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[candidly]

[ oh look. gwen's inside a blanket fort she built in the corner of the living room. she's nomming on some marshmallows and she's got her homework next to her. ]

Have you ever done something that you haven't since you were a kid, just for kicks, and found out it's just as awesome as it was when you were five? 'Cause I'm totally having one of those moments right now and I gotta say, if you haven't built a blanket fort in the past five years? You should definitely do it again.

[ there's a pause and she looks around. ]

Extra credit if you can get it to cover your entire living room. I wonder if we've got enough blankets for that...

[ the feed clicks off as gwen gets up, presumably in search of more pillows and blankets. ]

Comments

[voice]

[whatwouldspideydo]

The stuff I did as a kid would probably be a lot less cute if an adult did it.

Still, that's impressive.

[voice]

[candidly]

There's gotta be something. Did you ever try and make sculptures out of your mashed potatoes?

[voice]

[whatwouldspideydo]

Have you seen me eat before? Where would I find time in between shoveling everything down my throat?

[voice]

[candidly]

I tended to not pay much attention to you. Like, at all.

... I'd say you should start a food fight some time, but that's kinda hard without a cafeteria and a bunch of other people who won't mind.

[voice]

[whatwouldspideydo]

Or I could go to the nearest fast food place and lob a cheeseburger right into someone's face.

See what I mean? Way less cute as a grown-up.

[candidly]

[ thinking thinking thinking... snap! ]

S'mores! Specifically trying to make them on the stove.

[whatwouldspideydo]

I've never actually tried that one.

[candidly]

Seriously?

[whatwouldspideydo]

You're not going outdoors-y enough for my childhood. Think more playgrounds and baseball games in empty lots.

[candidly]

[ awkward... pause... what can you do outdoors that doesn't require the use of legs ]

Monkey bars?

[voice]

[incywincyhero]

Can I attest to that one.

--But Gwen, a blanket fort without confiscated couch cushions is no fort at all. You'd better get on that, stat.

[candidly]

Already on it. Do we have more blankets anywhere?

[incywincyhero]

Did you add the ones Johnny brought already? Otherwise I think that's all of them ... other than the mylar ones in the first aid kits, and no, you can't use those.

[Because Peter's obviously going to be using them tonight ... that and a web-hammock.]

[candidly]

Nuts. And I can't use the sleeping bags either since they're gonna be needed at some point.

We need to invest in more blankets.

[incywincyhero]

Buying more blankets is cheating. You're supposed to be ingenious about blanket fort-building. Think outside the box!

... Maybe we can scrounge some refrigerator boxes somewhere. Those make pretty good forts.

[candidly]

But I don't think we have enough blankets to cover the entire living room unless we like... stick them to the walls.

[incywincyhero]

--Hey! I know what you're thinking, and the answer is no.

[candidly]

Oh, come on! Please?

[voice]

[whatwouldspideydo]

Yeah, now shoving someone into a locker counts as assault. How unfair is that?

[voice]

[incywincyhero]

You should watch yourself, sport. I know a couple lawyers here already.

[voice]

[whatwouldspideydo]

I'm already terrified.

[voice]

[incywincyhero]

Yeah, I hear your hubcaps rattling over there.

voice; Reilly

[bedeviledspider]

Ah, but can you afford their fees, Parker? That's the rub.

Because myself and the paperwork I'm looking at say... probably not.

voice; ... not Reilly obviously

[incywincyhero]

What, no chance of a discount for a good cause? I hear anti-bullying legislation is all the rage these days.

voice;

[bedeviledspider]

That's true, it is a good cause, and I wouldn't object to helping a bully get his just desserts, but... there is a certain conflict of interest between you and I.