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Characters: Kaine, May Parker, and Peter Parker
Date: After this thread
Location: Kaine's suite (FI-3D)
Situation: Upon learning that Peter apparently has a daughter AND she's here, Kaine figures he should introduce the two before they find out on their own.
Warnings/Rating: None (will update as needed)

Kaine was still having difficulty coming to terms with the fact that Peter had a daughter. Well, and a son, but the daughter was right in front of his face, and therefore harder to ignore. She seemed just as new to the turtle as he was, and judging by the way she talked, he as the first Spider she'd come across. While there was the other little Spider-Man swinging around to introduce her to eventually, there was someone he figured she should meet now.

Her father, who was currently crashing at his place. Her father, who was roughly the same as Aracely, the same age as her. Better rip that band-aid off hard before one of them does something stupid.

Kaine swung over to the window of his suite that he purposefully left open and slid inside, moving over so Spider-Girl could do the same. It was almost funny, how someone who tried so hard to get away from Spiders wound up with so many of them in his house.

"Look, just... don't freak out, okay?" Yes, it was a pipe dream, but a guy could hope. Exiting his bedroom, he yelled downstairs "Hey, you still up? Can we talk in the living room for a second?"

With that he pulled off his mask and made his way downstairs.

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...Wait, they honestly expected him to be helpful in all of this? He thought bringing them together was him being helpful, because this was going to happen sooner rather than later, and he figured it should be here, in private, rather than out there, where anyone could see. That was pretty much the full extent of his usefulness. He knew next to nothing about either Parker, and certainly nothing that could be considered "useful" right now.

May had said that she knew her version of him, and though he had believed her, her statement proved it. In response, he just sort of shrugged.

"Well you're both clearly upset, so would you like me to bring you a hot beverage?" Yes, he watches sitcoms. Then, a bit more seriously, he adds. "I don't know what you want me to do here. Want me to join the freakout party? Fine. 'Aaaah this is weird!'" Kaine says the last sentence completely deadpan. He really had no idea what these kids wanted from him right now.

"Fine, I get it, rather than try to empathize you'd rather watch." Jerk. She doesn't say it outloud, but it's definitely implied.

And as for Peter's question...

"I'm wearing webs, aren't I?"

Of course, to nail her point in, she somersaults and sticks the landing- on the ceiling, before she answers.

His eyes widen at May's somersault. Not that it should've been all that surprising - as May had pointed out, she is wearing webs - but he can't help himself. "So you... inherited them? From me-- From Older Me? Your dad?"

God, that's so weird to say out loud.

Peter lets out another breath as he turns to Kaine again. "Is it weird that a hot beverage would be totally appreciated right now? Not that I think it'll help much. But."

Kaine growled in frustration. The fun had worn off and now he was so done with the two of them already.

"I just don't know what you want from me, all right?!"

Teenagers.

He wasn't used to expressing his emotions like the two of them were. Yes, he was about as freaked out as the two of them were, but he would process this on his own, in private, in his own way. He didn't need nor want help or company. And then Peter gives him something to do. Even though he had meant it as a joke, it was looking more and more like a valid suggestion every second.

"I'll go figure out how to use the kettle. Don't kill each other."

And with that he heads into the kitchen, still in earshot but at least neither of them will be asking for his opinion every four seconds anymore... hopefully.

"If anything like that happens, you'll be the first to know!" She calls after Kaine. Not that it won't. It's her job to stop that sort of thing from happening, not start it.

...Does Kaine even know how to use anything in a kitchen? She can't even remember if she's seen the version from her universe even eat, much less cook or make anything.

But that's a distraction from the real craziness going on. Focus, girl!

"Yeah. I had no idea until I was fifteen that he was Spider-man. He had retired years ago." It's leaving out that she found out listening in on her parents arguing, and she's definitely omitting why he retired. This Peter might be the original Spider-man for his dimension, but there's no way she's going to tell him that an adult version of him- her dad- lost his leg and decided to give up crime fighting because of it. He's already found out enough, why give him something to dread about a future?

In the back of Peter's mind, he's really hoping Kaine has some kind of hot chocolate on hand. Or maybe coffee would suit this moment better. It would also probably be a really good time to start drinking heavily, but that's also probably not a good idea.

... Anyway. Back to the situation at hand.

"You started at fifteen, too?" He feels like he should probably be saying something about how she's too young, but-- she's older than him. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. "That's... Wow. So you've only been superheroing for like, a year or so?"

"They kicked in during a basketball game." Even though she left the team because it'd be unfair to play against others who didn't have powers- as much as it killed her to give up her favorite sport and a chance for an athletic scholarship- she still savored the memory of slam dunking it so hard she shattered the glass, and she couldn't help the small smile on her face. "We won."

"It's almost two years, at this point." And what a last couple of years they've been!

Ow. Older and more experienced. And an athlete to boot! Next to his own sort-of daughter, Peter was starting to feel like a total amateur. It was getting clearer and clearer to him why the Ultimates didn't think he was ready. It stung a little, of course. But it wasn't like there was much Peter could do about any of it.

"You've been at this longer than I have, then." And longer than he ever will, really. "Did I- uh, your dad train you up or something?"

Uhoh. She knew he was younger than her, but she didn't think he was that young! How could she have more experience than him? And by how much?

"He didn't want to let me wear my webs unless I did. Have you ever seen seen the other side of five AM?" Pre-dawn training isn't fun. Of course, that's not the only practice she's gotten. Her uncle Phil and the Ladyhawks helped her train, not to mention the occasional moment with the Avengers. And the short period of time she was getting trained by Elektra, too.

"...How long have you been at this?"

"I've been up and out until then, but I'm pretty sure that's not what you mean." And the 'training' he'd received from the Ultimates had all only happened at night. Peter had made it pretty clear with SHIELD that he valued his education.

"Me? I, uh. It's been about a year."

"Only a year? That's..." May trails off. She has no idea what his world's like, but there's no way he's got enough experience to compare against her own.

Even if her dad did repeatedly stress the importance that she train, she has a very strong feeling it's not because he did the same when he was younger. At least, not as much as her because of having an overprotective retired-superhero as a parent.

"Have you ever been interested in waking up before then? I was trained by the best."

Her dad also probably didn't have her train that early to someday pay it back in kind to a younger alternate universe version of himself, but she should, since she's responsible for him since he's a version of her dad and he's younger than her, right?

Okay, teapots were pretty straightforward. Water + Teapot + Heat = hot water. It was the next step, the making a beverage out of hot water that was the hard part. Kaine scavenged through the cabinets for anything he could add to make it beverage tasting, eventually finding a tub of hot chocolate mix. They were kids, they probably preferred that to tea anyway. And didn't Peter say something about hot chocolate anyway?

Speaking of, the pair of Parker's hadn't killed themselves yet, and he catches the tail end of their conversation about training.

"I'm going to be putting a gym in that room over there." He motioned with his head as he dug through the cabinets for mugs. "I have no idea what this place has to offer yet, though, but you're welcome to use it."

Aha! Kaine pulled out three mugs and took the screaming kettle off the stove. "But if you break anything, you replace it."

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