I'm nearly human look at me

[unobtainableredemption]

Characters: Kaine and OPEN
Date: Sometime after the bottle event
Location: Various
Situation: Various
Warnings/Rating: PG-13 to be safe (for Kaine's mouth)


Option 1 - Fire Sector
[Kaine’s standing in front of a storefront, looking through the window at the mantle displayed on the other side and debating whether or not he wants to buy one. Not for the fashion, mind you, but for something he could temporarily wear to cover his face and conceal the giant shiner surrounding his left eye. It’s a cliché, but you should really see the other guy.]


Option 2 - Water Sector
[He had intended to go right home, but now that his face was concealed by the hood of his newly bought mantle, Kaine finds himself walking right past the door to his suite, eventually winding up in a park in the water sector. It's clear by the path of destruction as he enters that one of the baby turtles had been through recently--the rubble had not yet been pushed to the side. He found himself smiling despite himself. When were they going to learn that they couldn't destroy everything?

Kaine sits on one of the benches and pulls the hood low as to cover his black eye, and just stares out at the mess. He could head home some other time.]


Option 3 - Metal Sector (Wearing this costume, though he still has short hair)
[He had forgotten how heavy the outfit was. It was the complete opposite of his Scarlet Spider costume—bulky with ridges and angles that have angles. Then there was the cape. What was he thinking when he added a cape to this thing? There was no reason for it whatsoever. Not like the raised “veins” of the costume, which had once pressed upon the scars of his degeneration to slow its progress, but now just serve to remind him of where the scars used to be. It was perfect.

He couldn't be the Scarlet Spider anymore. Not after what had happened in the bottle. It only served to remind him just how different he was from the others, and just how far he had fallen from what he could have been. And then he found this, his old outfit that once kept him alive, the outfit he wore during the year he spent terrorizing both Reilly and Parker, as well as anyone they might have cared about… and if that wasn't divine intervention, he didn't know what was.

Kaine leaps to the next building, never losing a stride in his step. He’s trying to get used to the suit’s bulk by doing something he’d done hundreds of times in it before... but if he bothered to stop and think about it, he’d realize just how suspicious he looks dressed like that leaping across rooftops at a sprint.]

OOC: If you want to roll with something other than those, feel free to either PM me, reach out to me at redconfession, or just start a thread, your choice.

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[spiderkid]

Oh. [Shoot, looks like Miles is interrupting something.] Is this a bad time? I can come back later. [Looking down, to himself, he says,] I should have called ahead...

[unobtainableredemption]

I was just working out. Come in. [Drapes the towel over his "I <3 NY" t-shirt. While he still hates the damn thing, it's still one of the only things he has that reminds him of Aracely, and after May took it upon herself (okay Kaine might have hinted) to take it in so it wasn't down to his knees, it made a half-decent workout shirt.

He steps back into his suite, passing his new (well, technically old) costume thrown over the couch to grab a water from the kitchen.]

I didn't think you were interested. [Takes a drink and motions for Miles to shut the door behind him.]

[spiderkid]

[Miles does so, following Kaine in. He notices the costume on the couch but doesn't say anything.]

I was. I mean, I am. But then things kind of got busy, with the bottle and all.

[unobtainableredemption]

Don't remind me. [Because that sucked. For all of them. And he knew it was his fault.

And he's totally content to pretend it didn't exist.]

Gym's this way. [Puts his water down and heads into the back room behind the living area. What was originally an office Kaine's turned into a gym with training dummies he bought from a police auction, a weight set near the window that he bought off of one of the clinics, and a large punching bag he had commissioned in the corner. His wooden swords hang on the wall next to a large mirror.]

[spiderkid]

[As he walks in, Miles begins to unzip his hoodie, revealing the costume underneath. He's really impressed by Kaine's setup, and it shows on his face.]

Whoa. My apartment hasn't got anything like this. [Miles' suite looks the way you'd expect a fourteen year old boy's apartment to look. Messy.]

[unobtainableredemption]

It's amazing what money can buy. [And that's only half sarcastic. He's still not used to having that much money.

He turns to say something else, but he immediately forgets whatever it was the second he sees the costume. Really?] You do know I know who you are, right?

[spiderkid]

Yeah, I... [He looks down at himself, then back up at Kaine.] I haven't really got any workout clothes. [That's a lie, he could have just worn a t-shirt and basketball shorts but for some reason he thought doing this in costume would be better.] I'm not going to put the mask on or anything.

[unobtainableredemption]

[...Riiiiight.]

So what exactly can you do, anyway? I know you don't have skills identical to Parker. [Come to think of it, all four of them seemed to have different yet similar skill sets. He walks over to where he hung the swords and prtends to look at them, secretly watching Miles from the mirror.]

[spiderkid]

[Miles uses this opportunity to finish getting out of his jeans and sweatshirt, leaving them in a small pile by the wall.]

Well, I can go invisible. And I have these venom blasts. They're like a shock or a zap that can paralyze people. Sometimes it knocks them out. That's... about it, for what I've got besides the usual.

[unobtainableredemption]

Wait, the invisibility thing wasn't the suit?

[Without any warning, Kaine quickly pulls down one of the swords and throws it Miles, (wooden) blade-first. He wants to test the kid's reflexes.]

[spiderkid]

No, I can do it whe-- [Okay SPIDER-SENSE! He looks up, sees the sword coming and flips sideways to dodge it.]

Dude, what was that for?

[unobtainableredemption]

[He just shrugs. You're the one trusting the formerly crazy former supervillain, kid.]

The invisibility and zap thing is new to me. Wait... no. Spider-Woman can do something I think like that. The Avenger one. [Why were there so many?]

[spiderkid]

My Spider-Woman can't. Not that I know of, anyway.

[He goes and picks up the sword Kaine threw at him, swinging it around a few times in the way a person does when he has ABSOLUTELY NO sword training.]

[unobtainableredemption]

[Finally looks at Miles out of the corner of his eye, rather than continue looking at him through the mirror.] You know your Spider-Woman? ...Well?

[Absently, he adds:] Stop that, you're only embarrassing yourself.

[spiderkid]

[Miles stops and lowers the sword shamefully.]

Well what? She works for SHIELD, she gave me my suit. I don't think she likes me very much.

[unobtainableredemption]

I meant do you know her well. [As in who she is.

He pulls out a real sword, which he had hid (from Peter, mainly) behind the gap between the mirror and the wall and holds it out the proper way, though the sword is still in its sheath.]

This is how you don't stab yourself with your own sword.

[spiderkid]

Not really. [Not yet.

Miles copies his stance with the wooden sword, a little confused. He didn't think he came here to learn swordfighting.]

[unobtainableredemption]

So you don't know who she is. [Isn't sure if that makes him relieved or not. Knowing about Parker's clone(s) would help explain who he is a lot better.]

Better. So what did you want to do? [Because he's not really that great of a teacher. As evidenced by hurling wooden swords at your head.]

[spiderkid]

Dude, I don't even know her name.

[Miles lowers the sword again and shrugs.]

I dunno, train? Learn to fight or whatever.

[unobtainableredemption]

[He puts the sword back in its hiding spot, then turns on his heel and lunges at Miles.

Why? Because the (decent) bad guys don't announce themselves before attacking.]

[spiderkid]

[Miles drops the sword entirely and jumps out of the way, fast enough so he's not hit, but not fast enough to look smooth.

Apparently they're starting.]

[unobtainableredemption]

[Stops himself by sticking his feet to the floor, quickly releasing his hold so he can spin and attempt to kick him in the face.]

[spiderkid]

[Bends over backwards to dodge the kick, then jumps up to cling to the ceiling, out of Kaine's reach.]

[unobtainableredemption]

[Silly Miles, did you forget he was a Spider too?

Kaine fires strands of webbing from both of his wrists, attempting to grab a hold of Miles with at least one of them and pry him off his ceiling.]

[spiderkid]

[One of the strands hits Miles' arm and pulls him crashing down to the gym floor.]

Owww! Hey, that's not fair. I don't have my web shooters!