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[he frowns.] Tony - you were missed at the brief.

[The head of the suit turns, the eyes glowing. It sounds the same as when Tony is in it but really, it's Jarvis working the voice processor.]

Tony Stark is currently out of town at a conference.

...And yet, he speaks to me? Come, now. [a large hand lifts to pat his shoulder firmly, Thor smirking.] Why did you hide out in your self-made dungeon again?

[Jarvis is a little confused at Thor referring to the suit as a dungeon, but he thinks he understands the gist of it. The faceplate of the suit slides up revealing there is indeed nobody inside of it.]

[he had meant underground in the workstation, but the suit - it was true, he saw it as an obstruction as well as a shield for his friend.]

Ah -- [his eyes widen before he realises from memory something about auto... pilot?] But it speaks.. how -

[The face plate closes, the eyes glowing again.]

I am Jarvis, Mr. Stark's computer artificial intelligence. I am in control of the mechanics of the Iron Man suit.

..I see. [he's slightly intrigued and yet -] Then he had intentionally left to avoid us all?

I could not say, Mr Thor. However, he is scheduled to return at 5 pm this evening. Did you need to speak to him?

...Thor will be fine. [the mister makes him frown.] Ah - no. I will... wait. [he glances around, trying to locate where the voice can be coming from.]

I an able to send him a message if it is urgent. [Misinterpreting his glance around as being impatient. The suit continues testing it's systems, Jarvis multitasking as all surfaces move up and back in succession.]

What do you need, Stark?

[The suit stops walking, the voice processor sounding like Stark...but he probably wouldn't be this polite]

I do not need anything at the moment, Agent Coulson. This is not Tony Stark, this is Jarvis.

[He paused.]

I didn't know you could operate the suit autonomously.

[One hand moves out, turning back and forth, and then the other as if testing the system]

I could not until today. Mr. Stark has been developing a new program for the Mark VI in the event the suit is too far away for him to come and get it.

[Jarvis can then just fly the suit to him.]

Do you have control of all the systems?

I was just about to test the stabilizing boosters. However, I do need to proceed outside before I attempt that.

[Jarvis was going to take Tony's first flying experience and build from it.]

Definitely not the type of thing you want to test indoors. I'm surprised Mr. Stark isn't supervising, though.

He has remote access should anything go differently.

[Note: not wrong but different. Jarvis being confident that he knows the limits of the machine being that he is one. Less chance for human error.]

Fair enough. I'm sure it will be a very interesting experiment.

[All of the panels on the suit move back and forth, testing all surfaces for errors in programming.]

Was there something you needed, Agent Coulson? [Because Jarvis can totally multitask. Though it's probably disconcerting talking to an empty suit.]

There's nothing that can't wait.

[Fair enough. Jarvis will then take this suit for a walkabout. He's not doing bad actually, it looks very lifelike. Or as lifelike as the suit looks with someone piloting it. Jarvis walks out of the building, finding a good safe patch of grass for testing the servos and rocket boosters.

The suit fires into life, hovering a few feet above the ground.]