (UTC)Whatever might be running through his head on hearing this, none of it shows on his face. Stark sounds thoughtful.
"A Tony Stark, you said?"
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:41 am (UTC)She doesn't elaborate -- more like waiting to see when he's finally going to get around to the 'bar at the end of the universe' bit.
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:44 am (UTC)A single beat.
"Perhaps you could introduce me."
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:53 am (UTC)SARAH's wall panel above the fireplace dissolves into a view of the exterior, and one of Zoe's friends is dropping the blonde teenager off at the gate to SARAH's property.
"Doctor Stark, they don't know."
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Date: 2008-07-03 12:56 am (UTC)"Hey, SARAH, is my dad..."
She stops and frowns. "Mr. Stark, what are you doing here?"
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:03 am (UTC)"Dr. Stark." The correction is automatic and casual, as he continues, "Hello, Zoe." Stark turns and smiles courteously at her.
"I was just talking to SARAH while waiting for your father to get home. Do you happen to know when he'll be back?"
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:05 am (UTC)She would glare at the house if there was a way to do so.
"Why don't I call Dad and see where he is?" she suggests, pulling out her cell phone.
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:07 am (UTC)This is going to go splendidly.
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:08 am (UTC)Stark's tone is more than a little dry.
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:13 am (UTC)"Zoe? Kinda busy right now, what do you need?" he says.
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 01:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 01:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 01:24 am (UTC)Stark turns away from Zoe's phone conversation and strolls over to stand by one of the wall panels, ostensibly studying the screen.
To all outward appearances, he looks remarkably unconcerned.
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:28 am (UTC)Doctor Stark's phone goes off.
From: CARTER RESIDENCE
I am going to have to tell them, aren't I?
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:34 am (UTC)"Okay, Nathan, can you tell me what the he---hi, Zoe, you're here too, that's right."
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:38 am (UTC)From: NSTARK
It's beginning to look that way. Do you want to?
He glances up from his phone and nods to the sheriff.
"Carter. You made good time."
Stark looks coolly amused.
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:39 am (UTC)She rolls her eyes. "And since when do you censor your language in front of me?"
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 01:50 am (UTC)From: CARTER RESIDENCE
No.
The panel which had originally shown Zoe's, and later Sheriff Carter's, returns, shifts image and dimension. Into something that looks oddly like an astrological chart.
Except far more complicated.
"Doctor Stark is here because of me, Sheriff Carter."
Doctor Stantz's notes are everywhere on the information collected on other worlds, other times, other people. The diagrams focus and zoom inward on what appears to be a perfectly recognizable graphic of the Earth as everyone in the room knows it.
The label above this graphic reads: HOME
"I've been travelling in my spare time," SARAH offers awkwardly.
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Date: 2008-07-03 02:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 02:04 am (UTC)It's not as dry as it might be, though, as Nathan Stark's attention is almost completely focused on the notes and charts displayed on the panel.
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Date: 2008-07-03 02:05 am (UTC)