( 001 ) PARKER'S POV | TEXT/IMAGE

[spidersenses]

	NEW SURROUNDINGS I read the FAQ and stuff...It's gonna take a while to get used to things - but I guess I'm pretty adaptable. Waking up in blue goo is pretty surreal. Do you ever get used to it?

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[spidersenses]

[ THE BEST BEARER. GOSH. HE'S ALL NEW AND STUFF TOO. He was hoping things were gonna get better. ]

Oh, so the jumps are numbered? And our ink tells us which number we came in?
That make you a 001 then?

[circumitus]

[GUESS WHAT, BOY? IT ALL GOES DOWNHILL FROM HERE.]

Correct, and yes. Those would be the first set of numbers on my arm - just like yours displays 009, I assume.

[She can sense "newbie" from a mile away. Much like spiders! But with new people.]

[spidersenses]

[ No. This is just like highschool. You can smell out his newbieness. ]

Yeah, that's about right. Gotta say though, maybe it's freshman (newbie? I'm not sure what works in this scenario) optimism but I've always thought it's important to make the best out of a bad situation. So the arrival's not the worst thing about this place then?

[circumitus]

[Rey never went to high school, so she wouldn't know, asdf.
[On that note, the "freshman" reference is lost to her, but WHATEVER.]

Negative. There are usually much worse things that come around sooner or later. You'll most likely figure that out yourself.

[spidersenses]

Give a guy a ballpark. How bad are we talking here?

[circumitus]

A handful of us got sick and almost died vomiting blood not long ago - myself included. To say it was bad would be putting it mildly when you're bleeding from various orifices.

[spidersenses]

You serious? Like, some kinda space plague mutation? But it went away right? or are we gonna get ourselves in trouble? Aww geez. I take it a couple of space oranges won't fix things, yeah?

[circumitus]

We don't have a sufficient amount of information to be able to provide a definitive answer to what it was, or what caused it. I cannot even make any claims that it won't return, despite the fact that a treatment had been found.

Additionally, the sickness had been fatal. I don't see how oranges could have helped.

[spidersenses]

Is the contagion isolated at the least? I mean, I hope people still aren't getting sick because of it. Look, obviously, this place is pretty dangerous but is anyone doing anything about the danger? We got like a

[ A superhero on board - no, Peter stops himself. ]

police force on board, or something?

it was a half joke, you take oranges when you're sick. You don't do that where you're from?

[circumitus]

Affirmative. Have not heard any recent developments regarding the sickness. It's safe to assume that it is, at present, not a big concern.

Also: The closest thing to a police force on the Tranquility would be the security team to assist in enforcing rules and regulations. This involves a group of volunteers, myself included.

[She takes awhile to process this idea of a joke.]

Negative. However, I am not the best one to ask about what people do where I am from.

[spidersenses]

Oh, there like a crew then?

[ Spider-man would be in security, Peter on the other hand - is a science guy. It's all a little bit conflicting, but he tries to think about what he really wants to be known as on this ship. How much of the spider-man act he can get away with. ]

Why not? You from Earth? Is that rude to ask? When/Where are you from?

[circumitus]

Yes. For now, it's all that there is.

[Oh boy. How to answer this?]

When: 2147 A.D.

I am from Earth.

[spidersenses]

You're like - from the future. Well, I dunno. I guess, the past considering we're at the future. But you're way ahead of me. I'm from 2012. Where in earth?

[circumitus]

[Augh. You'll have to forgive her for being a little suspicious, Peter:]

Why do you want to know?

[spidersenses]

Well, I dunno. Any advancements in science?

[ SAYS THE AWKWARD TEEN. ]

[circumitus]

Wouldn't know. Science isn't my field. Weapons development, nuclear theory, and indoctrination has taken new heights over the course of recent history, however. That much I know firsthand.

[spidersenses]

Man, that sucks. Learning that we haven't advanced much in anything but weaponry. What do you mean first hand?

[circumitus]

I mean I saw it all happen. Watched cities fall and people kill other people for some time.