| Owner | Pose |
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| Peter Parker | "Come on, man! What did you think, I'd give the place a pass?" Derek moved along the park pathway at a dead run, the Louis Vuitton purse clutched in his left hand. His breath can quick, in ragged breaths. "Come ON, buddy! I'm like ELVIS, I'm EVERYWHERE!" The voice was behind him and above him, lightly teasing. Derek didn't bother looking back. He hoped to make it to the subway station on the other end of the park, and down the stairs and to make his getaway. He'd never heard of Spider-Man taking the subway. The aforementioned Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man figured he could give the guy another hundred feet before he was far enough away from any passersby. He was worried about the pistol in the guy's right hand. It was a matte black .380, and it was lethal enough to kill. |
| Doreen Green | Doreen had just happened to be here, thus facilitating the need for situational action! She's all dolled up in her costume though because it's super awkward fighting crime in blue-jeans and a t-shirt and one never knows when one might be called upon by the great citizens of the Finest City in America full of loving, wonderful people! SO MANY of them. Also, so many tiny furry friends! She's squating down beneath a tree with a bag held in her left hand, absently tossing out handfuls of nuts onto the grass for an audiance of about a dozen or so tiny little rodents who are all jubilantly staring up at her with rapt attention. Half of which is because of the early evening dinner and the other half is because she's chittering at them in squirrelese. Loosely translated: "So I was thinking that it might be time for merchandising. Little stuffed squirrels at all of my convention appearances, or t-shirts baring my logo? Then if you see one of them, you can give them a little wave? Tell your pals, shop it around, see how it plays... with.. the... squirrel..." Voice trailing off. Spider-Mans voice carries, as does the beating of feet from a running purse snatcher trying to get away from him. "Community?" Oddity. "Oh em eff gee... is that SPIDER-MAN?!" Waving both hands over her head, throwing nuts everywhere, nuts that are quickly gobbled up by the audience behind her, "HEY SPIDER-MAN! I'm a huge fan! Squirrel Girl! Want a hand?" Pointing at the mugger. "I could totally do that!" |
| Peter Parker | And...it's a human squirrel. That's enough to get his attention. Either that, or it's the strangest cosplay he's ever seen. And she wants to help. With the casual mugger, he doesn't mind if an up-and-comer superhero or -heroine wants to mix it up, but...the gun is a factor. What happened to Leon is still fresh in his mind. Wanting to help, and getting himself shot for the trouble. For a moment, he struggled with the quandary of it. In the end, though, he saw an opportunity. Spider-Man lands on a tree, then fires a webline to snag the .380 as Derek's right hand swings backward in the process of running. A quick tug, and he is armed only with a VERY expensive totally-not-a-knockoff purse. If she can handle it, he can observe. If she gets in trouble, he can step in. If she gets a little too unnecessary-forcey, he can step in then, too. "Call it, Squirrel Girl!" Because someone all a person needs is a chance. |
| Doreen Green | "WOO!" Doreen says with a bright smile spreading off of pearly white teeth when Spidey hits the gun with a webline and yanks it out of the muggers hand, then gives her the thumbs up to go in for the last ''at bat''! Just like junior varsity baseball! Except Doreen never played! Her Goggles are lowered over her eyes and she's running! Really quickly. Not that she's super fast, just that she springs to full speed /instantly/, like a sprinter off the line, trailed by a dozen squirrels. "Hey mister mugger guy! Mi llamo es Squirrel Girl! And you're getting your butt kicked on Nuts and Boots Army live stream!" She's got a cellphone out on a selfie-stick! Jumping up and out towards the mugger with squirrels, three of them on over each shoulder, hurtling towards the mugger to grab hold. Clammering around to get on his face, his arms, his legs.. They're not going to stop him, sure, but they're super annoying! And blocking his vision! And preventing him seeing both of Doreen's feet double booting right towards his chest. Either way, she'll spring off her fluffy tail, but if that kick lands, it's surprisingly hard.. Not enough to /really/ hurt him, but enough to make a wallop! |
| Peter Parker | Derek never knew what hit him. Suddenly he was weighed down by squirrels. He never liked them, thought they were just bushy-tailed rats. But suddenly they were on him like white on rice, and he stumbled as he tried to get out of the park. Then his vision is filled with fur and he yells, trying to swat at the little buggers with his suddenly-empty hand and with the purse. And then he feels like his chest is caved in. It's not, but he is knocked flat on his back, off-balance and the mercy of the furry little things. Spider-Man watched from a tree limb above this tableau. It was like...something out of a Warner Brothers cartoon. He half-expected to see Yakko Warner step out, look upon the scene, then wave to an unseen audience and say, "G'NIGHT, EVERYBODY!" |
| Doreen Green | Doreen is on Derek just as he hits the ground, holding him down with her knees curled over his thighs and hands down on his shoulders, "Isn't this nuts?" She says down at him, really proud of it, even if it is super cheesy as heck! The squirrels crawl up on SquiGirs arms, perching on her shoulders, upper arms, and head like a little army. "Do you need a hug?" She asks him honestly, "is that why you took someones purse? Because that's really not cool, man. That's some ladies beautiful- man that's a gorgeous purse- purse. What if she was going to pay her light bill? Think about it! In this time of economic instability you're upsetting the applecart with your disdain for accepted social norms! Literally, there's like /ten/ laws that absolutely make perfect sense! One of them: Don't take other peoples stuff, seems pretty easy to follow." Pausing a second, she whips a ziptie from one of her pouches and bodies him over easily. She's stronger than she looks! Snapping it around his wrists and tugging it around them snuggly, "Is that too tight? Well you should have thought of that before you did crime!" Glancing up, beaming smile at Spidey, "DUDE! That was /great/!" |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man drops to the ground, checking out the end result. All in all, he was actually pretty pleased. He didn't share Derek's disdain for squirrels. They were like the pigeons - New York City's non-voting citizens. He hadn't expected anyone to be able to organize the furry fellas. And considering how many squirrels there WERE in New York, he was pretty glad their de facto leader was showing proper restraint. And proper restraints - zip ties were good for someone who didn't have web-shooters to fall back on. "That was a pretty good job, Squirrel Girl." He walked over to pick up the purse. He didn't know much about purses, but is sure FELT expensive. "Want me to call the police to pick this guy up? We should try to keep the evidence handy and give it to the cops when they get here." |
| Doreen Green | Squirrel Girl pops up and dusts her knees off, squirrels clinging to her like her own personal little army. While Spidey is making his way over, Doreen lifts her selife stick to point it down at her with the mugger in the frame, "And that's why you don't take out a loan on other peoples stuff, boys and girls. Stealing is wrong! Now here's a song by Tippy-Toe." A bigger squirrel, with a pink bow around its neck, bounds out of the tree Spidey had been perched in and hops up to start chittering rhymically. Doreen, then, is free to beam a smile at Spidey, "Spider-Man! Oh man, this is awesome! Can I have your autograph on this totally conveniently carried picture?" It's just a glossy of one of the better action shots from the Bugle. Also a pen. "Oh, right... yeah, cops! Totally should call the cops.. and preserve the evidence! I always forget that part." |
| Peter Parker | Spidey smiles (she can see it through the mask) and holds up a finger. "Hang on. I'm notifying the cops right now." His hand lifts, then appears to "tap" something in midair. Then he tilts his head for a moment, then "taps" again, and nods to SG. "I just notified the cops and gave them the GPS location, so they know where we are. If you don't mind hanging out for a bit, I'd like to have a witness for handing over the purse to the cops." He holds it out to SG. "You should do it. You stopped him after all." |
| Doreen Green | Doreen bobs her head, rocking up on her toes then back onto her heels while Spidey is tippity tapping mid-air. She's hardly in a position or place where she'd judge someone doing odd things! Besides, technology is coocie! Also, Tippy-Toe is singing and she periodically glances back to grin at the tiny squirrels musical antics. At least until Spidey's thrusting out the purse, "Oh... sure okay!" Beaming, she gingerly takes out a big plastic bag, which she opens up wide for Spidey to drop the purse into. "Dont want to mess up any fingerprints! Even though I've got plenty of video footage and all that! So... hanging out with Spider-Man." She's high strung. "I have questions." |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man drops the purse in the bag. He nods approvingly. "I may have answers. First, you're certainly prepared. That's a big help." He stops, then says, "Right...you wanted an autograph." He pulls a Sharpie out of his backpack, extending one hand for the picture. "If you don't mind Mr. Purse Snatcher listening in, I'll do all I can to help." |
| Doreen Green | The bag is bundled up, rolling the open end in both hands and tucking it beneath her arms so she's free to reach into another pouch (of which there are quite a few) to retreive the photograph of Spidey for proper signing! "So, when you designed your costume, did you add flaps for doing your business? Like it just occurred to me that if you had a big gulp from the 7-eleven, you might have a sudden urge to go wee.. That's why I went with tights and shorts. I know it's not very 'costumy', but I figured for practicality." To the notion of being prepared! "Luck is where preparation meets opportunity! And I'm very lucky!" |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man chuckles as he signs, "To My Unexpected Ally Squirrel Girl, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man." He hands the picture back, then says, "Actually, it's a top and bottom. They attach to each other, though. I'm actually seeing about getting a better design for the suit..." He extends one arm for SG to see both the mechanical web-shooter and the many, MANY places where the suit has been cut, torn, or perforated and subsequently repaired. "And let's just say Google has been VERY helpful in showing the available public bathrooms wherever I go." He even added that as a filter option in the Spider-Comm system. "And you have a very nice costume, Squirrel Girl. I'm a little surprised I haven't seen you around town. I think I would remember a young woman who is literally bright-eyed and bushy-tailed." |
| Doreen Green | Doreen leans right in close to take a closer look at the tears and torns and abrasions of said Spidey-Suit! "Goodness. Do they not teach you to duck?" Said with a playful grin as she takes the picture back and deposits it in one of her pouches. "Oh.. well I've been around.. I have a youtube show I post to every other day. I covered the invasion of New York a few years ago, even! And the Fantastic Four trained me.. at least Reed Richards did... but I'm not a big time hero or nothing, just a girl and her squirrels." Who sing. Tippy-Toe literally is. Monkey Joe, with his tiny little top hat is doing a little dance number infront of the camera. SquiGir glances back at them and giggles, a genuine giggle.. not like one of those, look how cute I am giggles, but the real McCoy! "Aren't they precious?" Turning back to Spidey, "I'm all about positivity as a modus operandi! There's plenty of people out there being moody and broody and the world doesn't need another one. So I'm going to be the ''opposite'' of that! Fighting crime, with hugs! Sometimes literally!" |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man looks thoughtful. "Well, as long as the bad guys get caught and people get helped, I think you can be as entertaining as you want to be, Squirrel Girl. As long as you're being careful. I've...been doing this for about six months in the new suit. The old one was just a hoodie and sweatpants. I'm sure you can track my escapades on the website Spider-Fail.com. My blooper reel, I guess you could call it." |
| Doreen Green | "Oh heck yeah! Everyone has a blooper real, right?" Doreen says with a grin that totally lacks judgement, sunny side up all the time! "The new suit is cool though! Primary colors and very distinct patterns. Suits you.. maybe add a utility belt, but I guess that'd get in the way probably." Musing quietly, she perks up a little, "Only six months? Wow.. It seems like you've been down here in the trenches for years! Mostly I'm a situational hero and full time internet personality spreading my message of acceptance!" Double thumbs up. "Wanna be on my show? It's very kids friendly." |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man nods. "I've actually beeing doing it for a little over two years, actually. All suit versions." He pauses as he sees blue and red flashing lights to his left. "Well, if you don't mind waiting until after we've handed over everything to the cops, I think we can do that. I've been focusing on forensics in the last year. Preserving a crime scene, maintaining the chain of evidence." |
| Doreen Green | "Oh, absolutely!" Doreen glances off towards the lights approaching with a brisk nod, "Reed was very specific about all that.. preserving the chain of custody and forensics and stuff.. I'm not going to pretend I know what it all means, but when Reed Freakin' Richards gives you a nickles worth of free advice, you listen!" |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man nods, then says, "We can talk about it in a few." When the uniformed police officer steps up, Spider-Man gives a quick run-down of what happened, reporting everything he saw up until the point Squirrel Girl entered the scene. He then points to the bag within the bag, and the cop nods. The officer then turns to Squirrel Girl, asking for her statement and to verify if what Spider-Man said was true. |
| Doreen Green | "Oh! Spider-Man was a consumate gentleman throughout! He gave that dude ample chances to stop running and give up the purse, but you know how criminals are! By the way, here's the purse. I preserved it in this plastic bag to keep all the fingerprints and I also have video footage if you want, which I can submit through your website." Nodding to the camera, Doreen smiles at the police. The Squirrels are all dancing. "Anyways, there's the guy! He's all bundled up. He probably feels pretty bad, I kicked him in the tummy.. which I'm sorry about, but he was flighty." |
| Peter Parker | The cop nods, writing in his notebook. He calls to another officer on his radio, who comes up with two items - a USB stick and a pre-stamped UPS mailer. The cops hands both items to SG, with a sheet laying out the process to send it to them through the mail, complete with the naming convention for the video file itself. After a few more minutes, the cop tells them they can both leave, providing an email address for further correspondence. As Spidey walks away from the scene of the capture, he beckons to Squirrel Girl to join him. "If you want to do that show, then I've got time for it now." |
| Doreen Green | Doreen waves to the departing officer after slipping the stick and mailer into a pouch, "Thank you for your service officer! Real New York Heroes here, everybody! Serving and protecting!" She's not even being smarmy, she's being genuine. All smiles, even once they've left. Turning to Peter! "Sure! Do you want to sing a song or something? Kids seem to respond well to the squirrels dancing, but it's not like an interview show or anything like that. So we just be entertaining on camera and then people watch us!" |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man looks thoughtful. "Well...hmm. I have an idea." He looks up to the rooftop, then back to Squirrel Girl. "How would you like to go webslinging with me? I have a harness you can use - I made it for the occasional civilian I had to rescue. Do you have anything against heights...or rollercoasters?" |
| Doreen Green | Squirrel Girl heads over and takes her selfie stick, shooing off the squirrels around it after tossing them out some more nuts to feast on. All but two disappear back into the trees. Monkey Joe with his tophat and Tippy-Toe and her bow. Both clammer up her legs to rest on either shoulder, "This is Monkey Joe and Tippy-Toe." Pointing to each respectively, "Guys, this is Spider-Man. He's going to take us webslinging! Which is going to be 'aweeeeee.... wait for it." Monkey Joe does a little soft shoe number, "-Some... I have nothing against heights or rollercoasters or generally anything! I jump real high and climb stuff, so that's right up my alley except the swinging part which I don't do, though I can kind of fly a little with my wing-suit." |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man nods. "All righty then." He reaches into his backpack and pulls out a harness, attaching it to the backpack. He looks at Monkey Joe and Tippy Toe speculatively. "Could web up a harness for you two as well, if you want to go with Squirrel Girl. Unless you have some other way of riding with her?" |
| Doreen Green | Doreen sets to work putting on the harnass while the two squirrels attach themselves via little rip cords on her jacket. Apparently they're old hat at coming with her in the heat of combat sitch, which this isn't, but kind of is. "Okay! We're ready to fly! I'm going to record it too, is that cool? You don't have a trademark on webslinging do you?" |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man shakes his head. "I'm not the only one doing it. There's a few other Spiders out here." He checks the harness, then takes a deep breath. "Hang on." He raises both arms, then fires weblines up to the nearest roof. Then he pulls hard...and suuddenly they have liftoff, aided by the jump he adds to the tension on the weblines. They soar up at an angle, thirty feet easy, and then he fires a webline to another building and swings in a wide arc, gravity pulling an their bodies and fueling his forward motion. "Any place in particular?" he asks on the upward swing. |
| Doreen Green | Even before they've lift off, Doreen is giggling madly with anticipation! Then once they have, it's even more so! Selfie stick held out to record it all, each thwip! Covered in detail! Saved for her audiance back home! "Oh gosh this is great!" And they've not even really gotten going yet! The pair of squirrels are chittering nervously, clearly not sharing the spirited enjoyment as do their big compatriot. "uhhhh EMPIRE STATE BUUUUILDING!" |
| Peter Parker | "Roger roger!" In the beginning, it's fairly simple and straightforward - long swings, leaving one webline to immediately shoot another. Then he begins to do things that are a little more interesting - backflips, somersaults, the kind of stuff Olypmic gymnasts do for 4-5 minutes in an arena, only he is doing it at 80-120 MPH hundreds of feet above the street. Then, after one long swing, he goes up and up and then they are soaring across the wide expanse over Times Square. For a few seconds, they are completely weightless as upward movement equals gravity. Then they ar arcing downward, and another webline is fired and boom, forward motion again barely fifteen feet above the traffic lights... |
| Doreen Green | Surprisngly, or maybe not so much so, Doreen doesn't seem as caught off balance by the speed or flight pattern. She laughs wildly as they flip, sour, somersault, and generally make a spectacle of themselves at hundred feet above street level! It isn't until they go weightless. In those seconds, miliseconds maybe, of absolute calm before momentum shifts, that she angles the cellphone on the selfie-stick down so that the recording catches sight of the glittering lights of Time Square in the early afternoon. Then turns it back towards herself and Spidey. Held out wide enough that they're both clearly visible. "Now, obviously you shouldn't try these stunts at home, but... if you ever get a chance to go swinging with Spider-M- hold on, fallllliiiing!" WEEEEEEE... Squirrel Girl opens her arms wide to simulate flying. |
| Peter Parker | Oh good, she was honest about liking this kind of thing. The last one said "Oh, sure, I can handle it," And then whoopsy, a lot of whoopsy all over his backpack. He hoped washing it ten times got the vomit smell out of it. It isn't long before they see the spire of the Empire State Building. "Okay, big finish!" He swings upward towards the west face of the building, landing on it with both feet and then...well, running UP the side of the building, like they were reverse-rappeling. Up and up and up until, with on jump, Spidey grabs the needle at the top and there they are, on the top of the Empire State Building. "...Uhm, I forgot to ask which FLOOR you wanted me to go to..." he says, a little lamely. |
| Doreen Green | "BIG FINISH!" Doreen repeats it for her camera, angled first at herself and Spidey, and then outward at the city as Spider-Man takes them in towards the State Building! The wall run... that has her sucking in a breath because there's a milisecond there where she has to think they're going to splat against the glass and mortor right? BUT NO! He's vertical running straight up towards the needle and perching them on the side. Staring out at the best view in the city! Squirrel Girl breathlessly laughs! "This is exactly the floor I had in mind." Camera pointed at both of them, then down and out, and showing all of Manhattan. "This is the city that never ever sleeps... This is Squirrel Girl, Tippy-Toe, and Monkey Joe with our special guest Spider-Man! You guys have a wonderful night! And don't forget! Deeznuts snacks, salty and delicious. Found at 7-Eleven in the snack aisle! Goooood night!" "Then I do some editing when I get home." She explains with a big grin, settling in to stare out at New York as if she's never seen it from up here. "Look, you can see Fantastic and Stark Towers!" As if Spidey /didn't/ know that. |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man nods, his breathing deep and even. Wow, that ninja training is really paying dividends. For almost a full minute, Spider-Man gazes out at the city. It's a big responsibility, but he hasn't done too badly, really. A lot of people out here get helped. A lot of crooks got caught. A lot of bad people go to jail. Finally, he says, "I like coming up to the tall buildings, and just...looking out at the city. Jimmy Breslin...he was the reporter who covered the 'Son of Sam' murders in the 1970's...he was fond of saying, 'there are eight million stories in the naked city, and this is one of them.' Eight million people out there, all around us." |
| Doreen Green | "That's a random piece of trivia.. I wish I hadn't turned off the camera." Doreen says quietly, likewise looking out over New York as the lights begin to glitter against the lengthening shadows of approaching dusk. "I guess you kind of have the monopoly on the down in the streets heroics, huh? I think you could probably hang with those big names, the Avengers and all, but you chose to stay down here helping everybody at the ground level... That's pretty admirable." Bobbing her head, holding up some trail mix in a little sandwich bag. "Protein? You have to be prepared for long adventures." She really is always ready for anything! |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man shakes his head. "I had a late lunch at Big Jake's chili dog stand near Central Park. Found out his wife makes the chili fresh every night." He thinks for a moment. "I live down there. I'm the original Working-Class Superhero. But that's okay, really. Someone's gotta look out for the little guy. Let the Avengers and the Justice League and the like do all the world-saving. There's a lot of people who need someone to help them out." |
| Doreen Green | "Man, that's just a great attitude." Doreen sounds pleased, "WHY didn't I turn the camera back on!" So she does, clicking the record and holding it out as they dangle from the Empire Needle. "You guys, you get a double feature upload tonight because we're hanging out with Spidey and just shooting the shizzle with my frizzle." Turning her wrist just slightly puts them both in frame. "I always kind of wanted to be part of a team, but then my applications kept falling to the bottom of piles. Which I totally understand, I wrote most of them in crayon trying to show my funside... and that's just not how you do official and professional business in the super hero world. But... let me ask you, since it's fresh on everyones mind, and I'm probably competing for views with all those home footage uploads... How do you feel about the news that Superman is back?" |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man blinks. "He is? Wow, I haven't been keeping up. Well, I've worked with Supergirl once or twice, and she'd spoken highly of him. I just glad he's back. There's no such thing as too many people out there helping people, and Superman just sounds like a decent guy. We don't run in the same circles, but that's just a fact of life. Can't get peeved about it." He looks to Squirrel Girl, then says, "You don't really need to be a card-carrying member of some crew, really. I know quite a few people who could use help doing the crimefighting thing, me included. If you're really wanting to do that, and want to learn more about it...you can always reach out to me. I'll give you a way to contact me, once the camera's off again." |
| Doreen Green | "So you're not one of those fanbois who think Supes is just the cats potatoes?" Doreen asks with a little grin, mixing up her descriptives varyingly and without concern. "I mean think about what Superman represents. He's the image of upright, do good, be all you can.. I don't know, it just seems like a huge deal that he's back." Not that she belittles someone elses opinion! Not by a long shot. "That'd be cool! I'm going to have to get back to the dorm soon anyhow if I want to get these videos uploaded. Have to edit them and whatever... Alright you nutsos! That's all for me tonight! Stay good or stay good at it!" The camera is once more off. Tucked away in her back pocket in a secure strap to keep it form falling out. Tippy-Toe pops out from under her jacket with a whole ass cracker held in both hands. |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man chuckles. "Hope I test well with your followers. I never got into using social media when I was starting out. I made plenty of mistakes. If I can help someone else not to make the mistakes I made, then it has a purpose after all. And I let Superman worry about Superman. I have to check up on some surveillance I set up, help out a friend who sent me a text a few minutes ago, and do some more work on my DAY job." He shrugs. "That's the way it is, as the old song goes. Want me to drop you off someplace?" |
| Doreen Green | "Hey, I can totally appreciate that!" Doreen says with a big grin, reaching up to run a finger side to side between Tippy-Toe's ears while she eats her cracker, "Oh crap! Totally! You.. actually here is fine. I've got my wingsuit and I can get down from here pretty easily." Flexing her gloves to reveal the climbing claws jutting out from the knuckles. "Thanks again for letting me help you in the park and being on my show! Would you like to give a final message or something? Or.. like.. I unno, plug something? You totally can." Reaching up she starts to unhook the harnass to let herself loose right here on the roof. "I'm always all for helping people with their social media footprint, if you ever want someone to take care of all that for you. You could be killing it with followers, you know? People love the everyman hero." |
| Peter Parker | Spider-Man looks thoughtful. "I do have a final message. With Great Power Must Come Great Responsibility. Whether you have powers or not." He points at Squirrel Girl's phone, and it pops up with a notification of a new contact (Spider-Man) being added to her phone. "All right. Take care of yourself, Squirrel Girl. I'll be in touch." |