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[licensetocrane]

 "Hi, this is April.  If you're calling at 3am, you better be someone I know REAL well."

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[heyunderoos]

I feel like, anytime someone has to step up and save the world, it leads to a pretty close call. [Peter offers simply back, but doesn't expand on the thought.]

I'm going to probably foolishly hope things are calmer when we all get back. It won't last, but the thought is nice, right?

[licensetocrane]

[Yeah that sounds like he's had at least some story thrown at him, and her smile is a kind of yeah, I get you, buddy kind.]

Well, the bonus is that no matter how dramatic it gets, we've always got time for pizza and roasting the family member of choice.

[It's usually Leo.]

[heyunderoos]

That sounds, nice honestly. I'm not used to a big- family. Every time Rue throws a party, I kind of hang back and try to not get in the way. So it'll take time for me to adjust.

[Unfortunately, Leo will get roasted and bolstered right back up by a local spider.]

[licensetocrane]

[And thus the circle of healthy roasting is complete.]

Oh, don't worry. There's not a lot of partying going on, we mostly just hangout on rooftops together or skateboard or fight crime. You know, the usual. I'm not one for huge gatherings either. You shoulda seen my awkward ass at the prom.

[heyunderoos]

Okay, that is a relief- I know Rue will want to keep doing parties, but low stakes stuff is nice too. [5give him owlbear mother, he isn't a party boy.

Mention of prom does make Peter wince slightly.]

I'm not sure if I'm going to miss school, or be happy I don't have to go to dances anymore. Last time I went to homecoming it was a disaster.

[licensetocrane]

Homecoming is always a disaster. If it's not the local cool clique making you feel three inches high, it's a hippopotamus throwing a magical tantrum and trying to make your whole school disappear.

[heyunderoos]

[The description makes Peter laugh a little, unintentionally. He actively believes what April is saying without a drop of hesitation.] Why... why is it weird super villains have the weirdest tantrums?

Homecoming- at least that year I went was a huge disaster. Some buses got crushed in the parking lot, Spider-Man apparently stole a car...

[He shakes his head a little.]

[licensetocrane]

[Make no mistake, Peter, that will come back to haunt you. But probably not too badly, because April just breaks into snickering at that image.]

Did he steal a car in the name of super heroing or does he really just have a mad-on for proms?

[heyunderoos]

It was strictly for superhero-ing. Some guy was stealing a plane full of equipment nearby, it was a whole thing. Coney Island got crashed into. [Peter is trying to just side step the obvious 'why the fuck was he near the prom tho' question.]

[licensetocrane]

[Fortunately it doesn't even occur to April to ask. Superheroes and villains just be like that, like why did Hypno choose her school? They're just lucky and/or unlucky tbh]

Aww. I was kinda holdin' out hope for the hating proms thing.

[heyunderoos]

[That makes Peter laugh a little.]

Do you really want a superhero who specifically hates school dances to exist?

[licensetocrane]

C'mon, one of 'em has to have lived through the same awkward shit we have. It's just karma!

[heyunderoos]

[He snorts a little in amusement at that.]

Oh, I'm sure plenty of them did, but thinking about Captain America having a vendetta against dances feels really weird in a way I can't even explain.

[licensetocrane]

[....]

One of your superheroes is called Captain America?

[heyunderoos]

[The reaction makes Peter snort. Okay, maybe he should have given her a buffer for that.]

Yeah, he was like, the first one I think from the 30's or 40's. He's actually pretty nice!

[licensetocrane]

Oh, he's old school. That explains the name, then. [Can't imagine anyone proudly naming themselves after America now and not being shady AF tbh.]

Is he still around?

[heyunderoos]

I don't think he even likes the name. [Steve Rogers is... Steve Rogers, and Peter at least sort of knows the guy by now.] The only guy who wanted to take up the mantle after he 'retired' was kind of weird anyway.

Back in my New York, no, he kind of disappeared. [Don't Worry About It.] Here, he's working with Mr. Stark, and doing art classes.

[licensetocrane]

Man, this place is just drowning in superheroes. [Huff. She wonders if Raph knows how many there are.] I guess they're just as stuck here as the rest of us, huh?

[heyunderoos]

The fox probably sees a lot of potential for drama in all the superheroes. [Peter knows that is fairly high given how he was pulled into things himself.] So, yeah, they're definitely stuck.

[licensetocrane]

[She snorts a little in amusement.] Are you implyin' that the fox is kidnapping all the drama queens from their home? Because I'd believe it.

[heyunderoos]

I mean, it would make the most sense wouldn't it? If you bring too many well behaved people in, no one is going to really do much of anything. [Peter can't see anyone reaching any kind of potential that way.]

[licensetocrane]

That's true. I guess it makes for more interestin' living, anyway.