Brooklyn - Friday Evening FHT

[badassprodigy]

Whether it was by a phone call, carrier pigeon or just plain handwavey goodness, the word got out that there was a Brooklyn in the multi-verse that was in trouble. Lucky enough there were a few good denizens of Fandom who were willing to help.

Coming through the portal right by the Brooklyn Bridge, it was readily apparent that portions of Brooklyn was in chaos. Buildings and people were "glitching" where the images of them shifted colors and shapes. For the buildings this was causing instabilities. For the people it was causing them pain.

And then there were the gremlins. They were now running around Brooklyn doing their biting thing on the populace of Brooklyn which added another layer of chaos to a borough that was already seeing enough weirdness.

Time for you all to big damn heroes, right?

[OCD in up!]

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Re: The End: Revel in Brooklyn's adoration

[sparkinyou]

“Man, up until this week I thought people were just playing a prank on me!” He said looking around his hometown. “I didn’t think they’d show up here.”

Re: The End: Revel in Brooklyn's adoration

[spin_kick_snap]

"It's not your fault," Kathy said quietly. "It's something you're gonna have to get used to saying and hearing in this gig. And it's easier to say than to hear, easier to hear than to feel. Because soon everything starts to feel like your fault."

She gave him a bleak smile. "Trust me."

Re: The End: Revel in Brooklyn's adoration

[sparkinyou]

Spider-Man let out a long sigh of relief. Just hearing those words took a load of weight off his shoulders. "Thank you. I needed to hear that."

Re: The End: Revel in Brooklyn's adoration

[spin_kick_snap]

"You'll need to hear it a lot more," Kathy said quietly. "Look...I went through something very similar to what you are, I think."

Her smile was sad and her eyes had that deep and abiding grief that spoke of loss. "If you ever wanna talk to someone who gets it - the good parts and the bad, the highs and the lows, the feeling of being out in a homemade costume before Barry looked at you and sighed and made something better, gimme a call? I can be on the island within the hour - less if it's an emergency."

Her next smile is a little firmer. "I promise to tell you if your plan is tactically stupid, but to never tell you that wanting to do something is stupid."

Re: The End: Revel in Brooklyn's adoration

[sparkinyou]

Spider-Man just sort of stood there as Kathy began to talk and the past week suddenly caught up to him. “I-“

He stopped there for a moment, his voice already choked up with emotion.

“I’m going to take you up on that,” he said feeling like he was pushing through the words. “A week ago I was just a normal kid. It’s been a lot to take in.”

Re: The End: Revel in Brooklyn's adoration

[spin_kick_snap]

"Yeah," she says. "I get it. But hey. You did good. Brooklyn is okay, the gremlins are gone, your suite is way cooler than I was wearing my first week out...You've got skills, Spider-Man."

Re: The End: Revel in Brooklyn's adoration

[sparkinyou]

Miles laughed. “Yeah. My first costume was a Halloween costume of the original Spider-Man. It didn’t fit and was pretty bad. This costume was made by Mr. Ween. I just spray painted it to give it a little more style.”

...

“Mr. Ween wasn’t too happy about that.”

Re: The End: Revel in Brooklyn's adoration

[spin_kick_snap]

"Mr. Ween," Kathy said and laughed a little. "Oh god. I love it."

Mr. Ween.

"Sorry, we went to school together," she explained. "And we sorta work for each other in different ways. And I just--Mr. Ween."