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Oh.

Sorry. I guess reading comprehension isn't my strong suit today.

Lets just say the whole situation sucked. Cause, it did and I dunno what to really feel about a lot of anything right now.

Nah, don't apologize. You're fine.

Of course it sucked. Dying sucks and being set upon by feral monsters makes it ten times worse. We're bloody lucky we keep coming back to life like boomerangs, but that doesn't make it OK.

We have to do better from now on. This can't happen again. I'm gonna ask Mana if she can get me my old suit back. The ceremonial armor of Khonshu's avatar. Khonshu's not here, but who knows? She's magic. Maybe she can make it work.

Yeah. We do need to be better. We didn't really become W.E.B in there. We were just very scattered. For like, obvious reasons but we should do better. Especially if we're going to help and protect people.

You better be really specific with her about the suit. If not it might not work out.

Edited 2022-09-06 05:51 (UTC)

I'll head on down to W.E.B. HQ soon. We can chat about strategy. Get some emergency plans laid out.

Hah, I'd be real cheesed off if she hands me a completely normal suit that looks like my old one. Some bootleg version. Yeah, I'll be specific. If I can't summon it, it's worth bugger all.

Honestly, we should call a group meeting to make sure everyone is on the same page about emergencies. Have a plan everyone knows.

You want to be able to change at a moments notice. Not have to go through the awkward fumble of changing as stuff gets worse. I used to have a suit that did that, but, I don't think I can make nanotech happen here.

Aye aye, Captain.

-Man.

Captain Spider-Man.

It doesn't need to be nanotech, does it? Maybe Mana can give you a suit to summon with magic too.

Captain Spider-Man feels very weird, I gotta admit. Maybe sounds better than Captain America, lol.

Yeah, I guess not. I always preferred technology or something I like made myself over magic? Nothing wrong with magic, but, I don't have a lot of experience with it.

Captain America wouldn't really hold much weight to it in this place anyway, right? Not exactly a global superpower anymore, is it? It'd have to be Captain Ryslig.

I don't have all that much experience with magic either, but it seems like it gets the job done. It's intuitive enough.

Even then, I'm pretty sure everyone would argue even worse here about Captain Ryslig than they do about what Captain America represents back home.

I'll think about it? I kinda sorta knew Doctor Strange, his magic looked cool and really complicated.

Ok fair. Maybe just Captain, to keep it real ambiguous.

What's Doctor Strange like in real life? Is he nice, or...?

[And if that sounds like small talk, it is. Steven's just trying to keep himself distracted from other things.]

We'll name him, Captain Bad Ideas. Everyone would love that.

He's kinda cranky actually? Like, we didn't talk a lot mind you, but he was really focused on stopping Thanos. He did this thing where he saw every possibility that could ever happen. It was freaky to look at honestly. Like freaky and cool.

I think he like has a fake goatee, but Ned insists its real.

[Peter is happy to indulge in small talk.]

Hang on, he saw every possibility? Every outcome? Wouldn't those have been infinite? On account of the butterfly effect? If you stack those butterfly effects on top of one another there'd be billions and billions of branching options.

If he has magic, why would he have a fake goatee? Couldn't he use magic to grow a real one?

Or just grow a real one because human beings can do that?

Apparently?? I dunno how he did that in the two minutes I saw him do the hand thingy. Like every outcome sucked worse than us dying for five years, so he went with that one? I dunno, I'd try to find the one option that sucked less??

It kinda looked drawn on, that's all I'm saying. Maybe there are magic rules against hair growth.

Well, I'm sure he knew what he was doing when he made that choice. He is the Ultimate Sorceror, isn't he?

[He's misremembering the term Sorcerer Supreme, rip.]

Drawn on, huh? Maybe he has some sort of magical 2D goatee. It transcends time and space.

[Peter will not inform Steven either.]

Yeah, he is. He also kinda made that choice without consulting us. So, sometimes I get a little frustrated about that fight. Probably dumb on my part ngl.

Oh my god. I hope so.

Edited 2022-09-12 20:49 (UTC)

Sounds like a good reason to get frustrated, honestly. Even if he knew what he was doing, allowing half the universe to get rubbed out for five years should be more of a team decision.

Anyway, is there anything else I missed in these last few weeks I should know about? New team members? New cases? I read something about a museum heist.

It was kinda framed like the only option. It wasn't really great. I know I shouldn't really complain tbh.

Honestly, its mostly been people trying to recover and deal with what happened.

Oh... So no juicy crime to sink our teeth into?

[He was kind of hoping for a distraction. And a means to do some good, because he sure is feeling useless right now.]

About the usual stuff. Maybe an uptick of pick pocketing in a certain neigborhood. That should be easy enough to scope out.

[He feels disappointed, up until he realizes how horrible it is to be disappointed about that. Then he just feels bad.]

Well that's good, right? That there's not more crime than that, I mean. That's what we want.

Go team!

Its really good, also really makes things harder sometimes?

Its super selfish to say, but when there isn't a lot to do I feel kinda fidgety about it.

[Surprise, Steven, you are not alone!]

[OH GOOD, they're both super selfish then.]

Nah, I get it. I suppose we'll just have to do good by helping old ladies cross the street, or carrying groceries for someone. Maybe walk someone's dog, I don't know.

I'd suggest opening a tight pickle jar, but I still struggle with those myself sometimes. Don't want to look like a weak numpty in front of Bavan's citizens. That can't be good for W.E.B.'s reputation, can it?

Yeah, that is what W.E.B. is for too. Just helping people who need help. Even if it's not glamorous or cool stuff.

I mean, it's not any worse than what people back home think of Spider-Man anyway. Make people think I'm human at least opposed to a pooka.

Edited 2022-09-19 19:56 (UTC)

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