013 -- video; encrypted from reed richards

[conflagrations]

[ well good evening everyone, it’s your friendly neighborhood spider-woman, accompanied by the human torch, both in costume, johnny wearing his fantastic four suit, and jess in her mask. game faces are on. this is a serious post, you guys. ]

Hey, so I guess you all noticed that Reed Richards just showed up. But he’s not the Reed you guys know, you should know that.

[ there’s a pause and johnny darts a glance at jess before he continues. ]

He’s not a good guy. He went really, really crazy and faked his own death and then blew up a lot buildings. And--

[ there’s little tendrils of flame licking up johnny’s body because he’s getting angry. this time when he looks over at jess, it’s for help. because shouting over the network isn’t going to convince anyone. be the level-headed one, jess.

she speaks up after a moment, her voice slow and careful, trying to be as calm as possible]

Reed Richards is a terrorist and a murderer. He’s a criminal. He’s currently wanted by SHIELD and the government, for destroying various buildings of importance, such as the Baxter building, Triskelion, Roxxon buildings, and various homes of innocent families, including his own. He has killed thousands of people because of this. He is a psychopath with no regard for human life, going so far to even destroy Asgard and creating an entire civilization dedicated to conquering human life and mind-controlling children for his own agenda.

He will manipulate you and lie to you to get what he wants. He’s pretending like he’s innocent -- like we’re the crazy ones, but I was there when he destroyed Roxxon. We were there when he attempted to ruin the Earth in the Negative Zone.

Reed Richards is a danger to everyone and should not be trusted.

[ there’s a pause. johnny’s still half on fire, expression considering before he shrugs. ]

Yeah, what she said.

[ and then he turns off the camera. ]

ooc | the red text is jessica drew! and reed will most likely hack this at some point because supergenius, but they tried!

Comments

[candidly]

Peter... He can talk to the Avengers. I don't—god—I don't trust any of them but they're what we've got.

I just hope he believes us and that we don't have to convince him.

[webline]

I know Peter will believe me. I wouldn't lie to him. [ not tell him things, sure. but not lie. ]

It's a matter of whether the rest of the Avengers will. I don't even think half of them take us seriously.

[candidly]

[ long pause ]

It's not much of a stretch when you think of other things our so-called heroes did. I think—... I could convince them.

[webline]

Gwen, I want you to stay out of this. I don't want to see you get hurt or Reed to find out that you were involved somehow or -- or anything.

[candidly]

No.

[webline]

[ hesitates and you know she's trying to resist pulling a peter ]

A-alright.

[candidly]

... wait, really?

[webline]

I never win in arguments against you.

[candidly]

... huh. I thought I was gonna have to do some impassioned speech or something.

[webline]

Nah. Like I said, I know I wouldn't have won. It just feels like it'd be a waste of time to not agree.

[candidly]

Well... good. Now we just need to tell Peter.

[webline]

I'll.... I'll tell him. Johnny's going to flip again.

[candidly]

You want me to try and keep him calm?

[webline]

If you can. Reed was... the last person we expected to get here. Our bad luck.

[candidly]

I think the Porter hates us.

But I'll try. To calm Johnny down, I mean.

[webline]

Thanks. And you know, stay safe. I know you can take care of yourself, but... still.

[candidly]

You too, Jess.

[webline]

Yeah.

[ and she just hangs up ]