So I put my hands up, they're playing my song

[incywincyhero]

WHO: The Spider-Family!
WHERE: One of the MAC rec rooms.
WHEN: Saturday, early evening.
WARNINGS: Spider-Shenanigans.
SUMMARY: Harry's back from the hospital, so it's time for pizza and pool! The kind with a stick, not the kind you need a swimsuit for.
FORMAT: Quicklog, then whatever!

[ The rec room is reminiscent of your average college lounge: a well-worn and faintly musty couch and armchairs, dinged-up tables and metal chairs, a CRT television with a large screen, a water cooler, and a pool table. On the table nearest the pool table are several 2-liter soda bottles, some dixie cups stolen from the water cooler, a few bags of chips and doritos, napkins, a few takeout menus (all pizza), and several dollar-store balaclavas, the kind that have openings just for the eyes and mouth.

Peter's hanging out on the couch, in his civvies but with webshooters on. He's killing time waiting for people to arrive by building a classic card tower. ]

Comments

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

Well. I am bored, and no one else seems to be volunteering...

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

[ no. never. ]

In that case.

[ she'll be picking up the other cue, moving over to the table ]

I should point out that I've never really played before.

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

Oh, really.



In that case I guess I'll go easy on you.

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

[ she just stands the cue up vertically and rests her hands on the tip, leaning against it ]

Gee. You'd do that for me?

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

What can I say. I'm nice like that.

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

[ doesn't say anything for a moment again. just watches him once more. ]

You're kind of out of place here, aren't you?

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

Family Night isn't really my thing.

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

[ pushes her sunglasses back up the bridge of her nose ]

Not what I meant.

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

Oh? Then maybe you should be a bit clearer.

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

[ turns head to watch the balls spread across the table. ]

You're not a spider.

[ not in a judging tone or anything. just a curious one. the way he's acting... probably doesn't help though and she's perching on the edge of the pool table, sitting there ]

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

I'm not--

Don't let the name fool you.

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

[ honestly... a little surprised that she's getting this kind of reaction, and maybe she shouldn't be pushing the subject, but... well, it's not a horrible reaction. pulling a leg crossed over the other ]

You have horns.

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

N- Not always! I mean, that's not the point!

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

[ w...at... that's...

that's weird. squinting at him from behind dem glasses.

doesn't say anything.. just... tilts her head to the side. well then. explain, bro. ]

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

Where do I even start? Look, I don't always look that-- no, wait. I should start from the beginning. That dork trying to play Spider-Dad? He's...

He's my uncle.

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

[ hoo boy. that threw her for a loop. see those eyes growing wide behind the shades? yeah... she's...

she doesn't know what to think about that...

wait.

Peter has a sibling?

.... siblings!? kids?? it's not one of the clones, they're all dead -- wait. alternate universe thing. right. her world doesn't apply.

don't mind that she's just kind of... giving him a bewildered stare for a few moments and not saying anything.





SHE'S AN AUNT!? ]

.... Right.

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

Right.

You know, you look-- kind of familiar.

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

I don't.

[ says this casually and moving to push up her sunglasses and pull her beanie further around her face SO ALL YOU CAN SEE ARE DEM LIPS. ]

My move yet?

[ GET OUT OF THIS CONVO ABORT ABORT ABORT ]

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

Go ahead.



And I say otherwise. You remind me a bit of the other Spider-Girl, actually.

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

[ hops off the table and twirls the cue before bending over and pointing it at one of the balls.

crack.

it goes into a corner pocket and she's going again. pretty good for someone who's "never really played" hmmmm. ]

"Other Spider-Girl"?

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

Nice shot.

I'm talking about the one who came swinging in all costumed up, of course.

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

The Spider-Girl then.

I'm Spider-Woman.

[ shoots again but this one bounces off a pocket and almost rolls into the other. she steps back and looks at him. ]

sorry for the lateness, augh work

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

Right.

Sorry, I got confused -- you look so young.

it's all good <3

[arakhnes.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, like I haven't heard that one before.

[ :| oh come on guys. at least she doesn't look 13 like peter.

except she does.

:( ]

I'm taking it as a compliment.

[bedeviledspider.livejournal.com]

Did I hit a sore spot?

Could be worse. At least you don't look older.