01 - Peni Parker - Spider-Verse

[lucky_peni]

So I read through all of this..., hi fellow Spider-world people! And I have to wonder.

How are you all not GLITCHING?

I was glitching when I went to Miles world and it HURT. A lot.

Oh this is Peni Parker. I guess... I'm SP//DR.

Konnichiwa!

I was bitten by a radioactive spider who lives inside my father's robot and now I have a psychic bond with it.

What's your origin stories everyone?

[Somewhere, Tony Stark just reached for the Malt Whiskey.]

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[moonoveralola]

"Alola! I'm Moon, nice to meet you! Which origin story did you want, the one that started my adventures or the one that gave me superpowers?"

[lucky_peni]

Um... both? I'm honestly not picky and considering the last time I had to tell a origin story I was sharing it with Noir and Spider-Ham.

So please, tell away!

[moonoveralola]

"Okay, so the first one is that we moved to Alola and I got to do a traditional rite of passage called the Island Challenge! So I got to travel all over the place and make new friends and save an alien planet from a giant dragon of light. He lives in Poke Pelago with my other friends now and he really likes tilling the fields!"

A pause.

"As for getting powers, I was learning how to fuse with Miss Amelie but something went wrong and our fusion collapsed and now I have this!"

Pulling up the hem of her shirt to expose the moonstone that's taken the place of her navel.

"I can walk through walls and stuff and pull out this giant blade that can turn into a laser chainsaw axe now."

[lucky_peni]

"That's about as good of a origin story as I could come up with! I'll take it!" Exclaimed Peni with a grin.

"That must have been quite the adventure, both of them. I recently had an adventure too, when my dimension got folded in with another six of them."

[moonoveralola]

"Cool!"

Moon's wearing a fancy white jumpsuit and she's just finished pulling off some kind of fancy helmet.

"Oh hey, if you open the menu like this -" Moon traces a DDD in the air "- you can use the warp function to come over to where I am!"

Moon shows off what she means - she's in some kind of jungle surrounding an active volcano, standing on top of a palm tree that looks like a flexing bodybuilder.

[lucky_peni]

Huh, wow, that's really fancy.

[She's trailing the menu open and examining it.] Wow, even my own dimension and Miles and Gwen's...

Those are some buff looking trees.

[moonoveralola]

Nod nod.

"It's the Ultra Jungle! Or, well, that's what I call it, anyway. Dunno what planet this is."

[lucky_peni]

You just go to another planet? Just like that?

[That's crazy and reckless and Peter would have a panic attack if she ever tried it and...]

Can I come?

[Peni no.]

[moonoveralola]

"'Course! Just open the Friends Menu, I'm in the Video Game tab!"

Come onnnnn, explore an alien planet with Moon, it's safe!

Ish.

Safe-ish.

[justoutrunyou]

I haven't really tried going to any of the other alternate New Yorks yet but glitching?

Also...I can't believe you're the first spider-girl I've met. How did it take so long?

[As for Origin stories...]

I'm Sandy Marko, my dad was the Villain The Sandman, but I spent most of my life without him. Then my city got overwhelmed with Venom monsters so I had to stop running and learn to fight...except I got sucked away to another universe where we were forced to fight to the death a lot for entertainment.

After that I kind of just got dropped into another universe for magical girls, and now I'm back and not really sure where to go from here.

[lucky_peni]

It's when your atoms decide you don't like being in an alternate dimension and they start complete and utter cellular breakdown. It's not fun, and I was experiencing it before I returned home.

Dunno, the multi-verse is totally weird.

Holy, your world is intense, all of them. But then, I guess all Spider-related people have intense worlds to get through huh. Kinda makes you think don't it?

[justoutrunyou]

Dude...that might be the most painful thing I've heard of. And I've been through a freaking lot. You're hard core!

[Sandy looks impressed to say the least. Cellular breakdown is one form of torment even the Capitol of her universe hadn't figured out.]

I never really thought of myself as a Spider-person. I mean...I've been waiting for a spider-man to save me for so long and when it didn't work out...

...but yeah what the hell?! How come the multiverse wants to kick us around so much?

[lucky_peni]

Well, I'm not the only one who had to go through the glitching to be honest. And if it weren't for going to Miles world, I wouldn't have met my friends.

Don't give up hope. Anyone can wear the mask. Spider-Man isn't just a person, it's a symbol. Even you can be Spider-Man.

It's tough, but getting up after a blow is what makes us Spider-Man.

[justoutrunyou]

I thought you had to be good at climbing walls and have some kind of webs and stuff.

I mean don't get me wrong...I'm pretty good at getting back up again. I've died like 13 times.

[lucky_peni]

Being Spider-man doesn't need to mean you're bitten by a Spider. It's sort of... metaphorical at best from what I figure.

Even still, getting up again is still a commendable ability.

[justoutrunyou]

Ah...like poetry. I like poems.

How many spiders have you met so far? I've only met you.

I mean there was one other...but he was really young and he was gone like a month later.

And the really old one I met back home but we just kind of locked eyes for a moment and then he got killed.

[lucky_peni]

I've met five others. Miles, Peter B, Noir, Ham and Gwen. I paid respects to Peter, the local Spider who died in Miles world before we joined up and fought Kingpin though.

[outofthemanor]

Glitching? That sounds delightfully painful.

[lucky_peni]

Yeah it's not really that fun?

Happens when your atoms aren't jazzed to be in the right dimension, and it's complete cellular decay. You'll basically break down and die.

[outofthemanor]

An unique way of meeting the Reaper, what a story to tell.

[lucky_peni]

I guess? I mean if you're into that sort of thing. I'm just glad to be home in my own dimension without glitching non-fatally.

[outofthemanor]

What is your home dimension like?

[lucky_peni]

High tech, super modern. It's got a lot of Japanese and English blended together, with robots and tech and stuff. My dad was a scientist and he built my best friend, a robot called SP//DR.

I live with my Uncle Ben and Aunt May. My dad died a while ago.

[outofthemanor]

How interesting, how do you communicate with SP//DR?

[lucky_peni]

Telepathy. I'm psychically linked to SP//DR and the Spider that bit me in the first place that granted me the powers to communicate and do all the Spider-stuff originally.