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

[remake]

[ 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.

Comments

[elongates]

[ deadpan: ] Right. I know.

And you're somebody masquerading as Spider-Man.

[remake]

--uhh.

Yeah. I mean, no. I mean, I'm not masquerading as Spider-Man, I am Spider-Man. Just not the first one. Nick Fury said I could.

[elongates]

[ beat. that fucker. ]

Oh, he would. [ now, a little nicer: ] Welcome aboard.

Sorry, I was getting unnecessarily offended on behalf of the costume.

[remake]

O-oh. Um-- I'm sorry. About that. I didn't mean to uh, be disrespectful.

[elongates]

No, no. It's fine. You're young, nobody blames you for dressing up like your favorite superhero. At least, I wouldn't.

[ quickly: ]

Unless it's Captain America.

[remake]

O-okay. [ lmfao looks pre relieved HE HAS NO IDEA ] Thanks.

[elongates]

[ tact...fully: (no nevermind): ]

Those are big shoes to fill.

[remake]

Yeah. I keep getting that...

[elongates]

[ well W/E. ]

Who knows. Maybe you'll end up like him.

[remake]

Uh.

Probably. That's not really what I'm aiming for though?

[elongates]

I meant in the sense of being a legend. What else?

[ beat. suddenly, shocked!! ] Oh. Those are low expectations.

[remake]

[ so miles made this super awkward

super

awkward ]

U-uh. Well. I just. I mean.

[elongates]

[ so. much. fake-sympathy!! ]

The Ultimatum Wave isn't going to happen again. [ YEAH. NAMEDROPPING. ] The chance of you... it's slim.

[webline]

You leave him alone.

[elongates]

You―

You need to lay off me.

[webline]

You leave him alone. And I told you -- you don't -- you don't even talk about him. [ peter, that is ]

[elongates]

[ an angry sigh. ]

I have a right.

I deserve to know who this kid is.

[webline]

What makes you even think you deserve to know that? How stupid must you be to think that!?

[elongates]

I'm more important than you are. That's why.

It's not exactly theoretical physics.

[webline]

You have to be crazy just to even think that you could possibly be more important than me!

[incywincyhero]

Reed.

[remake]

Um.

[elongates]

[ sigh. ]

What?

[remake]

Um, I- I don't--

[ WHY DID YOU GET WEIRD ALLA SUDDEN MR FANTASTIC ]

[webline]

Don't talk to him.