9938/Peter Was Crazy. He Ate At Arby's

Peter Was Crazy. He Ate At Arby's
Date of Scene:	06 November 2019
Location:	Apartment 1A, Muggins Apartments, Jackson Heights
Synopsis:	Peter brings home Arby's chocolate turnovers to Kitty.
Cast of Characters:	Spider-Man, Shadowcat

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Spider-Man has posed:
Yeah he ate at Arby's and he'll be crapping like a goose for weeks for it.

Pete lands on the outside wall of the apartment and swings in through the open window effortlessly. He's not wearing his costume, but he rarely needs to this late in the evening when it gets darker earlier, "Hey Kits, you here?" As if they live in some giant abode with multiple rooms or something...

She could be in the shower, okay?!

"I brought Arby's.. which you probably can't eat because it's not Kosher." The second is after thought, "Which is why I had the forethought to bring you a sandwich from Angelos." Also one for himself.

Angelos: Home of the never frozen deli meats.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's sitting on the bed, wearing a pair of boxer shorts and a tank top. She is chewing on a a few strands of her hair as she reads a book. Jester is curled up in her lap, while Lockheed lies at her side with his head resting on her thigh.

All three perk up as Peter works his way in through the window in agile fashion. "You're home!" she says happily, setting her book aside and moving Jester out of her lap. Kitty springs to her feet and moves in against Peter, hugging him and pressing a deep kiss to his lips to welcome him home.

Only after that is done does she check out the dinner he's brought. "Ooo," she says, before singing, "He can bring home the bacon..." and then she can't make the rest fit the lyrics. "And not serve it up to his girlfriend because, Jewish." She grins at him. "You're thoughtful. Thank you," she says, taking the sandwich. "Arby's hrm? Did you get any chocolate turnovers? Those things are like baked sin."

Spider-Man has posed:
Pete returns this kiss with quite pleasant sounds in his chest, arms wrapping around Kitty in a tight embrace before letting her go and leaning in to smooch her forehead on his way to flopping in beside Jester and Lockheed. "Heya fellas, you keeping our girl safe from the dangerous villain that is boredom?" Nuzzling in against the puppies coat with a mrmrmrmrmrmrmr sound that has the retriever yapping happily and probably has Lockheed rolling his eyes.

"I can! But see, there's not a sandwich in the Arby's bag." There is one chocolate turnover. Check the log, he didn't eat it! Totally intended to bring it for Kitty!

"The sandwich is your usual." His feet come up to kick off shoes, then slide up and over, so he's sitting up behind Kitty. "Would it be weird if I awkwardly watched you eat and made little comments like mmm... now try the lettuce...?"

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde grins hugely at the sight of the turnover, and then covers her face to laugh at Peter's question about watching her eat it. "Oh Peter. No wonder May was glad to get you out of her house," she jokes. Kitty leans over, fingers going to the back of Peter's head to hold him there as she gives him another soft kiss.

She goes to the kitchen to get them both drinks, returning and settling on the couch to eat. "Speaking of, we're invited for Sunday dinner," Kitty says. "I stopped and had lunch with her today since you weren't free."

Kitty inhales the aroma of the sandwich. "So, it almost feels like the world is calm for a day or two. It's... a little scary. We don't get moments like this. There must be some galactic armada zooming towards or something, just to make the impact feel even worse when they arrive," she kids.

Spider-Man has posed:
"Oh?" Pete doesn't sound surprised that Kitty has had lunch with May, point of fact, he sounds happy as a clam in dirt! Beaming at her as she plants a soft kiss with her fingers against the curve of his neck, "She didn't mention it." Which ALSO makes her beam. That means she's having lunch with Kitty because she wants to and not because she wants to show Pete she's doing it!

This is a big thing for him.

There have been moments.

"Mmm... yeah, calm." Pete wraps his arms around her waist, but keeps them out of the way as not to prevent her eating, "I ran into an old friend at Arby's of all freaking places... and friend, I use that word super lightly since you cannot see the implied air quotes."

"We are not friends."

"He use to try to kill me pretty regularly, but tonight he did not do that and it has me weirded out."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty perhaps misses how meaningful her lunch with May was for Peter. It would just make her smile if she knew. And it would probably make her love him even a little more, though that might not be possible.

"Oh? So sort of like... whew... I don't think I want to try to list all the people like that in my life that would fit that bill," Kitty says. She gives a little frown, thinking of Erik and Emma. It's the latter one that gives her the frown.

"Hrm. Manipulating you? Setting you up? Busy with something else? Or... wait a second, he knows you're you? I mean, he knows your identity? Or did you swing through the drive through in your costume?" she asks, an eyebrow going up.

Spider-Man has posed:
"Okay... so you know how I'm always springing the weirdo crap on you like I didn't even think about it before I started telling you?" Pete starts because this is one humdinger of a story, apparently!

"About three years ago, I was... host to an alien creature, a symbiote, that's what it called itself. It made me stronger, faster, fitter... healthier.. but it started changing me mentally. I got meaner, more aggressive, and more inclined to acts better suited for Gotham than New York, so I got rid of it."

That's the simple version, it is not simple.

"And it found another host. Eddie Brock. I'm sure you've read about the ... Vigilante? Shit, I don't know, something.. Venom?" Pete nods slowly, "That's Eddie. He hates me because reasons.. they symbiote hates me because rejection.. and they both have tried to kill me more times than just about anyone. Including Jay jay.."

So that's saying something.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty turns sideways in the couch to listen, drawing a leg up, knee bent and her shin nudging against Peter's leg as she does. She just listens quietly, face expressive and going through a multitude of emotions what what she hears.

"Dayum..." she says, drawing the word out a bit. "Ok why is it when you get an alien creature inside of you it makes you stronger and faster when you already got..." Kitty says, waggling a finger in a circle at Peter, "... all that going on? But when I get an alien in me, it's like an alien egg that's going to hatch and eat me alive and take over my DNA for itself?" she asks

Joking aside, Kitty says, "Hrm. And so, he was playing all nice to you this time? Any idea why?"

Spider-Man has posed:
"Nice.. he was playing weird." Peter is going to get back to the part about alien eggs, that did not go unnoticed. But it is important to clarify the nature of this engagement, "It was super strange. He paid for food... we sat and talked.. he squeezed my butt.. strike that last part and pretend I didn't say it out loud because it made my tummy turn in a bad way."

His hands snake down to encompass all of the Kitty leaning against him and rests his chin on her bare shoulder where the tanktop sleeve ends, "Then he reminded me that he knows where I live and could creep in here and murder me.. which did not make me feel better about eating the ruben even though it was surprisingly good for being from Arby's."

Remember how we hadn't forgot the eggs?

"When you say take over your DNA after hatching inside you are we talking genetical altering or duplicating you upon escape from uncomfortable, but otherwise non life threatening, orifices because I could do with having two Kitty's..."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty hrms quietly. "Do you think he actually does know where you live?" she asks, a bit of concern on her face. "Or, were you living here when that symbiote was in you? I guess it might know then?" she asks.

Kitty winces and shakes her head. "Nah, we're talking about altering my body and taking it over and turning me into a sleazoid," she says. "Ok, that was my name for them. Granted I was like, I don't know, fourteen at the time maybe?"

Which is worse that she went through that, or doesn't even remember what age she was because it blended in with her other experiences?

"Anyway, they are called the Brood and they are a parasitic race that wants to convert the rest of the galaxy into more Brood. Ran into them with the Shi'ar. Which is about when I met Thor's former fiance," she explains.

"So that's when I met Lockheed. He fried a bunch of the sleazoids and let me get to the soul of this.... ok this a really long story. Anyway, thanks to Lockheed we all got cured of the eggs the Brood Queen stuck in us. And he stowed away on the ship that brought us back to Earth," she says.

Spider-Man has posed:
"I've moved since then, so he probably knows where I lived, but it was still kind of off putting, ya know? Guy gives me the major creeps... I can't feel him with my spider senses, no matter his intent. Something to do with the symbiote having lived in me makes him immune to it now." Pete brushes his nose into her jaw, then tilts his head and lays it sideways on her shoulder, "Makes him hard as hell to fight."

But there are talk of aliens!

"That sounds nice." It does not sound nice at all. It sounds terrifying beyond the capacity for rational thought.

"Man, our lives are really strange.. our kids are going to have a really hard time impressing us with their bullshit... but mooooooom, I have to have the Iphone 20 or I'm going to DIIIIE... Annnnd hard stare. When I was your age I was fighting a lizard creature that use to be my science teacher... and your mom? She had an alien trying to spooge in her stomach and turn her into a bug... get wrecked with that I'm going to die if I don't get a new phone shit."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's expression hardens a bit. "I see," she says as she finds out more about the situation with Peter's enemy. But then Peter has just the way to lighten matters back up again.

She breaks out laughing and slides her arms around him. "Oh I do love you," she tells him, leaning in to give Peter a quick kiss. "Yeah, our combined life experiences sort of set us apart from most, don't they?" she asks.

Kitty finishes up her sandwich. She reaches over to get Jester, cuddling the puppy to her chest, and getting a few licks on her cheek for the trouble. "Well. No one is getting in here tonight. But we might have to consider some upgrades," Kitty says, glancing around the room. "It helps having a guard dragon," she says, petting Lockheed as the dragon preens.

Spider-Man has posed:
"I love you too." Pete says with a grin and a kiss to the side of Kitty's neck, hoisting her up effortlessly so she is laying across his shoulder like a caveman bringing a captured woman back to his domicile, "Peter have girl... Peter take girl to cave and populate cave system with tiny Peter-Kitty hybrids." Said in his very best neanderthol(or whatever) voice. "Jester, come on boy, time for nap naps.." He doesn't bend over to help the puppy up the steps until the last, which is after he's laid Kitty down on the mattresses. The yapping is too cute to ignore. Snuggling up against the retriever, Pete crawls into the bed after disgarding some extra clothings, and puts their little baby down so he can curl up between their bodies.

"Want to watch Indiana Jones and make out?" it's said in jest, but...

I mean, he wouldn't NOT do it...