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video: Thursday Evening - 10/22/2020

[ Gwen's face appears on screen. She's at the music store, on her shift and while there's a chance to see the look of irritation on her face, there's a loud bang and some swearing from off-screen. Gwen jumps and turns to look at the faint line of smoke coming out of the back room and she addresses her ~~NPC~~ coworker. ]

Holy crap, dude. Are you okay?

[ There's more swearing, anger pretty palpable as a very tall man with a thin body frame stomps out of the repairs room. He's a bit sooty and singed and pissed and Gwen steps out of his way, watching him head outside to catch some fresh air. ]

Ooooh-kay. So! Our previous instrument repair person, Agatha, is gone. Her castle is no longer in town, nor is the very road it lived on. I know this because I went to drop off something of hers and it's...literally just not there. It's probably a good thing she's gone because she's kind of in trouble right now.

See...nowhere in her job description did it say she could weaponize instruments but we just had a couple flutes and a clarinet returned that had some interesting extra features added. The new repair guy, Eitan? He's really good at what he does, but what he does is for actual instruments. Neither of us can figure out how to make these instruments safe again. They're being turned over to the police and anyone that's had an instrument 'repaired' recently...if it's acting funny, bring it by. Financially, this is going to suck, but we'll replace it for you. Cool?

Cool.

[ A sigh, a shake of her head and Gwen turns off her feed just as Eitan comes back inside and heads to the repair room to keep working. ]

[private text to the other spiders: ]

My danger sense is flipping out. I'm cancelling my classes for tonight and going home. I cannot believe my place of zen and peace was screwed over so badly by this.

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[ Wow. Seriously? Who does that?? Other than like... maybe Toomes probably would. ]

Hey Gwen, have your boss gather up all the instruments she worked on. I'm gonna ask Tony if he can help with the deweaponizing and I'm also gonna be helping with that all day.

I left you a care package though!

[ When she gets home there's a gift bag sitting on the coffee table. The bag is mostly white but he's had it customized to be a vague resemblance of Ghost Spider's signature colors. Inside the bag are about three Jasmine Bathbombs, a small speaker so she can listen to her fluxphone while in the bath, a scented candle and various other soaps and sugar scrubs-none of which contain any lavender for obvious reasons. ]

Edited 2020-10-22 16:46 (UTC)

Eitan's on it. He's so mad right now. I've known the guy two minutes and it's bothering me that he's mad.

You did?

[ Soon after this last DM, Gwen gets back to the house and finds the care-package right away. She's careful to go through it, seated on the couch as she does so and by the end of it, she's grinning. Putting everything away, she gets up and starts searching the house for Peter, shooting him another DM. ]

Where are you?

Mr Stark’s lab. I’ll be here until late so enjoy an evening of self care and I’ll see you tonight.

Peter Parker I might just have to keep you.

Thank you. If you find me sleeping on the giant bean bag chair in the basement, please don’t hesitate to join me.

Miss Gwen are- are you saying someone weaponized the instruments?

Sadly, yeah. Awful, right?

But... why would someone do that? Should I tell our music teacher?

No clue. Maybe it’s a thing in her world?

I already told the school. We keep records of who got what repaired when so I asked them to check a couple things. So far everything’s fine there.

I do hope no one gets hurt.

So far, people've noticed their instruments are a little odd. That's a good thing.

She... she's gone though, you said? She won't do it anymore?

She is. And Mr Stark is going to fix the modified instruments. While he does that, do you want to bring your kitten over to hang out with mine in a couple hours?

I would like that very much, Lady Dolly needs to be around other kitties! She's getting to be so big!

No clue. Maybe it’s a thing in her world?

I already told the school. We keep records of who got what repaired when so I asked them to check a couple things. So far everything’s fine there.

She can blow up whomever she pleases in HER world, you don't do that without telling someone HERE.

What kind of instruments?

Edited 2020-10-24 04:04 (UTC)

Musical instruments. The bang you heard was someone’s oboe doing whatever it was redesigned to do.

I wasn't aware Agatha repaired those kinds. [ ..huh. ]

It didn't really seem like she was the type to. Not with the way her castle looked. I was expecting to see her working at a garage or something.
But she was here. Outfitting clarinets with cylinders and triggers.

Was it an actual castle?

[ He's seen it as The Bat, but, he figures getting more opinions on the matter is helpful. ]

I didn't know you played.

Sure looked like one.

I play the drums. I've been playing for years.

You should show off sometime. bit of music couldn't hurt the place.

My school is putting on a concert this coming weekend. I'll be on stage a time or two. You should come. It's in the park.

What time is it? I should be able to swing by.

It starts at noon on Saturday and ends at nine PM. Goes all weekend. Saturday is the music and arts stuff and then Sunday is the more Sciency project stuff.

Shoot me a text when you're about to go on stage. Just to make sure.

Okay! I'm looking forward to this.

Good to hear. Don't hold back - show off.

Whoa hold up. She's gone? *And* she turned musical instruments into actual weapons?

[ From their first (and only meeting) she had known that Agatha was a little weird, but he'd never really gotten any dangerous vibes from her, Spider-sense or not. ]

[ Neither did Gwen. Her spider sense started kicking off just a bit in the more recent weeks but she thought it was because she still can't figure out where the garbage trucks keep disappearing to, or because she's paranoid about shops moving locations. It's a thing. The former continuing regularly, the latter hasn't happened recently. ]

Yep. Gone. I tried calling her FluxPhone but her number is no longer in service. And now we have dangerous musical instruments in town. So that's fun.

[ It's not fun. It's the least fun. She hates it. ]

Geez. You want me to take a quick swing around town, see if anyone who needs some instruments removed?

Dude. yes, please. Whatever you find, call Peter. He and Mr Stark are dismantling them.

On it. I'll keep you posted.

[ At some point in the afternoon, there might be a flash of black and red swinging between city buildings. ]

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