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Tweak says, "I don't care if I ever getback"

Janet Van Dyne aka Wasp (tiny_queenbee) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-03-13 11:58:00

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gwen stacy, janet van dyne (avac)

Who: Gwen Stacy (616) & Jan Van Dyne (AVAC)
What: Door-world exploration!
When: Wednesday afternoon
Where: WHO KNOWS
Rating: Low
Status: Incomplete

While the prospects of Starklandia were improving, they were still nowhere close to having all the luxuries that they should have. Jan knew everyone was trying to find as much as they could when they went exploring through the door and really, that was the only place that gave them any sort of entertainment. She'd been fortunate to have all good experiences lately, although she hadn't necessarily walked away with equipment or resources that would be valuable to the cause. Still, when in doubt, another trip through couldn't be the WORST decision. Jan found herself flying that way to see if she could help find some more resources for the new shop, COFFEE, that Clint and Kate had opened. It seemed small, but if anything would help bring about a sort of regularity to the place, coffee was definitely that. Jan had also toyed with the idea of opening something up, some kind of clothing store like she had at the academy, but she was a long way off from finding the right materials and resources as well.

"So really, it's just another day on the job!" she said out loud as she zipped across the courtyard and past the well. She had her goal in mind and just needed to keep searching until she found what she needed.

She saw someone else heading in the same direction and she sped up to catch up. The last time she had met someone and gone on a random adventure with them, it had turned out pretty well. Maybe this was another serendipitous moment to have an adventure and make a new friend. She grew back to her full size when she was just a few feet behind, calling out a greeting.

"Hey! Hi! Are you going through the door?" She jogged a little to catch up. "Can I come too?"

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Gwen | Jan :: Door Exploration!

tiny_queenbee
2019-03-27 07:19 am UTC (link)

Jan laughed, immediately feeling at ease as she pulled a shopping cart out and handed it to Gwen, pulling another for herself. "Perfect, one each should be able to handle it!" She frowned, thinking about the most important item that'd need to find. "Target doesn't sell fridges, do they?" Well, they'd have to stop off somewhere else to grab something there. She was determined to get one for Tony, because who knew when she might get lucky enough to find another world that had everything they needed? She felt like 3/3 was too lucky and she wasn't going to ruin her chances.

"We definitely have to grab all the snackies," she said, following the path that took them to the women's fashion. She had already brought back a lot of clothes with Sirius, but you could never have too many options; especially since she wasn't able to make anything herself. She passed a display of mannequins and stopped, staring at one of them. Had one of them...moved? She stood standing there for a moment, just watching. "Did...did that thing just move?" She pointed at the mannequin she thought she had seen move, looking at Gwen. She was hoping she was just going a bit crazy and credited that to the lack of normal, processed food she usually ate.

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Gwen | Jan :: Door Exploration!

itsybitsyspidey
2019-03-29 06:39 pm UTC (link)

"I don't think so," she said. "But if there's a Target, there's probably an appliance store somewhere nearby." It sounded logical, even if it didn't turn out that way. Gwen was going to hope for the best. A fridge would be a fantastic item to bring back. But so would two heaping carts full of crap courtesy of Target. They'd have to be at least a little strategic. Raiding the market section with non-perishable food would be a smart move. "Yes, and--"

Even before Jan asked her, Gwen knew something was off. Her Spider Sense alerted her to the point of her actually pausing in her steps to look to the side at the mannequin in question just before Jan inquired if it had moved. She stared it down for a good ten or fifteen seconds. Damn, she was glad she wore her suit and shooters under her clothes today. "That would be crazy, wouldn't it? And by crazy I mean horrifying." Her gaze drifted to the other mannequins. They seemed still for now. Though she hadn't really answered verbally, Gwen gave a subtle nod that yes, it did move. And yes, they needed to probably be alert because of it.

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Gwen | Jan :: Door Exploration!

tiny_queenbee
2019-03-30 06:22 pm UTC (link)

Jan's eyes moved from Gwen to the mannequin, but it seemed to be fairly immobile now. She made a 'yikes' face at Gwen, almost relaying that they would continue, but be a bit more aware of their surroundings. "Probably best to get what we can and get out," she said, pushing the cart down the aisle. The thought of shopping around for a little bit was pushed from her mind as she now concentrated on the necessities that they'd want to bring people back in Starklandia.

"Shoes!" Jan's thoughts of the mannequin's disappeared when she thought about what had been asked for that she didn't have a large supply of. "And sunglasses!" Maybe they could even toss in a few jewelry options; just because they were trapped in a weird, medieval type town didn't mean they had to live that way! "The last time I went shopping, I found the best practice was just dumping everything in." She swept her hand across a table lined with tee shirts and dumped them all in her cart.

"Not how I usually go shopping, but we have a whole village to provide for!" Thank goodness they each had a cart. "Anything you've been wanting?"

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Gwen | Jan :: Door Exploration!

itsybitsyspidey
2019-03-31 10:46 pm UTC (link)

"Definitely shoes," she agreed. Gwen had been walking around in her strappy flats since before she'd arrived and while they were comfortable she was ready to wear something else. Like Jan, she started to sweep as much into her cart as she could. She swept in some leggings. "We should get guy stuff, too." They ventured into the men's section and did the same thing, swiping in men's clothing and some shoes. Gwen made sure to keep an eye out on the mannequins because she was not about to want to engage in a fight with one. That was creepy as hell. That said, she definitely would. And when one looked like it was about to take a step, she shot a stream of webbing around its ankles. Not today. Nope.

"We should get some non-perishable food. Let's sweep the market, then get the hell out of here. Those things are giving me the creeps." Gwen scrunched her nose, then steered her cart over to the market section. She started tossing cans into the cart. "Jack pot!" She grabbed a few boxes of pop tarts and tossed them into the cart as well. "Still wish we could find a fridge. But maybe next time." She threw some spaghetti noodles and cans of sauce into the cart. "What about shampoo and stuff? Toiletries?" They were running out of space in their carts but they may not get another chance like this to bring back so much for everyone. "We could circle back, grab some things like backpacks or luggage and fill those up too."

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Gwen | Jan :: Door Exploration!

tiny_queenbee
2019-04-02 05:34 am UTC (link)

Jan shot a few mannequin's down, laughing as she followed after Gwen. Alright, this was weird, but she was having a good time watching Gwen's back and assisting with any mannequin's that needed to be taken down. It almost felt like a game show! OMG, what if they were ON a gameshow? Jan looked around, squinting and wondering if they were being videotaped through the cameras.

She shook herself as she heard Gwen talking to her, asking about...toilets? Oh, toilettries! "Yeah, let's just grab-" She stopped as a family of mannequins started to make their way towards them. "Uh, on second thought, I think the clothes and the food is good for now, I think we should probably head back now!" She glanced at Gwen. "How do you feel about long term borrowing these things?" She didn't think they'd have time to pay for these things and to cement that idea, she heard a scream behind her.

Her blasters were up as she aimed them towards the noise, but stopped, a look of disbelief on her face. One of the mannequins had touched one of the other shoppers and...

"Oh my god, are we in some kinda bad movie?!" Jan watched as the shopper slowly turned into a mannequin themselves, completely lifeless but moving with some sorta weird magic. "Alright, we're outta here." She turned her cart towards the exit and started to make a run for it. "At least they're slow, right?"

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itsybitsyspidey
2019-04-03 10:23 pm UTC (link)

"Oh no, nope. Asbo-freaking-lutely not!" Gwen called out when she saw that there were more mannequins just popping up and people were actually turning into them. She was not about to let herself or Jan be turned into some sort of mindless mannequin. Hell no. That was terrifying. How on Earth would she ever be able to play drums again? Or swing around? Those things looked stiff and they were faceless. No way. Terrifying. The thought that a world like this existed and it was happening at a freaking Target was unbelievable. And frankly, Gwen didn't want to stick around to find out if this was some sort of sorcery spell on these people or if there was some sort of mega ultra powerful mannequin because seriously? Yikes.

"I think we're on the same wave length," Gwen said. "Pretty sure Target's profit margins are high enough that they won't miss any of this. Time to go!" Her Spider-Senses were pinging pretty much non-stop which wasn't a good sign. Jan was right; thank goodness they were moving slowly. Otherwise this might get a lot messier. She just wanted to get this stuff and go. She turned her head and shot off a series of webs that wove around the legs of a few of the mannequins that were closing in on them. "Door!" She ran with her partner in long-term-borrowing-crime toward the automatic doors, pushing the carts along the way. "These are so gross! Ugh!" She shot more webbing to completely wrap around the body of one who was coming at them from the side. "Don't stop until we're back. Who knows if there are more of these things out in the parking lot!"

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tiny_queenbee
2019-04-04 08:37 am UTC (link)

This was why Jan liked Gwen best; she was sensible and was a go with the flow kinda gal. They were both out in the open, Jan taking a moment to catch her breath when Gwen's frantic warning reached her. She tensed, glancing around as she kept running, pushing the cart in front of her. "Alright, we can't be that far from the door, right?" Jan heard a crash behind them and glanced behind her, a few of the mannequin's now spilling out of the store. "SHOOT!" She sent a repulsor blast past Gwen, blowing up the front of the store. "Sorry, thought we needed the distraction! C'mon!" She really needed to get on those shrink discs, it would have made this a lot easier if they didn't need to push their full carts through the city streets.

They received a lot of glances as they passed by people, but Jan tried to keep her eye on the prize: the door was just up ahead. "Almost there!" She called out, glancing around to see where Gwen had gotten to. She figured she had been right behind her the entire time, hoping she hadn't had to deal with too many things in the back. She really hoped there were no more mannequin's rushing after them with the fear of being turned into one. While Jan was all about people stopping to look at her, it was more in the sense that she would be able to interact back with them.

Thank goodness they had left the door open. Jan didn't even think that that might not have been the safest bet as anything could then get into the village, but she pushed her cart through, stopping once her feet hit the wooden floor and glancing back to help Gwen get through with her cart of treasures.

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