text, @TARANTO, day after the saloon fire

[heavyhitter]

hey guys guess what: blankets!!! me and TF to the fucking rescue, we rustled up like 40 of these bad boys
super cozy, some nice patterns. one of them has a robot wolf on it
it was also all entirely legal

they're ALMOST free, all you gotta do is tell me a story then come get one (i'm by those spiky ass fat plants that bleed if you knock them over)

also since i have 40 and there's more than 40 of us, i guess also pick someone to get cozy with

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[heavyhitter]

oh shit you're right

alright fine get over here, i'll even let you pick em out

[webdesigned]

real kind of you, ma'am
just so we're clear, no shopkeepers were harmed in the acquisition of these blankets?

( he's a bit outside the law even at the best of times, but there's a limit to what he'll agree to at the same time. )

[heavyhitter]

just his dignity

[webdesigned]

oh, good. most of us have plenty of that to spare

[heavyhitter]

see that's what i figured, no harm done

[webdesigned]

probably better off with less tbh

i'm coming to get my blankets, don't you give them all away.

( though lbr peters that annoying shade of hero that he'd be begrudgingly okay with it if it actually happened. )

[heavyhitter]

[ he would. But lucky him, Ramir still has a pretty decent blanket pile to perch on. It's dwindled since she got it, but that's probably a good thing. She'll wave him over when he's in sight. ]

Hey! Gimme a favorite color.

[webdesigned]

( he is nothing if not utterly and horribly predictable. )

Red. And... I dunno. Purple, maybe?

( for Gwen. sorry, Stiles, but you'll just have to share with somebody. )

[heavyhitter]

Red and purple? [ That gets a grin. ] Alright, Achilles.

[ okay it's not that uncommon of a color preference, but Achilles's reasoning for it was hilarious, and extra hilarious if she applies it to Peter. Still, she hopes up to do some digging through the pile. It'll be juuuust a second... ]

[webdesigned]

Thanks for the compliment, but my heels aren't my only weakness.

( he makes a slightly baffled face, because SOMEHOW, PETER PARKER HAS NEGLECTED TO NOTICE STAR OF GREEK LORE ACHILLES is a part of their team. )

[heavyhitter]

[ Well now it's time for her baffled face, because guess who definitely never read the Iliad, and there are a few pop culture things that didn't make the journey across space and time. ]

What? No, that's an insult because he's an asshole. [ A beat, then, thoughtfully:] And a compliment because he's super hot. That's a two-fer for you. [ Anyway: the blankets. She pulls the first one out of the pile, a deep purple with delicately stitched patterns along the edges, and tosses it over. ] Catch!

[webdesigned]

Thanks, and — ( he catches the blanket, even if it was aimed at his face. eerily good at catching stuff, Peter Parker. it's fine. it probably doesn't mean anything. maybe he played in little league! )

I'm getting the feeling we're talking about two different things. When you say Achilles I think the guy from the Iliad that has bad heels and a propensity for oversharing.

( he barely skimmed it, honestly, greek lit is not his wheelhouse, but he knows enough. )

[heavyhitter]

[ Nice catch, little leaguer. She quirks a brow, but alright, he's allowed to be good at catching. ]

Okay, well, yeah definitely on the oversharing. Jesus, you should hear him monologue. [ She shakes her head, regretfully or appreciatively is anyone's guess. ] He's the ripped guy with the hobo beard and the nice hair. Have you met or not?

[ since he... seems to know him... shittily?? ]

[webdesigned]

( thanks for the pass on catching things, friendo. it's nice of you )

Uh ... have I met the guy from the Iliad? No. He's... here? You're joking.

( Ramir does kind of seem the sort to spin tall tales and sell them 2000% and Peter Does Not Want To Fall For It. )

[heavyhitter]

[ is the Iliad a........ citystate?? She frowns at him, really feeling the not-from-Earth burn here for a few seconds. Finally: ]

Yeah, I guess. Greek guy, bulging muscles, always talking about honoring gods and shit? If that sounds right to you, he's here.

[webdesigned]

( on the plus side, he's not the only supposedly fictional character running around. on the other hand, holy shit, Achilles was a real person? ? ? )

Holy shit.

( yup. that's all he's got. give him a minute to let that information sink in. )

[heavyhitter]

[ ah, ok. She stares at him a few seconds, trying to work out the amazement here, then: ]

He just broke up with his girlfriend. You want me to set up a date, or something? You'll probably have to share with Patroclus.

[webdesigned]

( he shakes his head, rather bamboozled by the random influx of knowledge and even muttering a disbelieving laugh. )

If it's anything like the book, nobody is getting between those two. Thanks though.

( sad about the girlfriend but that could not have been a fun time. ancient greece was not the best time in history for women. )