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[itsnotaonesie]

[What's UUUUUUUUUUUUUP Anchor. Hope you guys like awkward teenagers, because this one's all up on your network with an announcement.

Peter's not what one would call a professional when it comes to recording videos, but he's figured out how to work the communicators efficiently enough to where there isn't to much awkward fumbling between the time he starts recording and the time he sets the comm down. It's not the most exciting video ever, just some scruffy looking kid in a slightly oversized jacket standing in a creepy, abandoned lab of some sort, surrounded by dusty computers and abandoned equipment. I mean, there's probably been a horror movie or two that have started off this way, but don't think too hard about that.]

Hey, um. I... didn't plan this part, so I'm uh, just gonna wing it. So, my name's Peter. Peter Parker, I'm from New York. People from Hadriel might know me, I was there for... I wanna say close to a year? So that's, um. That's me.

...Hi.

[Okay, that introduction probably wasn't quite as painful as it could have been, even with the awkward little wave he tacks onto the end of it. He isn't any more comfortable about being in front of the camera than he was a moment ago, but now that the introduction is out of the way, the whole getting down to business part does seem to come a bit easier. He clears his throat and stands up a little straighter.]

Anyway, uh. Two things. One, I know there's a lot of crazy like, sci-fi technology around here, I know people are probably pretty confused about how to get it to work and how to repair it. Um, I've got it figured out, for the most part. I can- I can get at least some of this stuff working again, if not most of it. I can probably make replacements for other stuff that's beyond repair. There's kind of a lot of ground to cover around here though, and I haven't had a chance to really explore everything. So, um, I'm gonna need your help. What I need from you guys is to help me find and prioritize what areas and equipment need attention first. Like say, the medbay, life support equipment, other things we need to like, live.

And before anyone asks, no, the bartender robot doesn't count as a high priority project. Sorry, guys.

Okay, thing two. I'll be setting up shop in the R&D area for... y'know, R&D things. It's below the agricultural areas. I'm gonna get some kinda station set up here where I can give you guys... uh, lessons, I guess? Like basic computer stuff, how to work some of the machines, how to fix the computers and machines if you need to. Like, anything you guys wanna know. The more people we have that know how to keep this place running, the better our chances of survival are, right? Right.

[Right.

And. That's it, he's out of shit to talk about. After a couple probably uncomfortable seconds of silence, he moves to grab his communicator to switch it off.]

And uh, that's it! Peter Parker, R&D, hit me up. Later!

[The end]

Comments

[itsnotaonesie]

[Peter raises his hands reassuringly. He hopes.]

It's fine, it'll take more than a few late nights at the lab to kill me. I mean, I had a building dropped on me once, and I walked away from it. This is nothing.

[It's fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine (it's not fine)]

[deadlycurves]

Assuming you're actually doing things like sleeping somewhere between those late nights, sure.

[itsnotaonesie]

I am definitely doing that for sure.

Every night.

Sleepin' great.

[Okay maybe not so much that last one.]

[deadlycurves]

Uh-huh.

[Beat.]

You're a terrible liar, just so you know.

[Diego would know. He doesn't exactly have the best poker face either, sometimes.]

[itsnotaonesie]

[WOW CALLED OUT]

Definitely not the first time I've heard that one.

I sleep when I can. That's about the best I've got, man.

[deadlycurves]

Somehow, I'm not surprised. [The words are deadpanned, but then he shrugs.] All right, fair. I'm not sure any of us can really be so great at the sleeping thing, with all the stuff this place brings with it. [Nevermind any number of things before they were here that may be simultaneously contributing to inability to sleep.]

[itsnotaonesie]

Insomnia and nightmare worlds kind of go hand in hand, I've noticed. But hey, could be worse?

[They could have insomnia and be on fire, that would be a lot worse.]

[deadlycurves]

Don't tempt fate, dude.

[itsnotaonesie]

That's like ninety percent of what I do.

...Which probably explains a lot, now that I think about it. So. Good advice.

[deadlycurves]

Why is that the thing you decide to make your hobby?

[itsnotaonesie]

It isn't. It just... kind of happens no matter where I go or what I do. It's not like I do it on purpose, it just kinda happens.

[deadlycurves]

I'm pretty sure tempting fate is the kind of thing you have to actively choose to do. I don't see how it's a happenstance of your entire existence.

[itsnotaonesie]

Just wait 'til you get to know me better. It'll all make sense eventually.

[deadlycurves]

That... does the opposite of inspiring hope. Just so you know.

[itsnotaonesie]

I promise I'm not as much of a walking disaster as I'm making myself sound like.

Usually.

...Okay, still not helping. I need to maybe stop that.

[deadlycurves]

Talking? [He's serious for a beat or two before he lets a smirk break across his face.] Don't worry, you can't beat my brother in a game of foot-in-mouth. Trust me.

[itsnotaonesie]

I think you were trying to be reassuring, but now I just feel really bad for your brother. Poor guy.

[He is 100% joking. Well, half joking. His ability to stick his foot in his mouth has so far gone unmatched, this is alarming okay.]

[deadlycurves]

You haven't met Klaus, then. [He smirks.]

[itsnotaonesie]

Oh, I chatted with him on the network once! He seems nice. Maybe a little awkwardish, but I don't really have room to talk.

[deadlycurves]

Awkwardish is a good word, yeah. [He chuckles lightly, and his tone is completely fond.]

[itsnotaonesie]

We only talked over text so I only really had that to go by. Turns out we were both stuck in Hadriel together, but I hadn't met him yet back then.

You have a lot of family around here?

[Feels like half the people he's talked to is someone else's brother it's weird]

[deadlycurves]

Yeah, the tech here is more than we had back home, so sometimes it's awkward in and of itself for us. Oh, yeah? Robot war. [That was his takeaway when Klaus explained Hadriel, okay. Sorry, Peter.] Two brothers so far. Unless someone else has found another Hargreeves and has't told me. [A beat.] There's seven of us total.

[itsnotaonesie]

Yeah, yeah. Robot war.

[He's still a little beat up about the whole robot war thing. Mostly the mass genocide part, like sure it had been a race of machines but Peter still feels kind of horrible about contributing to the destruction of an entire species. He's just gonna brush that one aside mmmyep.

BUT HEY HE TOTALLY KNOWS THAT NAME.]

Oh! So, okay, so you're one of Ben's brothers!

[deadlycurves]

Yeah, that's me. One of Ben's brothers. [He says it in a tone that smacks of someone who is both used to, and not fond of, not being recognized as his own person. Though that may only be if the person on the receiving end knows what to look for-- otherwise... well, it might just sound like some dude being rude.]

[itsnotaonesie]

[It does sound like some dude being rude and Peter is a little confused by it. He's just putting 2 and 2 together over here bro, what's with the tude??]

That's a... good thing, right? I mean, I guess having family stuck somewhere like this would suck, so uh...

[Is that what's bugging him?? Peter's so confused plz help.]