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[ 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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Hello, Riptide.

[ Have a small, completely robotic voice. EDITH isn’t much of an AI, but she can at least respond to that much. Anyway. Peter settles himself down on Riptide’s hand pretty casually, his feet dangling off the side. Completely unafraid of falling off. Also, glad they’re not going to casually submerge here, um. That could have been a problem. ]

Oh, I’m Peter. Peter Parker. I just got here like a few hours ago.

[cute...]

Ah! You said that in your viode... hey, can I ask something?

Sure, man. Go for it.

Optimus Prime. You said you cared about him, so I guess you know of him. I just said it-- because the last person who knew had heard his name...

So, uh. Thoughts? Was he on Earth?

[ Oh no. That’s ... uh. That’s a hell of a topic. Especially the past tense? He hopes it’s the good kind of past tense and not the dead kind of past tense. Quick, Peter, come up with a smooth explanation. ]

Um - well, kind of? This is gonna sound weird, but. In my version of things, you guys make really, really cool toys. So probably Optimus Prime came to Earth secretly and some nice human scientist was like “hey I wanna remember this cool dude by making toys based on how cool he was.”

[ Nailed it??? ]

[........................... he's fine, he didn't die saving the universe from unicron or anything....]

Huh. Sounds right. I do make a pretty great toy... [luckily for peter, riptide isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.] It's just weird, y'know? Especially when it's just me and Knock Out here. Oh! You should say hi to him. He's a Decepticon!

[ Thank you, Riptide, for being kinda dumb. Peter’s trying so hard not to tell people they’re fictional to their face, even if he can’t help but freak out about them in general. Also. What. ]

Um. Is it safe to just say hi to a Decepticon? Aren’t you guys enemies or something?

Yeaaaah, but the war's been over for me for a couple years and Knock Out isn't really interested in fighting either. He hasn't killed me in recharge yet, so! I think he's a good guy.

Well - I mean, if you say so. And as long as he doesn’t hate humans or something. I can try to be a little less weird about robots if that helps?

Nah. He just thinks you're kind of gross.

[riptide tilts his head.]

Maybe don't call us robots again, though? I'll pitch you if you keep that up.

[ Oops. Peter looks embarrassed. ]

Sorry, man. Is Cybertronian the right word?