[ And guess who hasn't actually gone to bed yet because he's still kinda pumped up from swinging around town, and is currently working on his web fluid v5.0?
The screen flicks on and jitters around a little when Peter sets his phone down, propping it up against some old books. ]
[ gwen has her phone propped up on her night stand, so the view is sideways, kind of. she's laying on her side in bed, anyway, she grins when he answers ]
Neither are you. [ teeheehee not that she was super hoping or anything ] Tinkering?
[ It's said half-distractedly while Peter starts to clean his desk area up a little bit, enough anyway to devote the rest of his night to Gwen. He peers up towards the screen. ]
Everything okay, Gwen? I mean, this isn't like ... well, I guess it's not a mission thing 'cause you look like you're at home.
Hm? Oh, yeah. No. Not a mission thing. Feeling too hyped up to sleep, but it's too late to drum. So. Hi.
[ because there's no way in fresh hell she's going to admit she just wanted to see his stupid face that kind of talk is for weenies and gwen stacy is no weenie ]
I'd just show up knocking on your window if it was a mission thing, let's be real.
[ He shakes his head a little, laughing down into the desk somewhere - mostly out of embarrassment or maybe bashfulness, we'll never know. ]
Yeah. You're right. You know, you've gotta stop doing that. It's bad enough Aunt May knows about the whole spider thing, but like. I'm pretty sure she wants me to stop doing it.
[ His aunt isn't exactly subtle when she has something to say. ]
Yeah, my dad doesn't love it either. But we use the buddy system, that should be reassuring. And May's gotta know I'd never let anything bad happen to you.
[ she's only a little embarrassed by her own honesty there ]
But alright, if it's making her antsy I'll use the front door like a normal person. I'll even knock the knock, so she knows it's me. [ because yes she has her own intricate knock for when she visits, dur ] Or we could just be sneakier. ..But she's smart. [ sigh ] We'll figure something out.
[ Peter's expression changes from bashful to further embarrassed - but in a way like he's uncomfortable with so much care and affection being sent his way. It's nice, what Gwen says, but he isn't sure how to respond except to be quietly grateful that he's got a best friend like her. ]
You know the same goes for me too. I mean, I hope your dad knows we're partners in this. Like, equal partners.
[ He reaches up to rub at his ear absent-mindedly, feeling them warm a little. ] Anyway, yeah. We could always tell them we're like, kinda working for Mr Stark and the Avengers. It's an official gig.
[ she nods, curling up a little more as she gets more comfortable. she knows by now not to get too mushy-gushy with Peter with this stuff, even if she wants to. there's a lot she wants to say, in a weird way she still doesn't totally understand. but she's the same, in a lot of ways. maybe it comes with being an only child. or having this secret that you need to keep to yourself, so you learn to keep a lot of things to yourself. either way, Peter being there for her has always been a constant in her life. all of the stuff she feels about him could go unsaid, too, because it's just- there. understood. ]
You're the Avenger, not me. I kind of like being under the radar in that department. Plus my dad has a lot of mixed feelings about Mr. Stark. He still hasn't really gotten on board with someone who takes the law into his own hands on an intergalactic level. [ she grins, because it's kiiiinda funny. ] I kinda like not having a tracking device in my suit. I don't want to give anyone a reason to revamp my suit and make it all crazy techy like yours. Even if Karen is pretty much the coolest.
I know not everyone likes Mr Stark. I mean, my aunt still hasn't exactly warmed up to him after everything ... but honestly. He means well.
[ Even if, yeah, Peter also has kind of a weird thing with Tony Stark having full remote control over his suit like maybe he doesn't have a hundred percent agency. ]
I took it out once, you know. The tracking. I mean, it was this super weird lock on the suit that made it kinda hard to use? I mean, it was basic and awesome but I didn't have Karen.
[ The not-so-fondly referred to 'training wheels protocol'. It's all good now. He's an Avenger. He still wonders if Tony's got him tracked though and yeah, he's a little .... 80-20 on the odds. ]
Did you make yours on your own? It's so cool, Gwen.
I think he's looking out for you, which is cool. Having that kind of superhero back-up is nothing to hate on. But- doesn't the suit record everything? Ehh.
[ she scrunches her nose, but she'll let it go ]
Mine was 75% made already by someone on the internet, I just added to it. I'm pretty proud of it, though. Even if it doesn't have any cool webshooter settings. [ she grins ] It does have a magnet to keep my hood on straight, so. There's that.
Yeah, I think so. Or it did. I mean, it probably still does.
[ Which is awesome but also kind of unnecessary??? Tony, what are you planning to do with this footage?
He tries not to be hung up on that stuff though, because when push comes to shove, Peter trusts Tony and also there's a huge part of him that admires the guy. A lot. So. ]
Honestly? I don't think I've used like ... more than half of the possible webshooter settings. Tony might have gone a little overboard when really all I need it to do is feed my web-fluid out and turn it into webbing.
[ which is by kidnapping Karen via snagging his mask and putting it on and viewing all the embarrassing footage!!! one day she'll manage it. one day. in the meantime she'll just keep threatening to. ]
It's kind of cool, though. In a nerdy way. If you're into that.
Yeah. No, it's awesome. Like, Karen's got a million webshooter settings that I never would've even thought about. I've even been developing a new version of the fluid so it could take advantage of some of the different methods.
[ Speaking of nerdy ... ]
Actually, that's kinda what I was working on tonight.
New web fluid? I still can't believe you came up with that stuff on your own. That's some next-level nerdery, my friend.
[ she sounds s-so fond, it's almost embarrassing. almost. it's just on the brink of embarrassing ]
You should ask Miss Van Dyne how she made mine. I tried asking her once but literally none of it made sense beyond "there's water in the air, and these use that moisture to make webs". [ she shrugs her free shoulder ]
I totally should ask Miss Van Dyne. Oh, man. I've kinda wanted to talk to someone about it. I mean, I could talk to Mr Stark, I guess, but ... I kinda just want this to be my thing, you know?
[ And grateful though he is for the suit(s) gifted to him from Tony, none of it was really his doing.
Hell, his first suit had a training wheels protocol locked onto it, which ... is a little humiliating, even to this day. ]
Mm, I getchu. He seems like the kind of guy that's less talky and more showy and then he would end up doing the whole thing himself instead of helping you.
[ gwen shifts around a bit, moving her phone with her. she's laying on her back now, holding the phone up above her with two hands. she will most likely end up dropping it on her face at some point, but for now it's just a waiting game ]
Plus, there's probably something reassuring about it being your own tech and your own web fluid. You know it's gonna work, because you made it. Might be cool to have the cartridge-less option that mine does, though. Like, as a backup. If you're in a pinch.
[ not that she thinks he needs training wheels, per se, but the idea of him running out of webfluid mid-swing or mid fight is. well. horrifying. ]
Yeah, that's kinda - [ No, no, no, Peter doesn't want to sound ungrateful. Because he isn't. Really, he isn't. He's just - it's weird? It's weird. Sometimes he isn't sure whether Spider-Man is really his identity at the end of the day. ] - Yeah. I mean.
[ It's so complicated. Ughhh, why is being a superhero so complicated? ]
Exactly. [ He sits up straighter. ] That's totally true. It's why I kinda just used my own webshooters, even with the super cool new suit. They're just ... I know how they work. I know exactly how they work.
So - yeah. About your cartridge-less webshooters. How do they work?
[ eeehehehe, it's fun intentionally making peter groan like that by being obtuse. she's laughing and not even hiding it. ]
I don't know, she said that they suck the moisture [ she makes a face after saying the word ] out of the air and it turns into webbing. So I basically never run out, considering even on the hottest days here in the city it's gross and humid.
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The screen flicks on and jitters around a little when Peter sets his phone down, propping it up against some old books. ]
Hey. You're not asleep.
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Neither are you. [ teeheehee not that she was super hoping or anything ] Tinkering?
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[ It's said half-distractedly while Peter starts to clean his desk area up a little bit, enough anyway to devote the rest of his night to Gwen. He peers up towards the screen. ]
Everything okay, Gwen? I mean, this isn't like ... well, I guess it's not a mission thing 'cause you look like you're at home.
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[ because there's no way in fresh hell she's going to admit she just wanted to see his stupid face that kind of talk is for weenies and gwen stacy is no weenie ]
I'd just show up knocking on your window if it was a mission thing, let's be real.
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[ He shakes his head a little, laughing down into the desk somewhere - mostly out of embarrassment or maybe bashfulness, we'll never know. ]
Yeah. You're right. You know, you've gotta stop doing that. It's bad enough Aunt May knows about the whole spider thing, but like. I'm pretty sure she wants me to stop doing it.
[ His aunt isn't exactly subtle when she has something to say. ]
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[ she's only a little embarrassed by her own honesty there ]
But alright, if it's making her antsy I'll use the front door like a normal person. I'll even knock the knock, so she knows it's me. [ because yes she has her own intricate knock for when she visits, dur ] Or we could just be sneakier. ..But she's smart. [ sigh ] We'll figure something out.
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You know the same goes for me too. I mean, I hope your dad knows we're partners in this. Like, equal partners.
[ He reaches up to rub at his ear absent-mindedly, feeling them warm a little. ] Anyway, yeah. We could always tell them we're like, kinda working for Mr Stark and the Avengers. It's an official gig.
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You're the Avenger, not me. I kind of like being under the radar in that department. Plus my dad has a lot of mixed feelings about Mr. Stark. He still hasn't really gotten on board with someone who takes the law into his own hands on an intergalactic level. [ she grins, because it's kiiiinda funny. ] I kinda like not having a tracking device in my suit. I don't want to give anyone a reason to revamp my suit and make it all crazy techy like yours. Even if Karen is pretty much the coolest.
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[ Even if, yeah, Peter also has kind of a weird thing with Tony Stark having full remote control over his suit like maybe he doesn't have a hundred percent agency. ]
I took it out once, you know. The tracking. I mean, it was this super weird lock on the suit that made it kinda hard to use? I mean, it was basic and awesome but I didn't have Karen.
[ The not-so-fondly referred to 'training wheels protocol'. It's all good now. He's an Avenger. He still wonders if Tony's got him tracked though and yeah, he's a little .... 80-20 on the odds. ]
Did you make yours on your own? It's so cool, Gwen.
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[ she scrunches her nose, but she'll let it go ]
Mine was 75% made already by someone on the internet, I just added to it. I'm pretty proud of it, though. Even if it doesn't have any cool webshooter settings. [ she grins ] It does have a magnet to keep my hood on straight, so. There's that.
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[ Which is awesome but also kind of unnecessary??? Tony, what are you planning to do with this footage?
He tries not to be hung up on that stuff though, because when push comes to shove, Peter trusts Tony and also there's a huge part of him that admires the guy. A lot. So. ]
Honestly? I don't think I've used like ... more than half of the possible webshooter settings. Tony might have gone a little overboard when really all I need it to do is feed my web-fluid out and turn it into webbing.
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[ which is by kidnapping Karen via snagging his mask and putting it on and viewing all the embarrassing footage!!! one day she'll manage it. one day. in the meantime she'll just keep threatening to. ]
It's kind of cool, though. In a nerdy way. If you're into that.
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[ Speaking of nerdy ... ]
Actually, that's kinda what I was working on tonight.
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[ she sounds s-so fond, it's almost embarrassing. almost. it's just on the brink of embarrassing ]
You should ask Miss Van Dyne how she made mine. I tried asking her once but literally none of it made sense beyond "there's water in the air, and these use that moisture to make webs". [ she shrugs her free shoulder ]
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I totally should ask Miss Van Dyne. Oh, man. I've kinda wanted to talk to someone about it. I mean, I could talk to Mr Stark, I guess, but ... I kinda just want this to be my thing, you know?
[ And grateful though he is for the suit(s) gifted to him from Tony, none of it was really his doing.
Hell, his first suit had a training wheels protocol locked onto it, which ... is a little humiliating, even to this day. ]
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[ gwen shifts around a bit, moving her phone with her. she's laying on her back now, holding the phone up above her with two hands. she will most likely end up dropping it on her face at some point, but for now it's just a waiting game ]
Plus, there's probably something reassuring about it being your own tech and your own web fluid. You know it's gonna work, because you made it. Might be cool to have the cartridge-less option that mine does, though. Like, as a backup. If you're in a pinch.
[ not that she thinks he needs training wheels, per se, but the idea of him running out of webfluid mid-swing or mid fight is. well. horrifying. ]
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[ It's so complicated. Ughhh, why is being a superhero so complicated? ]
Exactly. [ He sits up straighter. ] That's totally true. It's why I kinda just used my own webshooters, even with the super cool new suit. They're just ... I know how they work. I know exactly how they work.
So - yeah. About your cartridge-less webshooters. How do they work?
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Science.
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Thanks, Gwen. Couldn't figure that one out myself.
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I don't know, she said that they suck the moisture [ she makes a face after saying the word ] out of the air and it turns into webbing. So I basically never run out, considering even on the hottest days here in the city it's gross and humid.