capeandcowl | permavid; only registered name on the comm is "spider-man"

[ The video is up-side down. It's hard to tell, because the guy in the video is also up-side down, sticking to the shiny, windowed side of an office building by his hand and feet. He looks distinctly spider-man themed, but the design is different and so is the voice. He sounds awful young. ]

Okay. Okay. I'm not freaking out but- [ A pause for some quick, audibly shallow breaths. ] -uh. I might be freaking out? Uh. There's- there's someone else living where my house is supposed to be which is really not cool, and I can't figure out what happened to the Triskelion. I'd like to help y'all out but.

If I had- uh, I don't know, directions maybe I could... knock on the door and get you some r-real- some better heroes. I kind of know Nick Fury? Sort of.

And it sounds like you need that. I-I mean, I can stop muggers and stuff, and I guess like The Ringer and Kangaroo (I'm so not making that up, there's a dude that calls himself "Kangaroo"), but this whole-- this whole alternate dimension thing is way over my head and-

[ Hitched breathing. ] And I'm still... working on it.

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Okay, great. So he knows me, in a manner of speaking, and I don't know him. Not the first time I've had to deal with that.

[Beat.] But seriously, Nick Fury's really letting this kid run around in a spider-suit? He's just -- well, a kid! Maybe I'm just way overestimating how well I faked being a grown-up when I was fifteen, but he's barely even hit puberty.

S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't give a flying fuck about whether or not someone's a kid. They just do whatever the hell they want, so long as it doesn't screw things up for them.

I ... can't argue with that, really. [Not after meeting the Secret Warriors, right before he got 'Ported in.]

So... are you going to be pissed at me if I try and talk him out of being Spider-Man?

No, because I'm going to be right there with you. Call me a hypocrite, but I say you should've at least passed your PSATs before you tackle your first supervillain.

Okay... Okay, good. Ugh, this is so screwed up.

You're telling me. Think there's something in the water back in your universe? I mean, it seems like you've got your entire social circle transplanted here, or almost.

I don't know. Maybe the Porter just has it in for us. Not that us being here is a wholly bad thing.

Nah, of course not.

But this poor kid. Does he have anyone here besides us?

I dunno. Probably not.

[ she is not sure she likes where this is going... ]

So it looks like it's up to us to look after him, then.

Look after how?

There can't be that many different definitions in the dictionary, Gwen.

I mean, if you're right and he already knows who all of us are...

He knows who you are. Peter died without his mask on. Me and Aunt May had reporters coming after us, but I highly doubt he knows me outside of "that one chick who lived with Spider-Man."

And I'm not saying we shouldn't keep an eye on him and make sure he's okay, but... [ he is not fambly and gwen doesn't want to share ]

He's thirteen.

I know! But we don't exactly have space for all of us that actually know each other to be together. I'm just... trying to be practical.

Yeah, I know, I know. But he's way too young to be out on his own -- I mean, look at him! He's practically quaking in his booties.

Edited 2012-06-29 21:22 (UTC)

Are you going to adopt every kid the Porter brings in?

I'm already restraining myself just sticking to the spider-themed ones, don't you think?

Lachesis sends way too many kids here.

[ doesn't say anything to that first part... alskdjf it's like mom just brought home a new baby and the older kid is all jealous ]

Yeah, well, Lachesis is a bitch. This isn't really news.

You can never repeat it too often.

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