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[Ah, look there! It's Spider-Man! He's filming... sideways? Oh, wait, he's standing on a brick wall sideways. That explains it.

His eyes are squinty and peeved, and his arms are crossed — who needs to hold the phone for recording when you've got webs to do that?

Anyway. He's peeved.]

Uuum, just FYI? Graffiti is 100% not cool. I mean, some of it is cool if you get a permit or you're actually any good at drawing —

Point is, don't gross up someone's wall with your bad artwork or some signature a bank teller wouldn't even take.

Also, how dare you use my creepy disfigured twin against me.

[What? Oh, look, he's turning the camera to show — oh dear god.]



[OH DEAR GOOOOOOD]

... I gotta say, The Arachnid really let himself go. And lost his neck in a tragic head-on collision with a building. Yikes.

And the Hulk should probably hit a dentist ASAP, but I'm loving what he's doing with the half-cut shirt.

Really brings out his... green... everything. 

[He rubs his chin.]

... You know, I'm just assuming that's the Hulk, but for all I know the guy who did it didn't have skin tones. Maybe he's just angry and sick.

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( you're also a nerd, nerd. )

Yeah, of course. I'll send you the address in a private message. There's a balcony you can land on, if you prefer.

( ain't nobody here has time for stairs. )

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Cool! Balcony it is!

[You know him too well! But also, he should probably be... careful... as far as he's aware, Billy isn't aware of the whole 'I'm Peter' side of the coin. It's so annoying, sometimes, balancing two identities.

SEND ME THE LOCATION I MUST SEE THESE ACTION FIGURES

(Spider-Man is a huge dweeb pass it on.)]

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( the location is sent via private text--a street address, apartment number, description of the correct balcony, all that. )

Whenever you're free.

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I'm an American, I'm always free!

... I mean, 10% of the time, when I'm not panicking over money or questioning my education or worrying about criminal activity. [A pause.] I'll be there in a jiff!

[ZIP ZOOM LET'S GET TO THIS ROOM

... He might knock on a window, maybe, just don't question the upside down superhero.]

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( the joke earns peter a laugh, before he's waving him off. )

I'll see you when you get here.

( aand letting the video feed disconnect. the windows are already unlocked (ain't nobody breaking into the apartment of a speedster, the future demiurge, and a space king) and when peter knocks on the window, billy's quick to get up off of the couch, pushing it open enough for him to get through. )

Hey! Welcome.

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[He comes crawling in and stands up on the ceiling, as is his want.]

Why thank you! Lovely little place you got here. Surprised it's not a glowy magical realm full of life's greatest mysteries. But this is way better. Much more homely.

[Spider-Man is just gonna walk in a big upside-down circle, hands on hips.]

[wiccant]

( it's a nice little apartment. one door has a sign that reads "speak friend and enter", the other is plainish, but there is a pile of clothes stacked right next to the entranceway: socks, tshirts, things that people generally take off before they get to their room.

the tv area has stacks of consoles under the flatscreen, and shelves close by of figures of various avengers. there's one spiderman figure, placed near the iron man. )

Thanks. We have the Sanctum for all of our magic-y needs. Tommy and Teddy are a lot less into it than I am.

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[Oh yeah, this place is way nicer than his new place. Note to self, make even better friends with Billy and company.]

Oh, yeah! I've met them. They're cool dudes.

[Teddy and Tommy, that is. When he eyes the Spider-Man figurine, he audibly gasps like the dork he is.]

It's so cool looking! Can I pick it up and look at it?

[wiccant]

Yeah, you can pick it up. He has magnets on his feet that keep him attached to the base, so just press a hand down against it to pull him off.

( it's plastic, so it's not as if he's too concerned with peter breaking it. and even if he did drop it and pieces fell off, billy has the skillset to fix it. ) Just don't throw him out the window,he doesn't have webs to catch himself.

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[He picks it up quickly, but with care, and just stares at it for a moment.]

I saw one of these in a shop — only it was, y'know. A bootleg you'd see memes about.

This is so cool. Whoa.

[Careful, Spider-Man, your Parker is showing.]

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I made that one myself. Uh, with magic. But a lot of these were birthday gifts.

( yeah, riverview isn't going to offer copyrighted shit probably, but it's fine. billy's nerd enough to make it himself. )

If you want some, I can get you a few too.

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[He whirls around and sounds incredibly soft and flattered, t b q h.]

You'd do that?

Man, I wouldn't wanna ask something like that for free, though.

There's gotta be something I'd give you in return.

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( what a cute kid. he definitely likes this peter, this spiderman. he's cool, earnest. )

Can I borrow one of your web shooters for a little bit? Like an hour? Could that be my something?

( like listen, those things seem fun. and it's not as if he really needs something in return. )

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[He rubs his chin, looking intently at Billy.]

I dunno... you're not gonna accidentally face plant a building, are you? Is fast healing a part of your gimmick? 'Cus I don't wanna get you hurt or anything...

[But he's obviously considering this. Very much so.]

[wiccant]

Fast healing isn't part of my gimmick, but I can. . kind of, cast healing spells on myself. A little. But I also fly, so slinging webs across the tops of buildings to get myself somewhere isn't necessary.

( he's just going to web tommy's door a little. maybe prank loki with it a little. . you know. typical irresponsible millennial things. )

Promise I won't get hurt.

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... Alright then.

[He holds out his hand for a handshake, to officially seal the deal.

While still upside down on the ceiling. Of course.]

I get a cool Spider-Man action figure, you get a web-slinger for an hour.

[Cross one off your bucket list, Pete, he thinks.]

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( upsidedown handshakes are a little weird, but billy does his best to return it even if the hand positioning is weird. )

Sounds like we got a deal, Spiderman.

( when his hand drops away it's to lay his palm out flat, fingers of his other hand bending in except for his index and little finger. both hands spark a bright blue that matches his eyes, before he opens his mouth, )

I want a Spiderman figure ( slowly, it starts to form in his hand. a base of a figure with a telephone pole attached to it, and spiderman hanging with a foot pressed along the telephone pole, web attached to the top of it to help support his weight as he waves frontfacing. spiderman himself looks younger than the first does, more like this peter than his own from back home. )

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[He's gonna cry don't you do that shit to him.

No but really, he stares in bug-eyed awe, hands to his chest when it's done.]

You're an artist. It actually looks like my suit! Crazy awesome.

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( the praise gets a wide smile out of billy, holding out the newly formed figure for peter to take, if he wants. )

Thanks. I can handpaint them too, but that takes a lot more time. Maybe next time? Loki seems to like them better that way anyway. Something about the magic making them less exciting.

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[He takes it very carefully, with full concern for the safety of Mini Spider.]

Spider-Man Jr. will be taken care of, promise.

And hey, I think both ways are cool. There's a kinda artistry to both, right?

[wiccant]

Magic takes a lot of concentration. Picturing something. . painting is kind of close, even if it's a little more time consuming.

( nts: peter is a huge nerd and definitely needs more figures. billy will work on it. )

I think they're both nice too. Either way, it's putting a piece of yourself into something and working hard on it.

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True enough. Just like webslinging is an art — the art of not faceplanting walls, so be careful.

[He taps a button, and the webslinger whirs, opening up as he holds it.]

I'm embarrassed to say how many times I would have broke my face in theory... But a deal's a deal!

You wanted it now, right?

[wiccant]

( the webslinger is so exciting. billy has to contain himself from getting too hype over it, but the smile is impossible to hide. he holds out a palm, offering to take it carefully. he definitely doesn't want to break peter's tech or anything. )

I can fly, if it goes wrong. ( tbh he's going to go use it to antagonize teddy anyway. ) But thanks for the warning, and for letting me see it. I promise to take good care of it until I give it back.

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Sweet. And I made it so it shouldn't accidentally use any alternate web settings!

But if it does anything weird, just lemme know. I'd hate for you to accidentally taze yourself.

[wiccant]

Taze?

( what have you done to your web slingers young man. )