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[jackpots]

[ this is Mary Jane Watson. it's pretty lateish at night and she's laying on a bed in a tanktop and sweats, hair pulled back. there's a book open before her and she's tapping a pencil against her bottom lip when she speaks up. ]

Hi, everyone. It's -- uh -- it's MJ again and I promise I won't start screaming or freaking out over this. I just have a question.

Like, I understand the major gist of this place, right? The Darkness and the Core, the big Two and so on, but... can you guys talk to me about your powers? The ones you have or the ones that were given to you. [ she pauses, twirling her pencil around her fingers ]

Just anything about them. I'm curious.

[ there's a beat, as she considers saying more and then: ]

Well, thanks.

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[jackpots]

Like how? Just like, concentrate real hard and maybe I'll set myself on fire or something?

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[harriedosborn]

Y...es? I don't know, ask Peter! [ Pauses, then adds quickly: ] ... He could ask Spider-Man.

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[jackpots]

[ a really... awkward... pause... ]

You think.... Spider-Man can help me?

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[harriedosborn]

He has experience, doesn't he?

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[jackpots]

[ oh jesus christ ]

I-I guess? I don't know; don't you think he has better things to do?

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[harriedosborn]

I don't know! He could help more than I could.

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[jackpots]

Well.... do you know what yours are?

[ please don't turn into a giant flaming hobgoblin thing ]

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[harriedosborn]

[ Time to lie. ]

No.

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[jackpots]

Oh.

[ a beat as she just chews on her pencil ]

Then we can figure out ours together.

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[harriedosborn]

I don't really want to know mine.

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[jackpots]

Why not? Aren't you curious?

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[harriedosborn]

Not really.

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[jackpots]

You could get something cool.

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[harriedosborn]

No I wouldn't.

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[jackpots]

You could shoot laser beams or something. Like, from your eyes. Pew pew.

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[harriedosborn]

I think I'd have noticed that.

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[jackpots]

You could turn into a giant armadillo?

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[harriedosborn]

That's way too much like "Rhino" to be cool.

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[jackpots]

Who?

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[harriedosborn]

... Self-explanatory?

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[jackpots]

Wait, really?

[ a beat ]

Nevermind. Anyways, maybe I should just leave all of this alone too then. The powers thing.

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[harriedosborn]

Yeah... does it really matter?

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[jackpots]

Probably not as much as I'm making it out to be.

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[harriedosborn]

We get along just fine now. Right?

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[jackpots]

Yeah, of course. I guess I've just always wondered what it's like.

[ except for that... monster thing ]