008 // Voice

[incywincyhero]

As often as I get yoinked in and out of this place, you'd think I'd get Frequent Porter Miles. Sure, I'm not paying for the privilege of bouncing around the space/time continuum like a koosh ball on a string -- and here I brace myself for the inevitable, "What's a koosh ball?" questions -- but there's always SkyMall. I mean, who doesn't need a $200

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[arakhnes]

[ the longest pause only interrupted by a squeak of surprise from someone who was casually scrolling through her comm ]

[arakhnes]

[ and then ]

PETER!

[ she sounds so ecstatic ]

[incywincyhero]

Hey, lil' sis. Am I allowed to ask how it's hanging?

[arakhnes]

I'm going to let you get away with that just this once. I just got back and now you're back and this is -- this is great!

[voice]

[meowminx]

Welcome back.

[ Avoids calling him Peter! ]

There were some kidnappings, but I think everyone's back now.

[voice]

[incywincyhero]

What, as opposed to the normal kidnappings?

[voice; private]

[meowminx]

Your friend Matt was one of the people taken.

[voice; private]

[incywincyhero]

... Oh.

Damn. Is he all right?

voice;

[askedtobe]

What makes a water pitcher worth two hundred bucks?

voice;

[incywincyhero]

It, uh ... [A pause, with some clicky sounds -- things being looked up on the communicator.] ... Apparently it oxygenates the water and removes contaminants, supposedly giving you a better night's sleep, nicer-looking skin, so on and so forth.

You get a really big, ugly paperweight, in other words.

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[askedtobe]

Lot cheaper to oxygenate my water with a straw.

Gotta wonder how many people fall for that kind of thing- Actually, I don't want to think about it.

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[incywincyhero]

Personally, I'm happiest underestimating human stupidity.

voice; spider-filter;

[bedeviledspider]

...Webhead.

About time you showed up. May's been worried sick.

[ And he, you know, freaked out and trashed his apartment. NOT THAT HE MISSED ANY OF YOU. ]

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[incywincyhero]

Lil' Red, good to hear from you.

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[bedeviledspider]

Yeah, yeah. Always a pleasure.

[ Awkward. Pause. ]

I have no idea what a koosh ball is.

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[incywincyhero]

Um, it's a kind of toy ball. It's made of lots of rubbery strings which flop around, and you ... throw it and stuff, so it kinda ... kooshes ...

[...]

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[shotyoudeadbang]

Fine, I'll start it.

What the hell's a koosh ball?

permavoice;

[incywincyhero]

Kids' toy. Sort of a ball with little elastic strings coming off of it, like a rubber tribble.

... That's not helping, is it?

permavoice;

[shotyoudeadbang]

I know what a tribble is.

I don't know what "sort of a ball" is s'posed to mean, though.

permavoice;

[incywincyhero]

Lingo from back home for "it's a ball."