they're probably hanging out right outside your door just so you know but they'll leave you alone but also help you with a knee brace again if you need it i'm really glad you're okay
[Diarmuid lays in his bed and does not leave since his initial message, too tired to retrieve his cloak and travel this morning as he's done every day since arriving — he had left his rust-colored towels beside a murky tub of now cold water... but the sound of Gwen's message pinging in forces his eyes open, and he looks at the screen with a breath of relief.]
I left a lanturn for them. I shall_
rest a bit mor; rest ashured, I am okay. What of your self? Please say that you are safe now.
yeah well you're my friend and that makes you a priority too but i'll make sure with my best efforts that there's nobody left stuck down there and then i'll come visit you deal?
the deal is that everybody will obviously be safe and sound before i take a break to come visit so there you go happy didi
but if you're not up for it that's ok too i mean i'm going to keep checking in with you with texts and maybe even a phone call or two but you should sleep yeah
I would like to slepe sleep, just for a wile. Xhaustian has a hold on me, and I shall shake him loos. I will text you plentifully if you woud like, for pease of mind.
[... And maybe guilty thoughts pull his lips back into a little frown.]
Perhaps 'Z z Z z'. That is code for sleep, is it not?
hey, Gwen! I just wanted to make sure you were doing alright. I saw some people with a different sickness than the one going around. sorry, it's totally lame it took me this long to check in, I've been volunteering and delivering food and water to people.
there hasn't been a big medical crisis like this, it's usually just ghosts and monsters and other horrific shit but i've never seen this many people die in one month here this is insane
yeah you're okay? physically at least i'm sure mentally your brain has been on explode-watch this whole time
I'm hoping if I pretend it's not as bad as it actually is, it'll actually stop being so terrible.
hey. speaking of Pete. I met a guy on the Network when I first got here. he kinda gave me, y'know, bad vibes, not like Spider Vibes. just like, cross the street and walk on the other side of the sidewalk vibes but he said he knew you and Peter. do you know a Matt Murdock?
It's at least, uh quieter? I'm honestly kind of nervous and waiting for everything to just explode That's a thing, right? Everything just exploding at once?
This town's really messed up my expectation for doom, and that's saying something.
i'd say we should do some research but you know as well as i do that the town isn't going to be sharing that kind of information with us
i don't think it's been filled up, i think that it's just covered which is why it's not all that reassuring like at all it didn't feel like it was just a giant hole in the ground full of monsters though, that's the thing there was something... darker to it than that there were parts of that cave that felt like they went on for miles and miles
it was almost like walking around the web of life like you could see through space and time, and just had to figure out how to get where you need to go but you're in a frickin glorified ditch in the middle of a no-where town instead of between dimensions
I mean, it felt like there was MORE to it. I just wish I knew where to go. I guess you'd know better than me, though. Walking through space and time and dimensions.
i just keep thinking that giant hole under the town is maybe the cause of well, a lot of stuff like maybe the evil crap that shows up here because of what the town is sitting on top of or we managed to take a peek backstage of one little part of this big horror movie
and if we can figure out how to destroy it, or shut it all down, then we can wake up
and then i won't have to worry about wanting to murder someone over a color choice
yes i know how not okay that sounds the fact that you wouldn't have even known if this thing hadn't mentioned it should probably be a good sign though, right? i'm still me even if i'm a different me than the me you know
I'm not really sure that's what that means. I didn't think you weren't still you. alternate you you I mean. why don't you want peter to know? if it's not a big deal.
it's not a big deal in my situation, but it was a big deal in other universes some people don't learn to control it, i guess they never get that wake-up call to not let it take over i just don't want to freak him out for no reason
[Alright, admittedly, after this little predicament happens and he gets his half-witted ass injured, he calls Gwen almost immediately. Not because he's calling to tell her of the danger, no — but calling her to let her know not to panic if she has had her spiders lingering near without his knowledge.
He's fairly sure he's shaken them all out of his hair, but... he would not be surprised if they still tailed him regardless. Alright. He must approach this carefully... in case they aren't around him, and he's alerting her to something that is really not 'a big deal', as kid his age say.]
Gwendolyn, have your spiders been following me today?
[Either Gwen has gotten panicked intel from her spiders and she's already freaked out or this is coming out of left field. Either way — insert angel emoticon here? He's done nothing wrong, he never does anything wrong, he's a perfectly well-behaved monk boy.]
[ gwen, of course, is already on high alert. the spiders know not to hang out in his hair anymore, duh, but they sure know how easy it is to become a small patch on his robes. that's easy. they barely have to try. so gwen's already on alert, because last time this happened, diarmuid was on his deathbed. so. but.
that doesn't mean she actually knows where he is. so when she gets a text not too long after her spider-sense flares in the back of her mind, she feels her stomach do that heavy flip-flop of fear it does way more here than it ever did back at home. but okay. okay, okay, he's texting her. so he can't really be in imminent danger, right?
or the danger's already passed, and he needs help. ]
are you hurt? i'll follow your lead on this one, di. i'm here if you need a hand, just say the word.
[ wow her hands are shaking as she says that. not good, not good. her spider-sense knows something not good is happening. but she doesn't want him to think she doesn't trust him. damn. ]
[ clean and bind his wound. it's bad enough that it needs to be- okay. okay, okay. she takes a few deep breaths before she clicks on her audio, tries hard to hide the panic in her voice ]
Don't feel bad for doing what's right. Supplies can always be replaced. [ unlike you. ah. but death doesn't seem to matter here, does it? still. that's where her head is at. ] Try to put pressure on it, if you can. It might hurt, but it'll slow the- [ oof, gwennie, chill ] It'll slow the bleeding.
heeeeyyyyy i just remembered you're like a super hero right????? do you know the other super heroes here are any of you like super tight? like maybe you and a dude in a blue and red spider suit since you can both do the uh webby thing
COOL neat this is exactly what i wanted to hear he's fine i just was wondering why he might like not have come to my birthday party ig would it be weird to ask like your professional opinion ig
OR SHIT do you think he'd have shown up w/o his suit and i just didn't know it is that a thing he'd do
ohhh yeah birthday party visits are tricky right you don't want to give your enemies a new target - and showing up at a party usually means there's some kind of idk emotional attachment there? i guess? not that it matters as much here but it's a hard habit to break
that or it would look like he's paid party entertainment and that gets old FAST which i only know from experience
oh that makes sense uh on both elements did you get tips at least
yeah maybe i think so???? but it could be one-sided and he might just think i'm annoying people don't usually make stuff for people they find annoying though, right???
yes and that is definitely a thing i don't do ever i'm too cool for that
[ Narrator: She was not, in fact, too cool for that. ]
i mean they were like "please stop dying" presents p much so i wasn't sure if it might have just been because of that or idk he'll prob never do it again for anyone because i'm an embarrassment
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Text. The Night of the Sinkhole Incident
I apolygise, I bidd the spyders to leav with a broom.
I hope you are safe.
noooot that same night but late the next afternoon for sure
but they'll leave you alone
but also help you with a knee brace again if you need it
i'm really glad you're okay
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I left a lanturn for them.
I shall_
rest a bit mor; rest ashured, I am okay.
What of your self? Please say that you are safe now.
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so far so good
would've texted you sooner but my phone wasn't working down there
can i come visit you? maybe not today but soon?
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It is okay, the safedy of others takes pryority.
You neednt visit if you are bisey.
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but i'll make sure with my best efforts that there's nobody left stuck down there
and then i'll come visit you
deal?
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I'm glad we are frends.
[A long pause.]
I woud be happyest noing others suffer less becuss you are there for them.
Unless you like waching a tiryd monk slepe, you may rethink your deal.
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happy didi
but if you're not up for it that's ok too
i mean i'm going to keep checking in with you with texts and maybe even a phone call or two but
you should sleep yeah
i'm glad we're friends too btw
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[His lips twitch into a smile, despite himself.]
I would like to
slepesleep, just for a wile.Xhaustian has a hold on me, and I shall shake him loos.
I will text you plentifully if you woud like, for pease of mind.
[... And maybe guilty thoughts pull his lips back into a little frown.]
Perhaps 'Z z Z z'.
That is code for sleep, is it not?
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yeah
do that
or do whatever you want
just know that i'll be badgering you at random times to check in and make sure you're doing okay because that's who i am as a person
and yes zZzZ is definitely a code for sleep
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But I apreshiate the consern, truely & awate your badgering.
Thank you for saving me, Gwendolyn.
backdated to march 1st
I just wanted to make sure you were doing alright.
I saw some people with a different sickness than the one going around.
sorry, it's totally lame it took me this long to check in, I've been volunteering and delivering food and water to people.
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i might've taken an actual literal three day nap
( which i think makes it not a nap anymore but it's fine )
but i'm feeling better
this last month was exhausting in a way i haven't dealt with in a while i guess
but it's all good now
i should've texted you before i crashed
but it looks like you showed up on the deerington scene right on time
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did you see the medical tents and stuff?
do things always get this scary around here?
[ He literally typed intense and then realised and wiped it out, you're welcome Gwen. ]
it's cool.
I bet you were super busy and tired.
no worries at all.
just glad to hear you're doing okay.
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but i've never seen this many people die in one month here
this is insane
yeah
you're okay?
physically at least
i'm sure mentally your brain has been on explode-watch this whole time
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cool.
that sounds AWESOME.
It's horrible, dude.
yeah I'm fine.
peter looked horrible though.
uh.
young peter???
peter 2?
he said he's doing better though.
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for both things
he's okay though, yeah
getting there
okay as any of us can be
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hey.
speaking of Pete.
I met a guy on the Network when I first got here.
he kinda gave me, y'know, bad vibes, not like Spider Vibes.
just like, cross the street and walk on the other side of the sidewalk vibes but he said he knew you and Peter.
do you know a Matt Murdock?
text.
I've webbed enough people to poles and trees to start a rainbow scarecrow movement.
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it's been a weird couple of weeks
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[peter nobody cool says jeez louise-]
It's at least, uh
quieter? I'm honestly kind of nervous and waiting for everything to just explode
That's a thing, right? Everything just exploding at once?
This town's really messed up my expectation for doom, and that's saying something.
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that's definitely a thing
especially now that we know there's an actual hell-pit under the entire town
that's just magically "healed" over
barf
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I'm actually wondering a lot about that, tbh
Is it still there??? did it just fill up with dirt?
There could be more to it
gotta admit I'd like to know what the hell that was all about.
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i don't think it's been filled up, i think that it's just covered
which is why it's not all that reassuring like at all
it didn't feel like it was just a giant hole in the ground full of monsters though, that's the thing
there was something... darker to it than that
there were parts of that cave that felt like they went on for miles and miles
it was almost like walking around the web of life
like you could see through space and time, and just had to figure out how to get where you need to go
but you're in a frickin glorified ditch in the middle of a no-where town instead of between dimensions
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Deep.
But also... I felt the same way.
I mean, it felt like there was MORE to it.
I just wish I knew where to go.
I guess you'd know better than me, though.
Walking through space and time and dimensions.
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i just keep thinking that giant hole under the town is maybe the cause of
well, a lot of stuff
like maybe the evil crap that shows up here because of what the town is sitting on top of
or we managed to take a peek backstage of one little part of this big horror movie
and if we can figure out how to destroy it, or shut it all down, then we can wake up
and then i won't have to worry about wanting to murder someone over a color choice
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where everything was in some underground lab.
Man our lives are insane. 😔
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yes i know how not okay that sounds
the fact that you wouldn't have even known if this thing hadn't mentioned it should probably be a good sign though, right?
i'm still me
even if i'm a different me than the me you know
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I didn't think you weren't still you.
alternate you you I mean.
why don't you want peter to know?
if it's not a big deal.
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it's not a big deal in my situation, but it was a big deal in other universes
some people don't learn to control it, i guess
they never get that wake-up call to not let it take over
i just don't want to freak him out for no reason
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honestly I could see that.
how do you uhhh
get brain spider parasites?
is there a food I should avoid or something?
Text.
He's fairly sure he's shaken them all out of his hair, but... he would not be surprised if they still tailed him regardless. Alright. He must approach this carefully... in case they aren't around him, and he's alerting her to something that is really not 'a big deal', as kid his age say.]
Gwendolyn, have your spiders been following me today?
[Either Gwen has gotten panicked intel from her spiders and she's already freaked out or this is coming out of left field. Either way — insert angel emoticon here? He's done nothing wrong, he never does anything wrong, he's a perfectly well-behaved monk boy.]
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[ gwen, of course, is already on high alert. the spiders know not to hang out in his hair anymore, duh, but they sure know how easy it is to become a small patch on his robes. that's easy. they barely have to try. so gwen's already on alert, because last time this happened, diarmuid was on his deathbed. so. but.
that doesn't mean she actually knows where he is. so when she gets a text not too long after her spider-sense flares in the back of her mind, she feels her stomach do that heavy flip-flop of fear it does way more here than it ever did back at home. but okay. okay, okay, he's texting her. so he can't really be in imminent danger, right?
or the danger's already passed, and he needs help. ]
are you hurt?
i'll follow your lead on this one, di.
i'm here if you need a hand, just say the word.
[ wow her hands are shaking as she says that. not good, not good. her spider-sense knows something not good is happening. but she doesn't want him to think she doesn't trust him. damn. ]
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So he switches to voice, which is a bit breathless but at least firm and healthy.]
I’m alright — I’ll be alright! I was hurt trying to keep apart some people who were under the town’s influence.
Sir Deadpool is on his way to help clean and bind my wound; it just —hurts something fierce.
... Some of the supplies were broken in the scuffle. I feel terribly for it.
[diarmUID]
1/2
Don't feel bad for doing what's right. Supplies can always be replaced. [ unlike you. ah. but death doesn't seem to matter here, does it? still. that's where her head is at. ] Try to put pressure on it, if you can. It might hurt, but it'll slow the- [ oof, gwennie, chill ] It'll slow the bleeding.
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[ g w e n ]
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[His voice is a bit more strained when he says:]
... I'm not sure who they were.
[If anyone asks, you tripped and fell.]
I think they were under the town's influence — or so I hope.
It's... nothing you need worry over.
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[ she doesn't sound too beat up about it, though. the affection is there. ]
If-- Deadpool isn't there in two minutes, you need to tell me. But I'll stay on the phone with you until he gets there, okay?
Where are you, is there anyone else around?
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[He smiles a little. Maybe more a wince than a smile, but there's a bit there.]
I'm at the market, with some of the employees; I feel terribly for the broken glass on the floor, though...
[And blood. The blood is a thing.
Does he sound like he may try to clean up the aisle while bleeding?
Because that's ridiculous!
... But it crossed his mind, temporarily.]
text!!!
i just remembered you're like
a super hero right?????
do you know the other super heroes here
are any of you like
super tight?
like maybe you and a dude in a blue and red spider suit
since you can both do the uh
webby thing
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well, spider-woman does
whatever
we're super tight on a professional level
why? is he being a royal spider-brat?
do i need to kick his butt?
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he's fine i just was wondering why he might like
not have come to my birthday party ig
would it be weird to ask
like your professional opinion ig
OR SHIT do you think he'd have shown up w/o his suit and i just didn't know it
is that a thing he'd do
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you don't want to give your enemies a new target - and showing up at a party usually means there's some kind of idk
emotional attachment there? i guess?
not that it matters as much here but it's a hard habit to break
that or it would look like he's paid party entertainment and that gets old FAST
which i only know from experience
are you guys friends??
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that makes sense
uh on both elements
did you get tips at least
yeah
maybe
i think so????
but it could be one-sided and he might just think i'm annoying
people don't usually make stuff for people they find annoying though, right???
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yeah i doubt he thinks you're annoying
he quips for fun i mean c'mon
that's annoying
😋
but no people do not usually do that
even people who aren't masked vigilantes
iiinteresting
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yes and that is definitely a thing i don't do
ever
i'm too cool for that
[ Narrator: She was not, in fact, too cool for that. ]
i mean they were like "please stop dying" presents p much so i wasn't sure if it might have just been because of that or
idk
he'll prob never do it again for anyone because i'm an embarrassment