01 : video 🕷 daemon : happyd

[ptrprkr]

[ The video feed starts off shaky, a close-up of the front of a red t-shirt taking up most of the screen while the muffled sounds of sight struggle are heard -- although, nothing serious, it's more fumbling and clearly frustrated sighs. ]

Okay. [ It's the voice of a teenage boy! ] Is thing working? Is it on?

Yes. [ The daemon replies in a familiar older male's voice, sounding clearly Done with Peter Parker. ] Now back up, you're way too close to me.

Yeah, sure. [ He backs up, and who would have guessed that the voice of a teenager was coming from a teenager? ]

Uhm. Okay. [ He straightens his shirt out, clearly he isn't used to addressing any large groups of people... even if he can't actually see them ]

Hi! I'm Peter! [ He gives a quick wave of his hand. ] And, wow, this is a pretty long way from Queens, am I right? [ Awkward laughter. ]

Listen, kid, hurry up and get to the point, okay?

Right. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has any special skills, or abilities, or hidden talents. I once knew someone who was double jointed in their shoulders, they could turn their arms in all these weird directions

[ And, then he starts attempting to do the same..... but, very unsuccessfully. It just ends up looking odd. ]

Okay, they get it, quit it before you hurt yourself.

Okay, okay. [ Nod. Nod. ] So.... Yeah. [ He claps both of his hands together. ] If you do, is that something normal where you're from, or do you have to keep it a secret? Did someone teach you, or was it something you were born with?

Or is it the result of a run in with a radioactive insect?

[ Well, that's oddly specific.... ]

Alright, enough questions already, these folks have things to do. Wrap it up.

Fine, fine. turn off. End transmission. Stop--

[ The video then ends abruptly. ]

Comments

[creatio]

Would you have to go into a cocoon first? That'd be really awkward to explain. Sorry I missed the thing, I was growing some wings.

( Oh, good. Someone as equally strange as she is. )

Bees don't really sting though. They're so much nicer than wasps. The Pollinator would be better.

[ptrprkr]

Probably. I mean, how else are you supposed to grow a set of wings? I wonder if the process would be sped up, or if you'd just go MIA for a while.

[ Strange attracts strange. ]

The Pollinator doesn't sound as threatening, though. It sounds a little more like a super gardener, or something.

[creatio]

Poison Ivy's a super gardener and she's still super badass, I think you're being too judgey there.

( No, she's teasing. She promises. )

[ptrprkr]

But listen to her name: Poison Ivy. That's pretty menacing, right? I mean, I don't know anybody who willingly goes messing with real poison ivy.

When becoming a super... person. [ He's not excluding villains here. ] It's all about the name.

[creatio]

I pity the super people who get lumped with a really shitty name. It's not always what they'd choose. Like Superman. You don't think he'd want something a little cooler, right? And don't even get me started on Supergirl, that shit's not cool.

( !!! She rages.

But also, she definitely thinks Shadowhunters could have done better with their moniker too. )

[ptrprkr]

I guess he was trying to be direct?

[ Also important in super person nomenclature! There sure are a lot of rules to this. ]

I mean, what else would he have gone with? The Kryptonian? [ A beat. ] Wait, that's actually really cool.

[ Peter sighs heavily, shaking his head in disappointment. ] It's like they didn't even try with Supergirl. I bet she probably would have like a little more creativity with her name.