[the should should be so obvious - in the timbre of his voice, in the look on his face, in the weight of his shoulders. it's a ledger that's filled and filled in blood. in needless deaths and cruelties. in torture and in lies.]
But I can't -- [his voice catches. no, he stops himself. stops as he gets too emotional and he tries to reign it in. it probably doesn't work as well as he thinks it does.] I can't fix that. I can't undo all those things.
[ She's never, ever seen him so... upset. Like, obviously upset. Any time Murderdock gets even close to showing emotion, he opts for terrifying instead. This whiny, self-loathy bullshit is very strange indeed. And it's honestly even creepier than his regular cheeriness. ]
What's your point? [ Seriously, all he's doing is... being pathetic. This is almost embarrassing. The less time she spends around this Matt, the better. He's bizarre and Gwen doesn't like it. ] Do you have the power ups or what?
[he's surprised, that she doesn't want any part of it, when she deserved so many apologies. when she had been asking for so long for him to be less creepy. he reaches into his pocket to grab the contain with the power ups and pulls them out and
like it was ever going to be that easy
the mirror magic is unstable. mirror matt pulls out the container and just as he does the magic shifts and so, too, does his whole body language. he relaxes, becomes so much more lighter and then...
well, and then, understandably confused. his eyes narrow behind his glasses and his fingers tighten around the container with the power ups. the fuck is this, ruby city?? he has a vague sense - a sense that he'd come here to talk to gwen for a reason and this disgusting, bitter aftertaste of guilt (not to mention the obvious mess of emotions gwen is projecting) but the specifics are harder to recall.
seriously, not cool, city.]
So I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume this has to do with Dil's message.
[it helps that Harry brought up how weird things are, since he could listen to harry's conversation what with being partners.]
[ Well, that's creepy as hell, thanks for that, Murdock. That sudden shift totally gives Gwen the heebiejeebies as she pulls back. Goddammit, Murdock. ]
Aw, man, what? I knew this was too good to be true.
[ Gwen stares at him, then down at his hand. At least she knows what the container looks like. But this sudden 180 is just as weird as it was over the pocketwatch, only worse because she's actually seeing it. In real time. ]
Is that why you were all 'invasion of the bodysnatchers'? 'Cause that was seriously weird.
Whatever was going on with you, it was pretty freaking obvious when it happened, trust me.
[ Like, even his body language got more... subdued. Closed off. Yikes. Gwen is looking at Matt like he's grown another head. The difference is so stark. ]
I never thought I'd say this, but I think I prefer you like this to being all... emotional and self-loathy.
The shards Dil sent us after. I'm assuming they're from a mirror of some kind? That's what it sounded like.
[the mirror that appeared in front of the clock tower had shown up on his radar sense but not in a super discernible way. there are lots of things it could have been.]
Add in a little magic and pretty soon you've got all those anti-people.
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[the should should be so obvious - in the timbre of his voice, in the look on his face, in the weight of his shoulders. it's a ledger that's filled and filled in blood. in needless deaths and cruelties. in torture and in lies.]
But I can't -- [his voice catches. no, he stops himself. stops as he gets too emotional and he tries to reign it in. it probably doesn't work as well as he thinks it does.] I can't fix that. I can't undo all those things.
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[ She's never, ever seen him so... upset. Like, obviously upset. Any time Murderdock gets even close to showing emotion, he opts for terrifying instead. This whiny, self-loathy bullshit is very strange indeed. And it's honestly even creepier than his regular cheeriness. ]
What's your point? [ Seriously, all he's doing is... being pathetic. This is almost embarrassing. The less time she spends around this Matt, the better. He's bizarre and Gwen doesn't like it. ] Do you have the power ups or what?
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[he's surprised, that she doesn't want any part of it, when she deserved so many apologies. when she had been asking for so long for him to be less creepy. he reaches into his pocket to grab the contain with the power ups and pulls them out and
like it was ever going to be that easy
the mirror magic is unstable. mirror matt pulls out the container and just as he does the magic shifts and so, too, does his whole body language. he relaxes, becomes so much more lighter and then...
well, and then, understandably confused. his eyes narrow behind his glasses and his fingers tighten around the container with the power ups. the fuck is this, ruby city?? he has a vague sense - a sense that he'd come here to talk to gwen for a reason and this disgusting, bitter aftertaste of guilt (not to mention the obvious mess of emotions gwen is projecting) but the specifics are harder to recall.
seriously, not cool, city.]
So I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume this has to do with Dil's message.
[it helps that Harry brought up how weird things are, since he could listen to harry's conversation what with being partners.]
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Aw, man, what? I knew this was too good to be true.
[ Gwen stares at him, then down at his hand. At least she knows what the container looks like. But this sudden 180 is just as weird as it was over the pocketwatch, only worse because she's actually seeing it. In real time. ]
Is that why you were all 'invasion of the bodysnatchers'? 'Cause that was seriously weird.
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Probably.
[he pockets the powerups for now. well this is awkward.]
Maybe we should come up with a sweet code-word. To make sure it's really us.
[matt no one is going to confuse your mirror for you i promise]
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[ Like, even his body language got more... subdued. Closed off. Yikes. Gwen is looking at Matt like he's grown another head. The difference is so stark. ]
I never thought I'd say this, but I think I prefer you like this to being all... emotional and self-loathy.
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Then lets not keep talking about it. It sounds awful.
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Fine with me. The last thing I want is to picture you having real feelings.
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[ see hes back :) ]
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Yeah, keep those on the inside. Thanks.
[ He's gotta have feelings under there somewhere, Gwen just doesn't want to see them. Ever. ]
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[ wow sick burn, being mean to a child. he's not on top of his game with this whole insane emotional switch. ]
So who are you paired up with?
[ it's his mirror who asked, not him, so. ]
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[ Gwen shrugs. She's sure not asking to be Matt's confidant or anything. She'd probably gag through a job like that. ]
Didn't we go through this already? Oh, guess you don't know what I told moody-you, huh?
[ Interesting.... Not that she gains anything from keeping it quiet, though. ]
It's Steven, the kid who was making those cat valentines.
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[because they're totally the same age right]
Don't get him killed. You can always replace power ups - replacing children is a harder gambit.
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[ A literal baby. ]
I'm not gonna get him killed, geez! You know I actually save people, right? Like, regularly?
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[ is gwen not also ten? somedays he wonders ]
Ah, yes, my friendly neighborhood Spider-Woman here to save the day.
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[ Gwen scoffs. ]
Yeah, yeah, laugh it up. I'm serious though. I'm not gonna let some kid get hurt because of me.
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[ Now that he mentions it, that Matt really was like, opposite Matt. Creepy. ]
I dunno. Anti-me would still be my dad's daughter. I doubt I'd let some kid die even then.
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[ and pretty strong feelings are the most likely to get flipped, aren't they? in an anti-you situation? ]
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Do you even know what caused it?
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[the mirror that appeared in front of the clock tower had shown up on his radar sense but not in a super discernible way. there are lots of things it could have been.]
Add in a little magic and pretty soon you've got all those anti-people.
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[ Maybe leave her power-ups at home if she's likely to hurt somebody. Not that she'll tell Matt as much. ]
You'd think these people could clean up their own messes.
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[NOT THAT THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR OR ANYTHING]
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[ IT SURE SOUNDED FAMILIAR TO HER... ]
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[no he just gives them out]
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