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NOTE: PETER HAS TWO EARPIECES! One for Spider-Man, and one for Peter. If you need to reach out to Spider-Man, you can do so here as well. Just be aware that it doesn't show Peter and Spider-Man as the same person.

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[keepitgoing]

I... uh...

[His finger lowers, but he persists:]

Ever hear of parkour? Or free-running? Basically, it's just moving from one place to another as fast as you can, using whatever you can to decrease the time it takes to get there.

... It's a fun way to take your mind off stuff and burn off some steam.

And I could use the practice.

[jinxs]

What? You want to compete? You're going to eat my shimmer dust.

(he did disarm jinx with the sheer confusion, and right now, well. she does not want to murder anyone, all things considered.

maybe, just maybe, if she takes long enough vander will leave and she will thus escapes dealing with anything for a little while longer. she will not even let him have much time to reply, the trail of pink the last he sees of her in that spot before she is sitting right next to him with her arm extended.

just admiring her mismatched long nails.)

Lay the ground rules.

to spider-man, un: gorgug, text ( u know he's sending one to peter too later )

[tinflower]

hey

if you were going to protect a bubble city where other people might try to fuck it up, what would you try and set up?

text

[keepitgoing]

Good question! I think keeping our centralized area in Alexandrea's Wake safest would be important. Like, the hospital doesn't have anyone living to the north of it, so that's a real bad weak spot. I've been focusing my attention there during patrols when I'm not in Nova City, cuz Nevergray and Ochreward are pretty empty. It'd take too long for someone to notice there was danger coming from that way...

Nova City is full of hero-types, so that's less concerning.

Thrimble and Southern Dewpoint are also pretty empty too...

[Now you know why he wanders around so much in his suit! Surveying the land!]

[tinflower]

[ ... ]

you know who lives where?

[ Sorry, but that 'hero types live in nova city' stood out to Gorgug immediately!! ]

[keepitgoing]

Kiiiinda? I don't know where some people actually live, but I definitely notice where people collect the most. Nova City is HUGE for costumed types to do their costumed thing... I saw the batguy peeling out around the block at totally illegal speeds the other day.

... I thought about ticketing him, but I didn't want to get glared at.




You're not asking because I sound like a stalker, are you?
I swear I don't stalk people.

[tinflower]

no one likes a cop

and you made it sound like you costumed people like in nova city for some reason

being secretive

did you hear about the secret hero channel. was that one of you

[ 'you'!!!! ]

[keepitgoing]

Hey, it's good to drive safely!
And I don't live in Nova City, for the record. Not enough food joints.
Did you know they opened a deli recently? Like a genuine bodega! In Charronway.




Secret hero channel, huh?

[HUUUUH...]

[tinflower]

charronway is too far away for me to go
i guess i can visit on the way by
is it any good?

and i don't trust you acting innocent when you wear a suit

[keepitgoing]

I can swing some by to you if you want
It's delish, reminds me of home.

I'm sensing some strong side-eye from you here!
Can't people be innocent AND be in a fancy suit?

[tinflower]

okay. if you show me a menu i guess? i know what a deli is but not a bodega?

not when they run secret channels from everyone else
what were you guys doing on the train?

not sharing it with the rest of us


side eye

[keepitgoing]

A bodegas a little shop where you can pick up all kinds of little things, but a lot of them have a deli with the best food ever.
I don't know if this one's gonna be an actual bodega but it has deli and that's what's important!

To be honest... I haven't uhhhhh
actually ever used any secret channels?
I actually don't really talk to very many heroes these days
like, here or at home

[tinflower]

you don't have any hero friends? hero teammates?

[keepitgoing]

I guess when I first showed up, there were some people from home
But they're all gone now.

[It sucks to think about, because Natasha was one of those people, and — well. She's gone-gone.

That's too sad to think about, so we're gonna pivot into positives:]

Squirrel Girl is pretty cool though! 😁
We meet up and talk about goofy villain names and weird hero stuff sometimes.
So that's one right there!

[tinflower]

i talked to a guy who has super heroes and super villains
he said one was called condiment man
he was serious

[ He wasn't lying to Gorgug!!!! ]

[keepitgoing]

Oh my god
Doreen told me about a guy whose only villain thing was that he used superglue on people
You think they're related???

[tinflower]

why? why do they exist??
was it special glue like your webs
was it normal super glue?

why not get a hobby??

[keepitgoing]

I could not tell you.
He called himself 'Paste-pot Pete'
And he had two big glue guns he used against his enemies

I think he would have been a great glue company spokesperson honestly
Missed his calling, for sure.

[keepitgoing]

[Hey, listen — at this point, as long as it keeps her busy and stops heads from being smashed together? He'll take eating her dust as a major win. He leans in and talks casual, like this is any other day.]

Not a lot of rules involved! You start at one end of Nova City and then get to the other side using whatever structure is in your way. Points for creativity and actually using the infrastructure instead of just flying over the whole thing like a superhero with the power of flight; totally boring to just use flight, for the record.

[It almost sounds like Peter has challenged someone (Iron Man) to a race, only to be disappointed that he just flew from point A to point B in a straight line. Rich people, man. They don't understand the thrill of getting somewhere creatively on a budget!]

[jinxs]

What makes you think I can fly? Who can even fly? Can you fly?

(sure, there are all types of things in this place, but flight happens to be one that went right over her head in the realm of possibilities. she's still not even sure if she buys him being TACKY completely, her hand moving to squeeze his arm with no explanation as to why.

it was just to see if it would be impossible to take it away after.)

Take me up to the top of a building, and then we take it from there.

[keepitgoing]

[Wowee, did you feel the bicep under that suit? Solid muscle!

Peter, meanwhile, just blinks his big white bug-eyes before grinning under the mask.]

You want to zipline to the top?

[jinxs]

(... she did. and she is doing it again. one squeeze, two squeezes, and a roll of her eyes.)

Aren't you supposed to be a nerd? Just like Jayce, bet these are definitely for show.

(or she is just offended that she is a twig, and then there are the two other three nerds she knows. two out of three are twigs, and viktor probably is equally twiggy to her.

offensive.)

I thought you would just walk up a wall again.

[keepitgoing]

[Snort.]

Did you think I'd be a challenge if that's how I got around?

[He points his webshooter upward and fires one thin but strong line; it finds the best spot for momentum — and then without warning, he proceeds to grab her around the waist and immediately catapults them straight up into the air toward the tallest and most nearest building roof!]

WOOOO!!

[jinxs]

(it is a lot to process in one go. where does the web come from? is that a device? did he make the device? how does it work?-- but nothing she can get off of her before she is having the MOST FUN OF HER LIFE.

she does wrap one of her arms around him for security, but it is hardly a strong hold because the other one is in the air as she giggles through the experience. freeing and she can even land without losing balance once they reach a surface again.)

... THAT WAS SO FUN. This is how you live!?

[keepitgoing]

[So many questions, no time for answers! In the moment anyway. As his feet hit the rooftop and takes the brunt of the impact, he carefully lets her back down. Not that... she's much shorter than him...]

Well, yeah. My city is full of hundreds of buildings like these! [As he talks, he casually cuts off the web and lets the length of it flutter to the ground under them.] The only way to really get around in a place that full of places and people is to web-sling.

[It's so freeing. One of the best parts of Nova City is getting that nostalgic feeling of home.]