A vast universe when the last is the first

[spiderkid]

Characters: Miles Morales AND YOU!
Date: post-powers return, late July
Location: various
Situation: Catchall log for late July with both Miles as himself and as Spidey
Warnings/Rating: N/A, will edit as appropriate


[Miles had been happy to be without his powers at first, but as time went on he found himself missing the feeling of swinging through the city on a web, helping people and stopping crimes. So when the powers come back on, he dons the suit and heads out.]

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[spiderkid]

[Whoa, tiny dude on a flying bug.] Huh.

Uh, yeah. Thanks. New Spidey, new suit.

[langsyne]

New Spidey? [That's new.] What happened to the old Spidey?

[Is he even allowed to ask that or is he going to break time doing so...]

[spiderkid]

He, uh, well, depending on what universe you're from, he died.

[langsyne]

Died?

[--Wow. The news is enough of a shocker that Scott almost slips off his ant before yelping and yanking himself back up. Spidey? Dead? He doesn't even know the guy well but he'd always seemed like the kind of guy that would always be around, making dumb stupid jokes.

And he'd seen him just last week, so unless this is some kind of future thing....]

How old was he? Uh, if you know.

[spiderkid]

Like I said, it's probably not the same one from your universe.

[Miles shrugs.] Not that old. Not as old as some universes, but older than others. [Man this alternate universe thing is going to make him go crazy.]

[langsyne]

[Even having brushed against a few alternate universes in his time, this is making Scott go crazy as well.]

Maybe not, but Spidey was - is a friend no matter what universe. [Scott makes a face, not that it's visible underneath the Ant-Man helmet.] It's like finding out some different version of me died. It's weird is what it is, and I've already died once.

[That's not the point though.]

So...you been doing this whole spandex thing for long?

[spiderkid]

You've died? [Like Gwen. Weird.]

A few months. Ever since... you know.

[langsyne]

[Yep, 'cept he's not a clone.]

Once. I'd really like to not repeat it, if that's okay. It's not--hang on.

[While he's gotten quite used to riding flying ants, Maggie the not-quite-ant hasn't gotten used to staying in one place for long and is getting quite anxious. Clearly, it's time for Scott to resize himself and let her on her merry way.

Hopping off the ant onto whatever surface Miles happens to be, Scott does a little roll to soften the landing before releasing the Pym particle gas and expanding up to a normal size.]

Sorry about that - Maggie was getting antsy.

[HAHA SEE WHAT HE DID THERE. Anyway. Scott's frowning underneath his helmet, not that Miles can see it well.]

But that's not very long. And you don't look very old. No offense.

[spiderkid]

[Oh great, the bug guy made a bug joke.

And Miles is getting pretty sick of people pointing out his age.]

No offense, but some taken. I'm fine. I can handle myself.

[langsyne]

[Sorry Miles if Scott doesn't quite believe you.]

Yeah, that's what they all say until they get themselves blown up and killed.

[The words come out a little more sharply than he intends for them to, a fact he realizes shortly after he utters the sentence. He sighs and droops a little, a silent partial apology for his words.]

Sorry but--I've seen it happen. And not just with kids. Occupational risk, I know....but you guys have your whole life ahead of you. More than us old geezers do.

[spiderkid]

[Okay, that was a blow. Miles pouts.]

I know the risk. You can't make me quit.

[langsyne]

[And here, Scott holds his hands up, palms facing Miles.]

Hey, hey, no pressure for you to quit from this end.

[Even if there's nothing more that Scott would like for all people under the age of 21 to stop being superheroes. He knows it'll never happen though (and he thinks he'd lose some respect for anyone who didn't try to fight against that) so he doesn't push.]

Just....making sure you know, okay? Your parents [assuming they're even here] are the ones who get a say anyway, not me.

[spiderkid]

[Pfft, like his parents know.]

Well, they're not here, and... anyway, I know how dangerous this is. I get it. [He watched his uncle die.]

[langsyne]

[Scott wonders how much of that is just teenage attitude and how much of that is honest sincerity. But he thinks he hears more sincerity in the boy's voice than boasting and so he's inclined to believe Miles for the moment.]

Hopefully it'll be less dangerous here than back home. [Someone hasn't really heard about Malicant yet.] Plus you've got a lot of great role models here.

[spiderkid]

It's hard to be more dangerous than New York, especially these days.

[He gives him a Look.]

Would you be counting yourself in those role models, Mister Bug Dude?

[langsyne]

Me?

[The question is legitimately surprising and there's a long moment of silence as Scott tries to wrap his head around what he considers to be an almost ludicrous question.

Him as a role model? Ahahahahaha he couldn't even get eight-year-olds to listen to him, he would be the world's worst role model. Once a time, he might have considered himself halfway decent but with recent events? Forget it.

But it's not exactly flattering to be self-deprecating in front of a 13-year-old kid so Scott shoves all of that to the side and opts for something a little more reasonable.]

Nah, I think there are way better here than me. Like Captain America or Ms. Marvel. Also it's Ant-Man, not Mister Bug Dude. Which is probably another reason why I would not be a good role model.

[Because who wants to say that their role model is a guy named Ant-Man, seriously?]

[spiderkid]

I like Cap. He was going to train me back home, before... [Before the country sort of fell apart. Before he got his mom shot. Before he got sucked into this turtle-universe where no one seems to be from the same place as him.]

Well anyway. Nice to meet you, I guess. From one Bug Dude to another.

[langsyne]

[Hey man, there's always Wanda. And Storm. All the badass ladies.]

Cap's a good guy. One of the best.

[Even though Scott's never gotten to know Captain America well - one of the downfalls of being a small guy on a big team - he knows that Steve Rogers is one of the best there ever was. His own preferences are biased towards those he knows better but even he can admit that Cap is something else.]

You can't ask him to train you here? There might be stuff going on but I wouldn've thought that sort of stuff is important to him.

[spiderkid]

That's... not a bad idea. I might do that.

Maybe I will. Thanks.

[langsyne]

[Miles gets a smile for that. If this kid's gonna be a superhero, then he's at least going to get the best training there is from the best teacher there is.]

No problem.

[Scott stretches, gently looks from side to side.]

But I should probably get going now. Have some stuff at home I need to finish up.

[spiderkid]

Yeah, I should get back to patrolling.

See you 'round.