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Peter Parker (the_spider_man) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-06-16 19:57:00

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gwen stacy, peter parker (616)

Who: Peter Parker of the 616 and Gwen Stacy
Where: Through the doors into the Pokemon world
When: Backdated to Thursday
What: Peter and Gwen decide to explore Pokemon world for any pokemon that could be helpful to their situation... they may not come back with anything of vital use.
Rating: Lowish.
Status: Ongoing

Peter made his way to the strange house at the end of town that everyone proclaimed would travel from one world to the next, a thing he found to be strangely odd but nothing too out of the ordinary for him; he'd been to so many random 'dimensions', timelines, alternate timelines, realms, whatever, that it was becoming something of commonplace for him. This was to him as going to Europe every few years was for a group of friends who got together only once those few years for that one trip--that was oddly specific. Man his brain was difficult to crack down.

Especially when meeting up with Gwen. He'd only met this Gwen a handful of times in one of those few reality hopping incidents, and while they'd finally grown to an understanding, it didn't change the fact she had her face. A face that both haunted and pushed Peter any time he spent even a tiny amount of time thinking about it. It was moments like that, or Captain Stacy, Ben, Jameson's wife, whatever and whoever had been a death caused by him, that hung like a weight around his shoulders. People didn't realize how much Peter held back his punches, and Peter didn't realize how much of the baggage he carried held back his punches for him subconsciously.

Sketchers carried him across the road towards the aforementioned building, wearing a pair of jeans and a button up flannel shirt, which was worn over his spidey-suit, and with backpack slung over his shoulder, Peter approached and came to a stop near the front of the complex. Looking up at it, his head tilted to the side a bit, then he looked down towards one of the last remnants of his time as a CEO, his Webware watch, checking the time, and then turned to drop his back on the ground and lean back against the wall, kicking a foot up behind him, onto the wall, and waiting for Gwen to arrive. He then popped out his phone and began to play some Candy Crush.

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itsybitsyspidey
2019-07-01 09:29 pm UTC (link)

"I feel like it's a betrayal if I say my favorite band isn't the band I'm in. Or was in. I guess maybe still am in," she said, and scrunched her nose. Honestly it wouldn't shock her if they'd tried to replace her by now. Although, the girls had apparently thought about it before and ultimately decided she couldn't be replaced? But that was a long time ago, so there was no telling. "Anyway, The Mary Janes are kinda like the Runaways, so my mind kind of went there when I named her."

As he went on to talk, Gwen glanced up at him and listened. It was still so strange to her, even after meeting a number of Peter Parkers, that he was a Spider-Person like her. Although, apparently she was the anomaly. Her and Miles. But they all sort of seemed to be on the same page. They were here, not home, and that was hard because they knew the responsibility they all carried. It was hard, sometimes, to reconcile that she wasn't at home being Spider-Woman, trying to take down Matt Murdock and Frank Castle while also kind of working with them to clear Spider-Woman's name. But being where they were, all of them at once, with more people coming and going all the time, Gwen had so many questions. Was there a reason they were all being brought to that place? Was there a reason some were being taken away? Was there a method to who was selected to come to town? What was bringing them there? Or who? Had they all really been plucked out of their worlds? Or were they just parallel versions of themselves, split and brought to the town? She didn't have anymore answers than she did when she first arrived and it was a little unsettling, but it was also out of her control. That, for her, was the most frustrating part.

Gwen placed a hand on his arm, and offered a little smile. "Me too. I think that's a Spider-thing," she said. "I think the hardest part is the not-knowing. We don't know what's happening back home, and we have no way of finding out. We don't even know how we got here, or why. I try not to let it get to me, because, well, I can't do anything about it. But that's even more frustrating. I don't like having to accept that. You've been at this longer than me, and I know I'm not.. I mean, I know I'm not her," she said, referring to the Gwen he'd known. "But I get it. I get the toll of the responsibility we carry so.. I guess what I mean is, I'm here."

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the_spider_man
2019-07-03 03:28 am UTC (link)

"I think you can have a favorite band that's not your band. Like, if someone asks me who my favorite super hero, I'm like, "well being Spider-Man's pretty cool, but Captain America's amazing." So is Captain Marvel. That's why they're captains--by the way, they should absolutely be promoted at some point," Peter offered as they walked. He had to admit he was getting used to the idea of walking everywhere rather than swinging. He rather missed the swinging, but there weren't a lot of swinging options around them at any point. Unless one of the doors took them to a random large city.

The touch to his arm had Peter smiling and he looked back in her direction and nodded, "Thanks. The not knowing is the worst part, I have so many people back there who are counting on me and I'd hate to think I'm failing them. Then again, there's obviously something important happening here and maybe this is the place we need to be. I don't know. But funny you should mention not knowing, I am working on some way to try and at least get data from another reality. In particular mine, because I have some basis there. So far I can get a couple songs here or there, but they won't play the whole thing and it's fleeting."

Shaking his head he cleared his throat, "But enough about back home. Like you said, there's nothing we can do about it right now and we currently have other people relying on us to help out, so we can get that done. So let's brainstorm: power is pretty easy with Tony's reactors, but I suppose some electric Pokemon could help there. Maybe a water type? Grass type could help us grow things... any idea?"

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