Did you know the term opal comes from opallios (Greek) opalus (Latin) and just means "precious stone", which is ... honestly way more on-the-nose than I'm entirely comfortable with.
yeah, that sure was a thing that happened. and i, a dumbass, picked up more than one. it's probably fine. i'm not worried about what people saw about my life at all!
i'm alright. still halfway between wondering how is this my life and how is this my death y'know like ya do
what kind of talk are you talking about? so i can mentally prepare
You know what the exclamation mark is, don't you? It's the universal symbol of "I'm trying way too hard to be convincing". (Ask me how I know!)
And hey, look, I've almost died way more times than I can count. Which would say less about my life if I wasn't really good at counting. I know we've already sort of had that conversation, but it's way too easy a buy-out, you know? I mean, sure — denial, river, Egypt, blah blah yadda yadda, but that phrase really wasn't formulated with people like us in mind. (Don't say anything to that. Us is different to me.)
Which is kind of what I wanted to talk about. Turns out, it's way easier to keep something like that a secret when you're not in a town made up of forty people. Also turns out it's way easier if half of your memories from the last 15 years don't involve wearing spandex. Final also: did you know I have an accent? I didn't. Did you see that movie with Christian Bale? I tried doing that once. Lasted three sentences.
Anyway, point is: there are people that I trusted with this back home, and there are people that I trust with this here. I know we've had different experiences in that arena, but I don't want you to feel burdened by my choices and my decisions.
[ jesus, parker. she waits until all of that sends before actually reading it, because she knows what it means when she spams someone's phone like that, so she knows it might take a bit to actually get to the point. which is fine, she's got time. it does take her a minute to realize what he means by it all though, or at least what she thinks he means. ]
i didn't know you had an accent. i mean, i've heard bad impressions of new yorkers, but i never thought we had one. huh. anyway.
i "came out" back home, you know? so it's not really an issue for me. i mean i already showed someone my portal charm. i might have also broken his brain a little by doing so, but i'm sure he'll pull through.
i'll follow your lead on this, pete. it's not a burden, i promise. i don't know anybody here but you, so i don't owe them the truth about who i am the same way i felt that i owed my friends and family the truth back home. and of course that meant unmasking for the world, haaaa, but it's different here.
that's where i'm at, but i don't expect it to be that way for you, too.
suit, no suit. gwen stacy, ghost-spider. it's all the same to me. if you want me to keep the ghost-spider part on the DL because you're not there yet, then that's what i'll do.
okay but if we do have an accent? it's ridiculously charming. and anyone who says otherwise will get a knuckle sandwich, nyehhh.
( i'm assuming that's what we sound like to other people )
it was the guy who thought i murdered you - quentin. i panicked. he was like "how was it peter but not peter???" and i was like "because multiverse" so.....
anyway! he knows i can open up little portals but that's it. nothing arachnid related came up.
and i haven't met a jason todd. is that a person i should know? "figured it out" makes it sound like you weren't intending on telling him.
yes but only because of that asshole post on the network that i NEVER WANTED TO POST it's gone now, but he saw it before it got deleted. he seemed very protective of you, which was sweet, but there was only so many times i could be like "yes, but not *that* peter parker" before it got frustrating
well then i guess we'll have to make sure things don't suck too bad for him here. um excuse me if i make bracelets for me and quentin, they will only be for me and quentin. i mean i can make them for us too, but they certainly won't match.
I thought you were living in the Invincible with Peter? Nevermind, that's not really important. Portals, though. I want to, yes. The portals, I mean. I want to help and practice the portals. With you.
i was kind of more just... crashing on his couch. figured it was time to get my own spot.
anyway i have an idea of how to use them that'll be better than us just dropping in wherever we pick, but it really is going to take some practice. also kneepads, probably, if you have those.
or if there's some kind of spell that will make tripping at a full sprint not hurt so much.
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—text, @parker ( post opal event, 1/2. )
i hate dw rn, just fyi (also, actually 2/sth idk)
3/4
4/5 actually i am so sorry for your inbox
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Oh, man, but not in a "you and I need to sit down and have a Talk" kind of way, to clarify.
It's still going to be talking, but with less of the uncomfortable capitalisation.
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and i, a dumbass, picked up more than one. it's probably fine.
i'm not worried about what people saw about my life at all!
i'm alright.
still halfway between wondering how is this my life and how is this my death
y'know
like ya do
what kind of talk are you talking about? so i can mentally prepare
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It's the universal symbol of "I'm trying way too hard to be convincing".
(Ask me how I know!)
And hey, look, I've almost died way more times than I can count.
Which would say less about my life if I wasn't really good at counting.
I know we've already sort of had that conversation, but it's way too easy a buy-out, you know?
I mean, sure — denial, river, Egypt, blah blah yadda yadda, but that phrase really wasn't formulated with people like us in mind.
(Don't say anything to that. Us is different to me.)
Which is kind of what I wanted to talk about.
Turns out, it's way easier to keep something like that a secret when you're not in a town made up of forty people.
Also turns out it's way easier if half of your memories from the last 15 years don't involve wearing spandex.
Final also: did you know I have an accent? I didn't.
Did you see that movie with Christian Bale? I tried doing that once. Lasted three sentences.
Anyway, point is: there are people that I trusted with this back home, and there are people that I trust with this here. I know we've had different experiences in that arena, but I don't want you to feel burdened by my choices and my decisions.
That's it, really.
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i didn't know you had an accent. i mean, i've heard bad impressions of new yorkers, but i never thought we had one.
huh.
anyway.
i "came out" back home, you know? so it's not really an issue for me.
i mean i already showed someone my portal charm. i might have also broken his brain a little by doing so, but i'm sure he'll pull through.
i'll follow your lead on this, pete. it's not a burden, i promise.
i don't know anybody here but you, so i don't owe them the truth about who i am the same way i felt that i owed my friends and family the truth back home. and of course that meant unmasking for the world, haaaa, but it's different here.
that's where i'm at, but i don't expect it to be that way for you, too.
suit, no suit. gwen stacy, ghost-spider. it's all the same to me. if you want me to keep the ghost-spider part on the DL because you're not there yet, then that's what i'll do.
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"Tell me again in that Queens accent you're not from..."
Oy.
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[ which part is that an 'I know' too? WHO KNOWS
jokes, it's the middle part. and the last part.
it's all of it.
there's a lot more he could and should say to this and he will, but— ]
Jason Todd knows. He figured it out.
[ A DELAY, and then— ]
By the way, just thinking the words "I showed someone my portal charm" is enough to give me the beginning of a heart attack.
[ NOT ENTIRELY TRUE but whoever said peter parker wasn't dramatic. ]
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and anyone who says otherwise will get a knuckle sandwich, nyehhh.
( i'm assuming that's what we sound like to other people )
it was the guy who thought i murdered you - quentin.
i panicked.
he was like "how was it peter but not peter???"
and i was like "because multiverse"
so.....
anyway! he knows i can open up little portals but that's it. nothing arachnid related came up.
and i haven't met a jason todd. is that a person i should know?
"figured it out" makes it sound like you weren't intending on telling him.
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it's gone now, but he saw it before it got deleted.
he seemed very protective of you, which was sweet, but there was only so many times i could be like "yes, but not *that* peter parker" before it got frustrating
ergo
portal charm demo
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I think.
Quentin's a good guy. He's been through a lot. Not just here.
Jason's a friend. And no, I didn't tell him. Wasn't planning on it, either.
But he's a smart kid.
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manic?
but there are definitely worse things to be.
he and i are going to be best friends, i can feel it.
well, as long as he's a friend.
i still reserve the right to beat him up if he tries to use your secret id as some kind of
thing
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But if you guys start making friendship bracelets, I want it.
He's known for a while. I don't think that's on the cards.
But thanks.
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um excuse me
if i make bracelets for me and quentin, they will only be for me and quentin.
i mean i can make them for us too, but they certainly won't match.
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i know, i know.
i did this thing where i moved into my own house and now i don't want to leave it.
but we can practice sometime if you want.
we probably should.
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anyway
i have an idea of how to use them that'll be better than us just dropping in wherever we pick, but it really is going to take some practice.
also kneepads, probably, if you have those.
or if there's some kind of spell that will make tripping at a full sprint not hurt so much.
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Or. We make some. There's a spare mattress at the cabin I live in.
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think we can drag it outside somewhere? let's call it a landing pad.
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