15634/The Shock to the Spider

The Shock to the Spider
Date of Scene:	16 August 2023
Location:	Union Square Park
Synopsis:	Mary Jane offers the help of SHIELD to Cyber-Spider to help him get an ID setup. As wiht all things, it will have some favors down the line..
Cast of Characters:	Miguel O'Hara, Mary Jane Watson

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Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Miguel was not a Happy Camper.

The money cache was getting smaller and smaller. It was still 35 grand, but giving away five grand at St. Mary's Cathedral (It WAS ten percent...Catholic is Catholic) and living in a furnished apartment that cost $2,000/month (anonymity cost a lot) was draining his funds faster than he expected.

And his luck at finding someone who could provide fake credentials was a little...difficult.
He'd been able to find a few of them, but the ones that smelled Do-Gooder on him wouldn't help, and the ones that figured him for an easy mark...well, that went sideways in different ways. It was getting decidedly risky. One call to Homeland Security, and he could kiss his freedom ADIOS.

For two whole weeks, he wrestled with an option that gave him the screaming input/outputs...but in the end, he could not deny it.

"Lyla...call the redhead."

Three seconds later, MJ's phone rang.

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson is settled over and going through the park, a large sword slung up and over her shoulder. It's too bulky to be a prop, but she's strong enough that it might as well seem like one to anyone she's passing on by. To any queries she would just go 'the SCA' and not elaborate more. That was about the extent that most New YOrkers cared about anyways.

So as the phone call came in, along the Spider-Comm (why did it have that name) she goes to pick up and over and tug it to her ear, "Hey, Red here." They weren't exactly big on codenames but she hadn't quite looked at who it was calling her. "Name your latest life disaster and D Lister trying to take over the world."

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Shock me, is THIS my life now?

"Uhm...hello, Miss Watson. It's...Miguel. Listen..." Jeez, he didn't think it was going to be this difficult. "Listen...is that offer for help still open? I had a bit of a scare and was hoping to talk..."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would pause, "Uh, sure, what's up Miguel? I'm over in Union Square Park and I odn't haev to be anywhere anytime soon. I can meet you here if it's not too far a sling for you. You figured out the bus and subway systems yet?" Presuming if it was too far for him to sling he could always land on top of one the way Peter did often.

"And more than happy to do anything I can."

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
A short pause. "I...can make it over to you. I spend enough money as it is doing pointless things, traveling around shouldn't be one of them. I'll be there in about...ten minutes. I'll be the one wearing the wraparound silver mirrorshades and carrying the blue backpack."

About eight minutes later, Miguel appears. He is wearing a blue t-shirt with the words I <3 N Y printed on it, blue jeans, black sneakers, and Oakley mirrorshades. He looks a little nervous as he glances around.

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would glance over anda bout, picking up Miguel's wariness, "Hey, is someone after you?" As he would approach her. One hand is going over to the back of her sword, ready to fast draw it out to defend herself. She's antsy, on the balls of her feet. Anyone that could make one of the Spiders feel paranoid was definitely something to be on the alert for.

She's automatically ready to go full defensive and attack any threats.

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Miguel blinks as he hears and sees MJ, but he relaxes a little. Just a little.

"No one's after you...that I know of. No, there was a...a sweep by an agency called ICE. I saw it on their uniforms. Immigration and Customs Enforcement." He glanced around, then said in a quieter voice, "It happened two weeks ago. They were looking for undocumented immigrants...which, I realized, meant ME. I escaped with my stuff, but I couldn't go back to that place, so I had to find another rent-by-the-week place to stay in."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would just sort of bilnk over, "Uh.. Yeah.. I didn't think you would have a problem with them. You haven't gotten any sort of ID setup?" Isn't that the first thing on the list? Getting a fake ID? "And you didn't beat any of them up did you?" That's another thing she has to keep an eye on just in case.

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Miguel's eyebrows rise above the rims of the mirrorshades. "Beat up...POLICE? Are you NUTS? They're just doing their duty, even if I am a criminal, technically. No, I just left. I abandoned the place. I'm not going to hurt someone when I can just move." He shakes his head. "And no...it's kinda hard to try and find someone who can make a fake ID. Either they think I'm a cop and won't deal, or they think I'm an easy mark and try to heist me. Neither works out well..."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would nod, "Sorry, sorry. Not meaning to imply anything. Just they can be.. Overkill in a lot of those raids." Says the girl that's a SHIELD agent wearing a sword slightly yes than two meters long. "And.. Look, I know some folks that can get you setup with one. Full authorized in the system, SSI, background check.. Anything really basic that you're not going to need for anything unless you want to work i nsomething really high end like Oscorp."

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Miguel's lips twisted slightly at the word OSCORP. Or maybe just the CORP part.
"If you're suggesting I work for some CORP to get a full identity, count me out. And when you start counting, count me FIRST. I'm not going to do some company's wetwork."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would shake her head, "No, not a corp. Look, I work for SHIELD. I'm no tsure if they have that where you're from or not. But it's basically NATO's centrlized intelligence and fast response military agency. Deals with a lot of metahuman level things. Aliens, monsters, magic.."

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Miguel listens to MJ explain, relaing as she does. "Oh...I see. Sorry. I have bad experiences with corporations. So it's some kind of government agency...well, as long as THEY don't belong to the corps and aren't going to stick me in a box and vivisect me, something...could be worked out, I guess. But I have rules about what kinds of things I am willing to do."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would nod, "SHIELD works for NATO, which is the.. Military alliance that the US and a lot of Europe are in together. They share intelligence, technology,a nd forces. It's also got a hook to the United Nations. It's a military and intelligence gathering organization. They could work out something with you. A full ID. But it will come with a cost attached. They may want you as a consultant, in return for favors or information.. But they will hold up their end. I just am being up front that they'll expect things in return."

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Miguel nodded. "'No such thing as a free lunch.' How's that? I've been learning about this era's idioms and sayings. I'm getting better at it."

He looked down at the pavement, then back at MJ. "Pride can be pretty damned expensive, I guess. So, yeah...go ahead and tell them about me. JUST me, though. I can hide Lyla, so they don't get any bright ideas about klepping her tech. I can try to help...as much as I can." He smiled crookedly. "Any interest in a next-gen geneticist for the SHIELD people?"

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would smile, "Yeah, I think that you'll be appreciated. I can setup the meeting for you though it might take a bit for them to get back. And you'll meet some folks that might surprise you a bit. I'm not sure how much weirdness they had in your crazy future after all."

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Miguel looked thoughtful. "As long as none of them come from Alchemax, I think I can adapt. I can wait a little while...I was able to find another place to live without too much trouble. I have to say, though, rental apartments have everything except personality when you rent by the week."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would laugh, "I don't know, I never stayed in an apartment for long. And.. What exactly is up with Alchemax?" The questio is there - even with the whole 'might it impact the future' bit.

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Miguel shrugged. "All I can say is, they made me the man I am today. And decades from now. They wanted to make me loyal by addicting me to a designer drug. Company loyalty is enforced a little more CREATIVELY where I come from."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would shiver, "Lovely. Alternate timelines and everything.. I'm going to keep my eye open if they are a thing here." Because even with a lot of things being different from relaity to reality.. There still had to be a lot of things that overlapped.

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Miguel shook his head. "Maybe some things are different but there is NO story about time travel that ISN'T a cautionary tale. Like one of the older ones said, time is a one-way street. When you go the wrong way on a one-way street, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would rest her hands on her hips lightly, "But is it a one way street? You can come and go, back and forth. Things aren't linear. The laws are different. But I really don't know. Most of my experience with it is second and third-hand."

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
"Well, count yourself lucky. Because firsthand is a massive batchfile." He looks around. "This may not be my world, but I still think I have a responsibility not to mess with anyone's timeline, not just my own."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would nod, "That makes youa g ood person. I can.. Imagine it's hard, walking around and having any idea wha tyou do and how it will mess up things, but tryinganyways. You're a good person, Miguel. No matter what time you're from."

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
MIguel chuckled. "SPIDER-MAN is a good person. HE is the Legend. Me? I'm a shadow of who he is." He stretches his arms over his head. "But a shadow can still form the outline of the person it mimics, and the shape of it is up to you."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would take her hand up over to rest it on Miguel's shoulders. "What matters, Miguel, is that you're doing it anyways. That you're here and looking to help people, rahter than just keeping your head down and living off your future knowledge to make a fortune."

Miguel O'Hara has posed:
Miguel nods. "If I'm still doing the same thing six months from now, then maybe..." He looks around. "I'm getting a tingle at the back of my neck. I think I'd better find a good alley to hide in." He looks back to MJ and smiles, only a little of the fangs showing. "Thanks. For what it's worth, thanks."

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would smile, "Hey, be safe out there. Take care Miguel, and keep your web up!" she would give him a wave, then starting to jog off in the other direction while going to pull out her smartphone, going to start typing over into it.