video.

[goldtoxicity]

[ everything is still pretty terrible and josh is playing his favorite game: repress the hell out of absolutely everything and focus on something else instead. ]

So.. I got my old school yearbook a while back and I figure, y'know, everything sucks right now so why not share other people's embarrassing highschool photos? To, y'know, lighten the mood here. If you don't care about embarrassing photos keep scrolling, but if you want primo teasing material take a look.

I mean, yeah, mine are in here too, but I look great, but [ SNERK ] David...

[ He holds it up for everyone to see. It's pretty clear he's trying not to show the full picture - because nobody should be insulting his dead and estranged friends. The ones that are here are fair(ish) game though... He even makes an attempt to cover Laurie up, because she hasn't done anything dunk-worthy.. but it's also not a very good attempt. ]

Comments

[helpdesk_hero]

Mullet.

[goldtoxicity]

That's cosplay that you put me in!

[helpdesk_hero]

The Mullet doth protest too much.

[goldtoxicity]

I also looked great as... Shatterstar? Was that Shatterstar?

[helpdesk_hero]

I think it's Shatterstar? Maybe? Should have made you Multiple Man. Because the green would have been HORRID.

[goldtoxicity]

Nobody wants to be Multiple Man. Not even Multiple Man.

[helpdesk_hero]

Or Multiple Man. Or Multiple Man. Or Multiple Man.

[goldtoxicity]

Man... I guess I'd take him over being Vanisher, though. I'm not here for the shaved head and tattooed scalp look.

[helpdesk_hero]

Fair point.

[made_up_names]

How many superheroes do you have?.

[helpdesk_hero]

I wouldn't call Vanisher a superhero.

[made_up_names]

Superpowered people, then, whatever.

[helpdesk_hero]

He's a mutant. Teleports if my memory serves.

[made_up_names]

Whoa. That's pretty cool.

[helpdesk_hero]

I suppose. I tend to feel a bit less comfortable with teleporters.

And when we're counting up team numbers, I've only been on three.

[made_up_names]

Same teams?

[goldtoxicity]

Nah. He's a hero in his own right.

[ a beat ]

I mean... it takes him a while to get there, but he's okay.

[helpdesk_hero]

He is? When did that happen?

[goldtoxicity]

Uh.

[ that's right he did bail and never gave details. ]

So... I mean, uh. He worked with us under duress, and I... secretly made it so he didn't have to work for us anymore? Like, a while back, and I told him on Genosha. And he was free to just, y'know, leave?

But he didn't. He saved our lives and almost got himself killed, and he stuck around for the ascension and helped us there too.

[ we (sort of) stan one useless cowardly teleporter. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

You set him free of whatever Logan had over him. You’re a good man.

[goldtoxicity]

A lot. I've been on like four different teams?

[ one of those was a supervillain team. ]

[made_up_names]

Holy crap. I think that's, like, the equivalent of everyone my world's got. Probably more, honestly.

[goldtoxicity]

[ god what a weird world this peter parker lives in. ]

They were all mutant teams. There is - was - a lot of mutants.

[made_up_names]

Honestly? That sounds amazing. And I get that it was shitty as hell for you guys with everything that's happened, and regular humans are jerks, but ...

[ Man, he's so wistful. He's been terribly alone, especially recently. ]

[goldtoxicity]

Think about it this way - you're probably paving the way for the rest of them to start coming forward.

[ Which he has incredibly mixed feelings about. because no one should do it alone, and sometimes you have to do it. but also teenagers shouldn't be going through this shit. ]

But I hope the Avengers are, like, actually looking out for you while you're learning. They kind of suck?