Mask Or Menace - IC Contact Post

[helpdesk_hero]

This is David Alleyne, I'm not available at the moment.
Please leave your name, contact information, and what this is regarding after the beep.

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[made_up_names]

David, that's awful. There - there has to be something I can do. I mean, if it's power, then maybe I can build something? How does it normally charge?

[helpdesk_hero]

I've put a lot of work into this, and lots of refinements over the last month. Trust me, this isn't fixing any time soon.

I'm going to learn from my Obi-Wan here, try and control this new power. Until then I'm out of town. But... I'll see about talking to Quentin.

[made_up_names]

[ He winces guiltily on his end of the line. ]

No, I - it's all right. You've got enough on your plate right now.

[helpdesk_hero]

He's my responsibility too, Peter. I'll find time. Though I can't guarantee I can help. He doesn't WANT help.

[made_up_names]

[ Silence on the other side of the line for a moment. And guilt. ]

I don't think he wants help either.

[helpdesk_hero]

You're going to need to make a decision in the coming days, Peter. What you're going to do when he goes dark side.

I'm sorry.

[made_up_names]

You think it's that bad already?

[helpdesk_hero]

I think that it's our responsibility to make plans early. And I think he'll go after Marco once he does. Marco and you. Maybe me.

[made_up_names]

[ Ssssilent again. Unhappy. ]

If he goes after Marco, there's no way he's coming back from that.

[helpdesk_hero]

I know. I'll keep doing my best.

[made_up_names]

Me too. I - wasn't very good at it today, honestly.

[helpdesk_hero]

I get where you're coming from. I don't think I'll be very useful.

[made_up_names]

You're helping a lot right now.

[helpdesk_hero]

I'm a bit too tired of the world to really be helpful I fear.

[made_up_names]

Because of that power?

[helpdesk_hero]

Exactly. I came out here to be safe and to have some time with someone. We'd both almost died a bit too often last month.

And now I can't even...

I'm just really tired of this shit.

[made_up_names]

Dude, if you were in town, I'd 100% come to see you. I still want to when you get back. We can watch something dumb and brainless together.

[helpdesk_hero]

I'm in LA.

I'll... try, Peter. I promise. If the world doesn't end, I have a lot of plans.

[made_up_names]

[ Oh right, the apocalypse. On top of everything else ... Peter's a little too fresh off a world that lived through its own apocalypse event to feel anything but numb about it. ]

Sure, yeah. Or if you don't want to, that's fine. I just - I want to help you, if i can.

[helpdesk_hero]

I want to, Peter. I do. It's about figuring out how to make my life work now.

[made_up_names]

There's a lot of smart people here with weird powers. And Obi-Wan Kenobi is, like, the best person to teach mental shielding.

[helpdesk_hero]

Wait, Obi-Wan is literally here? I was being metaphorical.

[made_up_names]

Oh.

Uh - you know what, I don't actually know. Let me check.

[helpdesk_hero]

Well, the one I know isn't from a galaxy far, far away. And apparently can use telekinesis to teleport. I'm so shocked by it, but life.

[made_up_names]

That's amazing and weird at the same time.

[ Also, a moment later: ]

There totally is an Obi-Wan Kenobi here. Which means you have to do the thing.