sparklyslug:

Fic: Quorum (Chapter Four)

Author: sparklyslug

Pairing: Loki/Tony Stark (frostiron) 

Summary: 

Quo•rum: 
1: a select group
2: the number (as a majority) of officers or members of a body that when duly assembled is legally competent to transact business.

In which Thor’s running for President, Loki’s his campaign manager, and Tony Stark is the last person Loki wants to ask for help but the only person whose help he really needs. 

Chapter Summary: 

The ballroom in the Ritz is almost glowing with warm orange light. Plush rust-colored carpet covers the floor, the part at least that isn’t laid with hardwood panels for dancing. Paper lanterns in shades of crimson and saffron dangle from the ceiling, and every table and wall is decked with cloth in shades of gold.

“Because nothing says ‘we’re the 1%’ like solid gold decorations,” Loki had said when he’d first arrived.

“Trust me. With the crowd we’re getting tonight, that’s a good message to project,” Sif had said.

on ao3 HERE.

Chapter one: here

Chapter two: here

Chapter three: here

facts-i-just-made-up:

Genetically Modified Berry compared to Organic Berry:

Note that the modified specimen is bloated to about 3 times the mass of the common berry. Advanced rot has set in prior to maturity and tests revealed 78% more lactic acid in the modified organism.

Upon contact with the modified berry, the picker’s hands exhibited a rash which is clearly visible on the fingers and should not be mistaken for juice stains acquired during picking. While the common berry, of course, has no ill effects on the skin, the modified organism had an effect similar to poison oak and swelling set in shortly after the photo was taken.  The discoloration and pain lasted approximately 12 hours with treatment including Neosporin and Syrup of Ipecac.

At 16 hours the specimen went missing and could not be monitored for decay rates.  While the common berry remained, the modified berry was spotted the next Tuesday at the corner of Wallace and 12th St. Having grown another meter and a half, the genetically modified berry murdered two prostitutes and became the target of a cross country manhunt. It was last seen on February 20th in Boulder, CO where it has joined with several bananas from the Monsanto corporation and stolen at least two shotguns from the Boulder Police Department.

A manifesto was released online suggesting that the berries intend to strike at our nurseries, killing our young and replacing them with further modified organisms which we will raise as our own. They also intend to “free their enslaved brothers” by treating common fruits and possibly vegetables with mutagens.

The head of the FDA could not be reached for comment as he has gone missing. Only a glass of unidentified red fluid was found in his office, labeled “Extra Pulp”.

abigaildonaldson:

“A Dream of a Dress” photographed by Paolo Roversi for Vogue Italia December 2009