( 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

[figureitout]

more like this is what our lives have turned into

taking actual serious inspiration from the most cliched sci-fi shows-and-or-movies

[construing]

As long as it doesn't go all Sharknado on us in the final stretch…
Ah, fuck. I just jinxed us, didn't I?

[figureitout]

... wow, thanks?? there's a sharknado in our future, possibly a weird-alien-animal-of-your-choice-nado, when it comes i am so blaming you for this.

[construing]

I know, I know. I take full blame. I know I know better.

[figureitout]

it's a dark day for the world at large

[ and just because he can, he turns the text to audio for long enough for the Magitek to record his voice humming the Sharknado theme..... ]

but hey, at least when it happens, we know to be prepared with chainsaws and car bombs

[construing]

I can probably find a chainsaw somewhere.
Missed out on the bomb-making class, though.
Maybe someone will chime in here.

[figureitout]

then you'll be delighted to know i totally didn't, we had to make bombs in nalawi... i mean, we made them from stuff like coconuts and weird hallucinatory flower pollen, but... details, right?

hey, we're a team, it'll be fine. besides, we've got mr. science on our side [ read: Peter. he means Peter. ]

[construing]

When I get back, I better get a detailed rundown on coconut bombs because holy shit what.

[figureitout]

yeah it was pretty wild... nalawi was definitely something, that's for sure

whether it was good or bad something that's up for debate

but at least i learned the bomb-craft so that's something... but yeah, story time when you're back, that's a deal

[construing]

No backing out, Stilinski.

wrapping up?

[figureitout]

the implication that i would wounds me

you can count on me, gwen, i keep my promises