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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ He opens his mouth to ask who the heck The Rhino even is but. That's a pretty weird counter-counter question right there. Even for spider kids. ]

Uh, we learned about it in school? There was some video with this scientist riding a bike and wearing leather pants.
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
What, seriously? No fair.

[ Why, Doc Ock. You were so cool thirty seconds ago. At least it's a good example; Peter's following Miles pretty well, even if the conclusion is kind of crazy. A lot crazy. ]

So - so you're the Spider-Man here. And I'm way farther away from home than I thought. [ A pause. ] At least I'm not dead.
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's trying, jeez. Somehow having people hate him specifically is weirder than alien invasions right now. ]

Supercollider and no way home. Okay, sure. Why not. Not the weirdest thing I've heard.

[ At this point he's just tired. So tired. Can't a spider-guy catch a break after fighting an eggplant wizard all day? ]

I'll try, man. But if it's weirder than that, I seriously can't promise anything.
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ IT'S ... well. It's not fine, honestly. But Peter is still numb in the immediate wake of Thanos, so his initial reaction is more confusion. Hardly any melting down at all. That will come later. Probably around the point where he realizes there's an Aunt May to go home to, but it's not his. ]

Oh. Dude, that is the worst. How'd I screw it up that badly twice?

[ Probably not the reaction Miles was expecting. ]
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. That's - his own composure starts to crack at Miles' reaction, that sharpness cutting through the mental fog about his own death. He hadn't been outnumbered, but he'd been trying to stop something at least as catastrophic as a supercollider, and -

And Miles had to watch him die. And his older self apparently charged him with keeping this up? That's - a little messed up maybe. God. None of this is okay at all. Why couldn't he have come to a version of the world where he's fine and everything is fine and nothing is messed up this badly? ]


I'm sorry. I didn't mean - I'm sure I didn't want to go. Especially not if you've gotta deal with this alone now.

[ His voice cracks a little. ]
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ They are both too young for this. Peter’s a little older, but he’s still a kid like Miles. They shouldn’t have to deal with super villains and the fact that their extracurricular hobbies could (or already did) kill them.

Peter swipes at his face, briefly, and takes a few steadying breaths of his own. Managing a weak smile at the shoulder bump. ]

Yeah? You did way better than me back in that alleyway. I don’t think I had that kinda aim after two months.
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Man, Peter hasn’t even met all of his bad guys yet. He’s met like one and a half? That part is gonna be a little bit insane. So many people hate Spider-Man specifically for some reason. Adults, man. For real. ]

How’d you get six dudes after you already? ... is this my fault?

[ His fault. Peter Parker’s fault. Whatever. ]
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
The Kingpin, huh. I haven’t met him.

[ But there’s some recognition? He’s heard a thing or two about stuff happening with someone calling themself Daredevil. So it doesn’t seem completely crazy that Spider-Man might have to fight him.

Also: ]

Why the hell was he trying to make a black hole? Doesn’t he live in this city too?
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool motive, still murder.

[ Peter is maybe a little less sympathetic, but. well. He's dealt with enough huge bald dudes to last him for a while, no matter how sympathetic their motives are.

Of course that just makes him all the more impressed when Miles describes - and then demonstrates - his venom strike. Holy shit. His eyes go wide for a moment as even tries to parse how the hell that works. Are there electrical spiders? Is it just how another spider-thing manifests? Either way -- ]


Dude, that is badass. You said it was a spider power? What the heck even is it? Is it like a taser or something?
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Peter already thinks Miles is cool as hell, okay. Why doesn't he get taser powers? He has taser webs, sure, but the last time he used them a ferry blew up and. Okay, maybe he'll skip over that story for now. ]

Awesome. Dude, I'm jealous.

[ He gives Miles's hands a quick look - no sparks, good - before accepting a hand up. Does he have a choice? Well, sure, but what else is he gonna do? The suit's trashed, Karen is offline, he has no idea where the burrito places are in this city, and - oh man. If he thinks too hard about what the hell he's going to do long term, he's going to curl up into a ball and probably not get up. Focus on one thing at a time. Clothes, suit patching, maybe a bed. Or a floor. He could use a floor too. ]

Yeah, okay. Though if we could hit a burrito place on the way back, that would be awesome. It's been like a whole day since I was last on Earth, and they don't exactly have fast food in space.
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-09 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. 100%. [ A beat. ] If I can get Karen back online, she's probably got some footage.

[ Not all of it - god, if there's a recording of him dying he's going to throw her chip out the window, sorry Karen - but he thinks she went offline somewhere around the end of the attempt to get Thanos' gauntlet off? He was sort of distracted at the moment. Understandably.

He heads for the edge of the roof, about to step off when Miles' question stops him. Oh. Uh. He presses one of his own, then the other. Nothing. Dammit. ]


-- thanks, man. I'm completely out.
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-10 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ He'd probably have been fine? It's not that high up, and he'd probably have hit the fire escape on his way down. But. Webshooters are much better, yes. He clips Miles's to his wrist, testing the button a bit. They're at least close enough in size that it fits him just fine, and it seems to be in good shape. ]

Of course I can. I'm the veteran here, right?

[ That's more confidence than he actually has. Or deserves, frankly. The concussion has mostly cleared up, but swinging with just one webshooter? Turns out to be kind of difficult. Plus his mask is gone, which means trying to navigate without some kind of filter for his spider senses. He's gonna bang into some fire escapes after all, just sayin'.

But - he doesn't drag too far behind Miles, at least, and by the time they actually get there he's relaxed into webswinging again. There's something desperately comforting about swinging across NYC in the evening, and he could use that tidbit of comfort right now. ]
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-10 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's fine, he's fine. Any new bruises at this point are just going to blend in with the rest, so. Whatever. There is also a distinct lack of glitches, when he probably should have had one by now? That could mean any number of things, frankly, but for now, at least, it means Peter isn't actively dying without a clear way home. Small mercies.

By the time they get to the dorm, Peter is a little less awkward, at least. And he is a goddamn pro at sneaking into bedrooms without making any noise at all. He slips in after Miles, shutting the window behind him. And taking a moment to look at the ... comics? Action figures? Uh. He sort of stares at them for a moment, distracted, until Miles hands him the clothes. Yeah, this will work. It helps that Peter is still pretty small and slim at this age, so there's less difference between their builds compared to other Peters.

The suit, meanwhile, is an absolute goddamn wreck. He winces as he peels off pieces of it; some parts are gonna be unsalvageable, he can already tell. Nanomachines are so cool until you run out of them and pieces of your suit are kind of built with them. ]


I - uh - [ math is hard right now, it takes him a moment ] - like, a year? Maybe a little less. I got bit and did some stuff on my own, and then the Avengers showed up, and I sort of joined them?
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-10 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Two days? Seriously? I was still in bed two days after I got bit.

[ Pete's poor suit is too trashed to wear. Frankly he's still a mess right now, but less of one with clean clothes. He wordlessly asks Miles for permission before borrowing a bag from somewhere in the room, stuffing wayward suit fragments into it. There. That's all he can do for now. The webshooter he'll hold onto until he's either settled or Miles asks for it back. Man, he's going to have to find a place to make more web fluid, isn't he? He could try Avengers Tower, except -- ]

--What? You don't know who the Avengers are?

[ A horrified pause. ]

Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow? Thor? Any of those ringing a bell?
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-10 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the sticking's a huge problem. You have to, like, completely relax.

[ No recognition at all at the mention of Gwen. He is desperately grateful for the candy bar though. Chocolate is amazing even when he isn't half-starved. When did he last eat? This morning? However long ago that was ...

He swallows, awkwardly. More horror in his face now. ]


Dude, that's bad. They're like the number one experts in weirdness where I'm from. If they don't exist here...

[ How the hell is he getting home? ]
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-10 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ 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. ]
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-10 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ 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. ]
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-23 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ 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.
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[personal profile] made_up_names 2019-01-25 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
Just twice? But. Uh. "Just" twice.

[ 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.