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[deafleppard]

Honey, I'm home.

So what I miss? You know, after that whole mess with the Silent Horizon and the nightmares I'm gonna keep having.

Also. Just to put that out there.

New New York? Definitely something.

[OCC: To account for my absence, Gwen was over in New New York taking care of a crime wave.]

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[ghost_bait]

Welcome back!

video;

[deafleppard]

Thanks. Clearing up that crime wave took a bit longer than I thought.

What's up with you?

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[ghost_bait]

[Miku shakes her head] Nothing in particular. I helped backtrace some crimes, but mostly I've been trying to sleep better.

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[deafleppard]

I know how that feels, trust me. Any luck?

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[ghost_bait]

A little! I made my room a little more comfortable for me, so it's helping. I feel like someone is looking out for me, somehow.

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[deafleppard]

I hope that someone is someone you know instead of some creepy feeling.

Like a stalker.

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[ghost_bait]

I like to think it is my family. [she smiles a little.] I don't think anyone's noticed me enough for me to be of any interest to a stalker.

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[deafleppard]

Oh. Well that much is good.

But there's gotta be someone out there who likes you. Besides them, I mean.

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[ghost_bait]

Yes! I... I don't have their pictures anymore, but putting up the shrine in my room seems to have made me a little less anxious.

[Miku shakes her head quickly and wonders if her translator is translating correctly.]

No, I've only got friends here, like you.

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[deafleppard]

Aw, glad to know we're friends.

But hey, glad to know that you're making it work. May as well make it as much of a home as we can, yeah?

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[ghost_bait]

It is a little forward of me, but I like to think we are, yes.

And, yes, we should. If we're to be here for some time, we absolutely should.

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[deafleppard]

Trust me, you're fine. Everything about us being friends is fine.

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[ghost_bait]

I'm glad!

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[deafleppard]

Now, as your friend, I have to demand that we do the required amount of antics and shenanigans.

Especially shenanigans.

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[ghost_bait]

[Miku brings her hands together and smiles warmly.] Please be gentle, I've had a very mundane life.


[In a manner of speaking...]

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[deafleppard]

Yeah? How mundane we talking about?

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[ghost_bait]

O-oh, the usual, I suppose. [She shrugs.] Nothing very... exciting?

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[deafleppard]

Details, girl. Give me some details.

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[ghost_bait]

Ah... [She looks thoughtful.] Well, my mother and father studied history, we lived in an old house, and then I lived with my brother for a short while... I went to school, I graduated.. I'm studying photography, in a way? [If one could call assisting Rei 'studying'.]

Very... just very normal. Nothing very exciting. [She is a terrible liar.]

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[deafleppard]

Photography? Sounds neat.

Take any cool shots?

Re: video

[ghost_bait]

Only if you enjoyed urban exploration and urban legends. It was very... niche? I suppose that's the word for it.

[deafleppard]

Ever thought about picking it up over here? You literally have a bunch of planets to choose from.

[ghost_bait]

O-oh... I might...


It was a nice way to pass the time. I'm just afraid I'd get a little lost. [she looks thoughtful] I wonder if they even have urban legends anymore?

[kingtyrantranger]

You didn't miss much of anything.

Do they have a new Empire State Building or is it just the old one?

[deafleppard]

If they didn't actually name it "New Empire State Building" I'm gonna be severely disappointed.

[gonebyebye]

I'd ask what was wrong with Old New York, but I think I could easily put together an itemized list on the subject.

[deafleppard]

I mean, New York's still pretty cool and all. I mean...

It's...

It's New York!

[gonebyebye]

Yep. Messy, crowded, and polluted, and populate with some of the angriest people on the planet.

Don't get me wrong, though. I love living there. Best city in the world.

[deafleppard]

Damn straight.

Wouldn't to hang anywhere else, really.

[gonebyebye]

The feeling's mutual. I'm Ray Stantz. Went with Ghostbuster for my codename. What part of the city are you from, anyways?

Right now I live in Tribeca. Corner of Varick and North Moore, specifically.

[Which, depending on how well Gwen knows that part of NYC, is possibly recognizable as the address of a firehouse]

[deafleppard]

Name's Gwen Stacy, and I'm just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Woman.

I'm from Queens, myself. Over in Forest Hills.