hadriel | VOICE ; forward dated to the 23rd, late evening

Hey everyone, this is Peter. I'm, uh... Just lemmie-- Okay, I'm gonna preface this with "I'm fine", which... probably still sounds concerning to anyone who knows me. Uh, with good reason, but I promise that I really am fine.

Okay? Okay.

So... okay, you know those freaky tentacle snails that attacked those guys a little while ago? Yeah, they're still around. I ran into a few of them outside the city, and by 'ran into' I mean 'was totally ambushed by'. Like, I was just minding my own business and they jumped out all "Blahhhhgh!" and I was like "oh snap!!", so yeah, we fought a little and I got bit and, y'know, it hurt. And I know the one guy was all "hey call for back up if you see any" and I totally would have if I'd had a chance, but I didn't? I mean, not because I didn't want to, it's just like, in the moment I was a little distracted by trying to get away from the things, and I didn't have my web shooters on me because they're possessed by demons right now? So I wasn't gonna even try to catch one of those guys without my gear, so I left. My toothbrush tried to stab me this morning, I'm not dealin' with this on top of that today. I'm done, I'm tapping out!

Anyway, if anyone else ends up fighting these guys, go for the eyes if you can. They're kind of hard to hit because of all the tentacles, but if you can take their eyes out it slows them down. They're still dangerous, though, like, they will absolutely still try to fight you, so just like, don't stick around if you can help it. In fact, just don't go outside the city by yourself. Don't go anywhere by yourself. Y'know, buddy system up if you can. I don't know how many of these dudes are still out there, but I have a feeling that they're not going away any time soon.

Oh right, I did manage to break a chunk off one of their shells. I don't know how helpful that's gonna be? But I've got it at the lab if anyone wants to see it, assuming you can pry it away from Newt. I also got a photo! It's... not a very good one, but uh, I'll put this somewhere, I guess.

[attached photo: A City Boy Seconds Before Being Chomped By A Tentacle Monster.]

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I didn't think they did. Firearms aren't made for tentacle operation. Can't generate enough force on the trigger.

[Joking? Maybe. Or maybe not.]

That's good to know, that they can communicate with each other, or are in sync enough to work together instinctively. Not good, but good to know.

[The more they know, the less likely they are to die.]

Well. Human firearms aren't.

[now he's thinking about squid guns :|a ]

I don't really know what they're capable of beyond that and how they fight, but I guess this is a good place to start.

Yeah, please don't make me think about tentacle guns.

[It's!! A bad mental picture!!!]

You're not going to go out and pick a fight with them, are you?

[IT'S AN AWESOME MENTAL PICTURE but he will refrain from saying so]

That is not currently on my to-do list, no.

[No It Is Not]

Okay, good, because 'buddy system' isn't the same as 'get a squad together to test their limits.' There's a limit to the amount of immortality available here.

[8(

GOD MOM HE'S NOT GONNA GO FIGHT THE SQUIDS]

Hey, I know my limits. I'm not-- do you seriously think I'd do that?

[Oh god, she's not old enough to be—shit, wait, she is.]

I don't know you that well, Peter. Maybe, maybe not. But reckless bravado and being a teenager go hand in hand a lot.

[oh nooooooo]

Okay, that I can't argue with. I'm a little too exhausted to be reckless right now though, so I'm gonna keep my bravado over at the lab and use it for nerd stuff for a while.

[Okay, that gets a chuckle.]

Nerd stuff sounds like a better plan. Put enough nerd heads together and we might even get somewhere.

[Okay good because he's totally picking a fight with some guy right now]

That's what I'm hoping. Just because I'm good at punching stuff doesn't mean I wanna solve every problem that way.

[PETER PARKER :|]

It's surprising how many problems you can solve with punching, but smart thinking.

[YOLO]

I mean, true, but even then sometimes you need to be strategic with said punching.

Very true. You may be wise beyond your years after all.

I'm just really good at physics, and I've seen a lot of movies. But we'll go with that, it makes me sound a little more dignified.

Always cling to dignity when you can. And when you can't, cling to denial.

Not gonna lie, I think I've already mastered the whole clinging to denial thing. Just gonna stand in my truth, here.

In that case, you're set up for a bright future.

Yeaaah, can't really decide if that's reassuring or not.

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