voice issues & preview for usm 17

[webline]

Alriiiighty then. So instead of doing anything important with me like, say, having me actually say something significant on that spaceship to let my lovely teammates know that I'm here, we're going to waffle around in this place.

Questioning you, but I'm not surprised.

Spider to mun though, I know you're feeling a little stressed and hey, that's cool. Me and you, we've been together for what, four years now? You'll get that hang of me again, no worries.

Can't get rid of me, you know?

Anyways, shouldn't you be freaking out over the fact that me and that kid are teaming up next week? I mean, someone needs to be excited and I know I'm not.

I do the solo thing. Not the, "babysit the pipsqueak who really shouldn't be an Ultimate when he's like, twelve, but no one ever listens to me" deal.

Comments

[whistles_the_blues]

Solo work is the way to go.

You do have a chance to show him how it's done though.

[webline]

I can school him whenever I want though. It's not often I get to show my superiors what I can do.

[lightningstorm]

The solo thing, huh?

[webline]

Yeah. It's a spider thing -- you know, working alone. We don't do sidekicks.

[ex_identifies466]

Seriously. At least you're -- I'm -- we're finally going to do something again.

[webline]

Well. This is a first.

[ how jarring........... ]

Yeah, I'm getting kind of tired of never getting a chance to show off how awesome we are. Too bad it has to be with the pipsqueak.

[uzi]

Here's a thought, Spider-woman. Just do your job without complaining about it.

[webline]

You're -- you're not the one who has to team up with the kid, Ms. Director Chang!

[uzi]

Yes, because I'm the director. And as such, I'm telling you to shut up and do what the president told you to.

[webline]

But -- !!

[invoking]

[ HE STILL THINKS YOU'RE TOO YOUNG, JESS. ]

Solo thing?

[webline]

[ gilbo.......... ]

Yeah, I usually -- er, actually, pretty much always -- work by myself.

[invoking]

You should rely on others sometimes...

[webline]

I'll pass. It's just easier to do this stuff myself.

[asongwithin]

How old are you?

[webline]

Uh -- thirty-five?

[asongwithin]

[She tilts her head.] Nope, can't see it. You must be one of those slow agers.

[webline]

I look really great for my age, I know. Eat your green vegetables and stuff.

[withgreatbleach]

Feel free to dismiss me as a dork in a dumb costume, here, but from one Spider to another... staying solo for too long can get to you.

Still -- twelve, really? Where are this kid's parents?

[webline]

It's really something I prefer.

Like twelve. And alive and kicking? I don't know, probably at their apartment wondering where he is. [ sigh :I ]

[withgreatbleach]

And I get that. Believe me. Just saying, it might not be so bad.

Ugh. You've got to be kidding me! [ SHAKING. HIS. HEAD. ] Man, I'm not letting my kids start shooting webs 'til they're forty. Assuming they, you know, want to shoot webs. And I... it's a dangerous business. You know.

[webline]

Well, they don't know. Not that I'm okay with him running around as some Spider-Man wannabe but what can I do? Too young to join the Ultimates but that's not stopping anyone.

[spiderkid]

Excuse you, thirteen.

[webline]

Oh. Thirteen. My bad. That makes such a difference.

[spiderkid]

It does. It makes me officially a teenager.

Besides, Cap doesn't have a problem with it, and he's president.