Email to April Parker

[xp_hawkeye]

To: [Parker, April]
From: [Barton, Clint]
Subject: Follow-up

Hey April -

Glad we got a chance to talk the other day - thanks for your rundown of events leading up to coming through the portal. Along the lines we discussed, I figure we can get started on a more permanent monitoring system, better remote monitoring/alerts for lead-up to something coming through the portal, and eventually something we can use to physically block the portal if need be (seriously, how did your world not have Stargate/SG1, you can borrow mine to watch).

Just let me know once you're cleared to move around the mansion freely.

Best,
Clint

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Re: Follow-up

[xp_mayhem]

Clint -

You're welcome. I'm not sure how helpful it was, although it's interesting that the formation was spontaneous in my universe but seems to be anchored and fairly stable in this one. I'm just glad the explosive power from the bomb didn't follow me through! Makes me wonder if it's got a bit of sentience, almost.

I could probably web over it, but my control over my powers is a little shaky right now, and that includes my webbing. I've got the holster I use for the inorganic webbing, but I'm really low on the liquid converter for it and May usually did the bulk of making it.

Re: Follow-up

[xp_hawkeye]

April -

That's an angle I hadn't thought to look into, but I'm not sure how we'd check it, anyway. Though I've got some friends who are more familiar with the specific properties of an Einstein-Rosen bridge than I am, so maybe I'll forward the question on to them.

Don't waste your inorganic webbing. Actually, I did some work for another spiderperson - no relation to the Parkers - when it came to his suit. If you don't mind me taking some samples, I can see if we can figure out the specific ratios of compounds and whether or not they're readily available here. Maybe we can get you a steady supply.

Before we get into potentially using your organic webbing, which isn't a terrible idea at all, depending on a few different factors, we should test it, too. So long as you're okay with that, obviously. And if you know anything in particular about its limitations, that'd be helpful as well.

Is the inorganic webbing meant to mimic the organic in base form as well as function?

Best,
Clint

Re: Follow-up

[xp_mayhem]

Clint -

Generally the organic works similar to the inorganic in property and uh.. don't ask me specifics, because I don't know. All we knew about were the weird manipulations I can do with my hands and the tendrils, so the full form was a surprise we didn't get to explore. We just thought the tinkering had made me a little more.. actual spider? I'm willing to experiment though. I'd like to know the full extent of my powers, not just the obvious things the family knew about and helped me work on.

We'd probably want to combine the webbing with some sort of longevity/stabilizing agent. Webbing usually dissolves in about 2 hours and is vulnerable to EM. The stuff I can produce myself is also vulnerable to my exhaustion level--more prone to breakage, mainly. Learning that lesson was mildly embarrassing and is why I carry the other type at all.

Certainly you can have a sample of it, and if I can convince the organic webbing to behave you can have some of it too. I think it's more that the organic mimics the inorganic--Dad made the formula for his own Spidering, and then once May came along and got interested in the chemical side he started teaching her too, and it's been tweaked over the years.

Unfortunately don't have my suit, but if I can get that whole body thing going in a way that lets me communicate, I don't think I'd need it as anything other than an extra, extra precaution. I should've come out of that portal with more damage to the knee I landed on, not just some deep bruising.

Re: Follow-up

[xp_hawkeye]

April -

No worries on the specifics. I've got machines and charts for that. That's an interesting theory re: being more spider-like. I'm sure we can get some scenarios set up in the Danger Room and then run diagnostics and analysis on all that. Mind if I ask Doug to help? He's our resident techie/admin of all things/encrypter, etc.

I might have a lead on a stabilizing agent, depending on the results we get back from our chemical analysis. It's interesting that it reacts to/is vulnerable to electromagnetism, though. I'm interested to find out why, since that implies a certain degree electricity is necessary beyond what the human body naturally produces.

We can work on a suit, if you want one. Depends on what you plan on doing while you're here. But it's good to know you have some heightened durability.

Re: Follow-up

[xp_mayhem]

Clint -

Yeah, unfortunately by the time we got me settled the notes I'd found had gone missing, presumed destroyed. And Norman was long dead, so there wasn't anyone to ask.

The Danger Room sounds fascinating. Doug seems like an okay sort, he tried to talk first when I came through the portal and has been really nice about getting me a legit identity and back into school so I can finish up my degree. I'm fine with pulling in anyone you think might be useful. You know them better than me. :)

The inorganic webbing doesn't have the same issue, so I think the EM vulnerability has something to do with the.. nature of it? We can test it. Ugh, at least I don't produce it full spinneret style, or this would be a very awkward conversation. Now that I've slightly grossed myself out, the organic webbing seemingly comes from my hands when they're shifted, basically from the same spot the holsters rest. I generally wear the holsters even if I'm not currently using the backup fluid, because it's slightly easier to direct the webbing that way.

As for a suit? Let me get settled in first. That said, if I bring my earplugs down, can you take a look and figure out if they can be improved? Right now they do okay sound dampening but don't really affect my ability to hear conversation, but if there's a way to get better sound dampening without affecting conversation I'd definitely be a fan.