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[made_up_names]

WHAT in person (also broadcasting)
WHERE In front of Heavenly Grounds
WHEN Day 124, early

[ There's no longer a massive pile of junk in front of Heavenly Grounds. Instead there's a much smaller pile of junk with a nerdy kid in the middle of it, working on a pair of wrist-mounted ... somethings? It shoots some kind of projectile, clearly, but the purpose isn't immediately clear.

He also has a row of small vials spread out on a sheet of metal next to him, each labeled with WEB FLUID in sharpie, followed by a number. He's got twenty. Ish. Over to one side, there's a camera mounted on a robot arm, which is carefully tracking his movements. ]

Okay. That oughta do it. Um, this is Peter Parker and this is my first weirdo coffee AU physics experiment.

[ He holds up a vial for the camera - #7 - before snapping it into the mechanism on his wrist. And then he's gonna give it a shot. Mostly aiming it at a nearby tree, but. Uh. Accidents are gonna happen. A lot of accidents are gonna happen. Web going places it shouldn't, trees accidentally getting pulled up by the roots, that sort of thing.

You can also mill around Heavenly Grounds for that matter, since it's probably open for business. Coffee and a show! ]

Comments

[starspangledman]

That's what I said.

[pats his shoulder]

[made_up_names]

Does that mean I’m forgiven for Leipzig?

[starspangledman]

It was a clean fight and your heart was in the right place. I can't hold that against you.

[made_up_names]

[ Gosh. Pete can’t help but be relieved at that. ]

Good. I mean - that makes me feel a lot better. Cause for me it was like the coolest thing I’d ever done up til then.

[starspangledman]

Fighting Captain America was?

[made_up_names]

Yeah! I mean, you're a legend. We watch videos of you at school for crying out loud.

[starspangledman]

So they are still showing those...

[made_up_names]

Yeeeep. Still required by the state, apparently. I had to watch the detention one too.

[starspangledman]

Listen, whatever you do, don't tell Tony.

[made_up_names]

[ ??? ]

Huh? Why?

[starspangledman]

If you do I don't think I'll hear the end of it anytime soon.

[made_up_names]

[ Peter's still confused. ]

But you didn't have anything to do with it.

[starspangledman]

Sorry, I meant about the videos.

[made_up_names]

-- Oh. Not. Detention.


... Yeah, Mr. Stark's gonna give you a lot of crap for those.

[starspangledman]

[shakes his head]

I heard enough of it when they first came out.

[made_up_names]

Why'd you do 'em in the first place? Was it a HYDRA plot?

[starspangledman]

SHIELD outreach. I was used to doing stage shows anyway, it was familiar.

I was pretty proud of them until Tony and some of the rest started to make a big deal out if it.

[made_up_names]

[ That doesn't exactly convince him it wasn't a HYDRA plot. ]

They are pretty corny. If I weren't already a fan, I'd probably think you were the worst.

[starspangledman]

They're educational. Not everyone's going to take them the same way, but I figured for kids like you it could do some good.

[made_up_names]

[ Um.

Ummmmmm. ]

It's really good of you to try, sir.

[starspangledman]

[he was just trying to do good! sigh!!]

Thanks, Peter.

[made_up_names]

Sure, any time.

[ He gives Trouble another belly rub. And. Pauses. ]

Are you and Mr. Stark on good terms again?

[starspangledman]

Yeah. It was a little rough when I first got here but we've patched things up since then.

[made_up_names]

...


Are you two dating?

[starspangledman]

[pauses, considering]

It's complicated. Tony doesn't really want to put a label on things that happen here.