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[youretheworst]

(Gwen is a millennial, you better text her cause she sure ain't checking her pocket watch voice-mail)

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[notthekingpin]

[luckily theres no porn or like anything bad under there. gwen wont be scarred for life]

[youretheworst]

[ He's blind, what kind of porn would he even have???

Don't tell Gwen you can feel colors, Matt. ]

Murdock? Muurdock? C'mon, you're in here, right?

[ Time to try the closet... ]

[notthekingpin]

[when gwen enters the closet he jumps down from the shelf he was perched on -- this is the nice part about being a little kid, you can fit into crawl spaces - to try and land on top of her. of course, he doesn't know about her spider sense so she might just get the sense in time to jump away OR she'll end up with one little ninja kid on her back]

[youretheworst]

[ Thank you, spider-sense, for all that itu may be usually useless, it gives her enough of a warning for her to step back with a shriek.

I mean, it's still a tiny kid jumping at her in a closet. ]

Holy crap, Murdock! You almost scared the hell out of me!

[notthekingpin]

What are you doing here?

[darn. he really wanted to jump her, too.]

[youretheworst]

You asked me to come.

[ Gwen crosses her arms. She is so not equipped to deal with this, but she's gonna. ]

Well, not you, you. Older you.

[notthekingpin]

[ok well that makes no sense but on the other hand what about this place does? so he'll...take it, i guess]

I don't need your help.

[youretheworst]

I never said I was here to help you. You're the one who wanted me to keep you out of trouble.

[ At least she's being honest...? ]

[notthekingpin]

Well I'm not going to get into any trouble.

[duh!!]

[youretheworst]

That's easy for you to say. I still have to keep an eye on you.

[ Responsibility! ]

[notthekingpin]

Well you sound like you don't really want to, and I don't really want you to so where's the harm if you just go?

[youretheworst]

Oh no you don't, kid. I said I'd take responsibility for you, and that's what I'm gonna do.

[ Gwen puts her foot down for emphasis. If he's blind then he can't see her expression, so she'll just have to make her "I'm totally serious"-ness clear in other ways. ]

Besides, aren't you like, hungry maybe? I can get you lunch or dinner or whatever. You shouldn't be wandering around on your own or something.

[ That sounded real mature until the "or something" ]

[notthekingpin]

I'm not hungry.

[youre not his real mom and dad, gwen

(they're dead :') ) ]

[youretheworst]

Then what, did you have some kind of gameplan here? Because you're pretty far from home, kid.

[ Surely her superior knowledge will somehow win this kid over? Maybe? Not likely? ]

You might claim you don't need help, but everybody does when they first show up here.

[notthekingpin]

Not me.

[he says it with the kind of baseless confidence only a youth can come up with, but also: the hand hadn't ever given him any help, they'd only ever demanded things of him. you don't speak japanese? better learn. you can't see? figure out how to use your other senses]

[youretheworst]

[ Gwen is a teenager, she has no clue how to deal with a child, much less one with Matt's... colorful history.

But he's her responsibility. She's gotta try. ]

Alright, so what'll it take to get you to listen to me? I'm older than you, you know, didn't anybody ever tell you to... I dunno, listen to your elders?

[notthekingpin]

[she's got something of a point, almost. but not enough that he takes it.]

Who are you, anyway?

[youretheworst]

[ Hey, it's progress! Minimal progress, but progress all the same. ]

Gwen Stacy. I also go by Spider-Woman when I fight crime, back in New York. That's where I know you from.

[ u are a criminal, child. ]

[notthekingpin]

[ok, now she's actually gotten his attention. because she did say something about his older self so that means:]

I end up back in New York?

[there's a note of hope. that dangerous, awful thing he was supposed to have learned better about by now. but it's there all the same]

[youretheworst]

[ wow, tiny matt, slow your roll with the emotions.

actually, okay, he really is very small, even gwen can't be a total jerk to seeing a hint of hope rise to his otherwise ninja-stoic face. ]

Yeah. I think you showed up there a few years ago? I know you've been a thorn in my dad's side for a while now. You're a defense attorney for crooks and the Kingpin.

[notthekingpin]

[the kingpin -- silvermane, the man who'd killed his father. he may be a stoic ninja child, but he's still a child and the shock (and disgust) is immediately obvious. he'd expect to be doing something for the Hand, and it makes sense they'd send him home one day....he'd stick out a lot less there than in Japan, but....

the kingpin?

he quickly tries to hide it, though, tries to school his emotions back into not giving anything away]

How do I know you're telling the truth?

[youretheworst]

[ Well, that's unexpected. Gwen kind of thought Matt would be down with crime since he'd been raised by assassins but she evidently miscalculated here. Maybe this is before the brainwashing really set in. Now she feels kinda bad. ]

Why would I lie to you? I just told you that you grow up to be a huge thorn in my dad's side. Plus I fight crime. You and I aren't exactly friends... we're more like. On a reluctant team-up basis. If I was gonna lie to you, I'd tell you you were my weird uncle or something.

[notthekingpin]

I guess so.

[maybe. he doesn't want to believe her, but also: it feels like that kind of horrible thing where try as you might to convince yourself it's wrong your gut says it has to be.]

You shouldn't try and protect me. I can protect myself.

[youretheworst]

[ Too bad Gwen doesn't know about Matt's powers or she'd be way more likely to drop this responsibility thing. ]

Psh. I know that. You're a ninja. [ At least that wasn't a lie. Incredible. (Matt doesn't actually lie to you that much, Gwen??) ] But you're still a kid. I'd feel like the world's biggest jerk if I left you alone after older-you asked me to keep an eye on you.

[notthekingpin]

Older-me wasn't thinking.

[unless he really hates this girl or something. everyone who tries to take care of him ends up dead. his mom. his dad. stick.]

Just go away!