>>28648957
“No, it’s fine. I love my Uncle Ben and Aunt May and they would want me to talk about them, especially if it could help someone else. They were happy when they could help others out, especially if they could help someone find their way.”

“That reminds me of the professor…”

“The Professor?”

Stella looks at you and nods. ‘While a lot of his videos were lectures and simulations, I knew him when I was littler. He was a cheerful man with white hair and a beard who took care of me and talked with me. He always made sure to tell me to remember that I was a person too and that while people might not like me sometimes and might treat me as strange or as a weapon, that I should look for the best in life and try to be happy- that I was special- I was given powers to protect people and that one day they’d understand how special I was and appreciate me for it.”

She draws quiet. “…he taught me things, but even as he got older and more gaunt in the videos he made sure to repeat it in all of his messages but his last. The last message… it was his goodbye. He wanted me to know that he would always be proud of me, no matter I might do. But he sounded tired and weak, too. He wasn‘t my father, not really… but I like to think that he was…”

She glances over at you. “…And then there were new lessons by other people. Lessons on how to use weapons, follow orders and that I would be punished for failing to follow the orders. Killed if I betray my caretaker. When those were done… I woke up and met you.”

She swallows nervously and steels herself.

“Who was right? Am I a weapon or am I a person, Peter?”

>[ ] You’re a person
>[ ] You’re a weapon
>[ ] …I think that’s a choice you’ll have to make yourself.
>[ ] write in

>>28648978
Consensus seemed to be drifing towards
>>[ ] You’re a person
>>[ ] …I think that’s a choice you’ll have to make yourself.

>I think of you as a person. You clearly think and feel like one. But, we all have to decide who we are; what we think of ourselves as.

>>28648978
>>[X] …I think that’s a choice you’ll have to make yourself.

Which would you rather be, Stella?

>>28648978
Copy/pasting from previous thread...

>[ ] …I think that’s a choice you’ll have to make yourself.

And it's a choice you can't just make once. It's a choice you have to make every day. And for us - For people like us, who suddenly find themselves looking out at a crazy world and not knowing what the hell we're supposed to be doing in it... I can tell you that just remembering that with great power comes great responsibility can completely define you.

>>28648978
>>[ ] You’re a person
>>[ ] …I think that’s a choice you’ll have to make yourself.

I think of you as a person. You clearly think and feel like one. But, we all have to decide who we are; what we think of ourselves as.

>>28648978
>>[ ] …I think that’s a choice you’ll have to make yourself.

>>28648978
>>28649030
>>28649052
I'll throw my support for these two.

>>28648978
How about you just be my sidekick for a while and then decide?

>>28649030
>>28649030
>>28649035
>>28649052
>>28649069
These work.

>>28648978
>[ ] You’re a person

Remember, if we tell her we think of her as a person as well as ask her what she thinks, she's going to default to her "master's" opinion automatically. We should ask first. And then if she's unsure, tell her we think of her as a person.

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>>28648978
>[ ] …I think that’s a choice you’ll have to make yourself.
She is not a gun.

>>28649052
This is good, pass on the wisdom and whatnot.

>>28648978
>[ ] …I think that’s a choice you’ll have to make yourself.
"My Uncle Ben said that with great power comes great responsibility. If you want to see yourself as a weapon, to hand that responsibility to someone else, I'll understand. But you don't have to do that. You can be strong and a person and even if it is hard, I think that it's worth it."

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>>28649052

>>28649122
When i first watched this as a babby i didnt get the ending, i knew it was sad but i didnt know the real reason why.
Now i cant even finish the movie

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>>28649122

>>28649052
This is a great line. I'd like included no matter how the vote ends

>>28649030
Works for me.

>>28648978
>[ ] …I think that’s a choice you’ll have to make yourself.

>>28649052
This.

>>28649052
>I can tell you that just remembering that with great power comes great responsibility
Has Uncle Ben told us that yet?

>>28649052
Supporting with my life

>>28649215
We're Uncle Ben now.

>>28649215
No, it was the password to our father's hard-drive. Though, if both Parker's have said it than it may be something ben has said while we were growing up.

>>28649052
This one is great. Uncharacteristically introspective of Peter, but great.

Going with this one.

>>28649215
It's practically the Parker Family Slogan.

>>28649215
Dad told us it posthumously, it's also his password.

>>28649052
This is pretty good.

>>28649052
This.

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>>28649225
Please don't say that.

>>28649231
It is almost literally something he's said in his comics before.

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>>28649268
Good writers borrow, great writers steal outright.

>>28649052
This one is great, good use of that line from Avengers vs Xmen

>>28649235
Yeah, there is absolutely no chance that we haven't heard the line before, even without the letter from Dad. Ben's told us it a thousand times before. If we bring Stella back to our time and have to justify taking care of her to our family, we will definitely use the line to convince May and Ben that we have a duty to care for her.

>writing

>>28649284
where is this frim?

>>28649332
Don't bring her back, stop trying to fuck up the present.

I'm sure this will be a great way to piss off the Norse gods

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>>28649367
Avengers vs X-Men, can't remember the specific issue. Spider-Man was charged with mentoring Hope Summers. Was doing a pretty good job of it too.

>>28649372
B-but mah Loki vs. Loki-loli!

>>28649372
You think DOOM would let us take anything back that could cause problems?

>>28649397
No goddamnit, and no robots either. We're trying to save the future, not fuck it up

>>28649372
>stop trying to fuck up the present
Fuck off faggot. She wasn't born yet and the Norse can go fuck themselves.

>>28649372
Nah, man. We're bringing her back. She won't cause a paradox and she deserves a better fate than this.

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>>28649415

>>28649393
>Avengers vs X-Men
Hmm, my only experience with that is through Muh Pheonix, so is it worth reading?

>>28649417
This. Loki-loli is our daughteru/imouto and she should come with us.

>>28649417
Pair her with DOOM and they can maybe help salvage this splinter reality.

>>28649435
I didn't particularly like it, except for AvX #6 which put Spider-Man against Colossus and Magik.

>>28649446
We met her 5 minutes ago, mang. Peter is still processing the fact that she's a hybrid Asgardian, nevermind the fact that she now considers us her master.

>>28649417
This. Besides, she's been fucking made to handle this future shit. She'd be the best ally to have to prevent this from happening.

>>28649466
This splinter reality stops existing once we leave.

>>28649486
we won't know that for a fact until we can ask future doom

>>28649372
We're not trying to fuck up the present.
We're trying to make a better future.

Really though, it's not like we're talking about bringing back CARNAGE. For all we've seen, this is a little girl with illusionary powers who is subservient to us. If she doesn't die and manages to stay with us all the way to the time machine, would you really stop her from following you?

>>28649500
We were told this shit's going to collapse when we leave with something from this timeline. We came here for the cure for Felicia so we're going to have to collapse it to go back.

>>28649504
Yes, because fucking around with the timelines is bad, DOOM already told us that, and DOOM will tell us again

>>28649542
only if it is something that already exists in the past.

>>28649544
I don'y care either way at this point, but perhaps we should put off arguing about this until we are at Doom's compound and see if we even have a choice.

>>28649544
He told us not to bring anything back from the future that exists in the past already. Stella is 12, possibly younger. She won't fuck with the timeline.

>>28649544
I'd still like to gift him Venom, though. You know, the older, accustomed to following orders one. I.E. the one watching us right now.

>wink wink nudge nudge

>>28649542
Stop twisting Cosgrove's words you illiterate idiot. We can take anything we want as long as it doesn't already exist back then. Loki-loli being one of them.

>>28649372
>>28649397
>>28649417
>>28649446
If we're going the whole 'it's a decision you have to make yourself ' thing, we should let Stella decide: does she want to come with us and help us unmake this future, or does she want to stay and fight alongside everyone until we do?

Assuming she can even willingly leave our side.

>>28649553
Lokis genes already exist in the past, that might even be enough to trigger it

>>28649584
Thats not how it works you fucking idiot

>>28649579
She'd still need a moral chain and I doubt we trust anyone in this unknown timeline. Gwen is Carnage and DOOM isn't exactly a friend. Not to mention we don't know if she can switch Masters

>>28649584
If thats true then us going back in time will retroactively kill our parents, their parents, their parents parents etc.

>>28649584
The paradox applies to more than just the past. If what you said was true we would die from the fucking clones in the future

WHen we get the chance we really need to upgrade our equipment if we're going to stand a chance against Carnage

>>28649584
Wow, I honestly didn't think you could fail this hard at reading comprehension

>>28649584
And the dust on our costume and the air in our lungs will exist too.
Now how that works and you know it.

>>28649544
No, he didn't say "don't bring anything back" he just said "you CAN bring stuff back, but if you bring back a thing that is already a thing in your time period, it'll cause a paradox. Which is bad."

>>28649617
Well, I mean...

We have the black suit. Peter just doesn't know it yet.

>>28649584
If that was the case, then literally anyone from the future couldn't come back because their genes existed in the past too.

Also, the materials that made an item probably already existed back then, so none of those either.

Oh wait, the matter everything is made out of exists in the past too. We can't bring anything back.

That's not how it works.

>>28649617
Well ya that goes without saying. I imagine we'll be throwing all of our time and effort into rewriting the future. So much so that we may strain our relationship with Felicia.

>>28649599
Then what happens when she's created again and there are two of her?

>>28649584
By that logic you couldn't take anything back into the past, because all matter existed somewhere in our time. We couldn't even take ourselves back into the past because, having breathed in the air of the future, there is now a small portion of our molecular makeup that consists of atoms that already exist in the present day. I think it's fairly flexible. If something has changed enough that it's no longer recognizable as its constituent components, it's probably safe to bring back. Yes, Loki's genes exist in our time. Stella does not. She's more than the sum of her parts.

>>28649643
She won't be created again if the bad end doesn't happen.

>>28649643
She wouldn't be created... There would be no reason to create her.

>>28649643
That would imply she hasn't been created yet, hence no paradox.

>>28649643
She wouldn't be because the timeline would alter to ensure there wouldn't be two of them. Maybe you should go back and read that whole part with Doom and the time machine again.

>>28649601
She needs to develop one, we can't be her conscience forever. Choose to be a person, remember?

>>28649643
Asgard would have to invade and some eggheads would have to get their hands on Loki genetic material.
Also Jackal was no doubt involved to some extent because clones. Also Hammer because robot stuff.

Alright guys, here's what DOOM actually said:

>He pauses and looks back at you. “This portal will create a slice in space time, connecting it to the future. To return, you will have to use this machine in reverse, which shall seal the rifts. But be forewarned- whatever enters with you shall return as well. And time abhors a paradox- no two things can exist at the same time!”

And here's one of Cosgroves clarifications.
>>Generally, we should avoid bringing back things that already exist. Like if we find DOOM, do not bring him back to meet DOOM, because DOOM and DOOM will be rejected. The cure, however, will be fine, because it does not exist. We'll be fine, because we no longer exist there, either. Anyone younger than twenty something is also fine, because they don't exist.

>This basically. And by bringing something that exists only in the future, you invalidate this timeline because your new future timeline has that new future thing there, which alters history JUST enough.

>But you can't say bring Future DOOM back because that DOOM causes two DOOMs to exist at the same time which causes time to shit itself because its trying to cope with this person meeting their own future self while ALSO trying to heal a hole in space/time.

>This isn't a problem with people born afterwards because reality has enough time to heal and realign itself and technically differentiate or change anything that might come into existence enough to avoid a paradox.

>That might be a little confusing, but basically don't send future versions of people who exist before the time and moment you went into the future back with you.

>>28649643
Why don't you reread the part with DOOM talking about the question you just asked. How hard is it to check the archive again?

>>28649670
Do we even know if this timeline will still exist after we leave it?

Also a day or two really isn't a good amount of time.

Not for Loki.

>>28649643
Cosgrove said that this scenario explicitly can not happen. The fact that you can't use time travel to duplicate things means that the act of taking something back in time means that any futures branching off of your own can no longer include its creation. This is why we're not too worried about this dark future, because the moment we go back in time we'll ensure that it won't happen. Or at least, not in this way.

>>28649690
He isn't even saying "don't bring anything back" just "you CAN bring stuff back so don't carry a bomb on you or something"

>>28649698
>Or at least, not in this way.
Ding! We'll have even more fucked up and hellish landscape to deal with.

>>28649690
So basically it's A) okay to bring her back with us and B) preferable since this timeline won't exist once we leave with the cure.

>>28648978
>Write in (late?)
"Most of the time I'm probably going to say something like 'you are what you choose to see yourself as' or some variant of that, but here's the thing: you have the choice of how to view yourself and that implies at least a measure of free will. That puts you in the people category in my book, that's what makes you so potentially dangerous in somepeople's eyes, but it also gives you the capacity to make the tough calls when they come, when your ready to make them on your own."

>>28649715
Or, more relevantly, "You CAN bring stuff back so don't get Carnage on you"

>KJuniti adversaries
United Adversaries is exactly what we're worried about, yes.

>>28649690
Also note that we're going to have to go back through the same time portal, meaning we have to take a trip back through the wastelands.

>>28649725
Or it'll be even worst

>>28649725
I suppose so. But still. Say we don't find Gibson. What then? She needs to live somewhere.
We could ask DOOM, but knowing him he would most likely only agree if he were allowed to experiment on her for her Asgardian DNA or something.

>>28649698
The problem is that still doesn't preclude the continuity of this alternate universe and the suffering of those left behind here...

>>28649715
>CARNAGE BOSS FIGHT
>doing badly
>desperation move: hurl CARNAGE into time portal
>Gwen Stacy removed from existence
>but not the symbiote
>we go back, CARNAGE everywhere

>I Am Legend: Spider-Man Edition

>>28649758
Unless DOOM moved it to his new place.

>>28649697
We don't really know much about the timey-wimey, no. And I guess that's true, though it's still more a matter of respecting her as a person.

>>28649764
We can, you know, try and take care of her ourself or actually go with someone who isn't a scientist and just wants to be a good parent?

>>28649725
You realize we're probably going to have to sacrifice her or her divinity to save Felicia right?

>>28649772
Then we would have walked out in Dooms fortress. Pretty sure the machine was one of the only things left in the embassy in the wastes.

>>28649772
Didn't we appear in the wreckage of the old time portal device?

>>28649766
Very true. I voted back in the thread where we were first given the time travel option to ask DOOM how timelines worked. I didn't want to create a branch timeline where we abandoned everyone we loved. The apocalypse only gives me more reason to regret that more people didn't vote that way.

>>28649790
We're here for a cure that's being/is already made. Why the hell do you think this is going to happen?

>>28649790
Cosgrove couldn't be so cruel...
also delete that post and stop giving him ideas

>>28649811
See: >>28649690
>This basically. And by bringing something that exists only in the future, you invalidate this timeline because your new future timeline has that new future thing there, which alters history JUST enough.

>>28649789
You want to enroll a girl without a birth certificate in a foster home program? lel good luck.

>>28649813
I think Doom's been busy, and who said the cure didn't require a sacrifice to power it.

>>28649790
What the fuck are you talking about?

That doesn't make any sense.

At least we have ties to he same Totemic magic that is behind Felicia's curse.

I don't see how Kid Loki has anything to do with that.

>>28649795
I think it's like a temporal bungee cord. We get hurled forward and remain in the same spatial location relative to the Earth. But the return trip always pulls us back to the point of origin of the time warp, so we'll be slung back to the embassy on our return no matter where we travel from. Alternatively, the return portal is locked in space relative to the Earth, too, and when we return to our time we're slightly upstate from NYC and have to race home to get DOOM the antidote in time.

>>28649846
nice b8
Who said we won't die immediately after returning? Fuck off

>>28649853
>At least we have ties to the /same/ Totemic magic that is behind Felicia's curse.

Really? I was under the impression that we had ties to a different type of Totemic magic entirely and that that wasn't what the sacrifice was reliant on anyway.

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Man, everyone's making this timey-wimey shit really more complicated then it needs to be. All we got to do is grab the cure, do pic-related, and BAM! no more bad end splinter reality.

>>28649831
But us coming to the future was going to invalidate this timeline anyways since we came here to find the cure

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>>28649764
She can live in our closet, like all good time travelers
>>28649832
Get nick fury on the horn

>>28649853
I wonder how Totemic the clones are? If they had enough juice, we could just nab 'em and sacrifice them to fuel the alternative cure. Hell, grab a whole bunch.

>>28649907
>no more bad end splinter reality.
Yeah for us. But everyone in the future timeline will cease to exist because of us

You pause and look at her. Really look at her. Until now, you’ve been dealing with her as someone or something you’re forced to deal with. Until now, where she poured our her own emotions, her own fears. There’s no way she’s not human. But, even if you say so, it doesn’t mean she’d accept it herself.

Not to mention, that question is something that’s weighed you down as well.

With your superhuman abilities, you could probably do whatever you wanted- you could have become a thief or criminal- it’s unlikely anyone could have stopped you if you put your mind to it. But that’s not what you did, was it. No, you tried to stop crime- to become a hero, even as a self-interested one.

But even so, this doesn’t apply to just you. Look at Flash- even though he probably could have been somewhere safer, he wore that symbiote and fought for what he believed in. He put his mind and body at risk- you’ll never be able to forget his smile as went to extend his hand to shake yours. He made a choice to do what he believed in, right to the very end.

But, conversely that also goes the other way, too. People consumed by their internal monsters, who lash out at others. Gwen’s stalker, the Hobgoblin’s attacks…CARNAGE, too- who through away its very humanity to appease its own selfish ego.

You look down at your mask- not really looking at it but what it inspired- Flash’s proud Agent Venom and Gwen’s foul CARNAGE.

Ultimately… people are who they choose to be.

You glance over at a worried looking Stella.

“…I think that’s a choice you’ll have to make yourself, Stella.”

Looking back down at the mask, you remember the choices you’ve made.

“And it’s a choice you can’t just make once, either. It’s a choice you have to make every day.”

>1/3

>>28649928
That's what DOOM's been doing. Just has a giant blender and has been making Peter Clone smoothies.

>>28649929
And when they actually exist again. or reach that age, they'll be living much happier lives.

>>28649917
We kind of should do that, anyway. We need to get SHIELD on this now, so that they might be able to avoid this terrible hellscape. And DOOM would be foolish to send us back without evidence and documentation of the threats to come.

>>28649884
We appear in Xavier's Mansion. If we're lucky we'll have a nightcrawler.

>>28649929
Is it really bad if it doesn't happen?

>>28649935
Your mind pictures more and more people who changed ever since you met them- Felicia when you first met her as the mysterious Black Cat compared to the Felicia you said goodbye to before heading to this future. The Flash you remember bullying you versus the Flash you saw die- a proud soldier with a smile on his face. The Gwen who designed your costume with you and the Gwen that became CARNAGE.

“…And for us - For people like us, who suddenly find themselves looking out at a crazy world and not knowing what the hell we're supposed to be doing in it... I can tell you that just remembering that with great power comes great responsibility can completely define you.”

You glance over at her. “But you should always remember- you always have a choice, Stella. What people think of you means nothing compared to who you choose to be.”

She looks away, her hands playing with her dress. She doesn’t look your way for a little while- you’re not sure how long but you wait- wait for her to make that choice herself. And finally she looks back over at you, unsure and hesitant.

“I’m Stella. That’s WHO I choose to be. Anyone who likes it can just.. Just deal with it!”

You smile and ruffle her hair. “Just remember that, Stella.”

She smiles and nods before looking away. “H-hey, Peter… could you tell me more about your family? I can’t meet them, but I think I would have liked to. T-that is… if you don’t mind?”

Smiling softly, you lean your head back. “Not at all, let’s see. What’s a fun story…”

You don’t know how long you went on telling her stories, but eventually as you finish a story, you feel her head fall against your torso as you hear her lightly breathing. You lightly her on the head, as to not disturb her.

“G’night, Stella”

>2/3

>121 replies before the first story post

>>28649959
Resting your arms above your head, you drift off to a dream free of nightmares. When next you awake, it’s to someone shaking you awake. Opening your eyes, Stella smiles at you behind her glasses. “Hey, Peter. The Doctor says we should go and get supplies, so we need to get moving!”

Yawning, you get up and stretch. Heading outside with Stella in a moderately untouched area, you don’t see any signs of people, but there’s shops nearby. The Doktor is filling gas from a gas-station. According to the Dok, there’s some areas that still get power and refills here and there so that vehicles like the one you’re in can refuel. The further you get, the more there’ll be, along with the chances of there being people.

Stella walks by your side. As you two are the only ones that need to eat, the hour or two given to you to grab food is a kindness granted grudgingly by the doctor. Seems like there might be a superstore a little ways off.

>[ ] Go to the closer grocery store
>[ ] Go around shopping districts, see if there’s anything good
>[ ] Head to the far off Super-center story
>[ ] Write in

>>28649973
>>[ ] Head to the far off Super-center story

>>28649973
>>[ ] Head to the far off Super-center story

>>28649973
>Gas-station
Would there be some junk food in there? I mean, its crap, but we NEED to get moving ASAP and even a bag of chips or two'll do the trick until we're back in the past.

>>28649973
>[ ] Go to the closer grocery store
I like to be in yelling range of our group just in case... "OH FUCK PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO KILL ME" happens.

>>28649973
>[ ] Go to the closer grocery store
Geez guys, Its like you want us to get jumped by carnage in a crowded area

>>28649973
Wait... Doktor doesn't need to eat? I got that she was cyborged up, too, but didn't realize she had gone that far. Neat, I guess.

Anyway, we don't want to go too far, but I do want a chance to scavenge more than just a grocery store would have. Let's
>[ ] Go around shopping districts, see if there’s anything good

>>28649973
>>[ ] Go to the closer grocery store
Get in grab some stuff real quick get out. Not even counting Carnage we know we are being followed by someone else.

>>28649973
is it daytime or are we still in danger of carnage getting us?

>>28649973
>[ ] Go around shopping districts, see if there’s anything good
Might also need some spare clothes. Can't just run around in costume days on end.
But we don't want to stray too far from the truck.

>>28649973
>[ ] Go to the closer grocery store.
>Those feels

>>28649973
>[ ] Go to the closer grocery store

>>28649973
>[X] Go to the closer grocery store

>>28649973
>>[ ] Head to the far off Super-center story
Food. And future tech?

>>28649973
Cosgrove would you please write more feels before this future arc is over?
We need some sad music too

>>28649973
>>[ ] Go around shopping districts, see if there’s anything good

>>28649973
>[ ] Go to the closer grocery store
In and out. Fast. Scavenge if possible with efficiency

>>28649973
>[X] Go to the closer grocery store

Get in, get food, get out.

No time to mess around when there's a killing machine trying to catch and consume you, a la Prototype.

>>28649973
>[X] Go to the closer grocery store
Don't waste any time

>>28649973
>Go to the closer grocery store

>>28649973
>[ ] Go to the closer grocery store
Don't waste time
Stay close to the group
Stay safe
Stay alive

>>28649973
>[ ] Go to the closer grocery store
Probably picked clean, but let's not wander too far.

Damn Cosgrove, I'm all ready getting attached to Stella

>>28649973
>[ ] Head to the far off Super-center story

Maybe we can buy a present for Felicia!

>>28650056
here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcDbqz0gXL0

It was what I listened to as I wrote it.

>>28649973
Can we ask Stella what she knows? She was obviously taught a lot, and as Agent Venoms future partner, she probably has info on Carnage and other future threats we'll need to prepare for.

>>28649973
I hate post-apocalyptic stores. Shit always ambushes you while you try to scavenge. The bigger the store, the worse it is. Time is crucial here, and above all, we need to move. So I'm going to agree with >>28649999 and vote we grab some extra gas for the road, find whatever is edible in the gas station so we can deal with anything that happens ad quickly as we can, and fucking BAIL. Cuz if something even remotely resembles a moral dilemma, we're gonna delay. And I sure as FUCK don't want to run into a feral clone or something.

>>28650143
Type-Moon osts. Not surprising

>>28650156
We got spider-sense, so nothing is going to get the jump on us.

>>28649973
>[ ] Write in
Is Alice around? Can she do a scan for lifeforms or somesuch? It'll narrow down our choices at least.

>>28649959
Stella is the best daughteru. The best.

>>28649973
>[] Grocery store
We're in a race against CARNAGE, and I don't want us to lose.

>>28650177
If that one guy that clued peter in on the totem thing is any indication, a Spider-Man might.

>>28650177
The spider sense that told you not to open her thing?

>>28650143
Damn, that works really well

>>28649973
>[ ] Go around shopping districts, see if there’s anything good

I love the character development here. Talking with her took us from "I hardly know who I am any more" to this.

>>28650232
Well, there would be no moral quandary in dodging.

Hey Cosgrove; thanks for running tonight!

Any idea how much longer you'll press on for tonight?

Rolled 4

>writing

>>28650299
Not entirely sure. I'm free tomorrow, so I plan to run then, too if I'm able to.

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>>28650350
>back-to-back PPQ

Christmas came early

>>28650350
>so I plan to run then, too if I'm able to.
Please make it more PPQ in Peter's perspective. I want more mentor Peter moments or more sad ones

>>28650350
You'll do it early though right? And I can get some sleep before class?

Please?

>>28650365
Oh my god it has

>>28650350
Nice!
Cheers and thanks again
>4 on a d20
>scared.jpg

>>28650365
It really did. Or DID it?

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>>28650283
Yeah, we're ramping up to this trip turning us into a big damn hero.

>>28650394
>Or DID it?
Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween!

You suspect there’s nothing there, but you look at the Gas Station to find what you suspected- there’s nothing in there that’s good. Everything’s either been looted or is rotten. Letting out a sigh, you scratch at your head and look over at Stella.

“Hey, how about we head to the grocery store. Maybe there’ll be something there.”

Nodding Stella moves to leave when she’s stopped by Alice, who hands her the sword and revolver, in a sheath and holster respectively on a belt.. “These are yours. If leaving the vehicle, they are required.”

Stella looks at them then puts the belt on after a moment. She moves to head off before looking back. “I’m taking these because I’m going to use them to protect people. I’m not just a weapon- I won’t become like you!”

Alice seems to freeze up for a moment as Stella walks up to you. As the two of you walk off you glance back to see Alice watching Stella, one hand clutching her other arm’s shoulder, that hand rapidly opening and closing.

Stella grabs you be the arm, tugging you forward. “C’mon Peter, lets go!”

The two of you head off to the grocery store looking for food.

>roll me 1d100, lower is better.

Rolled 34

>>28650587

Rolled 10

>>28650587
My speciality

Rolled 53

>>28650587

Rolled 60

>>28650587
Jesus Stella what the fuck.

Rolled 58

>>28650587

>>28650608
Yes it is.

>>28650587
Ouch, Stella.

Rolled 89

>>28650587
Tell her what we've heard about Alice so far.

Sympathy is an important virtue to nurture.

>>28650608
I think it might be

>>28650608
Damn fine anon

>>28650587
Should probably mention to Stella that that was more than a little inappropriate.

>>28650587
>I’m not just a weapon- I won’t become like you!
she may not be a weapon, but she is a bitch.

>>28650622
This.

>>28650622
This.

"Now Stella, Alice isn't a weapon. Or at least not a good one. Haven't seen her do a damn thing since we got here."

>>28650622
>>28650629
These. I can forgive a kid for an outburst like that, but we should clear things up and have her apologize.

>>28650394
Well, I'm Jewish, and Hanukkah actually did come early this year (the first night fell on Thanksgiving, weirdly enough). So expecting to have enough PPQ for one night but going much longer than that is entirely in the spirit of the holiday. You make the Maccabees proud, Cosgrove.

>>28650631
She's also young and still learning a lot. That's what we're here for to fill in the gaps and not allowing such things to happen again.

>>28650622
So I support this.

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>>28650375
We left 2013 a Spider-Boy shouldering the responsibilities of a man. We will return as the Spider-Man we were meant to be.

>>28650622
He didn't ask for an action, he asked for a roll.

>>28650657
He might have. But we still something like this does need to be address and sooner the better.

>>28650622
Supporting.

>>28650622
>>28650629
These.

>>28650656
dangit, what episode of samurai jack is that from?

>>28650649
L'Chaim.

>>28650656
Aunt May's gonna freak if we come back with a beard.

>>28649771
Yeah, that reminds me. We need to make sure the Time Machine is destoryed after we go through, in order to ensure Carnage can't gain hold of it.

>>28650629
Eh, don't be harsh and just tell her that was wrong.

Just tell her what we know about Alice's story and let her come to her own conclusions based on that.

>>28650670
>But still something like this does need to be address and sooner the better.

Don't know why I added 'we' in there. I'm just going to blame lack of sleep for now.

>>28650656
Was that the spartan episode?

>>28650689
The one where he finds a time portal guarded by a Perfect Warrior who has held everyone at bay for centuries, even Aku. Only The Right Man can use it. IT ends with Jack getting whupped and carried off to safety by a dragon while the warrior looks into the portal to see Jack's future and says "I told you, you ain't the one. But you will be."

>>28650697
I don't think it works like that, otherwise wouldn't DOOM of the future have been building like... drones and shit and throwing them through the portal?

>>28650728
The one where jack fights the blue guy guarding the portal and nearly dies. Afterwards there's a flash of that Jack.

>>28650744
That makes me glad

>>28650750
>>28650755
OH! That one! How the fuck did I forget that one. That was one the better episodes...

>>28650750
That's more Kang's style.

>>28650781

>>28650744
>>28650755
Wrong bloody links... Fuck it all.

>>28650689
Episode XXXII. Episode ends with a look into Jack's future.

>Take Stella back
>interlude
>Himdale
>"You look perplexed gatekeeper."
>"It is your brother Lokie... he is here in Asgard... but he also appears to be in Midgard."

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>>28650846
>Season 3 - Episode 06 - Jack and the Travelling Creatures
Love you.

Rolled 45

>>28650926
>Himdale

Almost make my autism flare up as much as Spiderman.

>>28650953
What about "Lokie"?

>>28651104
What about "Lowkey"

>>28650926
>He has also taken the form of a little girl. Again. Your father really needs to have a talk with him about that. It's getting creepy.

Ok guys; I can't do it.
It's almost 4am here and I'm falling asleep on the keyboard.

Thanks for running cosgrove; hope you have a good week.
Good night everyone, try not to piss off any super mutants or rad roaches.

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>Wait 30 minutes.
>No response.
Cosgrove? You OK?

Quick, somebody start rolling 1's!

>>28651117
Low Key Lyesmith. Could have a worse cellmate in prison, I suppose.

>10

As the two of you look around, you find several canned foods whose expirations dates haven’t passed. There’s a few good ones, like a few cans of soup, but there’s also several …not-so-good ones like asparagus. Yuck.

Once you two have found everything needed you stop with Stella outside on the bench and sit down with her. Stella glances over at you. “What’s wrong, Peter?”

You run a hand over your chin. “Well, it’s about what you said to Alice, earlier. That wasn’t appropriate. Even if you don’t like Alice, it was incredibly rude to say, especially to her face.”

Stella looks away, crossing her arms. “I don’t get why- she’s cold and won’t talk to me. I bet she hates me.”

Letting out a sigh, you tiredly ruffle her hair. “Things aren’t that simple, Stella. Alice… she’s had a hard life…”

You take a few moments to tell her everything you’ve leaned about Alice. When you’re done, Stella clutches at her dress. “I messed up, huh?”

You ruffle her hair again. “Maybe, but everyone makes mistakes, Stella. You’re young. The important thing is you learn something from them. You need to have sympathy towards others- you need to try to understand where they’re coming from and respect the hardships they’ve been through.”

She pauses and looks at you. “What about people like CARNAGE? Should we try to understand her?”

>1/?

Rolled 1

>>28651131
On it.

Rolled 11

Ooga booga Cosgrove I banish thee

>>28651157
That's cheating anon!

>>28651137
at least its not giant black guy named "DeepThroat"

>>28651153
You let your hand rest on her head. “Well, there’s a limit, Stella. Someone who does unforgivable things like that, there’s definitely a need to understand why they are the way they are- but you can’t always do that, people are complex things. Even so, to take a life is a heavy thing, Stella, it shouldn’t be done easily or lightly- not at all if you can help it.

“…When you take a life, it doesn’t come back, ever. What they might have done, for good or ill, is forever gone and that becomes a weight that will forever lie on your shoulders. Anyone who can easily take another’s life without a care is dangerous- they’ve abandoned their humanity to become a monster.”

Stella looks at you. “So, its fine to kill CARNAGE then, right?”

Shaking your head, you look up at the sky. “No, because even then that’s still a life. If you choose to kill CARNAGE it doesn’t mean you can take her life without a care- doing so means you’re no better than her- it can lead to a slippery slope that maybe that’s the best way to deal with all criminals. And then you’re no better than CARNAGE anyway.”

Stella pauses and furrows her brow. “…but that’s stupid. Why is killing criminals who kill innocent people bad?”

Poking her gently on the nose, Stella looks at your finger cross-eyed. “And that goes right back to the heart of the issue, Stella. You need to have sympathy and take into account the circumstances of others firstly. What if say you had no money but needed to feed the person you loved most- so you get desperate and try to rob someone, but they fight back and in the struggle you accidentally kill them. Is this hypothetical person as bad as CARNAGE?”

Stella looks at you, confused. “No. It was an accident.”

>>28651167
Shush, it worked.

>>28651153
Well, of course. Even if it doesn't lead to cooperation, it can at least help stop her.

>>28651176
“But if you didn’t know the circumstances- all YOU know is that this person mugged and killed an innocent old man. Then how could you know? After all he was just a criminal who killed an innocent old man.”

Stella looks away, wrapping her arms around herself. “I didn’t…”

Putting an arm on her should and lightly squeezing it, you smile down at her sympathetically. “I know. That’s why I’m trying to teach you. You’re young and you’ll make mistakes, but it’s the job of those of us older than you to try to make sure you don’t make mistakes you’ll regret for the rest of your life.”

Stella wipes at her eyes. “…Thanks, Peter.”

Ruffling her hair, you get up with your bags of groceries. “Don’t mention it.”

Stella pauses and looks back at you, nervous. “Hey, can we look around a little more? I… don’t want to head back yet.”

It’s been about forty minutes- you still have an hour and twenty minutes or so. There would be enough time to go and take a quick look through the nearby shopping district.

>[ ]Sure, look at the shopping district
>[ ]Sorry, we need to head back
>[ ]Write in

>>28651153
>ruffle her hair
>ruffle her hair
>ruffle her hair
>ruffle her hair
>ruffle her hair
>WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THAT?!
>I got this weird grease on my hand...

>>28651196
>>[ ]Sure, look at the shopping district
Might as well.

>>28651196
>[ ]Sure, look at the shopping district

>>28651153
>>28651176
>>28651196
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L1DEvzsftw

Here's some music

>>28651196
>>[ ]Sorry, we need to head back
Sooner we get home the better

>>28651196
were just BEGGING for trouble if we go to the shopping district
but its going to be chosen anyways

>>28651227
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBXIquQRQaI

>>28651196
>>[ ]Sure, look at the shopping district

>>28651196
>[X]Write in

"Why, Stella?"

>>28651196
>>[ ]Sure, look at the shopping district
A quick look, sure. If only because I want to scavenge a future Radio Shack and bring back a bunch of advanced electronics parts to reverse-engineer. It's 2035, you'd expect there to be some awesome power cells available, if nothing else.

>>28651196
>[x]Sorry, we need to head back

>>28651137
That's a pretty good book. Hard to recommend to people I know, however. The divine unbirthing tends to weird people out.

>>28651196
>[ ]Sorry, we need to head back
As nice as it would be to look around miss, we have a murdervampire tracking us down so the sooner we get on the move the better.

>>28651233
We do have an illusionist with us, though. So we have a bit of a safety margin. In a way she's even better than when we had Sue cloaking us, because Loki's illusions are across the entire sensory spectrum. They even fool the senses of divine beings, I'm sure they could fool Carnage. Though I imagine Stella isn't nearly as good with them as her clone-daddy is. Still, useful to have in a pinch.

>>28651327
Do we even know if she's a clone of Loki? It could be any Asgardian.

>>28651327
Considering she was more or less just born; I doubt she has a good handle on them. The premise of getting carnage to light itself on fire IS an intriguing one.

Also Peter seems pretty adamant on not killing it when he seemed pretty ok to give it a try alongside Flash a few in-game days ago.

>>28651345
True. But illusion powers, black hair, green eyes...he's the only named Asgardian with those traits. It might be Enchantress that she's cloned from, and the coloration is a red herring, but for now I'm assuming it's Loki.

>>28651358
>Also Peter seems pretty adamant on not killing it when he seemed pretty ok to give it a try alongside Flash a few in-game days ago.
He's not adamant about not killing it. He's just adamant about accepting the responsibility and burden of ending a life. He'll do it, but he wants to make sure he doesn't enjoy doing it.

"When fighting monsters, beware lest you become one."

>>28651385
but shes not a frost giant

>>28651345
Assumptions based on illusion powers, mostly.

>>28651358
I figure he's trying to be a good role model. He's basically a big brother now, he has to set an example for Stella. And what you do in the middle of a fight for survival tends to be different from what you do if you have a choice in the matter, anyway.

>>28651408
As far as we know, neither is Stella.

>>28651385
Odin and Freya also had illusion powers. That's actually why Loki studied magic to begin with. Odin was a powerful sorcerer in addition to a mighty warrior. Loki wanted to earn his respect intellectually, instead of with feats of strength like his brother.

>>28651196
>[ ]Sure, look at the shopping district

>>28651345
plus >zreacherous as her progenitor
and who's backstabby as loki?

>>28651358
Nah he didn't say "If you kill her you're just as bad as her."

He said "If you kill her and feel nothing but a sense of satisfaction, then you might be"

>>28651431
her illusions dont work on us though
its hard wired into her brain

>>28651385
>Ze Prometheus Circuit makes ze ‘caretaker’ immure zo zhe innate illusionary powers in case ze girl turns to be as zreacherous as her progenitor
>Treacherous as her progenitor

Okie dokie smokie, that sure sounds like Loki

>>28651438
Alurra the Enchantress. Odin and the other asgardians let Loki's boyish pranks slide. Enchantress was outright exiled for being too cruel, manipulative, and bitchy.

But remember, Stella is also half human. Did the Doctor have black hair and green eyes?

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>>28651456
Well... okay.

>writing

>>28651470
It always freaks me out whenever I look at him, how easily his skull is picked out. It's like god just took it and wrapped it in a skin colored ceram wrap.

Night guys; quest well.
Cheers Cosgrove.
(looking forward to tomorrow)

>>28651466
Strange? I think it was grey eyes

>>28651466
I don't think it was said. But assuming she's the same Doktor as the one at the end of Alice's quest, she's a grown-up Sunny Emmerich expy. So white hair and brown eyes.

>>28651466
>Enchantress was outright exiled for being too cruel, manipulative, and bitchy.

...But those are three of the things Odin is best at.

>>28651514
you can get away with shit when youre a king of a entire plane of existance

ALICE was just trying to teach Stella a very important lesson: Friendship an't about trust, it's about swords.

>>28651514
He didn't appreciate the competition. Or when she tried to brainwash Thor into loving her.

>>28651514
Remember, this is Marvel. So the Odin of Norse myth is the result of a barbarian culture imposing its views of how power should be wielded onto the persona of an alien warrior-king. The actual Odin is a rather different fellow. Much less petty. He was written by Jack Kirby, after all, all of his God-Kings are nice guys. Out of touch because of their station, but never acting out of malice. Well, except Darksied, of course.

>>28651571
Shiro, please go.

>>28651609
You haven't been following Marvel comics for the last... thirty years or so, have you?

Kirby's Odin was an alright dude, I'll agree.

But times changed.

>>28651624
Archer, please go.

Guys, on the way to the Shopping District, let's have Stella show us a bit of her powers, just so we know what she's capable of.

>Peter! Doctor never told you I can only hold a disguise for 20 seconds?!

>>28651646

You know, since Cosgrove is taking inspirations from anime, I wonder if we're gonna run into EMIYA at some point.

>>28651643
Yeah, I know. I just like to reminisce about the good old days. When the King was still alive, and all was well. Until proven wrong, I will assume that we're dealing with Kirby's version of every character we meet that he wrote. It's so much happier, that way. It's my way of coping with the apocalypse.

>>28651466
Maybe she's an offshoot of AIM's 'RiaC' program?

>>28651745
Betrayal cuts deep.

>>28651771
After being stabbed in the back a few dozen times, Thors patience wore a bit thin I'd imagine.

>>28651771
should have found new friends instead of trying to kill his father and everyone in the realm
Then trying to do the same in midgard

>>28651724
That would be kinda funny having Shirou, Rin, SAAAABAR, etc, walking around New York and catching a glimpse of them touring it up... Well I think it would be funny.

>See guys I can totally be a hero! That Spider guy is doing it!

>>28651745
Yeah, that's why it is VERY important that we don't fuck up with Stella.

>>28651771
To be fair its entirely Loki's fault.

>>28651796
...Eh, I don't see it.

If anything, it'd probably happen on our inevitable visit to Japan.

>"See? He even has a giant robot!"

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>>28651796
I'm ok with this as long as we can have a scene or two with pic related.

>>28651724
>>28651796

I'd like to stay in the Marvelverse, thanks.

Cant wait until the hulk shows up
Also world war hulk

>>28651827
Yeah, I agree. It also implies other things I don't want implied.

>>28651848
Yeah, and then New York get rebuilt in a week despite being made into a sea-level plateau by Hulk.

You looks around. “Sure, let’s go. But we’ve got to be quick, alright?”

She nods as the two of you head towards the shopping district. The two of you stick together the entire way- Stella looks at and grabs several dresses that look like they might fit her as you do the some with some interesting looking fabrics you don’t think you’ve seen before.

Stopping by several electronic stores and the like, you grab several radios and whatever else you can get- there’s slimmer picking from years of abandonment and neglect- there’s a few places that have been looted, too.

Wait- Pokemon? HELL YES.

Grabbing several portable consoles and computers you can find you console yourself with the fact that this is all for the best- you grab a books including a sports almanac. Stella watches you. “So, its fine to take whatever we want then? I thought stealing was wrong…”

You look at the stuff you’ve got, a little embarrassed. “Well, normally no. If there’s people here that own the shop or place then its wrong for sure. But this place hasn’t been touched for years and it isn’t likely the people will come back. It’s best for these things to get some use out of them rather than rotting away, unused.”

She glances at you, more than a little dubious before looking down at her dresses embarrassedly. “So let’s go back, right?”

You strap the supplies you’ve gathered into the bags you have- you got two blankets and pillows- one for each of you- as well. Carrying them isn’t hard as the two of you hurry back to the truck. Alice is sitting on the back of the trunk as the Doktor is pacing.

“Finally- vat.”

The doctor stares deadpan at you. “Vhy do you have so many zings?”

Scratching at the back of your neck, you let out a nervous chuckle. “Well, we got food, but we got other things like blankets and pillows and a few things for me to tinker with instead of sitting around doing nothing.”

>1/2

>>28651854
...Is it wrong I really would have liked to see a Bleach/Negima crossover occur?

Like just how much shit would have gotten out of hand would have been glorious.

>>28651824
You ride well, but can you surf the web?

>>28651889
The Doktor shakes her head. “Vatever. Let’s go.”

Loading up the truck you sit in the back with Stella and Alice. “Sorry for earlier, it wasn’t nice, what I said.”

Alice shrugs. “It does not matter."

Stella nods and heads over to you, who has powered up two portable gaming consoles. “Now, my dear Stella, you will learn my ways of life.”

You spend time playing the game, blocking out the symbiote and everything else, instead focusing on teaching this girl the joys of video gaming. Alice gets up to leave to lookout on top sometime later. It’s impossible, but you swear she seemed to be annoyed whenever you gave certain advice to Stella.

As she closed the truck door you swear she shook her head at you in disapproval, like you were doing something wrong.

Eh, her loss.

>ONE DAY, TWO NIGHTS REMAIN UNTIL DOOM’S FORTRESS IS REACHED
>Peter Parker Quest, Issue #30, End
To Be Continued

>>28651724
No.

>>28651889
> “Vhy do you have so many zings?”
so I don't get tempted to bother you or alice while on our way to fort doom

>>28651724
If we actually do run into EMIYA, I'd rather it be PARKER.

>>28651900
That was bad and you should feel bad...

I still love you for it though.

>>28651889
>as you do the some with some interesting looking fabrics you don’t think you’ve seen before.

I smell a new costuuuuume~!

>>28651906
good night cosgrove

>>28651906
>Alice gets up to leave to lookout on top sometime later. It’s impossible, but you swear she seemed to be annoyed whenever you gave certain advice to Stella.
>As she closed the truck door you swear she shook her head at you in disapproval, like you were doing something wrong.

...Ominous.

>>28651928
She thinks our taste in videogames is shit, obviously.

>>28651906
Cos! What's your current Twitter and when's the next issue of Peter Quest?

>>28651889
>you grab a books including a sports almanac

Peter Parker: Billionaire!

>>28651928
Hmmm... Do we know any red-headed hand-held console-loving gamer-chicks?

>>28651935
Sorry we're too casual for you Mary Jane.

>>28651928
She's Mary Jane. You know, not-Tomoko?

Of course she looks down on our noobishness.

>>28651906
Fucking Peter knows what to take. Once we get back we better git gud and start raking in cash secretly.
Great run Cosgrove, please try and run PPQ again tomorrow!

>>28651936
>Cos! What's your current Twitter and when's the next issue of Peter Quest?
https://twitter.com/QuestOpCosgrove
Hopefully tomorrow

>you grab a books including a sports almanac
Godamn it Peter. No way Bi-... Flash won't get that and cause problems.
Use it once or twice tops; then burn it to ashes.
Hope the loot we got was worth Carnage inching closer.

>>28651906
>vidya
>shaking her head on advice
Sup suppressed MJ?
Thanks for questing tonight Cosgrove! Had a blast!

>>28651939
Oh, Christ.

If we use that (which we shouldn't), it would be good to only do it for one game. Any more and people will get suspicious.
Tomstone or Kingpin might not take kindly to us muscling in on their operations...

>>28651939
We don't even need that. WE've got what ranges from nearfuture to middle-future tech to reverse-engineer and canniballize. Plus the new pokemon before everyone else

>>28651928
She's just annoyed by how much of a scrub we are. Anyone who's played Pokemon Eternal before knows that Aguana is the worst starter. Ooh, a double weakness to Electric, how impressive.