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[incywincyhero]

[ Look! Up on the screen! It's ... a youngish, nondescript white dude! Now how about that. ]All right, I hate to live the cliché, but I've come to realize that while I'm here, for however long I'm here, I have ... responsibilities I need to live up to. Now, I'm not knocking temp work -- I know I'm lucky to have even that much going for me in this

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[bluepurrymuffin]

Aren't you the photographer who always gets the pictures of Spider-Man?

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[incywincyhero]

[ It takes some valiant effort, but Peter manages to keep the "oooh, awkard" wince off his face. ]

Oh, uh, yeah, that's me! I've been off that gig for a while, though.

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[bluepurrymuffin]

Ah, I'm afraid I haven't really kept up with the Bugle since moving away from New York. Was never fond of the editorials, actually.

What can you tell me about your experience with biochemistry?

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[incywincyhero]

Neither was I, to be honest with you. But if my former boss shows up here, I'm denying everything.

Well, I was studying [ technobabble ] in the [ I have no idea ] of [ Marvel never specified ]. Most of my work was under the supervision of [ Doctor Hank may have heard of ] and so the experiments I ran were focused towards [ even more technobabble ]. We found that [ RESULTS-Y STUFF ], but around then I had to take a leave of absence due to family circumstances.

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[mansansfear]

Taco Bell is always hiring.

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[incywincyhero]

I tried. They want references. Or maybe I'm just really good at finding hiring managers who don't like imPorts, I don't know.

[mansansfear]

McDonald's?

[incywincyhero]

And Burger King, Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks ... believe me, I've been making the rounds.

[bigreveal]

Biochemistry, huh?

Could you give a sampling of your knowledge, or a practical application of it?

[incywincyhero]

[ Wait isn't this the scary lady who works for the government in her universe? ... Well, no harm in at least feeling things out. ]

I can do either/or/both, ma'am.

[ He launches into a brief but thorough rundown of his research, similar but not identical to the spiel he gave Hank.]

[bigreveal]

[She just listens. Never interrupting. She's no scientist herself, but she does have an excellent bullshit radar.]

[And she lets it be silent for just a little longer.]

How'd you like to be a part of an R&D department, making over 50 thousand a year? You'd be working for Stark - Richard Stark, not the Tony guy.

[incywincyhero]

[ Interview-mode or not, there's no way he's hiding that jawdrop -- but he recovers quickly. And stalls for information. ]

I ... wasn't aware that Mr. Stark had a brother in the same line of business.

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[microwavemutant]

Have you considered teaching at the Institute? A teacher with classroom experience is a valuable commodity, no doubt.

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[incywincyhero]

I sorta thought they just hired superheroes, or people with powers, anyway. I mean, I guess I have powers now, but they're pretty useless and I don't exactly know what I'm doing with them...

[ Boy, does he feel guilty for that whopper. ]

[microwavemutant]

It's a common misconception, I think. The Xavier Institute is accepting to people from all walks of life. Not all of our students are imPorts, you know.

[incywincyhero]

Well, in that case, I guess I'd better go check out your applications. Thanks!

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[enigmaestro]

Your alma mater doesn't exist here? How long did it take you to figure that one out?

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[incywincyhero]

About as long as it took to type "Empire State University" into Google. Or, well, it exists here, but it's called New York University and nobody I know works or has ever worked there.

[ OOC: I'm actually not sure whether Marvel NYC has three famous universities instead of two or whether ESU replaces NYU -- or Columbia, for that matter. /wings it ]

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[enigmaestro]

My heart bleeds.

ooc || I HAVE HAD SO MANY DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT ESU ADEQUATELY TRANSLATES AS and i accept this theory. I tend to see it as a conglomeration of Columbia and NYU -- I know NYU definitely exists as its own in the MU because Ben Urich graduated from there, but that doesn't mean ESU wasn't inspired, etc etc this is such a long footnote.

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[incywincyhero]

You should probably get that checked.

[ OOC: Yeah I think it's SUPPOSED to replace one of either NYU or Columbia, but little inconsistences have sneaked in, as they do ... ]