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blabbering) wrote2025-11-15 10:50 am
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WELCOME TO THE SALTBURNT NETWORK
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WELCOME TO THE SALTBURNT NETWORK
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pbnparker
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You might think "Gwen, it must be somewhere outside on the grounds," but no, apparently it's in the house.
There's also a bowling alley and a planetarium. Or we could see a movie?
There's also a bowling alley and a planetarium. Or we could see a movie?
IN the house??
that's like
do you think they can somehow make a pocket universe???
maybe that's how they got us here and then there's a pocket universe IN a pocket universe
that's like
do you think they can somehow make a pocket universe???
maybe that's how they got us here and then there's a pocket universe IN a pocket universe
[he stops himself. this is date planning. they are date planning.]
i think the big question before we decide is what they're showing at the movie theater
because if it's daddy day camp i'm out, that's it, no more movie theater forever
i think the big question before we decide is what they're showing at the movie theater
because if it's daddy day camp i'm out, that's it, no more movie theater forever
You've noticed how the house's layout changes all the time, right? How many rooms do we think could be pocket universes?
I guess this would be the first time I've gone on a date in one.
I guess this would be the first time I've gone on a date in one.
No more movies forever? Pretty bold statement, if we're stuck here indefinitely. Should I start practicing my shadow puppets?
Peter.
Did you know that there's someone here who knows you?
Spider-Man, I mean. Not you. But maybe also you?
Did you know that there's someone here who knows you?
Spider-Man, I mean. Not you. But maybe also you?
that tony stark guy?
[hi, gwen]
yeah he knows me
another me
in another universe
he seemed really bummed that i wasn't the other guy
i felt kinda bad for him
[hi, gwen]
yeah he knows me
another me
in another universe
he seemed really bummed that i wasn't the other guy
i felt kinda bad for him
He said you were his ward and that he helped you out when he could.
Wait. So he knows you're Peter, too? As in he knows you, Peter, are Spider-Man.
Wait. So he knows you're Peter, too? As in he knows you, Peter, are Spider-Man.
[a beat.]
a ward?? like robin??
[what.]
anyway yeah he made the peter spider-man connection instantly
so i guess other me's secret identity isn't actually a secret
which seems kind of stupid but hey what do i know??
maybe other me has his reasons
a ward?? like robin??
[what.]
anyway yeah he made the peter spider-man connection instantly
so i guess other me's secret identity isn't actually a secret
which seems kind of stupid but hey what do i know??
maybe other me has his reasons
Oh. Do you think Iron Man is your Batman?
Okay. Okay. I mean, he did show me his suit when I already knew his real name, and then he told me his superhero name. So maybe in this other world no one keeps it a secret?
Okay. Okay. I mean, he did show me his suit when I already knew his real name, and then he told me his superhero name. So maybe in this other world no one keeps it a secret?
maybe
maybe he drives a really cool car
[it does make him wonder why he's someone's ward, in this other universe. what happened to aunt may? he's —
aggressively not going to think about that.]
so he's iron man
he told me about an ant man
listed a bunch of other guys' names too
i guess everyone knows who everyone is there
maybe he drives a really cool car
[it does make him wonder why he's someone's ward, in this other universe. what happened to aunt may? he's —
aggressively not going to think about that.]
so he's iron man
he told me about an ant man
listed a bunch of other guys' names too
i guess everyone knows who everyone is there
He did sort of give off a fancy car vibe when I met him.
Ant Man? Is he really small?
I'm still wrapping my head around all of this.
Ant Man? Is he really small?
I'm still wrapping my head around all of this.
[guy who thinks when i met him just means on the app or walking around the house somewhere.]
yeah i could see that
i mean from his picture like
that's a fancy car guy
and that's apparently what ant man does
he gets really small
uses something called a pym particle that shrinks stuff?? would love to know how that works tbh
yeah i could see that
i mean from his picture like
that's a fancy car guy
and that's apparently what ant man does
he gets really small
uses something called a pym particle that shrinks stuff?? would love to know how that works tbh
[ His picture. So they haven't actually met in person yet.
It's a little bit of niggling guilt in her stomach, now that they've gotten through the initial debrief--enough to distract from any interest in potential shrink rays. ]
Can I tell you something? Promise me you won't freak out.
It's a little bit of niggling guilt in her stomach, now that they've gotten through the initial debrief--enough to distract from any interest in potential shrink rays. ]
Can I tell you something? Promise me you won't freak out.
[oh. yeah, if she's not immediately jumping on the shrinking stuff? this is serious.]
yeah
yeah, of course
and i promise i won't freak out
scout's honor
[not that she can see it, but he also, quite literally, salutes after typing that.]
yeah
yeah, of course
and i promise i won't freak out
scout's honor
[not that she can see it, but he also, quite literally, salutes after typing that.]
Okay. You know that party with all the candies?
I met Mr. Stark there. I had no idea
I didn't know that he knew you. Other-you.
Is that completely weird? [ Probably not weirder than anything else they've discussed today. But the personal stakes feel high. ]
I met Mr. Stark there. I had no idea
I didn't know that he knew you. Other-you.
Is that completely weird? [ Probably not weirder than anything else they've discussed today. But the personal stakes feel high. ]
[there's a whole mental process that goes on here. the first part of it thinks: met? why would he freak out that gwen met a person? then the second part connects: the party with the candies. that met means met, and —
okay. okay.]
no
i mean, maybe it is a little
but this whole house is weird
and honestly what's a lot weirder is that there's someone who knows another me and we're all here in the same place
so you know scale of weirdness?
i think we gotta consider it relative to that
okay. okay.]
no
i mean, maybe it is a little
but this whole house is weird
and honestly what's a lot weirder is that there's someone who knows another me and we're all here in the same place
so you know scale of weirdness?
i think we gotta consider it relative to that
Yeah, scale of weirdness makes sense.
Normally I'd be a little worried about someone else knowing your secret? Someone else neither of us know, I mean. But it sounds like he cares about you.
[ A couple minutes later, because scale of weirdness hasn't totally soothed the knot in her stomach, ]
Would it also be weird to talk about the other people we've been with here? I wonder if we should.
But I guess before you answer that question, I just want to say that you're really important to me. Nothing changes that.
Normally I'd be a little worried about someone else knowing your secret? Someone else neither of us know, I mean. But it sounds like he cares about you.
[ A couple minutes later, because scale of weirdness hasn't totally soothed the knot in her stomach, ]
Would it also be weird to talk about the other people we've been with here? I wonder if we should.
But I guess before you answer that question, I just want to say that you're really important to me. Nothing changes that.
Have you sent any notes up the pneumatic tubes in the library yet?
[hold on, he's got to balance a box of bagels and his phone without dropping either. it's a delicate task, see, even with these reflexes.]
oh man did you read my mind??
because you won't believe what i just got
a whole dozen bagels!
ACTUAL bagels, like literally from utopia bagels
not even dunkin
[oop, swaying. give him another second.]
please tell me you're in your room right now
because i'm almost there
and i think if i have to go down another staircase i might drop something
oh man did you read my mind??
because you won't believe what i just got
a whole dozen bagels!
ACTUAL bagels, like literally from utopia bagels
not even dunkin
[oop, swaying. give him another second.]
please tell me you're in your room right now
because i'm almost there
and i think if i have to go down another staircase i might drop something
yeah
yeah totally
i promised my girlfriend we could go if it wasn't daddy day care and it is in fact not daddy day care
you going?
yeah totally
i promised my girlfriend we could go if it wasn't daddy day care and it is in fact not daddy day care
you going?
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