(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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[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.

[spidermenaces]

Uh, Science, technology, engineering and math-- STEM.

(gotta remember not everyone has that terminology, right? but alas.)

Well, metal has a bunch of cool properties. This is copper, right, so it's great to conduct energy on machines. I take what I can get, you know.

[solitarysoul]

[Oh, he's not really good with any of those things. No wonder he ignored that post.]

Like conducting electricity?

[spidermenaces]

Yeah, that's exactly it. So, it's built into most electronics, it's good to have on hand.

(sorry, it's a nerd.)

[solitarysoul]

Is that what you're doing? Making electronics?

[spidermenaces]

Uh, that too. With metal, you can break some down, and then you can have uses in all sorts of things. Copper, you can use in agriculture as a pesticide.

[solitarysoul]

Um.

[He blinks.]

You use metal...to break down electronics? And make...pesticide? What's pesticide?

[Oh he's too stupid for this he shouldn't have asked.]

[spidermenaces]

(oh, that's hard.)

No, to-- uh, fix it. And pesticide kills pests, in agriculture and stuff. Uh, do you know what molecules are?

[solitarysoul]

Uh...no. Sorry.

[He should have just kept walking, he's just wasting this guy's time.]

[spidermenaces]

Ooookay, so, here is the deal. Everything is made from this tiny, tiny thing. Several different tiny things. And when they hold hands with other tiny things - not literally, figurately, they create other things, and that's everything, from the copper, to us. I can take away the hands or give more tiny things to hold hands with, and then you get another thing.

(he did not rehearse this.)

[solitarysoul]

Uh....okay.

[He clearly doesn't get it.]

And you're....l-looking for more?