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[webbs]

overflow. texting. picture prompts. open.

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[quintuplet]

It's a moniker in reference to the books The Stepford Wives and The Midwich Cuckoos. If you ask me, it's more than a little outdated, but it still stuck all the same.

[ it's the blonde hair, eerie glowing eyes, and the general creepiness that comes from being identical quintuplet clones who all share a psionic hive mind. ]

[webbs]

cool hang on lemme google some stuff

[ and a couple of quick wikipedia articles later - ]

yeah ok i get it
i mean it fits a bit?
not that you're outdated but you've got that classic oldschool chic look
plus i'm guessing that some old guy named you that, and not you?

[ by comparison, spider-girl is pretty on-the-nose. why not spider-woman? her breath control when she got started was shit, and 'girl' was easier to say in a rush. ]

also yeah youre the best

[ aka "the one who answers her texts and responds to her drunk, rambling voicemails." ]

[quintuplet]

Our classmates came up with it and it sort of just stuck from there, I suppose, serving in part as a code name and in part because hardly any of them could actually tell us apart.

[ it's a hard knock life being a bunch of emma lites. ]

What about your alter ego?

[webbs]

spider-girl?
i came up with it myself.

[ it's probably obviously a DYI sort of name. ]

i thought about arachnigirl or miss webb or something
but they didn't quite fit right
and also kinda suck to say

[quintuplet]

And that is exactly why I don't do the whole superhero thing.
It's nothing but stupidity, spandex, and silliness.

[webbs]

wow
rude??
just trying to help

[quintuplet]

I'm entitled to my opinion.

[webbs]

and i'm entitled to remind you that i literally stopped a museum bombing last week.

[quintuplet]

And?

[ stopping a museum bombing is hardly changing the world, not to mention that it will more than likely happen again sometime later on down the line. ]

[webbs]

and that's around a hundred people who aren't dead
a bunch of old stuff that isn't destroyed
and two of the terrorists are starting to talk, so that's more info for the future

look
sometimes the little stuff matters

[quintuplet]

I prefer the big picture made with bold, broad strokes.

[webbs]

yeah but then you need to go through and fill in the gaps

[quintuplet]

Not me.

[webbs]

'mind controlling somebody else to do it for you' counts, jsyk

[quintuplet]

I don't always mind control people. I'll have you know I can be just as persuasive without my powers.

[webbs]

i like how your argument isn't "i'd never do that," just "i wouldn't always do it"
but yeah that doesn't surprise me
you're better at social things than i am

[quintuplet]

[ of course it shouldn't. sketchy telepath shenanigans are her speciality. ]

And that complete lack of confident right there is your problem.
Fortunately for you, I can help you correct that.

[webbs]

i mean i'm better at crawling, swinging and stuff like that
i wasn't asking for help

[ pause. ]

but
if youre offering?

[quintuplet]

[ it's not often she carries out "charity work", but on the chance that it'll be entertaining in the way that tropey teen movies are, esme decides to reconfirm her offer. ]

I am.

[webbs]

[ ...huh.

penny's seen a lot of those movies as well, she knows how they work, and esme gives off pretty big mean girl energy.

but she is sort of nice, as well. in her own way. deep down. sometimes. ]

uncharacteristically thoughtful of you, but i'll take what i can get.