video; username: spiderman

[madeupnames]

[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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[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.

[madeupnames]

... 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.]

[wiccant]

( 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. )

[madeupnames]

[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.

[wiccant]

( 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.

[madeupnames]

[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.

[madeupnames]

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.

[madeupnames]

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. )

[madeupnames]

Uh, yeah! Stark put a lot of new settings in the webslinger.

... None of it's lethal or anything! And you won't be able to use it anyway. I just mean — you know. on the .0001% chance you accidentally unlock it without me, let me know. The main thing to watch for is the web cartridge warning sound, for when the canister is low.

[wiccant]

Is it easy to get the stuff to refill them here? I wouldn't want to burn through too much if it's pricey.

( while he attaches the webslinger to his wrist and plays around with it, this is cool. )

[madeupnames]

[He laughs a little.]

It's not really something you can buy — uh, it's my own formula. But I have access to all of Stark's stuff, so don't worry about using that up, 'cus he's pretty cool about letting me mooch off his supplies.

[The perks of being the young padawan.]

It lasts a pretty decent time... as long as you're not covering a whole room top to bottom with webs.

[wiccant]

( he assumed it wasn't store bought, but. getting the stuff to make it might have been pricey, or hard to find here. but if it's stark's stuff peter's leeching off of that's cool. billy has no quarrels about using up all of stark's stuff. peter's? yes. )

I'll be careful not to webbomb anyone. ( probably. maybe. if he feels like it. )

How long have you been making this stuff?

[madeupnames]

Uuuuh.

[He scratches his chin, thoughtful.]

Little over a year now? Took a while to get it right, though. I can't tell you how many buildings I fell off of the first month from faulty formulas.

[A baby spider. A spiderling. One year old, new to world, hello spiderboy.]

[wiccant]

( what a pure baby. a soft, innocent spiderbaby. )

And how old are you?

[madeupnames]

.................... That's totally confidential.

[Spider-toddler.]

[wiccant]

Fourteen? Fifteen?

( sounds close anyway. )

[madeupnames]

C'mooon.

Nobody ever goes for the 'Man' in Spider-Man.

[wiccant]

The Spider-Man back where I come from started in his teens.

( considering how long he's been at it. not that it matters much, because: )

And you sound a little young for that.

[madeupnames]

[He sighs.]

Okay, okay. You're on the right track there.

... But mark my words, I'll hit puberty eventually and master my interrogation voice, so help me.

[wiccant]

Interrogation voices aren't about having a deep voice.

( like come on. billy's been more terrified of kate when she's been pissed than any other dude out there. )

It's about showing that you mean it.

[madeupnames]

That's a problem, since I don't usually mean it.

... Everything turns into quips.

[wiccant]

Less sassing, more squinting generally helps.

( not that it'd work for peter. given. spider-man. )