( video | un: white_lotus )

[construing]

[ the video opens on the white masked face and large pink eyes of one spider-woman ( secretly gwendolyn stacy. ) nothing else about the video seems odd…except perhaps for the way her pink-and-blue web-lined hood hangs around her head almost as if she were actually upside down ( she is. )

nothing else is weird. at all. ]

Greetings, Audentes. For those who don't know me, I'm your resident Spider-Woman. That's first name "Spider," last name "Woman," middle initial "hyphen." With that out of the way, I interrupt your daily routine to bring you this.

[ gwen flips her hand, seemingly pulling a scratched piece of holodisc out of midair. ( yes, she practiced that move. ) it vanishes from view as she holds it near the magitek. but the garbled audio is captured without problem. ]

--the core. Instability will result in-- --for this reason, we have--

[ gwen waits a few seconds so the message stands alone before proceeding. ]

Now, I don't know about you, but to me that sounds like the opposite of good. And considering all the holes and earthquakes and the earth generally being like nah to being stepped on around here, I'm guessing this planet thinks the same thing.

I also know my friend and I weren't the only ones who ran out to find more of these. [ the exaggerated friendliness with which she usually speaks tapers off into something more solemn. even the eyes of the mask narrow slightly. because masks do this. ] This planet was abandoned a thousand years ago for a reason. It's looking like we're going to discover that reason on our own. I prefer to do my research first so if anyone's found more of these messages, time to share with the class.

(( ooc: feel free to use this post to threadjack to your heart's content! ))

Comments

[heavyhitter]

Aw, but she does tricks! It's precious, not even an arachnophobe could hate her.

[figureitout]

Color me intrigued, what kind of tricks? Walk on only the two front legs? Spin a web in the form of a heart?

[heavyhitter]

I mean, mostly it's that she'll sort of follow your finger around, but I think that one might just be a hunting instinct. It's kinda a work in progress.

[ he wasn't supposed to ask what kind of tricks... ]

[figureitout]

... what the hell, man, that's adorable.

[ IT'S OKAY RAMIR IT WORKS ]

Just teach her to, like, spin a web at the same time and she'll make these nice circles, you could make an eight or the Olympic rings, instant hit right there!

[heavyhitter]

Okay, so you might not be picturing this right. She's huge, did I mention that?

[figureitout]

[ -- record scratch sound. ]

So... define "huge"? As in, larger than a hand huge? Or those temporal insects from the depths of hell huge?

[heavyhitter]

Like, you know, rideable.

[figureitout]

[ he tries to imagine this... and shudders. ]

Okay, let's retract that comment from before, I'm holding that "adorable" hostage until proven otherwise.

[heavyhitter]

I'd show you the cute little face-legs dance she does, but she's out somewhere in the desert. Hunting bandits or something. You'll just have to trust me, it's precious.

[figureitout]

That's... [ rrrrrrrrrrrright ]

Definitely sounds precious. Preciousssssss.

[ yes. yes that was a Gollum imitation you just heard. ]