10; [video] [forward dated to around 11pm]

[hoaryhosts]

[Strange is sitting in some kind of dank-looking bar. In the background, there's music from some terribly outdated jukebox. Half-visible to the comm (and partially obscuring the view of his face) is a tall glass of something alcoholic and cheap. What better way to celebrate your birthday, no?]

In another hour I'll be 81, or rather, two thousand

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permavid;

[incywincyhero]

Stiff joints or no stiff joints, you're looking pretty good for a guy in his second millennium, Doc. [And just about as maudlin, but Spidey does have a grasp of social boundaries, however sporadically applied.] Happy birthday.

[permavid]

[hoaryhosts]

I suppose I should wait and start complaining when I require regular medical intervention.

Thank you, Spider-Man.

[permavid]

[incywincyhero]

You're welcome. And hey, don't knock geezerdom. If the oldsters I've known in my time are any indication, you get free superpowers with every walker.

I didn't know you liked PinkBerry that much.

[hoaryhosts]

Geezerdom. [TACT SPIDER-MAN, DO YOU HAVE IT]

I don't. When I arrived here, my Sanctum had been turned into a yogurt shop. I made it my business to re-acquire the property.

[incywincyhero]

I didn't say you were a geezer yet. [EMPHASIS ON THE "SPORADIC" SOCIAL BOUNDARIES.]

Darn. I was hoping it was a midlife crisis. 'Cause if you're having a midlife crisis, you can't be old, right?

[hoaryhosts]

I think I'm about 40 years late for a midlife crisis.

[incywincyhero]

Enh, so you're a late bloomer, it happens. I didn't get any chest hair until I was seventeen -- not that it stayed around long, not with wearing spandex every day...

Uh, but anyway. What I'm trying to say is, you're only as young as you feel. Well, act. Well ... okay, work with me here.

[hoaryhosts]

These awkward confessions never cease to bring us closer together, Spider-Man. [So much linefacing.]

[incywincyhero]

It's 'cause you have such a good commside manner and all.

[Peering.]

You okay over there? It's just ... you seem kinda ... the last time I saw a teammate this grumpy was when Wolverine -- huh, come to think, that was his birthday, too. I guess if any demographic has reason to get grumpy drunk on their birthdays, it'd be quasi-immortals...

[hoaryhosts]

And now you're comparing me to Wolverine.

[incywincyhero]

Aww, come on, there are worse people to be compared to. Just gimme five minutes and I'm sure I'll think of someone.

[hoaryhosts]

I'd really rather you didn't.