1544/Clearing the Air(waves)

Clearing the Air(waves)
Date of Scene:	06 May 2020
Location:	Brooklyn
Synopsis:	Spider-Man gets Silk connected to the Spider-Comm network, and some misunderstandings are put to rest.
Cast of Characters:	Cindy Moon, Peter Parker

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Cindy Moon has posed:
Silk is currently lounging on the roof of Angelo's Pizza, nibbling on a slice as she takes a break from her routine of patrolling for baddies to put a stop to, and people to save. Oh, and specific to her, people to annoy when she comes to save the day but the problem turns out to be far less dire than what her Silk Sense made her believe.

Peter Parker has posed:
Finding Silk was a little problematic. She was not wired up in the Spider-Comm system, and there wasn't really a way to track her.

Well...there was ONE way. It was a long shot, but it wouldn't be the first time a long shot panned out.

The only downside is that she might bolt if she felt him getting close. So...he had to be a little clever.

That little tingle in the back of his head that had nothing to do with his Spider-Sense finally came as he was moving into the area of Angelo's. It was there and gone, but he had enough to find a high spot and scan the area with a set of binoculars.

Yeah...there she was. So he had to be fast.

By the time the feeling came on strong for both of them, Spider-Man was already moving at high speed over Angelo's Pizza. It still was enough for a thatch of webbing to hit the roof, a spread of webbing with a white box that used to contain a StarkPhone.

On the top of the box, it read WEAR ME.

Cindy Moon has posed:
Silk stuffed the rest of the pizza, chewing clumsily as she felt something off. A fleeting sensation not unlike what she felt when that Spider-Man was drawing near. But before she could get her bearing, barely managing to pull her buff up to hide the lower half of her face, she found the webbing planting a white box next to her. "Wear me...?" She read aloud, looking dubiously at the packaging. Weird. But also, probably not dangerous since she felt nothing from her Silk Sense, so she dared to claw the box free of the webbing, before opening it to see what it was she was asked to wear. Better not be an ugly thing!

Peter Parker has posed:
The contents within were fairly simple, but each had a note written in the container for them.

The clear nitrile gloves had tiny receptors in the tips. The note read PUT THESE ON UNDER YOUR GLOVES. THEY ARE FOR THE AUGMENTED-REALITY INTERFACE.

The next was a thin, black choker. PUT AROUND YOUR NECK. SUBVOCAL MICROPHONE.

The third was a set of earbud microphones. L FOR LEFT, R FOR RIGHT. SHOULD CONNECT AUTOMATICALLY.

The last was a contact lens case with a thin USB cord coming out of the back. AUGMENTED-REALITY CONTACT LENSES. USE AS NORMAL.

Spider-Man was beyond the "field of attraction," watching through the binoculars and hoping to Hell this would work.

Cindy Moon has posed:
"What the heck...?" Silk really was confused by the entire ensemble, was this some elaborate ploy by a villain to put her under mind control? Was this legit some secret hero team that wanted to contact her? Or maybe a villain team trying to recruit her? It was a little suspicious. Maybe she should take it to show Ghost Spider and see what she thinks first? She really was hesitating while looking at the contents of the box. "According to Alice in Wonderland, I'll get in trouble if I do what the note says..." she mutters to herself, sighing. One thing that would be obvious to surveiling Spidey, is that Silk is hesitant and uncertain about what to do. Meanwhile, she's studying the individual pieces.

Peter Parker has posed:
"...Alice in Wonderland...trouble if I do..."

Spider-Man sighed, but waited. If he tried to force this, this was never going to work, and Plan B was trying to web her down so she would stay still...or hack some nearby computer to send a message. Neither seemed like a good idea.

Just be patient, like his Uncle Ben had told him. "Patience is a virtue."

Maybe, but it's a very painful virtue at times. Still, how willing would she be to just put all that stuff on? He couldn't fault her wariness...

Cindy Moon has posed:
Silk gets up on top of an antennae at the top of Angelo's Pizza, trying to look around, spying for anyone watching her. Eventually going as far as to call out, "be a man and come explain yourself..." sort of a challenge to whoever delivered that package. She assumes it was a spider-person like her, knowing there are a few, she met Ghost Spider, and there's Spider-Man and prolly more!

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey caught enough of that. Okay...let's hope this doesn't mess things up.

He fired a webline, and a few seconds later, Silk saw Spider-Man swing up to land on the building across the street. He straightens, then turns to Silk and waves to her. He waits until she is facing his direction, then mimics putting on headphones, the collar, the gloves and the lenses. After doing so, he sits on the edge of the roof, dimly aware that he is JUST within "range" of her, but he can't help that now.

Best to watch and see what happens.

Cindy Moon has posed:
Silk starts to feel that familiar sensation when Spider-Man draws nearer, but at least she can see it is him and not some villain. She sighs, and then goes about wearing the different articles inside of her package. Once all is in place, she turns to look at Spider-Man and shrugs, as if to say she's uncertain what's next.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man smiles and takes out a tablet. He taps a few buttons.

There is a beep, then she hears from each ear, "Left unit, connected. Right unit, connected. Sub-Voc unit, connected. Physical Interface, connected."

Then an opaque box appears in Cindy's vision. The text inside the box says, "Say out loud. 'I am Silk. My voice is my passport. Admit me.' This will set up encrypted authentication. No one will be able to use this except you."

Cindy Moon has posed:
Silk jerks backwards as she hears the voice from the earpiece, never having really had much high tech involved in her costume, it was very weird to hear. After the prompt, she hesitates a moment, staying silent, before eventually saying rather quietly instead of loudly, "I am Silk. My voice is my passport. Admit me." and after a short pause continues with "god I sound like such a dork..."

Peter Parker has posed:
There is a beep, then a tiny click after she says 'Admit me.' A moment later, a voice comes back, one she has heard before. "Believe me, you do NOT sound like a dork. Hey there, Silk. Nice to finally be able to converse with you without worrying about...well, the problem we keep running into. It's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man."

Cindy Moon has posed:
"Spider-Man!?" Silk calls out, looking at him from across her rooftop, making a gesture with her hands to suggested that she's not so sure about her not sounding like a dork. "You made this thing? Why not activate it with like...'system on' or something less dorky? Also...what is that thing!? I'm feeling like I'm going crazy everytime you're near, it's very weird."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man shrugs. "Okay, Silk. Take a deep breath." He sits down on the building across from the pizza joint. "First, yes. I designed it, and finally got the capability to build it. And I am the King of Nerds, so it is my prerogative. But from now on, the stuff will activate when you put it all on. There's stuff in the box to charge everything from a USB port." He takes a breath. "As for what is going on between us, I have no earthly clue. But maybe we can find out together. But I'm glad we got this working. It was nearly impossible to communicate with you before."

Cindy Moon has posed:
Silk does take a deep breath as Spidey suggests, before sitting down on the edge of the roof of the pizza join, if only to also get comfy like Spider-Man across the road. "Yeah...I'm sorry I bailed on you every time, but well, you made me feel...that way we do when close, and I didn't want Supergirl to kill me."

"This is clever, at least we can talk, haha," Silk sounds like she's a bit amused, if awkwardly so.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man blinks. The eye-lenses actually open and close, and it is expressive enough that Silk can see it from where she was.

Supergirl? Why would...OH.
He took a deep breath, then says, "Supergirl and I aren't dating. Not for some time now. So you don't have to worry about that. I've been single for quite some time now. See?"

Spider-Man points up, and a sudden text box appears over him, with a pointer in red. The text reads, "SPIDER-MAN. Single. Mostly Harmless."

Well, he DID say he was the King of Geeks...

Cindy Moon has posed:
"How come? I saw the pictures in the media, you guys looked very into each other..." Silk murmurs, looking a bit suspicious about a sudden breakup, but potentially, also a bit concerned, if he was single...there wasn't really a reason to stay away. But she was scared of what she might do. Not that she really did much underage drinking, but it felt a lot like what being drunk must feel like.

"Well, I'm Silk, also single, not at all harmless. Ask the goons I beat up."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey chuckled. "Welcome to the Spider-Comm system. I set this up to connect with other heroes, coordinate operations, share info, that sort of thing."

He takes a moment, and then icons appear at the edges of Silk's vision. Faint at first, but become bold and clear as her eyes focus on them.

"The gear icon in the lower left is Settings. You'll find an online help manual so you can use all the functions. Currently...we have Wolf Spider, Ghost Spider, Scarlet Spider, Spider-Woman, me, now you...and Wonder Woman and Gothic Lolita, who have been designated as Honorary Spiders. They don't have access to the entire system, but a lot of it. You'll be able to send voice/data to them as well as our own private instant-messaging service."

Cindy Moon has posed:
"Other heroes? Who else is on this system?" Silk wonders, curious, seems Spider-Man has quite a few friends. No wonder, he's not brand new like her. He has experience. It makes sense...hey! Maybe he knows the Avengers!? That would be amazing!

"I know Ghost Spider, met her, fought with her against some baddies...but, Scarlet Spider? Spider-Woman? Never met them, cool." She then stutters, "wait...like, the THE Wonder Woman? For serious!? Like you know her? Met her? Talked to her? You think I can talk to her? Meet her? Whatever?" Then she asks, in less excitment, "who is Gothi Lolita? Sounds like she got nothing to do with spiders..."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man chuckles. "Just those I listed. I haven't invited anyone I haven't talked to personally. My way of vetting people. I've had interactions with each of them and all of them."

He leans back slightly. "Yes, *the* Wonder Woman. If you look closely at the Themiscyran embassy, you can still see the imprint of my carcass in the wall surrounding it. Was fighting the Rhino. She helped me out with him. We went for pizza later. I showed her the prototype for this system and she was fascinated by it. She actually asked to become part of the network. This is a private network, by the way. Only members can access it, or even see it."

Cindy Moon has posed:
"OMG! She eats pizza!?" Silk sounds mad jealous that Spidey got to have pizza with Wonder Woman, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing to get to know him? It's an in towards getting to know Wonder Woman after all. "I guess it's pretty dope that you made this, you're a genius, aren't you?"

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man sends Silk a blushing emoji, which appears as a text message at the bottom of Silk's vision. "Well, 'genius' is an overused word...but yes. You can send messages to anyone and everyone in the network, so yes, you can send a message to Wonder Woman. Just be polite."

He takes a deep breath, then continues, "I met Gothic Lolita last night. She's...odd. Compelled to complete some directive. I think she's some kind of android. She's...certainly a force to be reckoned with. But she also seems quite lonely. She said she lost her 'brothers and sisters.' I can understand that kind of loss."

Cindy Moon has posed:
"Of course I'm going to be polite, not like I'll just be rude to her, she's freakin' Wonder Woman!" Silk certainly looks like she might not absolutely try to reach her, the whole concept was a bit intimidating. She was Wonder Woman, and Silk was a nobody, really. Not even a Spider-Man if she was being honest. Nobody wrote anything about her, even if most of the stuff about Spidey was false and mean.

The mention of Gothic Lolita seems a bit of a tangent to Silk, so stricken with the kinda-sorta chance to getting to meet Wonder Woman, "sounds like a bummer, but whatever it is, Ghost Spider had it worse, trust me."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man nods. "Yeah. I've talked to her. She had...a pretty rough time."

He takes another deep breath. "Okay, let me cover a few more basics before I forget. You can access a private database on many criminals I've run into. You can read them, update them, or create new entries. You can use a virtual keyboard or dictate verbally. We don't access public databases to connect to this one as a security measure. You can use the Internet icon to Google stuff and find out info that way, though."

Cindy Moon has posed:
"Sounds like a pretty useful thing, thanks Spider-Man, what do I owe you for it...?" Silk asks, because she assumes nothing is ever free. Life just isn't awesome that way, otherwise everything would be simpler. And way more awesome, of course.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey chuckles again. "No charge. if anything, the only thing I would ask of you is that you take good care of the system. It needs care, and if you take care of it, then it will take care of you. My uncle told me that."