"NOOOOOOOOO!" Kouji shrieked in an earsplitting screech at her unassuming desk, eyes narrowed to fiery orange slits. "I *hatehatehateHATE* technology!"

"What is it now?" Nina moaned, glaring at the poor author. Said author looked up, looking depressed. This was a rather disturbing sight: black eyes with orange pupils look downright wrong when filling with tears. Still, the entire cast of characters lounging in her living room and adjoining dining room added a great deal to the oddity of the picture.

Steve Rogers, buff and gorgeous as always, reading the newspaper at the kitchen table with a mug of steaming black coffee in his hand. Loki, in the living room, looking rather impressive with his feet propped up on an unconscious Thor (who, even out cold, was wearing a facesplitting grin, happy as he was to see his brother). Jane hovered worridly next to him. Bruce was ignoring everybody in favor of a rather large book. Kouji was pretty sure it was her 'Return of the King', but who knew. Tony on the sofa, beer in hand, taking up all three cushions, and Nina next to him in a loveseat, coke in hers. Darcy had climbed to the backrest of the couch and was comfortably perched (Kouji wondered briefly if it was Clint's influence).

And sitting at an utterly random and entirely out of place writing desk was Kouji, her hair a static-y navy blue mess that needed redyeing badly, utterly boring tee and jeans, huge hiking boots, and black eyes flaming with orange fire as she (almost literally) burned a hole in her phone (she was being careful to not actually destroy the thing).

"It isn't my fault this time! I swear!" she cried desperately.

"And whose is it, exactly?" Loki drawled. "I have finally gotten a part in this ridiculous charade that does not insult me completely, and you have not updated in weeks!" he finished dramatically.

"I have to know what happens to Nina!" Tony exclaimed, clutching the annoyed teen to him. "My poor Ninakins, locked alone with a psychopath..."

"Better than being locked up with *you*," she scowled, struggling out of his grasp and into safe territory behind Bruce, who steadily continued with his ignoring.

"I dunno, I don't think I mind..." Darcy said thoughtfully. She raised an eyebrow at the incredulous crowd. "Hey, the real world is cool!"

"It's exactly like ours," Tony said flatly. "Minus superheroes, villains, aliens, SHIELD, StarkIndustries... basically, anything interesting."

"And thus came fanfiction," Kouji sighed.

"And canon characters everywhere screamed in despair," Bruce said dryly without looking up.

"I'm hunnnngrryyyy," moaned Nina, already bored of the conversation. "When're the others coming baaack? Why couldn't I give with themmmm?"

"Because Natasha and Pepper are both smart and discreet," Steve called from the kitchen. "And getting enough good for all of us is rather difficult."

"And Hawkass?" Tony wondered.

"...should not be out of Natasha's sight," Jane said firmly.

"*Amen*," muttered Darcy.

"The issue is being avoided, Nishikikouji," interrupted Loki. "Why haven't you updated?"

"I don't have writers block, I'm not being lazy, it's just that my laptop is dead. Gone. Out of commission. Unfxable, and I have no idea if and when I'm getting a new one..." Kouji sighed, slumping in her chair. "I had even started a requested one-shot of Rocks!"

"You can obviously still write, because you're doing it now on your phone," Jane pointed out.

"Well, yeah... but autocorrect's a bitch - I'm too scared to proofread this and see all the mistakes - and it's a pain to type up on this tiny keyboard. Especially since I had stuff already done stuck on my old 'top. I'm not even sure this'll upload..."

"Your readers are gonna hate you," Nina said firmly.

Loki chuckled. "They've probably given up on you. It isn't exactly star quality material, you know."

"I hate you all," Kouji moaned. "Except Steve. He's too fluffy." She grinned and glomped him. Steve looked mildly confused.

"I'm what now - you know what, never mind."

"Listen, people, valued readers and reviewers who I love immensely..." Kouji said, turning to you (still glomping Steve). "I am so sorry for the wait, and I promise I'll get everything written and up as soon as I can... I'm just facing a lot of technical difficulties, as well as some school issues (why homework, why must you torture me so?) so it may be a while. To the three or so of you who actually care, I'm sorry. I promise I'll keep writing on my phone, it'll just take longer and probably have a few mistakes here and there. THANK you all SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING I LOVE YOU ALL YOU DARLINGS

...

Now I have to go figure out how to post this from a phone."

*fade to black*

*Darcy's voice is heard*

*fade back to grey*

*"-ou forgot the disclaimer, dumbass!"*

*"I DO NOT OWN MARVELLLLLLL~~~~~~"*

*Kouji's voice fades with the screen*