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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!

itsybitsyspidey
2019-03-23 06:22 pm UTC (link)

"For sure! I can show you." Gwen certainly didn't mind teaching Jan how to swing from the webs. If Jan lost control of her swing she could catch herself with her wings. She'd probably pick up on it pretty quick. It hadn't taken Gwen all that long to figure it out and now it was as easy as walking. Besides, it'd also be something to do when they got back. God only knew she was trying to do whatever she could to fill up her time and stay busy. At least now she felt like she was gaining a friend. A friend who was really sweet and enthusiastic and had some pretty cool tricks herself. That was going to help her a lot.

"Yeah, that shouldn't be a problem. I can probably shape them into bags if we need something like that to carry them in. Might be a little sticky, though. If there's something heavy I can carry it, too." Gwen was small, but she was just as strong as any of the Spider-Man variants. "Carts might be fun though. We can race in them. Or team up and have jousting matches in the square." They'd probably end up getting broken, but it'd be entertaining for a good ten minutes or so, maybe.

"So then, are we in another world? That is, could there be another variation of Jan or Gwen here? Or is this some sort of made up world that doesn't actually exist beyond the door? Does anyone know?"

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Gwen | Jan :: Door Exploration!

tiny_queenbee
2019-03-24 07:24 am UTC (link)

It was the first time that Jan actually wanted to be back at the village so she could bother either Tony for use of their workshop so she could look more into Gwen's web shooters. She'd have to figure out what different components went into it and then hope to find a door that lead her to the resources she'd need. But then again, with old!Tony's alien tech, maybe she'd be able to develop something even better for Gwen. The sky's the limit! Her excitement grew and she couldn't help but hold her hand up for a high five, glancing into storefronts as they made their way down the street.

"Omigod Gwen, that's a GREAT idea!" She looked at her partner and grinned. "Now we totally need to add shopping carts to the list!" Jan was beginning to accept the shift in her moral compass the longer she stayed in the village. Right now, it was really about the good of Starklandia and all of its current inhabitants; they needed a lot to be able to resume some kind of normalcy and Jan was committed to help out when and where she could. Maybe shopping carts weren't a necessity, but without any working Internet or social media, what else did they have to do to kill time?

Her next set of questions made her pause, thinking on them. Was this some kind of alternate reality? Or was it one of those worlds that was masking itself as Earth but wasn't really Earth? Kinda like Starklandia...

"I dunno," she said with a shrug. "I've heard some people went through the door and wound up in some CRAZY situations. Like...maybe not Earth crazy situations?" She couldn't remember the actual world, but she remembered hearing something about Lord of the Rings and a zombie apocalypse. Maybe...possibly. "If we're in a duplicate Earth, I wonder if we could find ourselves!" She looked at Gwen, perhaps a bit of a crazed look in her eye as she thought about what her alternate self might be like. She had seen a lot of other world friends show up at the Academy but had never met another version of herself. It seemed silly to be jealous that there were those that had other versions of themselves, but Jan wanted to know what else she could have been like.

And then she remembered that Gwen knew a version of her. Right. She'd grill her for more information later. But for now, they had more serious things to look for.

"PERFECT!" Jan stopped outside a large red building that had a large bullseye on it. She was already starting to feel better because she had found a brand! The last time she had ventured in with Sirius, there had only been non-branded stores so that had been a bit weird. Not to mention the creepy people. Maybe this meant they were in a normal world!

"Shopping carts, food, clothes, EVERYTHING WE'VE EVER NEEDED!" Except a fridge, but she would figure that out as soon as they started their shopping experience. "Shall we?" She gave her a mocking bow, causing the automated doors to slide open.

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Gwen | Jan :: Door Exploration!

itsybitsyspidey
2019-03-25 08:16 pm UTC (link)

Gwen had yet to meet any other version of herself. In another part of the multi-verse she'd found out that version of her was dead, and in Starklandia she'd come to learn that Alpha Peter knew a version of her. Whether or not that was her from a future encounter or was a different her entirely remained to be seen. There was likely no way to actually figure that out, either. It didn't matter that much, she supposed, but it would be interesting to find out what another Gwen was like. Would she be a drummer, too? Was she Spider-Woman? The dead!Gwen hadn't been, but that didn't mean much. Her Peter hadn't been Spider-Man but there were lots of Peters who were. Time would tell if another Gwen popped up.

"I guess we're gonna find out," she said. At least they were kind of equipped to deal with stuff like that. Bizarre things happening, enemies attacking, all were kind of normal occurrences for Gwen at this point in her life so she wasn't terribly concerned. One way or another she typically could figure out what to do and with Jan there it only upped their chances of managing to deal with anything out of the ordinary. They'd be fine. She assured herself of it.

"Oh wow," she said. "Jackpot." A grin tugged at the side of her lips as she passed through the sliding doors. "We shall." Once inside, she felt the urge to shop. "I don't even think I need my Spider Senses to tell me that we're going to start looking for essentials and end up with a bunch of crap we didn't realize we'd even picked up."

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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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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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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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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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