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[spidermenaces]

Yeah sucks

Also you really DIED??? I have been joking about the vampire thing Mr. Valentine

I always want your company dude you're great

1/2

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that's nice
i'm still not a vampire

oh

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we can
im not opposed

[spidermenaces]

Then what are you you are giving people the wrong idea

Why is that surprising?

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a good question
not a vampire though
i dont drink blood

i would not expect people to enjoy my company

[spidermenaces]

So you have no idea

Well I do
Expect it

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no
i do know.

hm
if you change your mind i won't fault you

[spidermenaces]

Aaaaand you're not telling me?

I won't change my mind dude
It almost sounds like you want me to

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peter.
i am a monster. and i don't mean it metaphorically in some way.
that is what i am.

it would be for your own good
but i won't force your decision.

[spidermenaces]

Mr. Valentine
I couldn't care less

Come on. I'm getting us something to eat.

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you should probably care a little.

what did you have in mind?

[spidermenaces]

Mr. Valentine I am literally altered down to my DNA at the very least we're both freaks and I'm fine with it

Pizza I'll be there in uh 40 seconds

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i will want to know more about that when you get here

door is open

[spidermenaces]

(pizza delivery is much easier when you swing.

he'll at least walk towards the door, even if he's in his iron spider-suit, both as an easier way to explain it, and also-- yeah, he's trying to figure out a way to make it easier for vincent. the mask recedes, his hair falling a bit messy from the nanites as he knows.)

I'm here, Mr. Valentineeeeee! Pizza deliiiiiivery!

1/3

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[As the door opens:]

A simple knock would have sufficed.

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[yo hold the fuck up

Vincent has seen this suit before in the distance. A teenager swinging on webbing that reminds him of spiders. Not the first one he's met, either. It's just... well, he didn't expect Peter to be this one.]

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So you're the Spider-kid.

[so close]

[spidermenaces]

Come on, Mr. Valentine, Spider-man!

(don't do him like that.)

Can I come in? I'll explain the whole thing.

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Hmm. Spider-teen?

[It's a bit cheeky from him, but also telling from his fondness for Peter that's even willing to joke at all.]

Yes. [Permission granted! Vincent steps aside to let Peter inside.

The interior of his inn room is pretty telling in that there is almost nothing with a personal touch inside. The only thing of note, honestly, is the large, sturdy coffin that's in the bedroom. Aside from that, Vincent hasn't done anything to personalize or change the decor at all.]

[spidermenaces]

It's... Actually not the worst I've heard, but come on.

(he's not mad, he's laughing! playful is a fun color on vincent. he'll find a surface to put the pizza box on, the nanites retreating so he's left in his normal outfit - just a hoodie and jeans.)

Yeah, so, I thought that was some explanation, at least-- you did get that coffin! Uh, great, uh, for you, I guess - should we get you a whole body umbrella, too?

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[That looks more like the Peter he's familiar with. It does put a little bit into perspective, so at least Peter isn't totally helpless, but... still. Vincent would simply feel better making sure he's unharmed.]

Very funny. [It's spoken dryly but clearly he doesn't mind.] Didn't you say you were going to explain things to me?

[spidermenaces]

Long story or short story?

(you know it's going to be the long story.)

Well, I went on a school trip to a STEM thing, and a radioactive spider bit me. After that, I kinda got these super insane powers, like, I can walk on your roof, or stop a bus with my hands, and my senses are pretty crazy-- ah, and there's that little sense of like, when danger is coming, or something is off, I get like a weird sensation and I just know things and stuff. So, yeah, feel better?

hello im alive

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Mm. I suppose.

[Genuinely, he had been concerned that Peter had been experimented on. That would have enraged Vincent to no ends, but from the sounds of it? It's just circumstance.]

So your DNA was altered. ...But by mere chance.

[There is a hint of relief in his voice.]

i missed you baby

[spidermenaces]

Uh, yeah, pure coincidence. Right or wrong moment, right or wrong place, sorta stuff. Hey, why do you-- Why does that feel like a big deal? That it was chance?

(he picked up the relief, mister valentine. his hand moves to the man's shoulder, concerned not hinted, instead clear in his voice.)

Was your thing... Not by chance?

old man clutching chest meme

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[Ah. Well.

There's the abrupt urge to make his escape suddenly. This is... not a situation he is used to. He hasn't spoken to anyone really much about his own circumstances. Truthfully, Peter's probably the first. Vincent had no reason to share with Cloud and the others; not for lack of care, but frankly they'd just be better off not knowing. It wasn't their problem anyway.

Vincent dips his head down slightly at the hand on his shoulder, his face mostly concealed by his cloak. For a moment, he is quiet and conflicted until he confesses--]

No. It was not.