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[made_up_names]

[ So here's a new kid on the network tonight. Trying to find an angle that lets him hide at least some of his nervousness. Or at least lets him use it to channel his best impression of a Definitely Normal Team, No Superheroics Here Honest. He mostly just looks awkward and nerdy, which is … accurate anyway, so let’s go with that. ]

Hey - um, so I’m Peter. Peter Parker. And I just got here, and -

[ He’s read through what’s left of his files, he’s read through the last couple weeks of posts just to get a feel for things. After that, he has one incredibly important question: ]

Did I seriously just barely miss out on a Death Star being here? For real? That’s not fair. Please tell me it’s coming back at some point.

[ That’s probably an objectively incorrect thing to want, but. Look. That would have made his entire life. He could die happy. For the second time. Well, the second time dying, first time dying happy. Anyway, he turns reluctantly to the list of actual serious questions he made. Not enough time to ask them all (unless he just takes in a breath and rapid fire asks all of them in thirty seconds) so he’ll just pick one for now. ]

So, school. How is that working out for people who still hafta go? And can you like … argue with it at all? Because I’m all for finishing high school, but this is my third time going into sophomore year and I’m starting to feel like that movie with the Ghostbuster being depressed in Pennsylvania.

(( OOC: Spoilers for Far From Home are likely, but I can avoid them if necessary! ))

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Private

[hatestrashcans]

Well, I lean into that.

[ He pauses ]

But yeah, it's everybody assuming they could've done a better job, or having any idea what it's like. Or just asking stupid questions.

private until noted otherwise

[made_up_names]

[ He just nods a little helplessly at that. ]

I'm not gonna pretend I know what I'm doing all the time, but...

Re: private until noted otherwise

[hatestrashcans]

[ He laughs, but it's a bit tired. ]

You just do something and hope it works, and then run around patching it up until it does.

[made_up_names]

[ God. For a moment he just looks utterly exhausted. Something peeking out from behind the cracks of this nerdy cheerful persona he's got glued to his face. It's not dishonest putting out all this nerd energy - he doesn't have to fake being excited about Star Wars even a little - but it's not all of him. not by a long shot. ]

Or until it breaks so badly you're just screwed instead.

[hatestrashcans]

[ Marco knows that look. That's Jake. It makes his heart hurt. Not that he'd ever say that, thank you. ]

Yeah. And all you can do is hope that at that point, you've done enough so the only one screwed is you or at least it's not so bad that everyone dies or is enslaved. Then you just get to spend the rest of your life going over your decisions and realizing how stupid you were.

[made_up_names]

[ Honestly, the resemblance is probably striking. Peter hasn't had to make the same horrific decisions that Jake did, but ... he's made enough. He's been hurt enough.

He takes in a sharp, shuddering breath. Trying to focus on how it's nice having someone his age who understands and not how objectively terrible both their lives are. ]

Yeah. I - yeah. What did we do to deserve getting stuck with all that?

[hatestrashcans]

[ Marco's voice is quiet and serious. ]

Nothing. It's shit. If it wasn't us, it would've been someone else. And they wouldn't deserve it either.

[made_up_names]

[ Peter's just quiet for a long moment. No further arguments there, that's for sure. ]

D'you - d'you wanna get a pizza or something?

[hatestrashcans]

Sure.

And there's a place that'll give us a free milkshake, I guess? Wanna grab it?

[made_up_names]

Dude, that sounds amazing. I could really use that right now.