04 - Video; anonymous location

[spiderkid]

[Hey there, network! Have a Spider-Man!]

So, those of you who know Spider-Man know how he's -- I'm-- always swinging around on webs, right? Well, truth of the matter is, I'm running short on the stuff and not entirely sure how to make more, so I need the help of some of our resident geniuses. I dunno, Tony Stark maybe? Somebody who's good with chemicals and technical stuff.

Let me know, I'd owe you big time.

Thanks!

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[nerdylilspidey]

[And here are some more questions in need of answers. As well as a brief flickering of "Hey, they never took me on field trips to Wyoming."]

How'd- uh- Spider-Woman take to meeting you? And--

[Wait.]

Wait, did you just-- A black sludgy monster?? Did it have like, shark teeth?

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[spiderkid]

She was pretty pissed at first, I think. But she's gotten used to me once I proved I was serious.

Yeah, Gwen called it Venom?

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[nerdylilspidey]

[… Okay, that's a fair enough reaction, all things considered.]

Yeah. Venom's, uh- He's a real piece of work... Why would he go after your dad?

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[spiderkid]

He thought my dad was Spider-Man. So I guess he was really after me.

[He gulps, thinking about following his dad to the hospital, about running into Venom there, about... about his mom.]

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[nerdylilspidey]

Oh, my God…

[Peter drops his head into his hands, shaking his head. He feels like this is his fault. He'd basically created Venom, in a way. And now because he hadn't been able to clean that mess up properly, he was going around hurting people who had nothing to do with him at all.]

I'm-- Sorry you had to deal with him. That- That shouldn't have landed on you.

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[spiderkid]

[Okay so he's definitely not telling him about his mom. Not going to lay that kind of extra guilt on him. Not now.]

It's alright, man. I mean... It comes with the territory. I chose this. I could always quit, if that's what I wanted.

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[nerdylilspidey]

[Peter hears him on that. Completely. He did the same thing, after all. But still…]

It's funny. No one ever really tells you what you're really getting yourself into with the super heroics. Or if they did, we just-- didn't really listen. Not really.

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[spiderkid]

Yeah, but really. Are you the type to listen to that? 'Cause I don't think I am.

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[nerdylilspidey]

... Not really, no.

[He laughs a little, but there's no mirth in it at all.] If I had listened, I probably wouldn't have gotten shot...

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[spiderkid]

Hnn. [Miles doesn't really know what to say to that.]

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[nerdylilspidey]

[At length he sighs, turning toward Miles again.]

Sorry. Didn't mean to get all super downer on you.

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[spiderkid]

S'ok. I think it kinda comes with the territory.

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[nerdylilspidey]

That's a sad thought on multiple levels.

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[spiderkid]

Well anyway... [CHANGING THE SUBJECT] ...what Sector did they put you in?

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[nerdylilspidey]

[SO JUMPING RIGHT ON BOARD WITH THAT.]

Metal. What about you?

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[spiderkid]

Earth. It's pretty cool. Very... Earth-y.

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[nerdylilspidey]

Earthy as in… dirt? Or Earth-like??

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[spiderkid]

Like, stone. I dunno, I'm not good at describing it.

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[nerdylilspidey]

Stone? Like everyone's in caves?

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[spiderkid]

No, nobody's in caves. They're buildings, they're just... stone buildings. Which I guess isn't that weird, if you think about it.

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[nerdylilspidey]

... So it's sort of like The Flintstones.