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Pete Wisdom is saving the world...from itself. (mister_wisdom) wrote in avengers_net,
@ 2020-08-26 13:53:00

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- network, christine palmer, kitty pryde, natasha romanoff, nebula, peter wisdom, tony stark

Fake Alexa keeps telling me that it's going to engage the fire alarms if I light one more cigarette. What is this building constructed out of? Fascism?

No, I'm not making nice and introducing myself. I'm lodging a complaint.

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	mister_wisdom 2020-08-26 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not feeling nice, Pryde. You go ahead and be the good cop. I'll be the disgruntled one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-26 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	They saved us. They gave us a safe place to stay. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty mister_wisdom 2020-08-26 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	They did but I'm not going to be kissing their arses over it either. I said cheers for the room. Meanwhile, I'm still utterly hacked off, Kitty. I should ask our billionaire benefactor if Alexa lite can be muted, before I put a hot knife through the speakers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-26 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	I get why you're angry. But these people had nothing to do with what happened to us there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty mister_wisdom 2020-08-26 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Stop trying to apply reasoning to me. It won't work. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-26 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	My major is computer science and math. Logic is kind of my thing. What will you gain by alienating these people? They know some things about Genosha. It's in our best interests to cooperate with them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Pete | Kitty

mister_wisdom
2020-08-26 10:39 pm UTC (link)

Granted. But love, I'm gathering at this point, we know more than they do. Even if we don't know everything.

Bloody hell, Kitty. I'm not going to be utterly uncooperative. We'll give them a debrief and ask about security options so you're safe if you leave the building. Until then, I'm fumigating this room with tobacco. Stay out or your lungs will shrivel on contact.

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	Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-26 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	Still. Didn't anyone ever tell you that you can catch more flies with honey? Okay, how about a compromise. What if you ask Friday, and make an effort to use her actual name, to order one of those smokeless ashtrays for you to use? That would help. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty mister_wisdom 2020-08-26 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	Technically, you get even more flies with vinegar. Fine. But I'll have you know that's diminishing me breathing in my own second hand smoke. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-26 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, but you'll still be able to breathe in plenty of first hand smoke. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty mister_wisdom 2020-08-26 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	Damn you and your logic. I need get medium-rare cow and a pint somewhere that isn't in an enclosed space. Let's arrange that meeting with Stark right now so we can pop out if it's safe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-26 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	I told you it's kind of my thing. Okay, yeah. I, uh... still haven't called my parents. I'm afraid that their phones might be tapped. Maybe he can help me with that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty mister_wisdom 2020-08-27 12:18 am UTC (link)
	I think between him and me, we can both help you out. I'm rubbish at emotional support and family dynamics. That said, if you need someone there while you do that, I'll volunteer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-27 12:23 am UTC (link)
	I have no idea what to say to them. I obviously can't tell them the truth. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty mister_wisdom 2020-08-27 12:29 am UTC (link)
	We'll work up a cover story. If all else fails, blame me and tell them you met a rotten boyfriend who is an exchange professor from London. Then I'll say hello and they can hate me forever and you can disappoint your parents for a few years. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-27 12:39 am UTC (link)
	I have never lied to my parents. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Pete | Kitty

mister_wisdom
2020-08-27 01:05 am UTC (link)

Right. You've got a hurdle. Look at it this way.

You can either tell them the age old story of college student falls for professor with an accent and there's a torrid affair where he takes her on a tour of Europe for "educational purposes." Which we all know is about having a shag. Your parents will hate the professor more than their disappointment with the student, and think the chap (or lady, if it's a preference) was leading their dear child astray.

Or you can tell them that you were nabbed by your government or other security force, that it was covered up while Dr. Frankenfuck did experiments to turn you into a ghost. Then explain that by knowing this, they might be in danger or said government, or military, or police agencies may use them as a target to lure you out and capture you again.

There's lying to get out of trouble, and then there's lying for someone's own good so they don't get in trouble. Two entirely different ends of the lie spectrum. It's not nice. It's not pretty. But it is effective and can protect people you care about.

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	Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-27 01:09 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I know I need to protect them. It's just going to be difficult. You're really okay with me using you in my lie though? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Pete \| Kitty mister_wisdom 2020-08-27 01:14 am UTC (link)
	Absobloodylutely fine with it. Please do. I've been blessed with the ability to disappoint parents since I was born. Please, take advantage of my natural talent. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-27 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Okay. As soon as I know it's safe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Pete \| Kitty mister_wisdom 2020-08-27 01:23 am UTC (link)
	We'll know when we talk to Stark. Whom I've managed to not put off entirely. I'd imagine that's hard to do. There's been leaked scandal vids of him shagging girls for decades now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Pete \| Kitty justaphase 2020-08-27 01:24 am UTC (link)
	He agreed to the smokeless ashtray compromise, by the way. You're welcome. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Pete \| Kitty mister_wisdom 2020-08-27 01:30 am UTC (link)
	That still doesn't erase the eyeburn he caused when Fat Bastard down in cyber crime thought it would be funny to download a vid for a lark. Even his name is a lie since he's melted down to nothing after he started keto. Now he's just a bastard. Cheers, Kitty. If it's being sent, I'll give it a go. Before I quit again. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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