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[nerdylilspidey]

 [The video feed comes on to reveal Peter sitting in his own suite, pushing a hand through his hair as he gets settled into his seat. His hair's starting to grow back into that messy, floppy mode, which is obvious by the way it's sticking up randomly at every angle possible and how he keeps trying to find efficient ways to shove it out of his eyes. It also makes him look even younger than he is. Which won't be helping his case here at all.

Then he clears his throat.]

Um. Hi again, everybody.

Not to take up too much of anyone's time, since I'm sure you guys are all, y'know, busy in one way or another. But I was just wondering if- I kind of need a job. Nothing major or anything, but just something, I dunno… steady.

I'm pretty good with tech and with chemicals… computer programming, web design… [He fidgets a little.] Retail? Working a cashier- Seriously, anything. Would be pretty awesome. Seriously.

Anything come to mind…?

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[manofiron]

On a scale of one to ten, how good would you rate your tech skills?

[nerdylilspidey]

[He has to think about this. Building his web shooters counts for something major, right?] Probably like, an 8 or 9?

[manofiron]

Then it sounds like I can give you a job. If you want it. Stark Industries. It's a tech company. Does all kinds of stuff, bleeding edge mostly. Interested?

[nerdylilspidey]

[Please hold- Peter has frozen in shock.]

Stark-- Seriously? You're- You wanna hire me???

[manofiron]

[ Tony just waits, looking at the screen with a surprising amount of patience. ]

Was I speaking Farsi again? I do that. Yes. I'm offering you a job. At my company. Name's Tony Stark.

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[unobtainableredemption]

[It was odd, having the suite to himself. Though he would never admit it, he had gotten used to someone staying with him.]

Aiming real low there, aren't you, Parker?

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[nerdylilspidey]

[Oh, don't worry, Kaine. Peter will still be visiting whenever he feels like it.]

Low expectations work for me.

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[unobtainableredemption]

[But all of this extra food he keeps buying will go to waste.]

But a cashier, really? [Not that he's knocking cashiers, but he knows how bright you are.]

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[nerdylilspidey]

[Peter can totally help you out with that, Kaine. Just never lock your windows.]

It's a steady income?

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[unobtainableredemption]

[He never does. He welcomes someone (unwelcome) to try and break into his place.]

It pays nothing.

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[looksfine]

You skills appear to be quite versatile, indeed.

[Believe it or not, that is meant to be a genuine compliment.]

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[nerdylilspidey]

Uh... Thanks?

[He's getting that inkling. Though it's an... odd sort of compliment, he'll take it.]

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[looksfine]

You are most welcome.

Have you managed to locate a suitable lead towards your eventual employment?

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[nerdylilspidey]

I... have, actually. [And he's pretty frikkin' thrilled about it.] Do you have any more, though?

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[looksfine]

[She can gauge the level of thrilled from his expression and tone alone.]

I am not currently at a position to offer you much at this time, regrettably. Only recently have I been assigned to respective places of work myself.

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[candystriped]

As long as you don't get hired for anything that requires public speaking.

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[nerdylilspidey]

[Ow.]

Ah... Right. I wasn't- Sorry. I'm not, y'know, great with that stuff.

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[candystriped]

[ Shake it off, Peter! She's just a terrible girl. ]

Yes, however... sentences. They're great, you should try some.

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[nerdylilspidey]

I have heard they're helpful with the whole communicating thing.

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[candystriped]

[ And he successfully passes the difficult test of not hanging up on her after three words! (This is actually rare.) ]

Which of those things you listed do you like best?

[spideyfanone]

[If he realized he's talking to his lifelong idol (even an other-dimensional double), he'd be paralyzed with dorkiness, but the Spidey in his own universe was an adult and had spent those years getting a bit more impressive for the rare unmasked appearance. Under the circumstances, he's copacetic. Being a twerpy little mini-crawler with a heavy Brooklyn accent is therefore only ordinary levels of awkward.]

If you find somethin' good and they have a second opening, that's kinda my line too. I mean, I'm a robotics and engineering guy mostly, but I can fake it.

[nerdylilspidey]

[That accent gets Peter a little homesick, but smiling all the same.]

Yeah? Well, I can totally ask, if you want? I have something, but like, I probably shouldn't do the speaking for them.

[spideyfanone]

Sweet. You work fast. Glad there's someone actually doing tech stuff here. Feels very, like, Fertile Crescent-punk, besides the computers.

[That makes perfect sense to him, strangely enough.]

[nerdylilspidey]

I got lucky this time. (For once.)

[That gets a curious look from him, brows coming together.] "Fertile Crescent-punk"?

[spideyfanone]

Just, like, a really weird mix of the tech they do have and don't. I've bounced to a lot of universes and this is a kind of odd one. All your basic human civilization stuff, but beyond that it's pretty random.

[He should really know better than the express the random nonsense that comes into his head.]