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polyphonics2018-05-12 01:57 pm
dinosaured) wrote in polyphonics2018-05-12 01:57 pm
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①Comment with your character. Feel free to intruce yourself real quick if you'd like! This meme is open to Marvel characters of all iterations, not just the MCU!
② Pick a scenario or use RNG and respond to others!
③ PLEASE MARK FOR INFINITY WAR SPOILERS. We want this to be a fun place for everyone to play without fear of being spoiled! In the same vein, feel free to let others know if you are Infinity War compliant!
④ Feel free to go completely off-script and make up whatever scenario you want. These prompts are just starting points! This meme is your oyster.
⑤ Have fuuuun!
① Skrull Invasion → You're on planet Earth and the Skrull are coming! Are you ready to fight? Perhaps the better question is...are you really sure your friends are who you think they are?ANGST
② Sparring → There's few better ways to see what you're made of than to face off against your fellow heroes! Enter the sparring ring and give it all you've got. Or perhaps you wind up facing an old friend in the Grandmaster's Contest of Champions!
③ Chitauri Assault → Time to take down hordes and hordes of alien goons! Maybe they brought their space whales, too. They're bringing the party to you!
④ In Pursuit → Your enemies are fleeing and it's up to you to pursue them and bring them to justice!
⑤ Heist → Time to steal that invaluable vibranium shipment before the bad guys do. You'll need all your best covert stealth skills to pull this one off.
⑥ Training → Power up the Danger Room and throw yourself and a partner into a training scenario of your choice! Just try to be careful in there. It is called the Danger Room, after all!
⑦ Mind Control → Against their will, one of your comrades has begun to attack you! Will you fight back and possibly harm someone you hold dear? Or will you stand down and open yourself up to danger?
⑧ Escape → You've been captured by your enemies! Or perhaps The Collector just added you to his museum. Time to find a way out!
① Fallout → Heroism exacts a price, and it is often personal in nature. How do you cope with the fallout of your latest conflict? Was victory worth the price you paid? Or worse, did you lose?CRACK
② Injury/Illness → Even for the strongest of heroes, the battlefield can be tough. How's that broken arm healing up? That serious road rash? Or are you the one providing healing and comfort to one in need?
③ Last Moments → Somehow has gone terribly wrong and you are dying. What will you say? What will you do? Or perhaps you are the one holding your comrade in their final moments.
④ Betrayed → One of your teammates has betrayed you. How will you respond? Will you reach out and try to forgive, or will you fight the one you used to call an ally?
⑤ Fight → Sometimes, even your closest friends can become your enemies. Disagreements can lead to verbal, and perhaps even physical altercations. Or perhaps you're seeking reconciliation afterwards?
⑥ Worst Fears → Your worst fears have manifested around you. Maybe it's an illusion, but what if it's not? How can you go on faced with losing everything you care about?
⑦ Loss → You've lost. It's over. Maybe you're the only one left. Or...maybe you're not.
① Speed-heroing → It's like speed-dating, but with heroes and friends, at the Avengers Facility. A possible catch: you can only introduce yourself as your alter ego.FLUFF
② Dance Off → Maybe the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. Maybe you're just having a good time at a party. Either way, dance off, bro!
③ Team Building → Nothing boosts team morale like an outing to laser tag or paint ball! It's important to unwind every now and again, so why not shoot your super friends with a nerf gun for a change?
④ Party Bus → Are you up for a ride on Tony Stark's most technologically advanced party bus? Hope you're prepared to party like it's 2099. Also, it flies. Eat your heart out, Miss Frizzle.
⑤ Interdimentional Mixer → You're at this party but none of the people are the versions of themselves you expect them to be! What sort of timey-wimey tomfoolery is this? Why do all these universes have numbers?
⑥ Trapped in the Drive-thru → You're trapped in the drive-thru. All you wanted was an Egg McMuffin, dammit!
⑦ Truth Serum → You're forced to tell the truth! That secret you've been bottling up for years? Yup, it's coming out.
① Avenger's Tower → Remember that nice tower Tony Stark was working on before it got ditched for the New Avengers Facility? Everyone has their own room designed just for them! It's like a big sleepover and all your weird friends are invited.GEN
② Reunion → It's been awhile since you've seen some of these people. Will you give them a hug? A hearty handshake? Try not to get too misty-eyed!
③ Movie Night → Grab the popcorn and a snuggly blanket! Are you watching the latest action flick with your friend? Or perhaps something a bit spooky so you can have an excuse to cuddle with your partner?
④ Confessions → It's time to tell the object of your affections how you feel about them! Don't get cold feet now. This is the moment you've been waiting for!
⑤ Stolen Glances → Maybe it's the first time, or maybe it's been going on for awhile now. Either way, there's someone you've been making eyes at, and...did their fingertips just brush yours?
⑥ Domestic Life → Hey, sometimes even Earth's Mightiest Heroes need to cook and clean. What's the occasion?
⑦ Hobby Exchange → Teach someone about a hobby you enjoy and they can teach you about one of theirs!
① Trip to Knowhere → Get ready to gamble and drink yourself dizzy! And if that's not your cup of tea, perhaps visit the Collector's Museum, where you are sure to see all sorts of strange specimens from across the galaxy.WILDCARD
② Shawarma → After any great battle, a hero must have their victory feast. Who's on the shawarma bandwagon this time?
③ New York Tourism → You're in New York! Whether this is your first time or you live here, there's plenty to see. Why not hit up the Statue of Liberty? Go to a Broadway show? Take a pic with Times Square Spider-Man?
④ Beach Party → It's the Beach Episode. Put on your swim trunks, get out the volleyball, and fire up the grill!
⑤ Late Night → You're up late and wondering around HQ. Do you stop in the kitchen for some midnight baking? Take a walk outside? Reprogram the whole facility so the AI only responds to your voice?
⑥ Capture the Flag → It's a game of Capture the Flag, and powers are off-limits. You wouldn't cheat, would you? Everyone here definitely plays fair.
⑦ Denny's → It's 2 A.M. and you're at Denny's. Sure, you feel like hell, but how about that Grand Slam?
A scenario of your choosing! Go wild! Please remember to mark for spoiler warnings and/or any content warnings as applicable.
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He hasn't really addressed whatever's going on in his head, the feeling like his spidey senses have been spiked up to 100 instead of 11. Turns out, it's probably just general anxiety. But it's a stupid thing to have, because half the world suffered the same thing he did. Everyone else had to endure this, and they moved on with life, so he should move on with life, too. So he does his homework, he jokes and goofs around and wears the Spider-Man suit, and it does help.
But he can't sleep, and it's harder to focus. There's a lot of static.
Aunt May's worried, of course she is. Peter isn't too aware of her going behind his back and asking if he can stay with the Avengers for a short time — not for the heroism, but to help him through the funk he's in, because if there's anyone who can tell he's just going through the motions, it's her. So he's here, helping with different experiments, doing an essay due on Monday, straining to find the same energy he'd had before Thanos. It's not getting worse. That's good, yeah? Yeah.
He can't sleep because he dreams about ugly things he can't shake lose, so he wanders around the establishment instead, looking out the big windows and - and maybe poking around Stark's lab when he's probably off-limits. But there's some interesting stuff in here, and it kind of immediately lifts his spirits a little.
We won, Pete, he thinks. We're alive, so just... chill out. Okay?]
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The answer is, you don't. There are a lot of sleepless nights to go around, and for some it's worse than others. Pepper thinks she should be used to concern-induced insomnia by now, but it still wears on her like before. Tony was a wreck when he returned from space, alone and injured, the weight of Peter's loss (and everyone elses, but especially Peter's) bogging him down like he'd lost his own son. Pepper doesn't think that was so very far from the truth; she'd watched with tears in her own eyes as he'd embraced Peter with such soul-deep relief the day those they'd lost were returned. Tony's nightmares after that were of memories and anxiety of something like that happening again. They've done that song and dance before, only this time Pepper is better able to deal with it. Doesn't mean it's any easier to witness, and her own hours of sleep have been similarly scarce since.
It's FRIDAY that finally narcs on Peter, informing Pepper of his presence in Tony's lab. It's not that the space is strictly speaking entirely and absolutely off-limits to Peter, but Pepper decides to check on the situation regardless. She's for once wearing flats instead of her usual heels that click satisfyingly with every step, sharp power suit exchanged for a more casual outfit of loose yoga pants and a black sweatshirt that's too large on her slender frame-- if that wasn't enough indication it's clearly been appropriated from Tony, the MIT logo emblazoned across the front is. She's not Virginia Potts, the no-nonsense CEO now; she's just Pepper.
Folding her arms over her chest, she stands by the entrance of the dimly lit lab and observes the boy poking around Tony's things for a moment. She would be lying if she claimed she hadn't been worried when she first heard about Tony's new protege. He was so young, and Tony could simply be too much; easily bowling over lesser men and women with the sheer force of his persona whether he meant to or not. But she'd been there in the background, on and off, listening in (not on purpose but it just happened) when Tony had been in contact with Peter over the Vulture incident. She'd done her own prodding in her end, though to her surprise Tony had needed less guidance than she'd thought in wrangling a teenager out to prove himself. Peter was smart, quick-witted and he had his heart in the right place. Tony hadn't been wrong to take interest, even if Pepper still has Strong Opinions about him taking the boy to face Captain America with him...
Pepper's lips pull into a small smile as she watches Peter's eyes light up with interest over the gadget he picks up and eagerly turns around in his hands. May Parker's request hadn't surprised Pepper -- she only hopes the time spent at the compound will help him.
Finally pushing off the doorway and into the lab proper, Pepper approaches Peter slowly with a friendly smile on her lips. ]
You know, if you're gonna poke around in here, maybe we should talk about actually getting you that internship. Just for real, this time.
[ Her smile twitches a little, and she adds innocently, ] Never too early to think about what looks good on those college applications.
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Despite being caught, he's at ease again, because Pepper's really cool. Pepper's, like, someone he'd see being friends with May. He feels comfortable around her in a way he's not with Tony, mainly because he just wants to impress him and prove himself.
Because he doesn't want him to think he's not... good enough. When Tony asks how he's doing... he just says he's great, he's fine, nothing's up. He knows Tony's expecting a different answer one of these days. He knows. But...
Oh. He smiles, scratching the back of his head.]
You're starting to sound like Mr. Stark now.
[Not that it's a bad thing; he's gonna keep up with school, gonna work his butt off doing both. It'll be sleepless, but he's already kinda lousy with sleep, so...]
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Oh, Tony's brought it up before? Good for him.
[ Good fiance, definitely worth a few brownie points right there. Education is important, and one of Pepper's most important considerations when it comes to Peter's superhero business is that he keeps abreast with his schoolwork. It's a point she makes sure to remind Tony about, but apparently her concern was needless -- or then he'd finally listened to her. Either way, it's a win.
Anyway, she's not here to talk about school and easily lets the matter drop after the quip. Her shoulders jump slowly as she inhales a deep breath, exhaling just as gradually. Her head tips to the side slightly as she gives Peter a look tinged with sympathetic understanding. ]
Still can't sleep?
[ It's gentle but direct, as it tends to be with her; Pepper never had trouble speaking her mind. Beating about the bush was useless and a waste of time. ]
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His smile drops a little. Because oh, yeah. He's not super subtle, right now. But it's Miss Potts, who is like... totally awesome, and he's not trying to keep up appearances the same way as he does in front of Aunt May or the Avengers. so he deflates a little, confiding:]
... Maybe just a little. Um. Bad... dreams.