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WHO: Peter Parker and probably you
WHERE: the diner
WHAT: Peter's having a rough time
WHEN: Jul 10th
WARNINGS:

Freedom At Last - The Diner - Right after calibrations

Words cannot even begin to describe how happy Peter is to be free of memory cave hell. Not that he's not super thrilled about reliving all his worst memories, clumsily stumbling through other people's memories and his favorite part, being confined to the same place for a whole month. Needless to say, he more than happy to he out of there and back in the sun.

However, he can't help notice something feels... wrong. Maybe it just because he'd been in memory hell for so long his senses need to adapt again? That's probably it. Unsure where he should go first, he decides on the Diner to see if he can find Tommy or if there's any food available.

Turns out, his appetite isn't awesome thanks to the feeling that something is Not. Right. And it occasionally feels like his skin is crawling for no discernable reason. It has him feeling antsy and like he wants to jump out of his skin.

The sound of the diner door opening freaks him out just enough he he very suddenly, finds himself up on the ceiling, causing the chair he was sitting in to topple over. "Holy shit. Don't. Do that." He insists.

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Oh, it's just a person. How embarrassing. He's usually pretty jittery but not this jumpy. He lets go of the ceiling and lands back on the ground with ease, still feeling a little nervous.

"Um.. yeah? I think so? They opened the doors so I think everyone's out of memory cave hell." He says flippantly and glances around uneasily. There doesn't seem to be aby immediate danger.

Radley frowns at that description. "It must have been awful. Lark told me what she knew, and I tried to find you guys, but I couldn't. I guess if I had, they probably would have just taken me prisoner too?"

"Probably." Peter shrugs. He doesn't pretend to understand the Agrii's logic on that one. Really, the less often he has to relieve his worst memories that happier he'll be. At least until he has to live through yet another emotionally scarring thing.

"They really like for us to know each other. Honestly though, while I'm cool with meeting new people normally there are just some things people should have the right to keep to themselves and not have a complete stranger learn all about."

"Yeah, no kidding," Radley frowns. He'd already had to reveal some of his darker secrets when that spectre had showed up in the hotel. That had been more than enough.

"... So, can I get you something to eat?"

"Sure." Peter nods, though having been away he's not too sure what's on today's menu. "Anything high in calories is good." He says as he right the chair he'd accidentally toppled over and takes a seat again.

"Any idea where Tommy is? I was kinda looking for him." Fellow superheroes, and what not.

"Sure thing." Radley heads for the kitchen but pauses. "You're the first one I've seen back. Maybe Tommy's at the greenhouse?"

"Maybe." Peter shrugs. "He moves so fast he could also be on the other side of town by now-or all the way in Sh'ka." He pauses. "...Can you walk there? Probably not, right? But it's not like he walks anyway."

"As far as I know, you have to take the train," Radley says. He goes in the kitchen and soon returns with food. "Here you go!"

"Sweet! Thanks!" Peter says happily before starting to dig in to whatever is on today's menu.

"But he can like run past everything so... maybe he doesn't need it? I'll ask him when I see him. If you see him, can you tell him I'm looking for hi-..." Peter pauses and then pulls the communicator out.

...

"Never mind, I can probably just call him after lunch."

Radley smiles, then looks amused. "Yeah, might as well call him if he doesn't come in before you're done."

"Good point." Peter shrugs. "...this might be a kinda... odd question but you haven't noticed anything... weird, have you?" You know, besides the fact there was a teenager stuck to the ceiling like a Spider.

"... Weird besides almost everyone disappearing for a month?" Radley replies dryly. He still wonders why he wasn't dragged along too. Not that he would have wanted to go, but waking up thinking he was the only one left behind had been terrifying. "Honestly, things have been pretty quiet lately. The heat's getting bad, but I'd expect that."

Peter was about to tell him that he had a point-this place was just... weird. However, Radley had to go and say it had been quiet. One thing he'd picked up from living with someone in a healthcare position - you do. not. say 'it's been quiet.' Plus his 'Parkerluck Curse' is sure to get involved.

"Why would you say that!?" Peter whines. "Don't you know better than to say it's quiet in a place that's usually chaotic? Now there's definitely gonna be some kind of disaster happening."

Radley quirks an eyebrow. "Oh? You're superstitious about that, huh?" He's amused. But he supposes weird coincidences like that happen.

"My Aunt's a nurse." Peter shrugs. "Besides, my whole family's been cursed with bad luck so I really don't want to tempt fate." He pauses and then shakes his head.

"I don't actually think there's a curse but I do think the universe hates me and anyone else in the Parker Bloodline. Joke's on it though, I guess, 'cuz I'm the only one left." His tone started out somewhat flippant but that last part is more hollow and empty.

Radley sobers, deeply saddened by the last comment. "Really? There's no one for you back home?"

"What? No. I didn't say that. I still have Aunt May, and Ned and MJ's really cool. Not to mention Mr Stark." He pauses.

"Well, not the Mr Stark that's here the one I know-well I know the one here too but the other one. From my Universe." He's just confusing himself and lost track of what he was trying to say in the first place.

"But if you mean anyone I share DNA with-well that's.. that's a different story. Not that DNA has any real baring on family anyway 'cause I'm pretty sure May would punch you if you tried to tell her I wasn't really her kid."

"I'm glad," Radley smiles.

He chuckles at the confusion over two Starks. "Alternate dimensions can get pretty confusing."

He smirks. "Yes, DNA definitely doesn't have any bearing on that."

"Sorry to be down, I just- stupid memory share hell got me thinking about... things." Mainly his Parents and Uncle Ben and how much money must have been spent taking him to the ER so often.

"Thanks for the food though." He says a little more upbeat.

"I get that," Radley says. He imagines he'll be encountering a lot of people in varying sour moods from what they went through, and it angers him that they were put through that.

"Sure." He smiles. "Any time."

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