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[thiwp]

[ so Gwen doesn't love the idea of posting to this kind of social media platform to get answers about this place, but it's not like she's going to just come out and ask for the dirty details of what the crime rate is like here. she has to play it smart, and this seems like the best way. even if she needs to make semi-smalltalk to get to that point. ehh. not smalltalk. this won't be just regular smalltalk. ]

new kid on the block here, hey. my name's gwen. i just have a few questions that weren't answered in their little welcome spiel.

1) what's the best music shop in town? if i'm gonna be stuck here, i need to invest in a drum kit or i'll go nuts. unless someone wants to just give me a kit, that'd be great too. i'm not above taking a generous musical instrument donation.

2) despite how insane this all is, the Porter decided to hook me up with the superpower that gives me the ability to find the nearest corndog. that's it, that's all it does. which is kind of amazing, don't get me wrong, but only if i know which places are actually worth visiting to get said corndogs. weigh in, street food lovers. which cart makes the best corndogs in town? in any of the towns, actually. ( yes this is vitally important to how enjoyable my time here will be )

3) what's the live music scene like here? if i'm going to be working at a radio station, i guess i need to get with the times. plus, i wouldn't hate finding people to jam with.

anyway, that's it. this is some hard-hitting stuff, i know, but i'm hoping some of you can help me out. thanks. c:

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[ voice ]

[disorder_heaven]

Heyyy. Hi. I'm new here too, so I can't answer any of your questions. But um.

W-what's a corndog?

[ voice ]

[thiwp]

[ after a brief wait, Gwen switches to voice too, clears her throat ]

Corndogs are god's gift to man, and woman. Corndogs are proof that magic is real, and its fried in corn batter and served on a stick.

[ voice ]

[disorder_heaven]

Magic is real, but... I don't know how I feel about dogs being fried in batter and put on a stick. That sounds inhumane.

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[bassriff]

the best scene's in maurtia falls

marceline and the scream queens are totes the band to keep an eye on btw

and i guess major tom's is an ok shop??

[thiwp]

marceline and the scream queens sounds like my kinda band.

i'm just looking for a shop that isn't owned by some idiot that's going to try and sell me a crappy set for an even crappier price

[bassriff]

you bet it does!

eh, the peeps at tom's know what's up, but they're a lil pricey

text

[orions_shadow]

i demand a demonstration of your power

also you are Gwen #2.

[thiwp]

i don't handle demands from strangers well

[ ow. well if that doesn't poke at her alt-sense-of-self issues, she doesn't know what would ]

there's another gwen stacy here?

[orions_shadow]

but your power sounds awesome.
Also the term demand can be interpreted as request. but it sounded better to say demand at the time.

No her last name is tennyson

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[timeframes]

shit these are some serious hardball questions but here fuckin goes

dont know the drums arent my jam
this is why they invented online shopping though

second question is ridiculous yo
you cant cheat on scoping out street meat its a dangerous gamble but thats why you play the game
never know if the next dog coming is gonna ruin your bowels or totally rock your entire fastfood world
like russian roulette but with pig intestines and food poisoning
dont get me wrong im fuckin LIVID with jealousy at that power its way more useful than any of my crap combined but im serious you cant crowdsource this one sorry

third
welcome to radio
its a tough business but youll learn it quick
or im assuming you will i dont know could be terrible
im just the intern so mostly my learning is coffee orders but shit one day ill fuckin run this station and there will be a goddamn reckoning

[thiwp]

you'd shop online for a musical instrument? that's ballsy. i wouldn't even buy a pair of sticks online. you gotta get a feel for that stuff!

i've already paid my dues! do you know how many carts i've parused in my lifetime? i'm from nyc, i've experienced the best of the best and the worst of the worst.
i don't know if i can handle that again.
i mean i will
for the sake of finding the best corndog
but you can't even give me a little hint? which city's got the best, at least?

i think i'll be alright.
i mean i've never worked in radio at all ever but my taste in music is impeccable so at least i have that.
wait who are you an intern for
do i have an intern now
this is amazing





if i was a huuuuge jerk, i could make you go out and find me the best corndogs.

[Text] ID is "Mr. Fletcher"

[doesntdomuch]

[He admittedly just got here and doesn't really know much of anything about music, but he can't help but get interested in this message.]

I'm sorry, but your power is to find corndogs?

[thiwp]

you are correct, sir!
thrilling isn't it?

text;

[notyourfathersosborn]

[Normie's grateful this is text, because he's kind of staring at the ID name.]

...So you have Corndog radar?

text;

[thiwp]

basically yes
it'll be tough getting used to it, but i think i can handle it
i'll try my best anyway
doing my part to save the world and all that
somehow
via corndog finding

text;

[lunaraneae]

Hey, corndogs are pretty important. You could save someone's day with a well placed corndog.

[thiwp]

they've saved my life more than once, i'll tell you that much.

text; comm ID is just "Peter Parker"

[shutterbugged]

I'm more of a classic hot dog or gyro guy, sorry. I know a couple places in De Chima that have respectable corn dogs, but worth the effort if you're in Heropa? Eh.

[ He's just... going to wait and see if she reacts to his comm ID. Definitely not his Gwen, but could she be an older version of the Gwen from Miles and clone-Jess' universe? ]

[thiwp]

[ woof. she's not sure why she wasn't expecting to see that name, but it's been a few weeks for her since the whole- seeing hundreds and hundreds of him all over the place experience. it's not quite as gut-punchy as it would have been all those weeks ago, but it's close. it's like a stern poke to the gut. it makes her feel a little off kilter. part of her is ready to get her hopes up, so, so ready that this Porter decided to bring her Peter back, give him a really awesome power, let him be the best Peter Parker the whole goddamn cosmos has ever seen-

but there's a louder part of her that knows better than to let herself hope for that. ]

well hey, i don't have to live in this city forever, right? it's just a starter apartment. i could move to whichever city has the best corndogs. i *would* do that. i have no problem admitting that.

[ but then there's that big elephant in the room, right? the off-kilter elephant that's like "go ahead. try and be cool about this." ]

hey, pete. c:

[ gwen stacy you are the effing worst ]

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[liverletdie]

Well, that's kind of useless.

[ This is...odd. Not that he really knows much about Gwen Stacey beyond a name, a trauma, and something that certain people with spider powers seem to focus on.

But then again, she's been around before, in a way. Just not one that he pays attention to.

Weird. ]

The corndogs, I mean, not the music. Then again, someone once could summon American pies, so I'm not all that surprised, actually.

I take it you're in a band? I'm pretty sure some people were starting one, recently. I can't help you on the instruments, but someone might want to meet you.

[thiwp]

[ meanwhile, Gwen only knows Tony the way that most people in the world know Tony - by his company's name. actually it looks like captain america is a woman in her world, so who even knows if Tony's Tony or ..Toni? EH whatever winging it ]

um excuse you it's not at all useless

what, by humming the don mclean song?

yeah I'm in a band. the mary janes.
we're "big" but in a way that will probably mean nothing in about a year
but hey! whatever.
gonna ride it out as long as we can.

or at least i would be if i was still at home.

[text]

[missleadingquestions]

ok so if you have a corn dog power we need to be best friends right now

I can't believe i haven't checked how many ocorn dog stands there are here!

[thiwp]

if a love for corndogs is an auto-friend factor, then i'm super okay with that
sup new best friend
i haven't actually either yet, but i can smell them all from a mile away
it's insane.

[tardily]

i've got no answer for your other two questions, but wouldn't the power be able to make it so you could find good corndogs?

you'd think it wouldn't make it so you can find bad corndogs. since those...are usually of dubious corndog quality.

[thiwp]

so far it seems like it's literally just a tracker for corndogs. like a metal detector, i guess. you can't really tell if the metal it finds is going to be worth something or if it's garbage until you dig it up and check it out.

i still haven't gotten a hold on it though. maybe i'll be able to determine the quality once i figure it out.