THE BRUNETTE’S BROWS FURROWED slightly, this man sounded like a late night infomercial — actually no, he sounded a lot like those old recordings of j.a.r.v.i.s she’d found ages ago. “ well considering that the man died about a millennia ago…i don’t think you’d be able to interact much, unless of course you performed a séance. “ and she’d leave it at that, this place had brought back someone for her, tony had been dead for more than a solid decade in her world and yet she’d been able to see him again, but she still couldn’t wrap her mind around the why of that situation, nor did she care to — for the moment anyway. she was too busy enjoying time with him, loving that for once in her life her family felt complete because with pepper here, it felt like the universe had finally decided to give them the second chance everyone had gotten when tony brought them back.
it took her a moment to decide to answer his question, but a light chuckle did slip past her lips before she spoke. “ don’t get it twisted, insufferable know it all, is my default setting. “ she stated with a roll of her shoulders. “ my FAMILY is here, both of my parents who believe it or not have agreed that keeping me on a leash isn’t PRODUCTIVE. “ granted she could find ways to sneak out of course, but morgan did appreciate being able to focus her energy on other things, especially when it came to getting stark industries off the ground now that? that was something she was utterly passionate about. “ oh i don’t know… maybe it’s the fact that we’re on an ALIEN planet? “ her voice was once again laced with her signature sarcasm. but she could appreciate the genuine curiosity even if she couldn’t quite get a read on the man before her. “ it’s what i do, i tinker, i build... and innovate my way out of things. “ and occasionally she used her genius to change the world, but that fact was best left unsaid, for now. nodding as he gave her his name, she did consider omitting hers simply to be difficult but once his hand was outstretched she figured, that adding ‘ rude ‘ to her charming set of qualities wasn’t the way to go. so she dropped her colored pencil on her lap and took his outstretched hand with her own, giving it a firm shake and maintaining eye contact with him, before she took it back. “ morgan, morgan stark. “ she finished an obvious note of pride in her voice as she said her last name. “ i’d WELCOME you and all but from what i can sense a ‘ welcoming party ‘ is the LAST thing you’re interested in correct? “ that much had been clear seconds into their conversation, but she’d let him admit that out loud instead of being clear about it for herself.
" contacting the dead ? that would be witchcraft . quite certainly not my area of expertise , love . “ perhaps the mere concept of vampirism was a bit too farfetched for her to properly grasp . he knew a human when he saw one . if she wasn’t , she would’ve surely caught on to the irony of it all — niklaus had been dead for over a thousand years .
calloused fingers intertwined behind his back , following her every movement with hues darker than the abyss . “ ah , i’ve murdered both of my parents before they could murder me so forgive me if i find your family matters rather ... trivial . “ a devilish smile flickers across his features , hoping that his brutal honesty did nothing but tie a few knots in her stomach . she didn’t seem prone to a little intimidation but surely violence was a sensitive topic to many . for a man who profited off of his immortality and the vast world of the supernatural , for some reason , he was finding it extremely hard to believe they were on some extraterrestrial planet . everyone he had come across by far seemed so painfully normal and oblivious . perhaps this was his curse bestowed upon him by a higher power . to be stuck in a land of brunettes with bad attitudes and faulty leads . “ very well , i shall remember that name . morgan . “ niklaus repeated the name to himself , unable to find any trace of her in between the lines of his intricate history . his own hand retreated as hers did , trying to put his finger on what it was that made it seem like she knew more than she was letting on . “ on the contrary , do you happen to be a part of a welcoming committee of sorts ? i’d like to meet them , especially if they are even as half as pleasant as you . “ he found himself mirroring her sarcasm as she seemed to respond to it well . perhaps she was an indication that there were others who had answers that were better than all of this being them stuck on an ‘ alien planet ‘ .