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[seeingscarlet]

 
❝I'm not here right now, but leave a message and I'll get back to you when I can.❞

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voice

[incogneto]

Hi, this is Erik. There's something I'd like to talk to you about.

voice

[seeingscarlet]

Yes? Is everything all right?

Re: voice

[incogneto]

Yes, it's just that you have a very uncommon last name. I was talking to your friend Stephen and it seems that the three of us are either from the same or adjacent worlds, and I guess what I'm saying is that I think I knew your mother.

[seeingscarlet]

You did?

[He can't see it but she's gone pale.]

When?

Peter

[seeingscarlet]

((from here))

[Calling her Cuddles like that, he must really have a death wish. It's embarrassing, but it's also weirdly nice to be treated like a normal person (although she doubts Peter would still feel that way if he knew the truth of what she could do).

She opens the door to a softly-lit living room. Dinner is mostly done by the smell of it - look, the best way to keep him out of her way is to just remove the temptation.]

Good. You didn't float away into space.

Re: Peter

[milano]

[ look at that, they might not have known each other well but she was already proving herself exceptionally intelligent in how to keep him from being a giant asshole just because it was fun. ]

I didn't but that would be a cool power.

[ all he had instead was some weird leftover stuff from the whole ego thing. nothing cool but enough to show off every once in awhile. ]

Smells good in here. [ it didn't smell like tofu, that was for sure. ]

[seeingscarlet]

[She's survived Pietro and the Avengers' best attempts at making her life 'interesting.' She can handle him.

For example, the dessert is definitely tucked away so he doesn't start in on it first.]

Of course it does. It's Sokovian food.

[milano]

[ are you saying you don't trust him around dessert? smart woman. ]

Sokovian food? Is that a country? [ look, he'd left earth really, really early. geography kind of got forgotten. ] Your country, I'm guessing?

[ context clues! ]

12/14; un:jbenjamin

[cicatrize]

I apologize that this comes out of the blue. An elderly man with a metal arm and a tragic love of puns gave me your number.

If you happen to offer telekinetic consulting, I could really use the help.

[seeingscarlet]

Was there a pun involved? Do I want to know?

What happened?

[cicatrize]

There's almost always a pun involved. Never find yourself in the crossfire of Will Graham and him. Nothing is worth that level of cheesy wordplay trauma. But to answer, no, not this time, thank God.

I've abruptly developed telekinesis. Not quite so easy to control as one might guess.

[ at least, not in his case. because his emotions are 24/7 exploding, especially during the few days this patara thing is going on. ]

un: swan, misfire (nsfw)

[sheriffing]

[ just this, Wanda.]

[seeingscarlet]

[...]

I think you have the wrong number

[sheriffing]

...Sorry.

This city's big on inappropriate inconveniences.

voicemail; un. mrpotts

[houseparty]

Hey, Ms. Maximoff, it’s Tony.

I owe you several apologies.

I’ve been told we’re from different times, so if you’d rather not talk to me, I understand 100%.

If you would give me just a fraction of your time, currently I’m still...”convalescing” here at Casa de Stark-Potts in the Up, so you’re welcome to stop by whenever you like. Maybe. Not the middle of the night– you get it.

Call me back, please– or don’t, as you like.

[seeingscarlet]

[She's...exhausted, quite frankly. Between losing Vision and those awful illusions in the hotel, she's fallen into a deep emotional slump that only a few people seem able to rouse her from. Spending time in Al Dahanab hadn't helped - she doesn't need any more help feeling lonely, thank you very much.

Her soul-deep exhaustion is evident in her voice when she calls back.]

I'm here.

[That's about all she can say for herself, really. But her hair is very definitely brown, not that awful box dye color she'd been forced to dye it on the run.]

What happened?

un: gwenzelle

[gwenzelle]

hello! if you're receiving this text, it means you've been cordially invited to peter parker's surprise birthday party. as always, this city has the shittiest timing on the planet, so things were still a little rough around his actual birthday. he thinks i'm going to let his "lowkey 18th birthday" plan slide. hah! oh, no no.

i'd like to get a group together to meet at scott's new arcade - time heisters - around 7:30pm on 8/29. i'll bring peter around 8, and we can all game and sing some karaoke and be generally awesome to our favorite nerd. bring a present or just bring yourself, either way, if you're getting this i'm sure he'll be happy just to see you there.

and remember, it's a SURPRISE. which is usually asking for trouble, but whatever. i want to try it.

any questions? ask away. thank you!!

[seeingscarlet]

you are getting him a cake, yes?

I am going to bake something but I don't want it to be too simnilar

[gwenzelle]

i was thinking maybe cupcakes, since he had a birthday cake on his actual birthday? and then he can still have candles to blow out, and it'll be easier to make sure everybody gets some frosty goodness
but that's seriously cool that you want to bring something, i didn't even think to ask anyone
i'm sure whatever you make will be enthusiastically welcomed, so thank you!

i'm gwen btw
gwen stacy

group text.

[etch]

Some of us were here when Veracity first opened its gates. Some of us only heard about the horrors that took place after the fact. Either way, it should be clear to everybody here that Veracity is not a place to be taken lightly.

Since everything that took place at the start of the year, the entrance to Veracity has been blocked off. However, yesterday, that all changed. The route's opened up again, and I think we need to find out why so we're not caught off-guard again.

Heading in to Veracity is dangerous, and I know it's not something some of you may want to do. So I'm looking for volunteers to head in on a recon mission. We head in, find what we can, and head out.

Who's in?

[seeingscarlet]

[Oh, she was here. And she remembers too much.]

I will go with you but we have to be careful. I don't know how the people here take our powers away but they could do it again

[etch]

We keep our distance, and keep our heads down. We don't want to draw any unneeded attention our way.

[and then a moment later-]

I don't want you up front.

un: parkerp • text • 29/09

[awesomeee]

Hey!
This is Peter
Parker
It's also a group text, so sorry if it sounds kind of impersonal
I just wanna reach out to as many people as I can

Anyway

Things are getting pretty bad and I have Gwen's place to myself
It's really big and there's loads of beds, so if anyone wants to come stay here for a while (or even just rest up here for a while) then you're welcome here
I've got supplies here, food, first aid stuff
I just want people to be safe

( He links the address here. )

I'm usually around in the day
I'll be out doing supply runs and stuff at night, so just hang around if I'm not home and there's no one to let you in

And if you don't wanna come stay but you end up feeling like you might be in trouble, just text me if you can
This is probably gonna sound weird, but just trust me
I know someone who can help

( Alexa play "Theme" (from Spider-Man) ... )

[seeingscarlet]

You shouldn't go alone unless you have to. It's dangerous.

[awesomeee]

It's okay, really
I'm used to going it alone
In fact, it's usually the best way for me to get things done?

( Usually. Not always. )

Are you somewhere safe?