[ An expert on weirdness who isn't affiliated with the Avengers? He still looks unsure, but. Despite having only known Miles for an hour, tops, he feels like he can trust this guy. And if Miles thinks there's an adult who can get him out of this weirdness, he can at least try not to freak out. (He's not even 100% sure if he can go home if he's dead? That's - a conversation for his future self to deal with. If he thinks about that too hard he'll probably melt down.) ]
All right, all right. You're the expert here. And you've been super helpful so far.
[ He's gonna eat this second candy bar, sorry Ganke. ]
Or this could be the start of his supervillain origin story. Miles might have to buy him some fancy snacks to protect the city from his wrath. ]
Spider-men gotta stick together, right? We'll figure it out.
[ Once Peter has all his stuff together Miles leads the way out of the dorm, this time on foot. There's an amazing little burrito place near the subway that, in his opinion, is the best one in Brooklyn. ]
So... what kind of powers do they have? The Avengers, I mean.
[ Sorry for making a chocolate-powered supervillain out of your roommate, Miles. He'll make it up to you someday.
He follows behind Miles, bag slung over his shoulder, looking up at the city as they walk. It's definitely Brooklyn, and he recognizes a decent number of landmarks? And then he'll see something that reminds him that no, this definitely isn't home - starting with this burrito place, which he's pretty sure shut down a couple years ago? He's more of a Queens guy, but the two boroughs are close enough (and his love of burritos is strong enough) that he's been here a few times. He's gawking when Miles asks that question, in fact, so he jolts a little. ]
All kinds of stuff. Mr. Stark is mostly just rich and smart, but he built his Iron Man suit himself, and it's amazing. Captain America's a super soldier from the 1940s, Black Widow has taser weapons kind of like your venom strike, and Thor's an alien who's the literal god of thunder.
[ The topic is a good distraction; he can't help but brighten when talking about them. He's an Avenger with these people. That will never not be cool. ]
[ Miles listens as Peter talks about the heroes from his world. So a rich dude, an action grandpa from the 40s, a badass lady and an alien? Sounds kind of weird. But, then again they both got bitten by radioactive spiders and got superpowers from the experience instead of a weird disease so who is he to judge?
Plus Peter seems to like them and the while spidey sense wouldn't let him hang around dangerous people, right? It was a pretty good evil jerk detector.
And in the meantime, he orders two deluxe burritos in a rapid-fire mix of spanish and english, occasionally stopping to ask Peter what he wants for filling before launching right back in. Once they're done he hands off a bulging burrito to Peter. ]
Here, told you I'd hook you up. Juan makes the best burritos in Brooklyn, you know.
[ Yeah, uh. Neither of them can talk about realism here, just saying. He could go on, but there's food here, and like any good spider child, his appetite is ferocious.
What does Peter want in his burrito? Uh, anything and everything, thanks. He's suitably impressed by the huge thing that Miles hands off to him - and even more pleased with the contents. When he takes his first bite, he looks about like he's died of bliss or something. ]
Dude. I believe you. This is amazing.
[ It probably has something to do with the fact that he's only had those chocolate bars for the last twenty-four hours, but. That's also a damn good burrito. Familiar too? He looks up at the building ... ]
I think this place got wrecked in the first alien invasion.
So does that happen a lot where you're from? Alien invasions and all that?
[ He keeps mentioning it and Miles is starting to wonder if he needs to start preparing himself for ET to come knocking at New York's door. Then again, maybe that only happens in universes with those Avengers dudes on the job. More heroes means there's more trouble to deal with, right?
Maybe it's a good thing he's the only guy coming up to bat for the city now. ]
It feels busy enough dealing with muggers and the big bads without dealing with alien stuff, too. Isn't it too much?
[ In less than ten years, no less, which is frankly kind of ridiculous. If Miles wants more details he'll gladly oblige? Not that either of them could possibly prevent an alien invasion, but maybe there's something Miles could do here. Especially if things are relatively quiet otherwise.
(Well, for certain definitions of "quiet.")
He keeps eating as they walk, though he has to slow a bit as Miles asks that question. For a moment, a vulnerable, exhausted look passes over his face. ]
It - kind of is. Now that I have to deal with it. When it was just muggers and bike thieves, I thought I was bored. Then everything got crazy and all I really wanted to do was be a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man again.
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All right, all right. You're the expert here. And you've been super helpful so far.
[ He's gonna eat this second candy bar, sorry Ganke. ]
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Probably.
Or this could be the start of his supervillain origin story. Miles might have to buy him some fancy snacks to protect the city from his wrath. ]
Spider-men gotta stick together, right? We'll figure it out.
[ Once Peter has all his stuff together Miles leads the way out of the dorm, this time on foot. There's an amazing little burrito place near the subway that, in his opinion, is the best one in Brooklyn. ]
So... what kind of powers do they have? The Avengers, I mean.
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He follows behind Miles, bag slung over his shoulder, looking up at the city as they walk. It's definitely Brooklyn, and he recognizes a decent number of landmarks? And then he'll see something that reminds him that no, this definitely isn't home - starting with this burrito place, which he's pretty sure shut down a couple years ago? He's more of a Queens guy, but the two boroughs are close enough (and his love of burritos is strong enough) that he's been here a few times. He's gawking when Miles asks that question, in fact, so he jolts a little. ]
All kinds of stuff. Mr. Stark is mostly just rich and smart, but he built his Iron Man suit himself, and it's amazing. Captain America's a super soldier from the 1940s, Black Widow has taser weapons kind of like your venom strike, and Thor's an alien who's the literal god of thunder.
[ The topic is a good distraction; he can't help but brighten when talking about them. He's an Avenger with these people. That will never not be cool. ]
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Plus Peter seems to like them and the while spidey sense wouldn't let him hang around dangerous people, right? It was a pretty good evil jerk detector.
And in the meantime, he orders two deluxe burritos in a rapid-fire mix of spanish and english, occasionally stopping to ask Peter what he wants for filling before launching right back in. Once they're done he hands off a bulging burrito to Peter. ]
Here, told you I'd hook you up. Juan makes the best burritos in Brooklyn, you know.
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What does Peter want in his burrito? Uh, anything and everything, thanks. He's suitably impressed by the huge thing that Miles hands off to him - and even more pleased with the contents. When he takes his first bite, he looks about like he's died of bliss or something. ]
Dude. I believe you. This is amazing.
[ It probably has something to do with the fact that he's only had those chocolate bars for the last twenty-four hours, but. That's also a damn good burrito. Familiar too? He looks up at the building ... ]
I think this place got wrecked in the first alien invasion.
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[ He keeps mentioning it and Miles is starting to wonder if he needs to start preparing himself for ET to come knocking at New York's door. Then again, maybe that only happens in universes with those Avengers dudes on the job. More heroes means there's more trouble to deal with, right?
Maybe it's a good thing he's the only guy coming up to bat for the city now. ]
It feels busy enough dealing with muggers and the big bads without dealing with alien stuff, too. Isn't it too much?
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[ In less than ten years, no less, which is frankly kind of ridiculous. If Miles wants more details he'll gladly oblige? Not that either of them could possibly prevent an alien invasion, but maybe there's something Miles could do here. Especially if things are relatively quiet otherwise.
(Well, for certain definitions of "quiet.")
He keeps eating as they walk, though he has to slow a bit as Miles asks that question. For a moment, a vulnerable, exhausted look passes over his face. ]
It - kind of is. Now that I have to deal with it. When it was just muggers and bike thieves, I thought I was bored. Then everything got crazy and all I really wanted to do was be a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man again.