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Name: Pepper Potts
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Original or Alternate Universe: Original
Canon Point: End of Iron Man 3
Number: 125

Setting:

Pepper comes from a world that is an alternate modern day Earth. Technology in the Marvel Universe is advanced beyond the current real world standards (You could say it is modern technology with a dash of super science thrown into the mix). In this world, superheroes like Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man exist. On top of that the world has just discovered that there are other worlds that have far more advanced technology than our own. Because of this a group of super heroes have been banded together by a man named Nick Fury who works for an American agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D.

Earth-199999 is almost a perfect duplication of our own in almost every form. The deviations occur in the scientific accomplishments that have come to pass and the recent realization that other realms of existence (such as Aasgard and the realms above and below it) exist.

The technology in Earth-19999 deviates when Norse Mythology becomes Norse fact. Aasgardians visited the world and those visits became Norse legend and deism. The Aasgardians left behind an object known as the Tesseract. This Tesseract, on Earth, was capable of giving out an astronomical amount of energy. It quickly became a holy relic and was hidden away by an order devoted to keeping it out of the hands of those who would use its powers for evil.

Now we flash forward to the 1940’s and Hitler’s rise to power. A budding scientist known as Howard Stark is busy making super history with a German refugee known as Abraham Erskine. Erskine had already attempted to use his serum on a man known as Johann Schmidt; unfortunately the serum had not worked as Erskine had intended. He had created a power hungry monster that would later rise in the Nazi ranks and create a division known as HYDRA and use the Tesseract to create weapons the likes of which the world would never believe could exist. Erskine soon defected to the United States where, with the help of Howard Stark, he would perfect his serum and create the first well known super hero in Captain America. This serum would only be used once due to the fact that Erskine was assassinated by HYDRA agents. Captain America too would be lost to the winds as he saved America from a full frontal HYDRA attack. In Howard’s methodical but sadly fruitless search he found only the Tesseract, but not even the remains of Captain America’s body were found.

Howard quickly became the most trusted name in the scientific world. He used the Tesseract as inspiration for a new creation known as the Arc Reactor. Howard made several prototype arc reactors, but before he could perfect his arc reactor Howard Stark and his wife were tragically killed in a car accident, leaving their seventeen year old son, Tony Stark to run the company.

The military continued to attempt to recreate the serum that had created Captain America, but to no avail. It wasn’t until Bruce Banner experimented with gamma radiation that anything substantial came of the research. In an attempt to prove the validity of his research Banner experimented on himself. This experimentation resulted in a Banner becoming (when his emotions run out of control) a gigantic green mutation known as The Hulk.

With things branching beyond the conceivable containable the governments of the world created an organization known as the World Security Council. The WSC began funding an organization known as the Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement Logistics Division (also known as S.H.I.E.L.D) There is, however, strong evidence (based on things said by Nick Fury in Iron Man 2) that S.H.I.E.L.D has its roots far earlier than this. That Howard Stark was one of the founding members of the organization and had close ties to Nick Fury himself.

After Tony Starks capture and escape from Afghanistan he quickly became the world’s first (since Captain America) publically known superhero. S.H.I.E.L.D attempted to contact Stark in the forms of Phil Coulson and later ‘Natalie Rush’, but in the end decided to only use him for consultation. Around the same time as this was occurring the first contact between Aasgardians and humans in centuries was occurring in the form of the banished ‘god’ Thor. This was the first time in the 20th century that man learned that they were not alone in the universe and that there were beings greater than they could ever imagine coming right for them.

Not long after Thor’s return to Aasgard, Loki, another Aasgardian arrived on Earth intent to rule it. Due to the nature of Loki’s attack and the grand scale battle that took place in New York between the newly formed Avengers and a Chitauri invasion fleet led by Loki, the whole world finally witnessed the truth about the world they lived in. They were not alone and the neighbors weren’t exactly friendly.

Even so all was not well in the world. Man’s fear was leading to greater and more powerful weapons and greater and more audacious terrorist attacks. The most publicized came in the form of a terrorist known only as The Mandarin; someone who was using mass media to display his message and his violence to the world and attack the United States.

History:

Pepper started her time at Stark Industries in finance (like the original comic says) and spotted a mistake that Tony made in his calculations. For whatever reason, Pepper felt the need to point out the mistake to him personally. In order to get past his bodyguards she threatened to use Pepper spray on them. Her tenacity and determination as well as her intelligence impressed Tony so much that he made her his assistant and gave her the nickname 'Pepper' as a joke. This is how she ended up as his personal assistant.

Over ten years later Pepper had become one of the most important pieces in Tony Stark's life. She had become one of the most skilled, efficient, and above all else indispensable assistants on the planet. She learned to take everything thrown at her (and there is quite a bit that is thrown at her) as if it was nothing and now managed almost every aspect of Mr Stark's ever hectic and sordid life. This even included getting rid of the one night stands that Tony had and ensuring that his liquor cabinet was filled with exactly what he wanted. In fact, Pepper had easily become Tony Stark's 'girl Friday' as it were. A woman who would do anything he requested without question and still tell him exactly what she thought of what he was doing. In fact Tony and Pepper became quite close over the years. One could even say that their relationship had more the a friendship aspect to it then an entirely professional one.

When Tony was captured and held hostage in Afghanistan the news affected Pepper deeply. Over the years Pepper had grown to care deeper for Tony then even she truly realized. Even so she tried not to let her own feelings show as she continued doing her job as his personal assistant.

When Tony returned from his captivity he had a device inside his chest known as an arc reactor. Tony's belief and direction for Stark Industries had also changed dramatically. Through science and engineering Tony constructed a suit and chose to fight the evils that his own company had assisted in creating. This was the birth of the superhero known as Iron Man. Pepper's involvement with Iron Man runs deep through all the movies. Pepper is one of the first to learn of Iron Man's true identity (A discovery which happened when she walked in on Tony trying to peel the suit off with the help of his robot army assistants.) Not only that, but Pepper remains Tony's personal assistant throughout the first movie, showing a strength and loyalty to him that is clearly more than simply an employer and an employee. Towards the end of the first movie Pepper starts to actively help Tony after Obadiah Stane has effectively taken over the company and started creating an Iron Man type suit of his own. In fact, she returns to the company and retrieves information on his creation of the suit as well as evidence which links Obadiah to Tony's kidnapping. Pepper is also instrumental in Stane's death due to the fact that she is the one to overload the large scale arc reactor which causes the power surge that disables his suit, causing him to plummet into the reactor and die.

Pepper later becomes CEO of Stark industries when Tony is (secretly) dying of palladium poisoning. Due to the fact that Ivan Venko (Whiplash) appears and attacks Tony when it was made clear (by Tony) that Tony was the 'only one' who had the ability to create and use arc reactor technology Pepper is stuck dealing with the fall out. Stark Industries plummets and Hammer Industries becomes a major player in the world where it comes to weapons technology. This would be where Nick Fury and his agent Natasha Romanov come fully onto the scene. The pair gave Tony the means to solve the problem of his dying of palladium poisoning. Once he had created an entirely new element which kept him from dying Tony returned as Iron Man and fought off Venko with the help of Rhody in one of his older model suits (which will later be known as the Iron Patriot). Once Venko is killed and the world is safe again Tony and Pepper decide to take their relationship to a romantic level and Pepper technically quits as CEO of Stark Industries.

It is revealed that there is a greater world of super heroes out there. There is the genetically altered Steve Rogers who is better known as Captain America. Bruce Banner, the brilliant scientist who specializes in gamma radiation and suffered from a horrible accident that created an alter ego, The Hulk. There are also the trained agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division). Most notably of these agents are Natasha Romanov (Black Widow), Phil Coulson, and Clint Barton (better known as Hawkeye). It was also revealed that there are worlds outside our own which contain beings more powerful than us. One of these worlds is Aasgard a world that contains the legends of Norse mythology in flesh. Among these and well noted are Loki, the trickster god wants to take revenge on his brother by attacking Earth (or Midgard as they call it). The other is Thor, the god of thunder. Thor was banished to Earth and, while there, grew to care about Earth and vowed to protect it. Together under the direction of Nick Fury, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, The Hulk, The Black Widow, and Hawkeye make up the superhero fighting team The Avengers.

Before the events of the invasion of New York it is revealed that Pepper has moved in with Tony and the pair is doing a pretty good job of making a go of their relationship. They have started using the arc reactor design with the new element (badassium) in an attempt to create a self-sustaining clean energy source that can be used by the public. It is also revealed that Pepper has rescinded her resignation (not that Tony had accepted it at the time) and was now running Stark Industries with Happy Hogan as the head of security.

Pepper has a meeting with a man who she reveals to Happy she had worked with before. She also reveals that this man, Aldrich Killian, had been romantically obsessed with her in the past. In the business meeting Killian reveals that he has something known as Extremis (this compound is explained in the abilities section). It is clear that Killian is still interested in Pepper, but she attempts to keep things on an entirely professional level. Pepper denies Killian his funding for his project and he seems to accept it with grace. Although he mentions seeing her again later; something that worries Pepper greatly.

When Pepper returns home she is greeted by Tony’s brand new Mark 42 suit, presumably with Tony inside. It’s clear that she’s been living there for quite some time, and due to the fact that she knows Tony so well she soon discovers that he is not in fact in the suit, and that he has already eaten when he was supposed to wait for her. These sorts of things have been happening constantly since New York, but Tony refuses to confide in her. She becomes agitated and turns to leave until Tony finally confides in her. Pepper does her best to console him and they both go to bed. That night Tony accidentally calls the Mark 42 in his sleep and it attacks Pepper. She becomes upset and leaves the bedroom.

Later Happy is badly injured in an ‘attack’ on the Chinese theater and Tony threatens the man claiming responsibility by challenging him and publicly revealing his home address to the world. Pepper wants to leave the house with him so that they are both safe from the terrorist, but Tony refuses. This is when a former one night stand and a biological DNA recoder named Maya Hanson shows up at the house insisting that she needs to talk to Tony immediately and in private. Before she can reveal her reason for being there the house is attacked by helicopters and Tony sends the Mark 42 to Pepper. She saves his life by shielding him from falling ceiling and he then instructs her to get Maya out of the house. Once she has secured her and Maya’s safety Tony brings the suit back to him and the last Pepper sees of him is the entire structure collapsing into the ocean, presumably with him inside.

During clean up Pepper discovers an encoded message inside one of the Iron Man suit helmets. It reveals that Tony is still alive and that there are things he has to do before he can return to her side. Pepper then questions Maya as to why she was at the house. Maya reveals that she believes her boss, Aldrich Killian, is working for the terrorist. She expresses remorse for the entire situation and Pepper does her best to console her. It is quickly revealed that Maya is in on the entire terrorist plot and she and Aldrich kidnap Pepper and inject the Extremis serum into her body.

In one of her lucid moments while the serum fights for acceptance by her body Killian reveals that the reason he is doing this to her is not simply to get Tony to comply and help to stabilize the serum but also because he wishes to keep Pepper as a trophy. Unfortunately Pepper is far too weak and in too much pain to do anything about the situation at the time. When Tony and Rhodey come to rescue her and the president of the United States she is trapped under debris and still in great amounts of pain. Killian attempts to kill Tony in front of her, but their actions only serve to make the structure that she is in even more unstable and she ends up clinging to a beam over 200 feet above a hard surface. Unfortunately Tony is not able to save her from the drop and she falls, presumably to her death. When Killian is about to kill Tony it is revealed that Pepper is still alive and that Extremis has been accepted by her body. Pepper is attacked by one of the suits again and she punches a hole in it before ripping off the arm and using it to kill Aldrich Killian before he can regenerate. Pepper and Tony are reunited with a bit of banter and Tony assures her that he can fix (I assume stabilize) her issue with the Extremis virus in her body. In response to his continually working on the suits Tony enacts the ‘clean slate protocol’ and blows them all up in a beautiful fireworks display and a symbolic display that symbolizes that he will no longer put the suits first (also that he no longer needs them).


Personality:

Pepper Potts is what would be looked at as a strong supporting character or a sheath character. She is looked at as the morels and humanity of Tony Stark. This doesn't mean that Pepper isn't a dynamic person in her own right. In fact she very much is. Pepper is the picture perfect example of a 1940's 'girl Friday'. This is a woman who has everything handled and has no problem with standing on her own two feet without any help from a man. Pepper is the sort of woman who gets things done and knows exactly how to manage people in a way that gets those things done efficiently and effectively. During the second Iron Man movie Tony tells her that it's always been her that was perfect to succeed the company. The reason for this is because she is just as smart and strong as Tony himself is (in her own way), she's simply more organized and morally guided. If Tony is the Id of the brain then Pepper is the Ego and Superego.

Due to her being a strong 'alpha' type personality (and in my estimation most likely a Libra) she has a strong drive to be right. Because of this she has gained an incredibly strong work ethic and is often either in charge of things or the person organizing things in the background. This personality type also lends her to have difficulty 'unwinding'. Pepper rarely just enjoys things for the sake of enjoying them. She will often times be thinking twelve steps ahead of the current situation and organizing the next three steps while others are reveling in the triumph of what has just been accomplished. (This is something she has been told she needs to work on 'enjoying the moment' as it was termed.) Pepper isn't unhappy about this part of herself. In fact, she actually enjoys what she does and is happy with the person that she is. She enjoys planning things out and watching them develop just the way that she has planned them to. To Pepper, watching a perfectly executed plan is often times more enjoyable then going to a party and letting loose. This isn't to say that Pepper doesn't enjoy socializing. She enjoys it very much in fact; she simply is the type to enjoy a more controlled party rather than one that is out of her control. When Pepper is in a situation that is outside of her control she will do her utmost to regain that control and to calm everyone down.

Even though Pepper can be strong willed and occasionally hard headed she is also very aware of her surroundings and a very caring person. She's the sort of person who would remember your name and birthday even if she's only met you a few times. Even though Pepper has only met with Phil a few times she makes sure to talk to him and treat him like a dear friend. She knows not only his first name but also intimate parts of his life (such as the fact that he was dating a cellist who lived in Seattle). Pepper clearly wishes to ensure that those around her feel valuable and secure. With this comes her amazing ability to diffuse any situation (Unless there are giant metal suits involved). She can easily swap between being personally involved in a situation and putting on a 'work face' for the press and the surrounding people so as to calm things down and allow the world to keep going, even if she's still emotionally holding her breath.

One of the most interesting things about Pepper is how different her reactions are from what others would consider normal. When she’s happy the corners of her eyes crinkle and she looks as if she is about to cry. When she’s angry she looks stern and frustrated, and when she’s sad or depressed she oftentimes simply looks terribly confused. To Pepper, simple things can make her happy. Most prominent is being able to have a chat with a good friend. Pepper has the ability to make friends easily. She has an easy smile and is very expressive as well as a strong and just good listener. She invests herself in their lives and the conversations that she has with them. She’s the type of person who will remember your birthday after being told it once offhandedly and even send you a present on that day. She’s thoughtful, kind and caring in ways that extend beyond herself. She wants those around her to know that they are cared about and appreciated and she makes sure that they do know it.

Pepper has a unique way of showing her displeasure, especially with Tony. It's never obvious and always tongue in cheek. With that same pleasant smile that she happily asked about someone's son she will pleasantly point out another person (usually Tony's) fault, and request for them to cut it out. Pepper is always professional at work. With her ability to make others feel at ease and her simple and kind way of guiding people in the right direction she keeps everyone on track and runs Stark enterprises while Tony hides in his workshop and comes up with his next greatest idea.

When Pepper is truly upset or frustrated or flustered she tends to become more physically animated when she talks. She also tends to purse her lips together in a tight look that causes the small wrinkles to pull at the sides of her mouth. Pepper’s speech patterns tend to start to stutter more and she becomes very flustered. One could say that it’s almost as if someone has pushed a ‘reset’ button on Pepper and she has to ‘reboot’ before she can regain her composure and attempt to find her ground in the situation. Be that raking control again from the situation or relegating herself to the background and watching or even taking orders and removing herself from the situation altogether.

Pepper is the sort of person who does her best to hide her emotional upheaval. For Pepper, falling apart is something that you do in private, or only with those you truly trust and can let your defenses down around (for her there are approximately 2 people who she feels she could burden with her issues). Pepper will continue to keep a brave and false face in public until she is alone and able to simply fall apart. In some cases she will simply take a private moment to shatter away from the eyes of others before collecting herself back up again and moving on with things.

Pepper has been known to raise her voice, but I wouldn’t call it yelling. She takes on more of an angry parent tone or, as it’s often times termed a ‘mom tone’. It’s strong and forceful and raised above the normal speaking tone of voice, but it’s also not entirely screaming. She tends to do this during heated moments or when someone is being particularly stupid or reckless.

Pepper oftentimes relegates herself to the background when making interpersonal relationships. She’ll make her connections with other ‘background people’ rather then making connections with the big names she comes in contact with. She understands that these people are just as important because she’s been one of them for over ten years. In regards to some she just genuinely enjoys their companionship; others it’s a matter of what needs to be done. Even if she isn’t pleased to be around someone she will do her utmost to react with professionalism and decorum. It’s often hard to tell if Pepper dislikes someone unless you know her body language and expressions well.

When Pepper loves someone she loves them deeply and completely. When it comes to her relationship with Tony she would never even think of looking at another man. To Pepper, Tony is all she wants, faults and everything. She may quip and complain about him, but it is mostly in fun. She’s actually very proud of the man that he’s become since returning from Afghanistan. What she can’t stand however, is when Tony shuts her out.

To Pepper, being able to help those she loves and cares for is important. The shutting out that Tony does to her in regards to the events of New York are more than just his ‘typical coping mechanism’. It is something that she thought they were past. Yet even while she is hurt by his actions she’s still willing to stand by his side (even if she’s short tempered most of the time and frustrated). She keeps a hope that slowly he will open up to her and let her help to heal the wounds that were opened by the battle of New York.

Pepper is an incredibly organized woman. This probably stems from the fact that she's in charge of not just one, but two lives. Without Pepper, Tony Stark would probably not be able to find anything (A fact that is pointed out in the first movie during the dance scene). She's his organization and even while he's trying to destroy himself in Iron Man 2 she's doing damage control. Taking care of him is a bit like taking care of her own oversized child.

Pepper is not a technological savant like the people she works with and is generally surrounded by, but she's brilliant in a lot of other different areas and tends to focus on each one separately. Pepper is aware that she isn’t unintelligent, but she also knows that for her, it takes a lot of work to be able to understand those around her. While Pepper has learned quite a bit by being around Tony and the other super intelligent people at Stark Industries she knows that there is still much she has to learn. In her new position as CEO of Stark Industries she has learned to listen to the technological jargon that is spoken to her on a daily basis and pull out the important points. She is also not afraid to ask questions in regards to the things that they are telling her.

Because of all the time she spends around Tony and around Stark Industries Pepper also tends to thinks less of her intelligence then she might have if she were in a different company. In all honesty Pepper is highly intelligent in her own right, but there are different types of intelligences in the world and Pepper’s intelligence is very different from those employed at Stark Industries. The people that Pepper works with have a higher intellect in mechanics, bioengineering, theoretical physics … etc. then what would be found in a typical employment for someone like Pepper. Because of this she has an oddly skewed idea of her own intelligence. If one were to sum up Pepper in regards to her intelligence, that word would be humble. If asked she would say that she’s simply giving credit where credit is due (in the source of the inspiration, the hands that made it happen. To Pepper it’s rarely a one man effort, it’s collaborative and everyone who pitched in is responsible for the success.), but those outside of her would easily give her the credit for her efforts (unless that outside person was a brat).

In her downtime (which isn't much or often) Pepper tends to enjoy quiet activities. Pepper honestly enjoyed curating Tony's art collection (or did before he donated it to the Boy Scouts of America), which is why she was so upset when it was no longer available for her to curate. She tends to have a taste for the finer things in life as well, choosing to spend money on expensive clothing rather then on frivolous things like video games. This doesn't mean that she doesn't know how to save her money. She's very good at that actually. She will simply save for what she wants if she doesn't have the money readily available without having to dip into her savings fund.


Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations:

Pepper is for all intents and purposes an average person. Without the Extremis enhancements active she is simply a personal assistant. Pepper isn't strong or particularly fast (although she's pretty good at running in heels). She doesn't know how to fight and she can't use weaponry. Pepper's strengths come in the form of her abilities as a personal assistant and her personality.

Pepper's strongest skill set is clerical, managerial, and organizational. She is the only person who can manage Tony Stark and the only one who can get him to do anything without force, coercion, or bribery.

Pepper is one of (it seems) the only people who Tony respects and trusts. She's oddly not afraid of anyone who is more powerful than she is. She's the sort of person who could (more than likely) stand down a God himself and still get him to file the right paperwork in triplicate. Pepper is fully capable of verbally dealing with anyone in power who she feels needs to be given a 'talking to'. Even when chastising someone she is able to (generally) maintain a professional decorum.

Pepper is capable of not only understanding, but also empathizing with others to a strong degree. She cares deeply for others and strongly wants to help any way that she can. In truth, sometimes Pepper becomes too attached to others and it is difficult for her to really pull away. While this is true she tries very hard to hide these feelings.

Pepper is capable of taking a lot of emotional stress before showing even the smallest crack in her professional face, and even then she does it with strength and dignity. It is only when she is with those she’s most comfortable that she will show how truly emotionally stressed out that she is. This ability is also a strong liability for Pepper. She tends to keep everything so tightly inside of herself that when she finally does snap, it's to a degree that it is an intense and emotionally draining situation.

Pepper is extremely curious. This van be both good and bad. While being curious is good, she tends to not entirely realize when she is in danger (this also plays into her sense of duty as well). She will stay in a potentially dangerous situation in order to ensure the safety of others, or get closer to a dangerous object simply because she doesn't know what it is.

When not under the influence of the Extremis DNA recoding Pepper is not a fighter. She is more likely to run from a fight then to participate in it and is easily overpowered by others (Extremis not withstanding). To this end she often times needs saving from others when put in a dangerous situation. Because of this she tries very hard to stay out of situations that might endanger her (this doesn't work very well most of the time.)





Pepper recently joined the world of super beings when a man known as Aldrich Killian injected her with an experimental genetic rewriting process serum known as Extremis. The capabilities for Extremis are listed below and found on the Marvel Wiki.

Healing Factor: The Extremis virus imparts incredible restorative capabilities upon the host organism, which was its primary original intention. Superficial wounds close over and heal completely in a matter of seconds, and severed limbs can take minutes to regrow, although particularly extensive damage- such as when Tony shot an Extremis-enhanced soldier through the heart with a chest repulsor- would not be healed.

Exothermic Manipulation: Hosts of the Extremis virus are able to consciously raise the temperature of parts of their bodies. The effect can be controlled to the extent that it might only scorch skin, or increased to the point where it can cause steel to turn into a molten state.

Superhuman Strength: (Only when Extremis is active) The Extremis virus enhances the muscular power of the host considerably. The extent appears to vary within marginal limits, but most have demonstrated the ability to hoist the weight of a human male effortlessly in one hand and hurl such a weight across a room, as well as engage the Iron Man armors in battle without weapons.


Enhanced Agility:(Only when Extremis is active) The Extremis virus enhances musculature to become more powerful in its motion, granting the host marginally enhanced agility.


Even in cases where Extremis has bonded to the host (as in Pepper’s case) there is a potential for the compound to become unstable and detonate the host subject.

It should be noted that Pepper is not the sort of person to use her super powers if she can manage without them. More likely than not any use of her super abilities would be either in an accident or an emergency situation. In most situations she will rely on her more human abilities than anything else.

Inventory:
Inside Pepper's locker will be the outfit she was wearing at the end of Iron Man 3 (a sports bra and Capri yoga leggings) and the repulser arm that she ripped off of the Mark VII.

Appearance:
Pepper is a woman of average height with red-blonde hair that reaches the end of her shoulder blades. She appears to be about in her early to mid-thirties. She has what one would call a toned body, but her muscles aren’t what one would call defined. Pepper’s body structure on the medium side and her arms and legs are long.


The outward appearance that Pepper displays to others is always pristine and composed. The lines of her professional attire are always crisp and pressed and her hair is generally either pulled back in a ponytail or a bun. Pepper has been known to occasionally wear her hair down or pinned partially up, but it is always perfectly in place and off her face. Pepper is often seen wearing an ‘A’ line skirt and a pair of standard heels.

Privately Pepper is a bit less fastidious with her appearance. She’s more relaxed and is able to show her softer and more playful sides. She is quick to remove the heels that she wears during work hours and can often be found wondering around barefoot in the privacy of her own home. While she still tends toward dress shirts she will pair them with jeans or jean shorts and a pair of sneakers (when she can’t just be barefoot). Her sleeping attire is rarely her own clothing. She tends to wear Tony’s novelty shirts instead. At home Pepper’s hair is more often times than not down with the occasional fly away. It’s styling is much softer then when she is displaying her professional appearance.

Age: Late 30's, early 40's

AU Clarification:None

S A M P L E S
Log Sample:

Pepper remembers the fireworks. They weren't exactly fireworks though; they were all of Tony's armors exploding. They were a promise that Tony wouldn't shut her out anymore. For those few moments she had been hopeful. Everything was going to be alright. Then she'd awoken in a strange medical bay covered in blue gook and alone. Somehow it figured that this would happen.

Pepper sat down on the bed in her quarters and tried desperately not to freak out. She needed to keep her head, and she didn't know what might set off the serum running through her and cause her to explode. She pressed her lips tightly together and took several deep breaths. She needed to find someone who could stabilize her before she could do anything else. She needed a scientist; after that she could work on getting back home. She pulled the phone back out of her pocket and started rooting through the contents.

Comms Sample:

[It takes Pepper a while before actually accessing the network. First there was finding her quarters and cleaning herself up, then there was familiarizing herself with the communicator and going through everything she could. Unfortunately her attempts to get any information on how she got here or why did bring up any results. So now she's turned to the network; having browsed over the numbered posts.

The woman displayed in the video has her hair pulled back and fastened in place with the side strands of her hair and is wearing no make up so the slight crinkles at the corners of her eyes can be seen. Her lips are pressed into a tight straight line, but other then that she seems to be keeping a calm demeanor. It's clear to anyone who knows her well that she's pretending to be more confident in the situation then she really is, but she's also pulling off the bluff rather well.]

I’m sure you’ve all heard these over a hundred times, so I’ll cut to the chase. My name is Pepper Potts and I’m looking for a scientist familiar with genetic encoding. I'm looking for any information on how I got here.

Finding a scientist is a matter of some urgency. If you can assist me I'm willing to exchange my services for yours. I have over ten years of experience working as a personal assistant for the CEO of a major corporation as well as roughly a years experience working as the CEO myself.

If you can help me in any way please contact me as soon as possible.