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[introuble]

[ Gwen looks- well, pleased. despite the fact that she's unsure of a lot of things, feeling vulnerable in that she's not used to being the one asking questions instead of providing the answers, she has a small smile on her face, a little grin that makes it seem like she has very special information she wants to share with everybody. which she kinda does. she’s not alone on this video feed, oh no. she’s sitting alongside a new crew member who she may or may not have forced to join her in recording the transmission. ]

Hello, everyone. My name is Gwen Stacy and I'm a member of the science department here on the Tranquility. [ it was almost as professional as saying 'I'm the head intern here at Oscorp. almost. she'd get used to it. ] I have a few questions I need to ask, but first I'd like you to all meet my friend Peter, from home. This is Peter Parker.

[ she glances over at Peter now ( no pressure ) with those same big, expectant eyes she gave him when it was time for him to meet her father for the first time. ( no pressure ) ]

Uh, hi. [ Smooth, Peter, smooth. He was never the kind of person to make such public addresses, or really show up and present at all, but Gwen’s coerced him into this position, so he ends up with a small wave, before deliberately turning back to her. ] I’m Peter. [ Captain obvious as always, but really Gwen, you take the reins. ]

--Who might maybe, hopefully, be joining the science department too. Maybe?

[ she doesn't mean to laugh, but he's looking at her like she's asked him to explain his personal life in detail over the network or something, and she wasn’t expecting it. he's talkative around her, so it's a little funny to see him clam up in front of a camera. her nose scrunches up before she looks back at the camera again, her body shifting a little bit in her seat, like she needs to make herself comfortable again. there. good. okay. ]

Right, well. I just have a few questions to ask, if anyone might know… It- Well. My number has changed. [ she still thinks this is some kind of fault of her own, like she messed up somehow, got demoted. she looks a little sheepish about it, actually. ] Between jumps, my number changed from 008, to 012. I don't remember going home, it's not like I have any new memories, but I.. believe I've been asleep for more than one jump, maybe. Is that possible?

I only ask because it seems like a lot has changed since the last time I went under for a jump. People are missing, things are different. Not everything, just enough to pique my curiosity, I guess. [ she bites her lip ] And most importantly, to me at least, I was wondering if anyone knows what happened to my fa- Um. Captain George Stacy? He arrived about a month after I did, so he would have been an 009. If anyone has heard from him, please let me know.

[ In Peter’s case, he doesn’t really understand what happens when they’re not home, but it’s really off screen that he makes his movements, a slight squeeze of her hand as he looks for the right words to say and close off this conversation. ]

Also, if anyone knows of a dark room, [ Way to change topic there, Peter. ] uh, that would be great. [ Pause. ] Thanks.


[ red is Gwen, blue is Peter. replies will be coming from both! ]

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[culver]

Lots of dark rooms on board

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[parkours]

Not exactly what I meant.

[ He gives a half apologetic smile, because in retrospect maybe he should have been clearer. ]

Well, yeah. [ Dark rooms. He could use any one of them, right? ]

How many of them are uh, safe though?

[culver]

Do not know
There are a lot
Have not looked in all of them

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[littleduck]

I think there's a lot of dark places here. [A pause, and her head tips to the side curiously. She almost looks like she wants to smile, but nope. Not a lot of smiling here.]

Why do you need a dark room? [Actually, that doesn't really matter. She's really interested in one subject here.]

And what does the science department here do?

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[parkours]

Uh, yeah. [ Gosh, he really should have been clearer, because that's not what he meant in the slightest, but c'est la vie. Peter Parker, this has been a lesson in articulation. ] I guess I meant one for developing.

See, I was hoping to take pictures of the ship, and need a dark room to develop the rolls in.

[ It's funny really, when he's talking about a passion of his, that Peter brights up visibly, the excitement evident in his tone. ]

As far as the science department goes, I'd assume they do... science.

[ GOOD JOB PETER PARKER. ]

[introuble]

[ oh my gosh, Peter. Gwen will take that last question, Prim. ]

There's a science lab on board, a really impressive one actually - three floors. It had a few things in it that were left behind by the last crew that we're looking into. Last I remember, we were trying to collect information about the monsters some of our numbers encountered at the time. But- [ ah. ] That might be a little outdated, I've missed out on some time here.

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[heltersskelter]

I don't know if you've had a look around, but there are plenty of dark rooms up here.

[tate; regular wise ass]

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[introuble]

Dark rooms to be used for developing photograph film, specifically.

[ U BRAT. ]

[heltersskelter]

People still do that?

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[tg]

wow it mustve been confusing going through school with a last name thats also a first name
do you go by gwen or stacy

k now that thats off my chest on topic here
re: number changing without going home
youre not alone
my bro and other self did the same
004 to 012 and 007 to 012 respectively
we all disappeared at the same time but im the only one who went back to our world so
dunno if that says anything but at least youre not the only one getting her rip van to winkle on around here

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[introuble]

I usually go by Gwen, but Stacy is fine too if you feel so inclined. I don't mind.

That is reassuring, definitely. I wonder if our old rooms still respond to our new numbers. That could be useful. Especially if that means we won't have to take the lift all the way up to the 12th floor. The only thing that's bugging me is why. I didn't go home, so... Where was I?

[tg]

stacy it is then
cant have too many gwens on one ship and apparently 012 » 064 over there wants it bad

dunno about you but i checked my old room and it didnt seem to remember me
my bros room didnt remember me either and i spent more time fucking around in there than in my own room
shit was sad
then i got to my new twelfth floor room and just
definitely had one of those this is not my beautiful house moments
mightve even shed a tear or two
now ive got to break in my mattress all over again
shits awful

uh anyway
i dont really know where the fuck you were
but what if you werent anywhere
like what if you time traveled
skipped ahead in time and popped out of a pod a couple months later to everyone else but only seconds later for yourself
or uh
something
just a suggestion

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[parkours]

[ Somehow Peter feels that it isn't his position to interfere with the comment on Gwen, but he can't really keep his mouth shut on that. ]

It's just Gwen. [ Because Peter butts in unnecessarily. ]

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[inebriety]

[Familiar names, but not familiar faces.]

Does the name Spider-Man mean anything to you two?

[If it is him, he doesn't want to fail him again.]

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[introuble]

[ after... a few moments of scrambling and considering things, she replies. ]

Depends on what you mean. We've heard stories, of course, through the news reports... But that's really it.

Why?

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[parkours]

[ Peter's instinct is to abort the entire thing, but he's seen Gwen answered already. There are only two people who know Peter's alter ego, one of whom is dead, the other of whom is Gwen, and he'd rather keep it that way, though his eyes go wide at the text and the fact that someone else on board knows of him. ]

What's it mean to you?

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[unforgives]

Your number changed? I'm not sure how it's possible but I know a couple of people that it's happened to.

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[introuble]

I was a little worried, at first, but the more I hear about it the more common it seems. I just wonder what causes it, why the ship would do that. Though maybe it just means the tattoos aren't as permanent as we thought.

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[parkours]

You wouldn't happen to know if that's a regular thing?

[ It might be Gwen's question really, but the idea of it has Peter intrigued, to say the least. ]

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[webline]

[ what the sweet hell is this

peter. and gwen stacy. so peter parker. and gwen stacy's dad, george stacy, who died because of a spider-man impostor and the memories (which aren't hers) are hitting her so hard and this.

is some version of peter (because it's not hers -- she knows immediately) talking and walking and not being dead.

and gwen. gwen gwen gwen and this definitely isn't her gwen either and she doesn't know what's going on, but boy, she stares at this post for ten minutes before finally replying, and she cant get the nerve to do anything other than text. ]

i didn't know there was a science department.

[ smooth ]

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[introuble]

Mhm! It expands over three floors, three different departments. Physics, Chemistry, and lab sciences. It's not in perfect shape, but the old crew left a lot behind for us to sort through.

I could show you around sometime, if you'd like.

videoooooo yay tl;dr i love it

[parkours]

Yeah, neither did I. [ For all of Jessica's worries over this situation, none of that translates over to Peter, and he misses out on all of it completely. ]

Kinda want to check it out though.

[ Because he's a nerd through and through, and he's never really been fond of the whole conversations over communicators, even if they cut off all the awkwardness he's prone to. ] Are you uh, “new” here too?

[souffled]

We have a science department? Sounds sexy.

[ yeah... sexy. which is oswin speak for "cool" or something. ]

Afraid I don't know of a George or a dark room. Might be able to make your own makeshift one if you're up to it.

[introuble]

It... has the potential to be sexy, I'm sure. [ it just needs to be cleaned up a bit more first. well, as far as she knows. but she still isn't aware she's lost a few months since she was last in said science epartment, so ] If you find lab equipment sexy.

[parkours]

Oh yeah, real sexy. [ There's Peter thinking with his nerd thoughts rather than anything else, as his eyes light up at the prospect of actually seeing this department for himself. ]

I guess I could always make one on my own, but it might be easier if anyone has one they're not using. Reusing and recycle, I guess? [ There's a light shrug at that, because that was Peter's thinking originally. ]