Rooms

[Private to Peter P.]

sooo MJ has nooo fucking idea you're Spider-Man? Still? That's fucked bro.

[Private to Harry O.]

thanks, man.

[Eddie was in a simple black suit, thin green tie with that ankh pinned to it and shiny, shiny shoes. His hair was slicked back with little success, that familiar swooping curl always threatening to pop forward completely. If ever there were a Gotham without the rogues, the color, the insanity, well he'd look something like this. Flair in places it counted, sharply dressed and standing in front of a famous tourist attraction like it wasn't the most cliche place in the world to meet a woman.

The truth was, he wasn't feeling very roguish. Sure, he flirted with the idea when he spoke to his old Arkham buddies, but he couldn't help feel like he had moved out of a small town into someplace bigger and better. He wanted to wear his question marks, he wanted to live in his light grey, but he didn't want to hurt people anymore. He didn't want to contribute and it was impossible to not as a rogue. Eddie wondered if he was supposed to mourn it. Bury the neon green with reverence. He wouldn't bother. No, in fact, he'd likely put that blinking question mark skeleton back on just to fool people into thinking that was still the man he was. Fool them until it started to feel real again.

After all. If he wasn't a rogue, who was he? That was a good riddle.

He faced that beautiful waste of water and leaned on the stone railing. Fellow tourists took pictures and selfies oh-so modernly and he smiled at their simple happiness. He envied it beyond every color of green he had ever worn. Eddie reached into his pocket, pulled out a penny and put it on his thumbnail like he was mimicking old Harvey. The little green man made a wish, took a deep breath and then flipped it into the water below.]

[Locked to Flash T]

Hey...

[Gwen S]

Hi, Gwen!

[Wanda M]

Sorry about the quick exit when I first got here. I wasn't trying to be rude.

[Billy K]

So. What do we do? Just like....Get jobs?

[Bruce B]

Yo, Doctor Banner - Lets make this weird right out the gate yeah? I'm Teddy. I'm an Avenger, a new one. Where I come from anyway. I go by Hulkling, I kinda stole your name - I hear everyone around here comes from random places. I just thought you might not know who I am, so I figured I'd introduce myself before someone else mentioned it. Sup?

[Eddie N]

How are things?

[Wren H]

Hi. I didn't get to thank you for everything. Daisy is sitting here quite happily with peanut butter in her hair. She wants to call you and tell you her knock knock joke again after she's done eating.

[Group Lock: Graham R and Shane A]

Just checking in, I hope you're both hanging in there alright.

[locked to jack c.]

[Oblivious to the selling of flower shops.] How was she?

[locked to thomas b.]

Have you talked to Max yet?

eta: [locked to max m.]

Hey, kid.