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[ video ] re: SCIENCE!!1!
[ who's THIS nerd? oh, it's just Gwen Stacy. who's been here for over a week now, but she certainly pretended not to be until she ran into a certain webslinging photographer, and now she's- well, she's still a little bit in denial of being here and of everything she's heard about this place, but at least she isn't going completely insane over it. so she turns on the feed and she's sitting at the computer with the sort of practiced poise any seventeen year-old girl learns to sit with when speaking with someone over a webcam ( spoiler: nobody but Gwen thinks of things like this ). she's a little nervous, but it doesn't show. she just has a question, that's all. no big deal.
she's still going to be a bit formal about it anyway, but nobigdeal. ]
Hello everyone, my name is Gwen Stacy and I'm- [ an intern at OsCorp Industries ohwait! that means nothing here. ] -from New York, and I just wanted to introduce myself to you all, but also- [ she takes a breath, tries to be careful of her wording ] I know this city is understood to be an in-between, or a dream world, so I imagine a lot of what goes on here has to do with magic or ..something, but for the sake of my own sanity I really must ask; where does this society stand in regards to the sciences? Is there some sort of laboratory here at all? Because, as much as I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to the community by way of restoring some of the older buildings here- [ SHE HATES IT ] I would really love to continue the same type of work I did back home. Which was, simply put, lab sciences.
So. Who.. should I talk to, if I'm looking for that kind of work? I actually have my resume on my iPad, if there's an issue of having the proper credentials or anything like that, but for now I'm really only asking in the general sense.
she's still going to be a bit formal about it anyway, but nobigdeal. ]
Hello everyone, my name is Gwen Stacy and I'm- [ an intern at OsCorp Industries ohwait! that means nothing here. ] -from New York, and I just wanted to introduce myself to you all, but also- [ she takes a breath, tries to be careful of her wording ] I know this city is understood to be an in-between, or a dream world, so I imagine a lot of what goes on here has to do with magic or ..something, but for the sake of my own sanity I really must ask; where does this society stand in regards to the sciences? Is there some sort of laboratory here at all? Because, as much as I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to the community by way of restoring some of the older buildings here- [ SHE HATES IT ] I would really love to continue the same type of work I did back home. Which was, simply put, lab sciences.
So. Who.. should I talk to, if I'm looking for that kind of work? I actually have my resume on my iPad, if there's an issue of having the proper credentials or anything like that, but for now I'm really only asking in the general sense.
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[ ... does he? yeah. no way there's a Peter Parker that doesn't go to the same school as her. right? ]
Why?
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The people who come back don't always have their memories intact, and might even be from a different point on the timeline than when they were brought here the first time.
So, asking Peter could easily produce flawed data. As someone who's never been here before, and knows Peter, you're a much more reliable source of information.
[A pause, mostly to keep himself from talking until he passes out.]
Besides, I trust the kedan about as much as I trust Flash Thompson to make it through advanced trig, so I'm not willing to just take their word for it.
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It has to right, that time stops. Otherwise I would have remembered. So, either somehow, time froze while he was here, a pause in the timeline that nobody back in his world would have noticed even once time resumed once he got back, or, there's an exact parallel version of our world which he started just by coming here in the first place. Maybe in some world he was missing for two months. But that seems- [ she's already shaking her head 'no' ] Peter and I have exactly the same memories, down to the same day. It would have to mean there are two versions of the same Peter I know. I think?
[ okay now she'll huff. brainstorming is fun, but. not when it comes with the idea of multiple parallel universes. but then he makes a crack about Flash and she can't help the tiny little smile, and huff, that comes with it ]
Hey, he's been trying, really. Maybe not Advanced Trig, but his Calc has been improving. He'll pretend all day long that he doesn't, but ever since that day by the lunch tables- [ ... yeah this Peter probably has no idea what she's talking about ] I tutor Flash, back home.
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[Probably not the most scientific thing to do, but the alternative is far too depressing to think about for long.]
Because there's a lot of people here who probably couldn't afford to be gone for as long as they have. Superheroes and the like. Or in my case, someone whose job is what makes sure the bills get paid on time.
[Because he does not want to think about what might happen to Aunt May if time really ISN'T stopped back home. Not to mention the fact there's still a few supervillains on the loose.]
And wait, your version of Flash actually cares about school? What horrible mirror-verse are you people from? All mine cares about is meeting the minimum eligibility so he doesn't get benched. Well, that, and whatever he thinks might impress the new girl.
[Though he has been gradually getting less jerk-ish, Pete'll give him that.]
1/3 i think
[ ... okay it wasn't. she wasn't supposed to sound so shocked. but. there's that. and then so then she kinda laughs because she didn't mean it like that, she's just thinking how the heck do you have a job when your spider-duties keep you from getting to class on time? ]
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Oh, I didn't mean it like- like that. I mean. You could- Peter Parker could get a job. I'm sure. And hold a job! Probably a really great job. I didn't mean to sound like I didn't think you could, because you can. But.
Anyway!
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And I get work study credits for it in addition to my internship credits with OsCorp, so it's kind of a great deal.
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[That sound? That sound is not the sound of someone who's impressed. That's the sound of someone who's very, very alarmed. Which is why he pretty much ignores everything else you just said.]
On the odd, one-in-a-million chance you can remember any of this back home, whenever you manage to get back, please leave. You do not want to be anywhere near Norman Osborn, let alone doing anything that might help him!
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[ well that. wasn't. what she was expecting him to say. at all. ]
Norman Osborn? But he hardly spends any time at the labs, he's more like.. a figurehead, at this point. As far as I know he's practically been too sick to run the company on his own. [ but okay she's curious ] What did he do?
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He even framed his own son for it the first time he got caught!
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Peter. [ ok that's still weird ] Harry Osborn hasn't been in New York for a while now, that doesn't make any sense.
Maybe things are different in my world. If anything- [ chest. sinky. feeling. just say it and move on. ] -Dr. Connors was the only person at Oscorp who tried to give himself superpowers. It didn't start that way, but. [ yeah no enough about that ] I've only got a couple more months there, then I graduate high school, and that will end my internship. No sweat. [ this is the brave face she's been putting on since her father's funeral. I'm fine, thank you ]
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And I'm serious Gwen, the man is a complete psychopath. He tried blowing up a room full of innocent people--my boss included--just because he wanted to get back at Tombstone! He didn't even tell his own henchmen about it, he was just going to blow them up too!
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[ so c o n f u s e d ]
None of what you're saying makes any sense to me, I'm sorry.
[ no really, she hates feeling like she's missing information ]
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The way he explained it to Spider-Man, he treated himself with it in small doses. Inhaling it like a mist. Over time, it made him super-human. Stronger, faster...well, he says it made him smarter, but I'm pretty sure he was always a master manipulator. He just had a costume to go with it after he took on the Goblin persona.
From what I got from the other Peter, none of this stuff has happened for you yet. It might not ever happen for you. But considering how many other things match up, like Dr. Connors' Lizard incident, something similar's likely to happen in your universe. And Norman Osborn is extremely dangerous.
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So. Okay, let's say this is all in my future, let's say it could happen. Does the Gwen you know work for Oscorp? Because if she doesn't, then maybe it won't happen like that. Maybe Norman Osborn is different in my world.
And- [ oh Gwen don't go there don't go there don't g ] And does she know the truth? About Spider-Man? Because I do. And I already know there are a lot of really dangerous people out in the world, I know that because of what he went through, and because my father was always making sure I was very much aware of it. I grew up knowing that people can always surprise you, for better or worse. But I can't let that dictate my life. Bad things happen all the time, that doesn't mean we need to stop doing what we love, or doing what we think is right because of it. You wouldn't- be who you are if you really thought we should hide from what might hurt us one day. Right?
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[He's...yeah. Something he's not sharing about that.
Although, speaking of sharing, that little revelation has really thrown him for a loop. At first he's visibly surprised; eyes widening, mouth opening but no words coming out. But then he suddenly cringes, crosses one arm over his chest, and pinches the bridge of his nose.]
...he told you, didn't he.
[NOT A QUESTION. And Peter, he is going to string you up by your hair. Because there is absolutely no reason for her to go into a speech like that otherwise. There was concern there. And he could think of only one reason why that'd be the case. He also wanted to give Peter the benefit of the doubt, and assume she only found out because he told her, not because he'd gone and gotten his face splashed across the front page.]
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[ not cocky, not insulted, just. plain and simple. ]
Yes, and I'm glad he told me. I'm glad he didn't have to get through everything that happened with the Lizard alone. He's my best friend, it's only right that he could come to me with that. [ but we're not going to get into how Gwen Stacy was never Miss Popular because who wants to hang out with the valedictorian who spends all her free time in a laboratory? Gwen might be polite and friendly, but she's not really social. so when she and Peter started getting closer, she realized that yeah, okay, she had a ridiculous crush on the boy, but she also trusted him more than anyone else, wanted to be there for him just as much as she liked that he was there for her. real friendship. ] He told me after he came over for dinner one night.
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Because if our timelines share any more similarities, Lizard is going to be the least of his worries. Especially since once we got Doctor Connors back to normal, he didn't want anything to do with the formula again. He's just grateful no one got hurt, and doesn't want to take anymore chances. He even shut the entire project down, so nobody else could try replicating his work.
The rest of the threats running around New York? Not so courteous.