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Post by John Kilroy on Dec 25, 2023 2:56:20 GMT -7
"That's...a long story." "A very long, very complicated, very stupid story." Gwen added. When Miguel started talking about skipping the melodrama and getting to business. "Oh yeah! Superhero team up! Let's see what Kingsley and carnage do against 4 of us" *Five* *Wait what?**They're is one more, assuming Rift doesn't decide to add some people of his own. You'll run into her later.* *Wait what, who is she?*
*You'll see. * Gwen hailed a taxi and directed the three into the car. The driver gave them a funny look when he saw someone 2 girls and a guy, one of them looked like a knock off Deadpool Girl costume, one looked like an off-brand Spider-Man, and the 3rd looked like she was doing her best Assassin's Creed cosplay. "Please don't ask us any questions. Can you just take us to the Daily Grind Coffee Shop please?" She handed the man a big wad of cash not counting or carrying how much she had given him. With that amount of cash, of course, he would not ask questions. "Get in."
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Post by Rift on Dec 31, 2023 19:39:23 GMT -7
Miguel blinked as the woman handed over a ton of cash to the driver. Interdimensional visitor or not, she's been busy, he thought. "Thanks, but I'll find my own way. Meet you there," he said. Given the craziness going on and who might be behind it all, I'm not going to be crammed into a taxi with virtual strangers, not to mention they already know who I am, but I don't need coffee shop employees seeing me get out of a vehicle like a normal person. Last thing I need is for images to show up on the news. Haven't had to talk to Parker since everything that went down, but that also means I haven't told him I'm back. Plus, there's not telling who might get stupid over the registration act and I don't have the shocking time for that garbage, he thought. Firing off a webline he had Lyla map out where he had to go to reach the Daily Grind. The entire trip his mind raced as he tried to think through the discrepancies in information regarding who or what was altering the timeline. He tried not to dwell on the idea that his mom, Gabe, and others he cared for could have been wiped from existence or that there was another version of him from a timeline that seemed different to his own 2099, but still had need of a Spider-Man. Usually swinging through the skyline was relaxing. Not quite as simple as it was in Nueva York of the future, but still it usually cleared his mind. Not this evening though. Too much was on the line and too many people were in danger. Stopping a short distance away he landed in an alley and after making sure there were no prying eyes, biological or electronic, he had Lyla drop the hologram and change his appearance to that of street clothes. "Lyla, stay quiet unless I talk to you. I don't know who this friend of hers is, but we can't just assume everyone is going to be as forthcoming as Gwen and the agent, plus I'm working on limited info when it comes to the Age of Heroes. Friends, foes, and in between might be harder to determine than usual."
Walking across the street to the Daily Grind, he hoped that Gwen's friend would be of some use. He may have lacked the spider-sense that other wallcrawlers had, but Miguel couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was coming down the pipeline. Very bad.
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Post by John Kilroy on Jan 2, 2024 1:40:55 GMT -7
Gwen and The woman looked over at Miguel and giggled. "Looking sharp boi." the white shadow centirun said. they led him inside They had already told Josh about Miguel and the fact that everyone sitting at the table knew who Peter Parker was. Josh was seen at the table leaning back dressed in a leather jacket...and he looked EXACTLY like Peter Parker. "Guys Over here." he directed them to his table which was away from ear shot from everyone else. That way their talk could be private. He ordered a Hot Chocolate Expresso and ordered himself a chicken wrap. Gwen was quick to rush up to him and hug him. "Joshy!"
Josh smiled. and gave her a big squeeze. "Hey how are you doing?""Good, as you can see I ran into some knew friends."
Josh looked at Miguel and smirked. "So you're Miguel. Gwen told me you had a bit of history with Peter."He offered a handshake. "Josh Parker."
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Post by Rift on Jan 7, 2024 7:53:08 GMT -7
Miguel watched as Gwen made her way over to the table and gave the new guy a hug. She's from another reality altogether and not only does she have a friend, but she managed to gain the cooperation of the T.O.T.E.M. agent. Meanwhile I've been here for months on end, yet the closest thing to a friend I made was a murderous fan struck robot. Wonder what that says about me? he wondered. It was only then that he noticed the man looked exactly like Peter Parker. Little different build, different haircut, but as he looked with his enhanced vision he noticed that everything even down to the eye color was a dead ringer for the original Spider-Man. That was another thing to add to the list of unexpected things he'd run into as of late. Moving over to the table he shook Joshua's outstretched hand. "Miguel O'Hara. And yeah, you could say that. I've run into Parker a time or two. Funny, he didn't mention having a twin."Not that I've exactly had time to chitchat with the guy. Between briefly teaming up to deal with that lunatic goblin from even further up the timestream and having to take down the evil CEO version of him, there wasn't much of an opportunity for a proper meet and greet, he thought. Taking a seat, careful to keep his sunglasses in place, he looked at the motley crew gathered at around the table. A dimensional vagrant with knowledge she shouldn't have, a time enforcement agent that wears a nesting doll disguise, the duplicate of a man who is the inspiration for me becoming who I am, and a refugee from a future that may not even exist anymore. All up against a villain that has given the original wallcrawler a run for his money and possible a psychotic killer with a living alien suit. Of all the weirdness to experience in the Twencen, this is one I wouldn't have bet on being a thing. "So Josh. I don't suppose you share Peter's, lets call it, skillset?"
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Post by John Kilroy on Jan 9, 2024 22:54:23 GMT -7
Josh grinned. Identical Quadruplets actually, we don't exactly get along...like at all. in fact one of my brothers, Ben, he hates being associated with Peter so much he died his hair blonde and changed his last name to Riely just to dissociate himself from Peter, my brother Kaine....well...he's Kaine. Still, of the four of us, I'm definitely the Black Sheep of the family. Still, I'm trying to turn my life around. To answer your other question, yeah, I got all his skillsets along with all of...other things of his, along with some skillsets of my own. But we can do the get to know each other over a drink during the victory part. What exactly are we dealing with here?"The White T.O.T.E.M Agent cleared her throat. "I just realized I haven't introduced myself this entire time. My name is Petilia Penna pleasure to meet you all officially. To start. In my time of 2099 T.O.T.E.M discovered a mass grave that was an anachronism In 2099 we discovered that someone had done experiments on symbiotes. The result was they recreated the Red Symbiote known as Carnage."But we're talking about just the red Symbiote right...right???" He looked to Petilla but who well knew the answer. Petilla shook her head to confirm his fear."No, based on it's psychological readings. Its personality is awfully similar to the serial killer...""Cletus Kasady...so it's just like the original...Dang it!""We think it's trying to spread it's trying to take over the past and spread its influence. My superiors have told me red mounds are repapering and disappearing all over the place...""He's trying to spread the bloodbath, yeah...it's Carnage alright." "We were able to trace things back to a gang that somehow gained access to weapons from 2099, We were able to trace it back to Carnage, Miguel was able to trace things back to another man... a certain Roderick Kingsley.""The Hobgoblin. If he's working with a Carnage Symbiote with as many daddy issues as the original then he's a bigger idiot than I thought. Carnage doesn't play well with others, at least he doesn't play well with people just like him. I mean if he had someone to give him the equivalent of a symbiote therapy session...maybe but unlikely but someone like Kingsly, the guy doesn't stand a chance."
"Wait though...you said carnage mounds were disappearing shortly after reappearing...that means someone is aware of the nature of these things and where they come from and is neutralizing them."
Petilla's eyes widened. "Someone from the future is going back in time and stopping these things from spreading.""Right...there is a fifth guy involved...but who?"
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Post by Rift on Mar 3, 2024 19:56:36 GMT -7
Miguel listened to the exchange but remained quiet. Try as he might, the idea of his timeline being gone, wiped out completely, was something that he couldn't simply push to the back of his thoughts.
Gabe. Mom. Xina. Everyone I knew and cared for, gone just like that. And if so, it could be my fault. I was arrogant. Thought I could fix everything. After the whole thing with the CEO and Parker I didn't even bother to fill anyone in on the fact I was coming back to the current day, let alone reach out for assistance. And now there's a crazed murderous alien on the loose and my entire life could be gone. I mean there's a chance it is still out there. The theory is that time is like a river, with branching paths based on actions taken or not taken, but when you get down to it nobody really understands how time travel works. It is all guesswork and the threat of paradoxes unraveling everything are something that even someone as ambitious and downright twisted as Tyler Stone would keep in mind, he thought.
Shaking himself from the dark thoughts on the unknown, he glanced around the table.
An agent of TOTEM from a future that sounds too good to be true, a guy who is almost identical to arguably the greatest hero of the twencen, some dimension hopping blonde that just happens to resemble someone killed by Green Goblin, and an emotional wreck of a time travelling wallcrawler from a future that may or may not exist anymore. This is the dream team here to save all of time? And why didn't Peter ever mention relatives? You'd think a whole family of wallcrawling heroes would have been worth sharing with the guy carrying on the legacy.
"Kingsley ran a fashion company and a criminal empire under the noses of Spider-Man and the Kingpin. And he's smart enough to have scapegoats having gone so far as to brainwash others into believing they are the Hobgoblin. Money alone might be all the motive he needs to be involved. Gun running is gun running be it military weapons or tech from the future. I was under the impression he'd be trying to rebuild at this point in time, but who knows, maybe this is his way of having capital enough to get back in the game. I think we should focus on finding him. We locate the goblin, beat the location of Carnage out of him, and then find out where Carnage is getting the tech from. Unless one of you have some way of tracking our mysterious helper, the one getting rid of Carnage's weird hive-like masses?"
Turning to the TOTEM agent he added, "Which technically speaking, shouldn't you know who it is? Isn't stopping people who alter the timeline kind of your whole schtick? Or have alphabet agencies remained as useless as ever regardless of the era?"
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Post by John Kilroy on Mar 4, 2024 1:22:10 GMT -7
the TOTEM agent blushed. "Sometimes...things do fall through the cracks." she admitted.
Josh laughed. "sounds like alphabet agencies have issues regardless of of which time period."
Gwenpool however had another issue on her mind. *John I don't know what you and rift are doing but I'd stop introducing any more characters bef0re this story turns into a plot hole ridden mess.* she then looked to the others in the room and then to Miguel.
"So what's the plan future boy? Got any leads as to where Carnage might be right now?"
She saw that he was in deep thought. Probably thinking about his own timeline. About the only thing she knew for certain was that it was not gone, but chances were that would be of little comfort. After all, there was still the question of how to get back.
"Hey," Gwen said touching Miguel's shoulder and giving a comforting smile. "We'll find a way to get you back to your reality, ok?"
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