Issue #3 - With Great Power...

[seriousbigtime]

PHONE (A):

[It's been a little while since Peter's had his little talk with Johan Liebert. It really made him think a little more about what a hero should be. About what kind of man he should be... He sits on the front porch of his house at 946 Beulah Street, clutching the pamphlet that Crowe had given him in his hands. Should he really...? He picks

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[thief_of_truth]

"Hey, look ou--"

[But before she's even able to warn him, Peter vaults out of the way of the car, leaving Kay standing there gaping for a moment before she runs up to him.]

"Are you okay? I mean, you look okay, but that car almost hit you! But wow, that was a pretty awesome move back there! Where'd you learn to move like that? You looked just like a ninja!"

[seriousbigtime]

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine, I guess. Uh... I mean, it was all instinct. I saw the car coming and I just...

[He makes a forward motion with his hands, indicating "jumped."]

[thief_of_truth]

Who trained you? Can you show me how to do it?

[seriousbigtime]

Wait, what? I---I wasn't trained by anyone.

[thief_of_truth]

So you're self-taught! That means I could learn how to do that too, right?

[seriousbigtime]

Well, I---

[It wasn't really self-taught so much as imposed upon him. Stupid spider-bites.]

It's complicated. But...

[thief_of_truth]

But what?

[seriousbigtime]

I mean, that's, uh... that's not exactly the kind of thing you can learn to do, you just. Uh. You do it, you know?

[thief_of_truth]

Aw, c'mon, really? You're like the tenth person to tell me something like that! Does everyone around here have mutant superpowers or what?

[seriousbigtime]

[Mutant superpowers?! Dammit, Peter, you need to camouflage better.]

Wh-what?

[thief_of_truth]

Yeah, like just the other day! There was this girl who could disappear in a puff of smoke and appear across the room! I thought it was a cool ninja trick, but it turns out she had some kind of weird superpower or something.

[seriousbigtime]

I think I might've seen her around town... Red hair?

[thief_of_truth]

Yeah, that's her! Do you know her?

[seriousbigtime]

I've, uh---

[Catch yourself, Parker. Don't mention the party.

I've seen her in town, yeah.

[thief_of_truth]

So are you guys, like, superhero buddies, then?

[Yeah, she's not letting that theory go.]

[seriousbigtime]

Wha---the---no!

[Right on the money. Though he doesn't know her too well, they def. met at the party.]