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VIDEO Track 001

[ It took Peter a while to figure out the whole smartphone thing. To be fair though for him 'a while' was like... five minutes. Maybe six. Oh he still hadn't figured out EVERYTHING yet, but like the basics? Totally down. He had to fight the urge to try and take it apart and put it back together again. He had a feeling it was waaaay more complicated then the walkmans and arcade cabinets he pulled apart and tweaked. ]

This thing is so awesome... Like something outta a scifi flick or something...

[ There's a guy with a silver mullet and motorcycle goggles perched on his head on the screen. No really. Dude looks like he walked right outta the 80s. He pretty much did too. There's also an odd high pitched buzzing noise in the background. Technically it was music. A mix of Queen, David Bowie, Rush, and Pink Floyd. Not that most would notice. It was being plaid at like... several hundred times the normal speed. Luckily Peter notices he left his walkman on and he flips it off after a couple seconds. ]

Anyway, hey. Name's Peter Maximoff and it's come to my attention that it is the year 2016. Last I checked it was 1983. That means I'm missing out on 33 years worth of music and that's a damn tragedy. [Clearly that's his most important issue here now. ] So y'know. I need recs from all you future people! What's good? What sucks? I'm not too picky about genre but I gotta have music or I'll probably go crazy.

[ OK so really he's still worrying about his mom and his sisters and the kids at the Prof's school and other family issues that he just really doesn't wanna think about ~~daddy issues don't ask~~. So to keep his mind off things he's just gonna think about music and stuff because running more laps around the city really isn't helping him much. ]

Oh! And video games. There's gotta be like at least a dozen new versions of the Atari and ColecoVision by now, right?

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What? Oh. No no no no. You don't hafta get me anything.

[ OH BOY. Of all the people he knows the one he recognizes first is probably the one he wants to avoid the most for Reasons. ]

I mean, uh, hey. You're here too, huh? Nice to see ya.

[ Oh god this is awkward already. ]

Yeah? You too.

Where did they put you?

Heropa? House number five. In sunny except when it rains like every afternoon Florida. Still haven't figured out if there's a Disney around here or not yet.

There is. I'll take you, if you'd like. I work in Heropa.

Well that's, uh real nice. I barely know ya and all though. Kinda hoping to bring my mom and sisters there someday though. Maybe? None of 'em are here.

[ 'Cept the Wanda who is and isn't Wanda and that's a whole conundrum he still needs to wrap his head around. ]

[ But not your dad. Fair. ]

Yeah? As far as I know, time stops at home while you're here.

You could take them to the one you know exists.

[ BUT TOO BE FAIR. Peter doesn't know he knows. Right now you're just a dude he's sorta met and not really talked with a couple times and it's just kinda weird. ]

Yeah... it's expensive though. I'm gonna have to save up for a few years before I can scrape the money together. I just wanna be able to do something nice for them for putting up with such a huge loser for so long.

You're not a loser.

And... it's even more expensive here than it is in 1983.

What job did they give you?

Pffff... trust me if you knew me you'd agree with the sentiment.

[ Loser is a badge he wears with PRIDE okay? ]

I'm honestly scared to even ask the price. Specially since my job is pizza delivery. Not that I can't deliver like a couple hundred a night if I put my mind to it...

[ ACTUALLY it might not be so bad. ]

Maybe you could suggest investing in an extra oven.

[ Erik's totally not gonna tip him a Franklin. Nah... he wouldn't.... he would. ]

But tell me, what's the last thing you remember about 1983?

Before I showed up here you mean? Just became the newest freeloader at the Prof's mansion. And I finally got my leg outta the cast thank god. Worst couple of days of my life.

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Thank you, by the way.

I never did get to say that.

Ah well, y'know. Just in the neighborhood and all. No big deal.

Did I ever sign your cast?

Never asked you to. Didn't wanna bug ya.

[ Plus, y'know, trying to avoid you and all. ]

Are you angry with me?

No? You were busy fixing up the Prof's mansion.

[ And well ]

Well I mean before that you were kinda, uh causing serious destruction on a massive scale and all but you snapped out of it in the end.

I wouldn't blame you, that's a perfectly valid reason to be angry with someone.

....Have you spoken to Billy yet?

Skinny magic boy? Yeah! Apparently he's my sister's alternate dimension kid. Wild, huh?

Pretty wild.

[ A beat. ]

He told me about you.

Not... you. His version of you.

Ah... huh.

[ He nods vaguely and a few things click together. For someone as quick as he is he can be a little slow on the uptake sometimes. ]

He did? What did he, uh, say?

That we don't always get along.

But I think I could stand to try a little harder.

Getting along kinda implies actually knowing each other first.

[ He feels dumb. Like he's dancing on needles around the obvious. ]

And I mean, aside from being that dumb fast kid who helped bust you outta jail like a decade ago you don't really know... anything.

I know I'd like to.

[ A pause. They're idiots. ]

This is a conversation we should have in person, I think.

[ Apparently it runs in the family. ]

Yeah. Maybe. I don't know.

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