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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[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. )

1/3

[madeupnames]

I can do that! Watch!

[madeupnames]

[madeupnames]

See?

[wiccant]

( it's absolutely horrible that the more he talks to peter, the more he remembers back when he was sixteen, training with eli, nate, and teddy. putting on his first suit, taking the name asgardian and running around accidentally setting fire to things.

before the first Incident. not that billy's still--angry at the world over that. things are different. peter is just.

young. new. and billy's a little enamored with it: a young nerd putting on a suit trying to do his best to better the world. he Gets it. there's a stupidly big smile on his lips, a happy lilt to his tone. )

I don't think you're ever going to get that down. Not that it's a bad thing.

( stay pure spider boy. )

[madeupnames]

[He shrugs and laughs, surprised at how content Billy looks.]

I guess that's for the best...!

I prefer making people give up information so they don't have to stomach anymore lame jokes, you know? How many knock-knock jokes can a bad guy stomach before he writes a whole novel on criminal activities in Queens? That sort of thing.

[wiccant]

I think Queens needs more heroes like you. New York in general definitely does.

( someone who isn't weighed down by as much shit as the avengers. not that they're bad, billy idolizes them as much as peter does. but peter has a nice perspective, and it's. important not to lose sight of that. billy knows. has, once or twice. )

Does that work often?

[madeupnames]

[He just huffs, a smile in the sound.]

Not at all. But that's what practice is for, right? I'll annoy New York City into peace.

[wiccant]

You can practice on Riverview in the meantime, I'm sure the villains here love that stuff.

( not that billy has much experience with them. there have been purse snatchers and cultists, but--nobody wants to think about the cultists. )

[madeupnames]

Sounds good. It's easy to find people to annoy, if you look hard enough.

This place is just a... greener New York.

With more aliens.

And monsters.

And magic.