AUDIO; from a cafe; post-bottle

[nerdylilspidey]

 [Peter's not quite in the right place, mentally, to put up a video post. And he definitely isn't sure he should put it up from his own suite. So he's found his way to the nearest cafe, with an oversized hoodie pulled up over his head, and is starting up only an audio feed.]

Never a boring moment around here, is there? One minute we're normal-ish, celebrating Valentine's Day, and the next we're battling evil miasma inside a magic bottle.

Does anyone ever wonder what happened to the idea of rest and relaxation?


[FILTERED to the Spider-family]

...Sorry. About what happened back there. You-- You guys know that that-- That wasn't me. You know that, right...?

Oh, God... [There's a sigh, and then a beat of silence before he continues.] Anyway, just- I'm sorry.

Comments

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[unobtainableredemption]

We need to talk. Your place or mine? [This is not something Kaine wants to do, but there's no sense in running away from it anymore. Not after it was all pried out into the open.]

filtered;

[nerdylilspidey]

[ Yikes. But Peter knows Kaine's right; they do need to talk.]

I can- I can totally go to you. [Probably. Maybe. Sort of.]

filtered;

[unobtainableredemption]

You don't sound so sure.

Video

[superoverachiever]

The whole point of rest and relaxation is to be ready for when things like that happens. [Ava is not impressed.]

audio;

[nerdylilspidey]

Or it could be about resting and relaxing.

[superoverachiever]

For its own sake? That's called being a slacker.

audio;

[imaginate]

You should've been here for the zombies. That was a riot.

audio;

[nerdylilspidey]

Evil Dead, 28 Days Later, or Shaun of the Dead?

audio;

[imaginate]

[omg someone who speaks his language.]

Night of the Living Dead with a touch of Nosferatu. We were the van Helsings, duh.

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[spiderkid]

No, man, it's cool. I get it. I do.

[Even if it hurt to see Venom again, he knows it wasn't real. It was all messed up bottle magic.]

[nerdylilspidey]

[Oh, God. Miles. This is another reason Peter opted for audio feed and not video.]

... I'm sorry. That shouldn't have happened like, at all.

[spiderkid]

It's OK. It's not like any of us knew that would happen. [Though technically, Kaine touched the statue first, so they knew something would happen.]

I just hope I didn't hurt you or anything, while we were fighting.

Video;

[mendelian]

Rest & relaxation can be nice, but it gets so dull that you wind up desperate for a good evil miasma.

audio;

[nerdylilspidey]

Well, I could at least use a weekend's worth.

Re: audio;

[mendelian]

Now that you've said that, we'll be lucky to get the whole weekend.

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[6collegecredits]

I think the key point there is normal-ish. Things are always bound to change if there's an "ish" hanging around.

[nerdylilspidey]

I said that keeping in mind that we're all, y'know, on a turtle. So definitely not totally "normal"...

But you're absolutely right.

[6collegecredits]

Of course I am. [Said as if this is a universally accepted fact.]

At least it seems like everyone made it out in one piece. Right?

voice;

[modernized]

I think rest and relaxation went to the wayside when we arrived on a magic turtle island, dude. Like we're in the world's worst fantasy movie that never ends.

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[nerdylilspidey]

Darn. And here I'd been hoping to find the perfect spot to put up my hammock.

..It is a pretty terrible fantasy movie, isn't it.

voice;

[modernized]

The worst kind. I don't even like those kinds of movies to begin with, so it's even more of a slag.

[A quiet sigh. He wasn't in the bottle with everyone, but he's heard word of it by now. It's...depressing, to put it shortly.]

If you're looking for good hammock space, if you even have one, I bet Wood Sector would do it for you. I mean, unless the Kedan get offended at the hanging of hammocks. Who knows with them sometimes.

[spideyfanone]

[Hello, casual network acquaintance with whom he's definitely never discussed Middle Earth lore while trying to resist a complete fanboy meltdown.]

Wasn't that bad. I mean, as evil miasmas go, not even in my top three. The dragon part was neat.

[The weirdly vivid flashback to the grisly end of his home dimension is down the memory hole, where he keeps... everything else that's ever happened to him.]

[nerdylilspidey]

Wait... You've had a- an evil miasma thing happen before?

Filtered, voice; /late with starbucks

[daughteroftheoriginal]

[She's not surprised that he's still shaken.]

Hey.

I know it's not. It wasn't your fault.

[She pauses for a bit.]

Where are you?

Filtered, voice; /oooooh, starbucks~

[nerdylilspidey]

[He draws in a breath before replying.]

I'm still sorry.

And I'm-- I'm at a cafe.