[Third POV, Year 2001, September 12th, Mirror Dimension]
"…Alright then, I won't pry too much into it."
"Good. Mind-breaking isn't really my thing."
"I'm going to take my leave now. I hope you follow my advice and stop creating Dark Fountains. Dimensional threats could slip into our world through the thinning veil of reality in those places."
"Don't worry, Ancient One. I won't make more Dark Fountains in the near future."
"Thank you, Adrian. Goodbye."
With that, the Ancient One opened a portal behind her and stepped through, dispersing the Mirror Dimension and returning Adrian to the normal world.
[Normal World]
"Adrian! Damn it, kid, you scared me! You just vanished and then reappeared two minutes later! What the hell happened?!"
"Hi again, Tony. Just had a chat with a woman who's probably over 500 years old. Don't worry—she just warned me about making Dark Fountains recklessly."
"Who exactly is she? What do you mean, 500 years old?"
Considering Tony knew virtually nothing about the mystical side of the world, Adrian gave him a crash course on magic-related matters—what Kamar-Taj is, who the Ancient One was, what they did, and a few magical threats.
"So you're telling me a DnD-style magic group has been protecting the world from dimension-hopping threats powerful enough to destroy it?"
"Basically, yes."
"...You said we could learn magic in the Dark World, but looks like that's off the table now. So, could we maybe learn from them instead? I've got a million ideas for integrating magic into the suit."
"Well…"
Adrian pulled a piece of paper from his pocket. On it, something was written.
"177A Bleecker Street… that's an address, right? Jarvis, where does this lead?"
With Tony's command, a projection appeared, showing a large building—what many Marvel fans would instantly recognize as the Sanctum Sanctorum.
"Sir, the location is in Greenwich Village, New York City."
"This appeared in my pocket right after the Ancient One left. It's probably where we can find her. Maybe she'll let us learn—or teach—magic. Who knows."
Adrian slipped the paper back into his pocket, thoughts racing again.
'This time I got lucky. The Ancient One didn't do anything drastic and I didn't have to load my save file again.'
"Guess we've got something new to pursue."
"Yeah, but we should focus on upgrading the suit and making sure nothing else weird happens this week. After that, we can visit the Ancient One and try to learn magic."
"A magic-powered suit sounds awesome. If missiles don't work, I'll just throw three thunderbolts at the enemy."
The idea of tossing lightning bolts like a thunder god appealed to Stark. He could even name it the Mjolnir Series 1 or something catchy like that.
"Now that I remember—Jarvis, store all data you captured from the Dark World. File it under 'Upgrades.'"
"OH RIGHT—Spark, you do the same."
"Understood. Right away." x2
Why were Tony and Adrian making Jarvis and Spark store Dark World data? Simple. Once they left the Dark World, those AIs ceased being sentient—they no longer had emotions.
Isolating that data could allow Tony and Adrian to significantly upgrade Jarvis and Spark, possibly recreating emotional frameworks, boosting intelligence, and unlocking whole new capabilities.
"Alright, back to work. That element won't make itself."
"You're right, kid. Time to grind."
And so, Adrian and Tony continued their day as usual.
[September 14th]
Two days later, Adrian and Tony stood behind a glass barrier, watching machines work. These machines were tasked with synthesizing the new element—and the duo was still trying to name it.
"Badassium can't be patented. What about Unobtanium?"
"That sounds more like a concept—something ultra-convenient but impossible to obtain. And we can obtain it, so it'd be weird to name it that. What about Thritium?"
"Too similar to other elements. Maybe something like… Tersstium?"
"Why Tersstium?"
"I snooped around with Spark. Turns out your dad was researching something called the Tesseract. It's actually the reason the Arc Reactor was made in the first place. He worked with someone named Vanko, I think."
Suddenly, a bright light filled the lab, forcing Adrian and Tony to shield their eyes. Seconds later, the glow dimmed, revealing a brilliant blue triangle—just like in the movie.
"Looks like it's done. Should we call Pepper for lunch?"
"Yeah, I'm starving. I'm five years old, but I eat like a pig, man."
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Author Note: Well, i don't really have much to say, this chapter was more of advancing plot so i made it somewhat shorter.
Please add to library and give powerstones!