(video) club talk and peter ramblings @peterparker

[spidermenaces]

Okay, so, uh, first of all, I'm Peter Parker. Hi!

(he shows on camera, a little brief, but with a wave and a smile, but that's not exactly what he wants to show! the camera flips to show a room - a table, several glass containers, a little gas flame, and some random things on the corner: a box full of bark and leaves, a fex tins of paint thinner, rocks, wines, and cleaning products, all tagged and properly stored - anything spider-people related has been cleared and hidden, nothing to see here. they don't have a blackboard yet, so all the math and designing is written and drawn on the walls.)

And this is the STEM club room! Science, Technology, Engineering and Math-- if that isn't a thing in your world, I mean. So, basically, it's a science club. I think a lot of you got some stuff you might want to see fixed, or find stuff to replace other stuff, right? So, bring it here, I'll take a bit of a look and see what I can do, though no promises if you guys have like, insane stuff. Like, I don't know, space stuff that I can't break down from the things from here, then I can't really do a whole lot. I can try, though? That's where I'm going with this.

Ah, another thing, I just got here, so I'm like, super broke. If you guys have anything I can use, like chemicals or things I can break down for chemicals, then that'd be like, great.

(he's just taking the camera around the room because he's pacing to talk, but eventually he turns the camera back to him.)

Oh, and then, another another thing, music club next door. Got a drummer, I'm on the saxophone, got a guitar, so if you play something, you should totally come around to jam.

Uh, that's it, Peter out.

(great smooth transition into an end call.)

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Re: the fact i knew so much of this already lmao

[spidermenaces]

Well, I'm not either, but I know what will make him look dorky and stuff. I think the forest works fine, that's where he showed me.

(because, well. he knows what scott looks like, and honestly, that's rich coming from a guy in a suit, but he finds the suit awesome, nothing to complain here.

his attention goes to the nerd that is a nerd in the same ways he is a nerd, so this conversation makes him nod, following every step and every drawing. he too needs to draw and write to think, so it's good to have those laid out. his own paper is now taking into the information to provide a drawing of his own as they speak, albeit not as well-done as the image... some of us are in a hurry as the ideas pour in!)

So, this is what I was thinking of. The plates rotate, so he can actually control the intensity of it, so I think we could definitely work on these two. Maybe, if Mr. Spock can deal with the chemistry part of providing the materials, me and Mr. Jim could put it together. It'll be faster like that, and he can have this at hand sooner than me working on my own.

... And, uh, I... I actually wanted to ask if you guys can help me with something else. Something that's not on the walls.

[finalfrontiersman]

Then I'll bet you ten credits, Spock, you'll appreciate them more. [ Jim just snorts to himself and watches Spock wind up and go - yeah, that was pretty much par for the course. He follows the explanation idly as he finishes his donut - it gets above his paygrade with the chemical compounds, though with the right components, synthesizing them won't be an issue. Even less of an issue if they had a replicator, but they're working on archaic equipment - honestly, it's kind of fun, if not for the fact that progress is hindered by the limitations just as much as creativity is enabled by them.

Peter starts describing his design idea, and Jim leans forward to examine them, tilting his head to the side. It's impressive, to be sure, and if it weren't for the psychic damage hearing Mr. Jim gives him, he'd probably offer a low whistle. ] Please, Pete, just call me Jim.

[ He has a feeling his request is going to go ignored.

Jim reaches over to trace the lines of Peter's schematic, tapping a finger over the solenoid. ] This is good work, you've clearly been thinking a lot about it. I do think you might need a redundancy here, though. This thing craps out, gets broken, whatever, and the rotation will be stuck. I'd recommend adding a backup, and considering whether or not you want the plate mechanism to snap to ninety degrees in the event of a failure. We can definitely work on the construction, make quick work of it; Spock's got the chemistry covered.

[ They may have to do it backyard science style, but based on Spock's sketches, Jim's pretty sure he's excited about the prospect. ]

...Yeah, it's worth a look. Hit us with it. [ Jim manfully resists the urge to glance at Spock; the slow way in which Peter brings it up and the fact that this project isn't on the wall yet tell Jim the others were likely a test. Of proficiency? Or trust? Maybe a bit of both. ]

[ashaya]

Affirmative, [ Spock hums, still sketching out possible solutions. If he rounds off the answer to each of these statements neatly with a singular word? Well, he's been known to be efficient. It shouldn't surprise, then, that Spock takes a moment to preview the schematics that Peter works out while continuing to mark out his own. They're solid, but he does find himself agreeing with Jim's assessment. He nods, more with the tip of his chin, and appends: ] Given the nature of your friend's abilities, I would also advise appropriate fail safes.

[ Seems logical enough. Redundant elements make for a more complex set of repairs, but so too makes room for critical failures of the design. It is why Spock himself prefers a certain minimalism; when there is an issue, it can be readily addressed. Even so, Spock knows that a replicator would have been a boon to their assorted projects. The tricorder makes finding materials needed simpler, but the process remains far less streamlined than it could be.

Either way, it is a blessing that Spock cannot hear Jim's assessment of his presumed excitement. A sense of investment may be more accurate, he would say, but they both know better at the end of the day. Admitting such things come at a steep price. He is harder pressed to do so around others that are not Jim. ]

"Hit us with it"? I fail to see how "hitting us" with an additional project would aid in its completion, much less our presumed ability to assist.

[ He follows Jim's lead, knows the shift of Jim's body is more an indication that he requires Spock's focus, but cannot be obvious about it. So, he tips his head in a way that would suggest full concentration, but permits him the upward twitch of a brow at such an angle that relays that he's noticed. His gaze remains upon the task before him, the pencil still moving in his grip, but the joke is a device. He's used this sort of play in many situations, found it increased the comfort of the crew by an average of 37%. Perhaps it will, too, put the boy more at ease. ]

[spidermenaces]

(it works, it makes him giggle a little. quite a different person, this guy, while jim is a bit more used to what peter is used to. okay, no mister will take a moment for him to fully accept, process, integrate.

but, how does he even start this conversation, it's just very weird to open it without being caught first.

well...)

So, where I'm from, there are... These people, they're called the Avengers. You know Thor? The Norse God? Very real, also an Avenger. They deal with everything that may threaten the Earth, or really bad guys, and stuff like that. I'm an Avenger. Well, I was made into one, and then I died with half the life in the universe, and now I'm here, long story, not the point-- I'll just show you.

(the nanites start forming the suit around his silhouette, metallic and imposing, with the pincers out as it was the last configuration he had on. here it is, a spiderman in the flesh, and he shrugs a little behind the mask, the eye shapes following the expression he's making... which is squinting, trying to gauge what they must be thinking.)

... So, uh. It's got a lot of capabilities, but because I'm not home, I'm not connected to a network. That's not great.

[finalfrontiersman]

[ Jim's not going to call him out on being an excited science nerd, Spock doesn't have to worry about losing Vulcan street cred in front of the Terran teenager. If he smiles to himself about it, well - just chalk it up to one of Jim's inexplicable human quirks. ]

Commander, you are a singularly entertaining individual. Never change, Spock.

[ And thank you, even if they're not quite-the-same-as-usual, their communication methods remain in tact. It works, too, loosening Peter up and segueing into his apparent secret project. Jim listens intently, though his brow does furrow a little in bewilderment - they have nothing akin to what Peter is describing in their worlds besides Starfleet, and Thor the Norse God wouldn't exactly fit in resplendent cadet red. ] Sorry, I'm still stuck on the half the universe thing -

[ But whatever questions Jim was going to lodge are lost to the surprise of the nanite suit that Peter whips out, eyes going wide and bright with fascination. It's intuitive, too, adjusting with Peter's movements, the way the eyes oscillate, how easily it shapes and molds to his skin - Jim leans back, appreciating the technology it in all its glory, still a little gobsmacked.

Whatever he might have been expecting, it certainly wasn't that.

To his credit, Jim recovers quickly enough, hand with his empty smoothie cup dangling over the back of the chair he's sitting backwards in. ] What kind of capabilities? What functions are inhibited by the network disconnect?

[ Which...brings them to the undercover reason they came here, and this time Jim doesn't disguise the look he sends Spock's way. ] ...I wouldn't recommend patching it into Aldrip's network, but we may still be able to help. We've...got a project of our own, actually, and we're looking for extra hands. Might be right up your alley, if you're game, and it might help with your...uh, augmentation? What do you call this?