Benjamin Richard Parker (onthewall) wrote,
@ 2012-12-02 21:56:00

Swinging about town
He'd been really good all day. Ben had managed to mostly pay attention in class, even participated once, gone straight home the normal way and pretty much finished his homework (though mom probably knew he'd lied about being done) all before asking to go out webslinging again. Best behavior meant feeling terribly cooped up but it was worth it for finally being free to swing around town and fight crime for a bit.

So Ben gets his spider threads on and is out the window, already grinning goofily under that mask. Yeah, this was pretty sweet. Now to see if he could find something to do. If not he was going to try and beat his record for number of flips off the Empire State Building.

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	onthewall 2012-12-05 05:15 am UTC (link)
	"Okay, but if I lend you a few dollars ever...don't ask where they were." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-05 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Sure thing. To be honest I don't think I want to know where most of my money has been over the years." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-05 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Well over the years for sure, but I'm just saying...don't ask where it was 5 minutes before you got it. This costume isn't very roomy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-05 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	"OK," Ryan says, "I won't ask. But you might want to get to the ground before we get the food. Best not to freak the guy out too much." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-05 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah..." Though Ben's a little disappointed every time he has to do that. The costume and swinging about made him feel more himself and more free than he ever did day to day. But he does one last swing to launch himself into a few aerial flips before landing in a crouch on the sidewalk. "Friendly neighbourhood heroes here, no need to be frightened." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-05 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah just a crazy guy in a costume," Ryan says smirking as they get to the stand to order some food. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-05 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Along with a crazy guy with no sense of style," Ben shoots back as he waits in line in full costume, casual as ever. What? It was New York. People were used to weird. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-05 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Says you," Ryan says back to him and he gives his order to the guy. Yeah people were definitely used to weird in this city. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-05 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	Facial expressions were hard with masks so Ben just teases by singing what should be Spectre's theme song under his breath. "I wear my sunglasses at night, so I can, so I can..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-05 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Well I am cool enough to get away with it," Ryan says as he gets his food. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-05 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Then I'm clearly even cooler if I can get away with this," he grins beneath the mask and orders his food. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-05 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Sure you are," Ryan says sarcastically as he take a bite of his meal. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-05 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Knew you'd agree." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-05 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Definitely. Very neat to see someone making it work." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-05 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey, you could always try the costume gig," Ben says as he gets his food. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-05 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	"You are very determined and persistent about that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-05 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Because, well, no offense man but.." He shoots a pointed look at Ryan's 'costume'. "Suspicious guy in sunglasses? People don't know if you're going to mug them or save them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-06 02:13 am UTC (link)
	"Same could be said of a guy in a fancy costume though they tend to be scarier than a mugging." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-06 02:56 am UTC (link)
	"But I've got established precedence," he smiles, pointing to the spider on his chest. "Though you don't need to do a legacy thing if you don't have one. Start your own thing. Casper the friendly ghost coming to a neighborhood near you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-06 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"With over half of New York thinking the old one was a villain at times," Ryan points out. Bad press will do that to a guy. "I did start my own thing with this. Plus it's a lot more comfortable than spandex." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-06 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"He totally fixed that! ...You know, after a while and all and some big name heroes vouching for him a lot. And that stint with the Avengers. And...yeah, took a while," Ben admits. "Well I find this lets you really move and be flexible. If you don't pick a name the press will. 'Sunglasses man saved me from a purse snatcher!'" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-06 03:20 am UTC (link)
	"I think I'll be fine on the name thing and would the press," Ryan says, "I did a nice stint with the Avengers and saved the world and universe once or twice." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-06 03:28 am UTC (link)
	"Sorry I hadn't heard of you then. Guess you're an under-the-radar type. That's cool, press sucks most of the time. I've been trying to mostly avoid them." Ben lifts the bottom part of his mask up so he can actually eat his food. "So what was it like? The Avengers." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crescentdart 2012-12-06 03:36 am UTC (link)
	"Just what I like to be under the rader. Not really in this to get famous or anything. But yeah the press sucks," Ryan says agreeing and taking a bite of his food, "The Avengers are pretty hardcore. A lot of crazy fights there. Kind of nice to get back to the streets where I'm more comfortable." Reality jumping had been enough of an adventure for him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2012-12-06 03:44 am UTC (link)
	"Anyone in this to get famous isn't in it for the right reasons," Ben says and takes a bite of his food. "Thanks for the food again by the way and yeah, heard some stories about Avengers craziness. What's the weirdest one you ran into?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)