(catchall/open) had to have high, high hopes for a living

[spidermenaces]

Who: peter parker and you
Where: hella places cuz it's a catch-all
What: science, spiderman, music, cringe
Warnings: none? maybe violence, cuz, you know. monster fighting!

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didn't have a dime but i always had a vision

[spidermenaces]

(broke, as per usual. at least, peter is used to dumpster diving - scavaging what he can get, and making something better out of it. he doesn't see his economic situation improving here either. science is expensive, materials, safety, equipment, even if he makes everything from scratch, they still have to be maintained. this is him, trying to keep within budget as much as he can - besides, he can't overwork gwen, too, just because he took all these crazy projects. it wouldn't be fair to her.

right now, he's halfway inside the forger's dumpster, trying to find bigger plates of metal, thermometers, minerals, gems-- until he finds a large copper piece, and his voice echoes through the metal box.)

Ah, man, sweet! It looks pure as hell, too!

[solitarysoul]

[Levi is lost again still exploring this new city and he happens to pass by the forger's just in time to hear Peter's exclamation. He heads over closer.]

Uh...what are you doing?

[spidermenaces]

Oh, hey, sorry, is this your trash?

(he's not resurfacing until he hears an answer. that'd be weird and really awkward, say no, say no, say no, say no.)

[solitarysoul]

N-no...I think it belongs to the store?

[Does trash belong to anyone? Or does it being trash imply that no one owns it?]

[spidermenaces]

Uh, then, okay. I'm trying to find metal that I can use for the STEM club at a discount price of nothing at all.

(he'll come out, but-- a face he doesn't recognize. okay, there, let's fix it.)

I'm, uh, Peter.

[solitarysoul]

Stem club?

[Oh yeah, there had been something on the network about that. He hadn't paid any attention but he's pretty sure this is the same guy.]

What do you need metal for?

Oh, um, I'm Levi.

[depressionnap]

[Selfishly, he has a vested interested in checking on Peter. Sure, part of it is the trauma, but the other part is also that Vincent does have a healthy respect for scientists, just like... not a really, really specific one. Plus, Peter is young, and Vincent's already failed spectacularly at doing anything useful for Sephiroth when he was growing up.

So, when he hears Peter's voice, Vincent descends silently from where he'd been perched (the roof) and just seems to not give a shit about too much gravity. He lands on the very edge of the open dumpster and peers inside to look down at Peter.]

Looking for supplies?

[the economy is in shambles, he gets it]

[spidermenaces]

(look at all these adults being responsible and kind and mentoring this mess of a kid. he's impulsive, reckless, and willing to do so much good :(

but, seen as he also defies the laws of gravity, he can't be surprised when someone else does - although, everytime, there's something else that he hasn't seen before. lasers, for one! but alas, it's still cool as hell.)

Woah, since when can you do that? And, uh, yeah, hold this.

(enjoy your copper plate.)

[depressionnap]

Awhile.

[Not the most helpful answer, but it also doesn't concern Peter, so vagueness it is. He squints at the copper plate, but gingerly takes it into the claws of his gauntlet.]

What can you do with something like this?

[spidermenaces]

(a few more plates come out, but they're different colors, shapes, and well, now poor vincent is gonna hold them while peter is nearly entering the dumpster itself.)

Uh, so, copper, right. Copper does a bunch of stuff, it is a great conductor of electricity and heat, for starters. All electronics have copper in them. But, also like, if you fill a jar or beaker with sulfuric acid and water, put copper in it, connect the wires to a 6-volt battery, you get copper sulfate - pretty blue, pretty cool, and that one you can use in agriculture, and a bunch of other stuff. When I was talking about materials, that's kinda what I mean.

shooting for the stars when i couldn't make a killing

[spidermenaces]

(you can take peter parker out of new york but you can't take spiderman out of peter parker!!

the problem mostly is, the battery of his suit isn't going to last forever, which is a shame. he can see the battery slowly going down in his visor a little bit each day, and if he's losing the suit, he has got to make the best use of it while he can.

it's in the middle of the afternoon when peter can be seen swinging through aldrip, the tallest buildings tending to be his choice of web grip, and his little celebrations of freedom through the town. he's not just having fun, he's scanning to see if there's anyone who might need his help, anything that might require his attention. seems like a calm afternoon, which means he finds himself in the forest.

the monsters are the biggest problem, right? upside down from a web, one of his hands go to where his mouth is located behind the mask:)

Hellooooooo! Carnivorous monsters with blood thirst!! I'm right heeeeeeeere!!! Come geeeeet me!!!!!!!

[notthekingpin]

[ Matt is restless. After being visited by a leaf-induced faerie dream, and now with his own personal video game soundtrack stuck in his head, he needs to get out and flex his muscles. Peter will find him in the forest. You know, exactly where Peter told him not to go.

But not to worry, he's hardly recognizable. He's dressed in all black (not really armor, but layers) and has a black bandana tied over his head covering his eyes. It's not like he needs them to see.

Matt blends in well in the shadows of the forest, listening for his prey. And when he finds one, he's of course going to engage. Or, at least, that was his plan until Peter started yelling.

Also he's like pretty sure that voice is the same as the one who helped him look for a cat? Call it an educated guess.

Matt, however, does bother to pitch his voice down to try and mask it a little when he's doing things like this. ]

You're going to scare them off.

[ Boy go home he wants bloodshed. ]

[spidermenaces]

-- Hey, are you monster hunting too?! That's cool.

(does not recognize the voice, at least. unfortunately, as peter parker, he's unable to shut the fuck up, but as spiderman? that's worse. the pincers hit the ground first before he does, except--

something's coming. his body perceives it first, goosebumps that raise the hairs on his arms, and before he can even process it, his wrist points, his fingers shoot, and then he's more aware. up a tree he goes.)

Uh, so, how are your feelings about turning into steak?

[notthekingpin]

[ Matt reacts quickly after Peter does. He doesn't have a spidey sense, but he does hear it coming, so he jumps into the same tree, on another branch. ]

Just stay quiet.

[ Honestly, this is a great impression of Daredevil Matt. He's so serious! Look at him go!

He waits until the monster is running underneath their tree and then jumps with his sword, landing on its back and shoving the blade in as he does. ]

[spidermenaces]

(peter is so lucky, that is awesome! he has to put a hand to his mask, as if he was shutting up when the man just dives! cool, very cool!

he'll help out, too, swinging to the next tree simply to get a better angle on the webbing. it should stick the creature to the floor, reinforced as he makes rounds to all its limbs.)

Hey-- who are you anyway?

[elevatoravatar]

[Elizabeth is bored. Ported here, not given any agenda. Given a pointless piece of paper that accuses her of something stupid. She is looking to thump something and walks out from behind a bush, cheerfully looking at the odd robot spider person here. He doesn't look like a demon, or a persona, but also he doesn't look exactly human either. That being said she knows nothing at all about power armor.]

"Very few shadows and demons understand the language of mankind. Have you considered a more open declaration of war?"

[With that she pulls up a blue book that looks thick enough to intimidate most dictionaries, covered with Latin and some language that makes most human's eyes itch on it. Its uncertain if it is the book or the woman, but her aura gets incredibly dangerous at pulling the book]

[totheno1]

[Teenagers can be...reckless. That's something that Kei knows all too well, having been one himself and having dealt with his friends less-than-smart decisions during their adventures together. Which is probably, as he's busy attempting to study said creatures to see the best way to deal with them, he hears the piercing yell of a young man making himself a target.]

[Maybe he can take it, but Nanjo doesn't want someone to die by their own stupidity. When he finds him, dressed in....whatever the hell this is, he sighs before summoning a Persona behind him in the form of a large dragon, which he uses to cast Tarukaja on Peter, greatly increasing his attack damage.]

Young man! Be careful!

[spidermenaces]

(woah, that does make him drop from the web, landing on his foot to point at WHATEVER THE HELL THAT IS -- it's-- a dragon?! hold up-- and why does he feel stronger, he's already much stronger than many many people, but this is--)

That's INSANE, dude. What is that? Did it come OUT of you?!

SPIDERMAN POINTING AT EACH OTHER MEME maybe one day I'll draw it lamely

[totheno1]

[Yeah sorry it's not like a guy who is ATTACKING THE DARKNESS(tm) is telling Kei that he could already probably flip a bus so enjoy your brief hulkness (without the roid rage and underwear)]

[...Well that does answer the question of this man is from this world (he would at least hope not, especially with that costume).]

In a way, yes. It's an ability I have from my world, to call forth demons and gods to aide me in battle. We call them Persona.

[The creature disappears behind him, just in time for whatever Peter managed to call forth from goading to finally make their appearance.]

We can speak later. I believe we have company.

[spidermenaces]

... Word, word-- wait.

(the hairs in his arms stand, his focus navigating completely to the environment. he knows where it's coming from, so the webs come out.

they can talk later, peter lands to he can create a rope of silk, hopefully it's enough to trip the beast so the huge demon can attack and peter can see the awesomeness unfold before his very eyes.)

it's uphill for oddities

[spidermenaces]

(just a little break from the projects, just to clear his mind, a little rest, before he goes back to the calculus. he misses routine and structure so much, he's going to work himself to the bone like that, but with these little breaks? they definitely help.

right now, peter has juice, a huge bucket of popcorn, and he's laughing his ass out with the movies in this place. knock-off all the way, here's just here, enjoying galaxy of the orangutans. great movie.)

[arachnerina]

[Listen, Gwen is all for keeping busy to keep from worrying and fretting about their situation, but Peter's almost taking it to an extreme. Needless to say, when she spots him actually relaxing and doing something fun, she's quick to encourage it.

Don't mind if she flops next to him onto their old, refurbished couch (wow, that is squeaky), before reaching in and grabbing a handful of his popcorn.]

So, whatcha watching? Something lame and stupid, I hope.

[spidermenaces]

(oh, hey, roommate. he waves from the couch, patting it as she walks towards him, putting the popcorn between so they both have access to the snacks before he points to the tv.)

Okay, so. Get this. So basically, these astronauts find an entire galaxy where humans are treated like those really rich madam's poodles. The dominant species of the entire galaxy are orangutans, who-- have been the dominant species all along, but because they reaaaaally like bananas, they decided to just chill and let us think we were, except one day they saw this pomeranian and decided to just go for it. Great Sci-fi movie, not to be ever beaten.

[arachnerina]

What the hell. That sounds terrible. I love it.

[terrible, old sci-fi are the best!! It's not unlike something she would've watched with her Peter, once upon a time. It makes her a little sad to think about, but it's nice, doing something familiar and enjoyable.]

[spidermenaces]

It is SO ba-- oh my god, look, (and he can barely finish the sentence), how did they do that to this guy's hair-- this is SO bad. Is that a wig???

(he's just laughing his ass off watching this orangutan tell another orangutan that they asked the hair to be dyed magenta, not neon green - that definitely doesn't match her dress.)

I think this is my new mission - watch all these weird movies.