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( the username might not be familiar to most, since it isn't used often and usually only with those that already know about who spider-man is. these are unusual circumstances, though, and require a little flexibility. )

yo, spider-man here

( absolutely just ... puts that out there, like it's a perfectly normal name that no one should have questions about. )

usually this sort of thing isn't a team sport for me, but, hey. old spiders can apparently learn new tricks. or try? this is me, trying.

so i here i am on a midnight stroll at flona cove, i love me some romantic walks alone on the beach,
and to my astonishment just offshore there are what look like pirates (a few hats w feathers but what gave them away was the guy with the eye patch) making off like... well, pirates? i guess? with caches i know for a fact they didn't dig up
there's lots of these guys. 30 or more. and while i'm used to the solo thing, maybe this is more like a 2 person job.
3. maybe 3.

any takers? and more importantly, how fast can you get here

( he will take questions and concerns while he's at it. shoot. text only though, please... he's trying to go incognito. )

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not to play coy, but pretty sure this has nothing to do with stopping pirate shenanigans

( and he haaaaaates talking about how he became a spider-american, after his father died to keep Oscorp from financing super soldiers... sorry Rosalind. )

Has help arrived yet?

no, but if I wanted to talk about all my secrets, I probably wouldn't wear a mask and go by Spider-Man

If you wanted to keep people from asking questions, you might want to avoid introducing yourself as "Spider-Man", as that's a name that simply begs for questions.

Very well, then. If not your powers, what /do/ you want to discuss?

I gotta go by something, right? and 'weird wall crawling kid' just doesn't roll off the tongue as easy

I guess we can talk about why you are so curious about inhuman abilities? that sounds interesting

"John Smith" might suffice, but you'll do as you like.

You know, I get that question a fair bit. I'm beginning to suspect I've more natural curiosity than others. Who /wouldn't/ want to know about inhuman abilities?

truth be told, I didn't pick the name. kinda stuck, though. haha. sorry, that's a bit of an in-joke

( Peter, you cannot have in-jokes with yourself. )

...............you know what, you got me there. makes sense to be curious, but my spider secrets are unfortunately confidential. sorry.

[FOR NOW, she does not type menacingly, but she sure thinks it.]

Would you count what specific abilities you have, regardless of origin, as a secret?

...I guess not?

I can crawl on walls, I have web shooters, and I'm pretty strong. that's most of it.

( and a pretty unsatisfying description, probably, but it is information. information she'd glean just by watching him in action, yet still information!! it counts. )

I assume the webs you shoot are proportional to you; they'd be fairly useless otherwise.

Do you give live demonstrations?

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you might be surprised on that one.

( the webbing from his father's hybrid spiders was still quite thin while still being strong enough to hold up him. and cars. )

not on purpose, generally. maybe you'll spot me swinging by sometime if you're in the right place at the right time.

Which, right now, is by the cove. Unfortunately, I've no intention of heading there-- and given we span a continent, being at the right place in the right time seems an impossibility.

So. Surely there must be some kind of trade we can settle on.

right, exactly. the cove is the happening spider location right now

mmm... no? not really? but if you're that determined, I tend to find trouble. just keep your eyes out.

You're encouraging me to criminality.

whoa, hey, no
just... witnessing some criminal activity, from the sidelines

Ah. You want me to put myself in danger for the possibility of seeing you.

lets call it a healthy distance from criminal activity...

no, you're right, it is a bad plan.

Really, having a prearranged meeting seems the most sensible course of action.

and all you want is to see my powers in action?

( because... that's pretty harmless, right? )

And perhaps ask you a few questions, but yes, that's the gist of it.

i have some ground rules

1. no samples, no exceptions
2. no unmasking me like some kind of scooby doo villain
3. umm i think thats it

otherwise, i guess so? this is weird.

It's not half as odd as you're making it.

[she's a fair bit disappointed about the no samples rule, but she thinks she can get around that sooner or later.]

Pick a day and time.

guess that depends on where you are. if its around wyver it'll take me longer.

Luckily for both of us, I'm in Olympia at the moment.

( he can't decide if this is promising or not. if he chickens out, then he could have done it easier if she was across the continent. )

gimme a couple days. the weekend, maybe?

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