thinking about going to tartarusnet

[goblinjr]

You can't be serious!

[Harry's eyes are wide, and equal parts angry and fearful. He's heard all about that place from his mun's other muses, from other people who've been there. Who still are there. He shakes his head slowly.]

You just want to take me there so you can laugh at my misery? What kind of sick person does that?!

[And worse yet, from the sounds of things, he's not even going to be going in with superhuman abilities right away. Talk about a serious disadvantage. ...But if you're really that opposed, I've been debating on Norman, too, and could always apply for him instead--]

No, no! Wait-- don't hurt my dad! I-- [He stops, clenching his jaw and hissing a slow, furious breath through his teeth.] Fine, you sadistic witch. I'll go, but I swear you're gonna pay for this.

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[wasinnocent]

You'd be surprised at just how many sick people there are that do that. On the bright side though, there are a lot of places to get plenty of alcohol down there.

[goblinjr]

Well, there's a whole game full of sadistic freaks that are into that, apparently. [Bitter? You betcha.] Good. I'm gonna need it...

[wasinnocent]

Pretty much. You get used to them though. [Sort of, or you just get more bitter.] I know that feeling all too well. I think everyone here knows it, which might be why there's so much alcohol to be found.

[goblinjr]

[At this rate, it's probably more bitter for him.] What, you can't just... break out of there with your super strength or something? [He scoffs, though it's not directed at her.] I've heard about you. What's stopping you?

[wasinnocent]

My super strength isn't impressive enough to punch through solid rock. That'd be a job for someone we should all be grateful isn't actually there. [Or maybe she's the only one that should be grateful there. Maybe he actually could just punch his way out.]

Other than that, there are a lot of things stopping me from getting out.

[phenethylamine]

You get Daddy Dearest dangled over your head and you're already caving? No wonder they say you're Osborne Lite.

[goblinjr]

[Wow, way to hit one of his sore spots right off the bat. He tries not to let it show, but his eyes go a little wider in anger, his lips pull back into a thin line, barely containing his temper.] Shut your mouth. My dad doesn't deserve to get tortured by some sick, delusional nutcase. Just 'cause I'd rather protect him from that doesn't make me weak.

[He says it with so much conviction, but he's trying to convince himself just as much as he is trying to convince Eddie.]

[phenethylamine]

[He's just going to smile. It's not like he had it out for Osborne Junior personally but from what he knows about him publically and what he got from the symbiote seeding Parker's memories, he has the idea that he's wasted potential. A wet rag with a wishy-washy attitude and serious daddy issues]

You think he'd stick his neck out for you if it was you on the line?

[goblinjr]

[The question catches him a little off guard, and if Eddie didn't hit a sore spot before, he sure did now. Harry loves and admires his father, always defending him and never seeming to doubt him, but it doesn't stop him from brooding over the fact that he seems only to amount to failure in return. His father takes more interest in Peter and his job than his own son. Nevertheless, it's inevitably his dogged (and hopeful) loyalty to the former mindset that makes him take a step forward with a look full of defensive anger.]

Of course he would! He's my father. Who do you think you are, mouthing off garbage like that, huh?

[phenethylamine]

[The worst part is Brock seems to know exactly what's going on in Osborne Jr's head. Most of it he got from the Spider, memories of interactions, only what's so clear to Brock wasn't clear to Peter Parker. Harry was never the favorite. He's just a means to an end, a body that the inheritance goes to because Norman never manned up and tried to adopt Peter.

A slow, lazy smile spreads on Brock's face]

Someone with a little insight. I bet you if it was you or Peter Parker hanging of a bridge somewhere and he could only save one, your dad wouldn't bet on your horse.

[arach_nerd]

...yeah, not even Norman deserves that mess.

[goblinjr]

[Welp. The moment Harry sees Spider-man, he tenses immediately, eyes wide with a whole lot of anger and hatred and bitterness... and some more hatred.]

Don't talk to me like you know my father, you murdering insect!

[arach_nerd]

A: I'm not the Spider-Man you know. In my world? He's alive and well, slept with your fiance, and tried to have you killed off as a PR stunt.

I mean, there was that whole period where he was dead, but that's because he tried to stab me in the back with his glider while I was standing right in front of him. Even if I hadn't dodged, the blades would've probably hit him anyways.