[video] The moment you've all been waiting for has come

[spiderfanboy]

I'm back...

[Have your typical spider-costume eye looking into the camera... And then the camera is shaking as Gerry is jumping up and down. Hopefully nobody has motion sickness.]

I'm back! Oh my god, I'm back! This is amazing! You know, I totally forgot about this place back home, which is stupid, but now I'm back and [Yeah, he'll just be

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[incywincyhero]

Welcome back, kid. You didn't miss, uh ... anything important, so, you know ... don't worry about it.

[ LIES. ]

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[spiderfanboy]

[Just have a minute or two of awed silence, because even though he saw you like 4 hours ago, OMG SPIDER-MAN!]

It's good to see you again, man! I, uh, heard about the kid stuff.

permavid;

[incywincyhero]

[ Wave of the hand. ]

Yeah, just the usual City shenanigans, you know how it is.

[ By which he means NEVER SPEAK OF THIS AGAIN. ]

So. How're you doing these days? Any, uh ... interesting things going on in your life?

[spiderfanboy]

Nothing too much. I stopped a gang war before coming here. Well- Darkdevil and I did... And you were there too. And Spider-Girl helped too, I guess.

[incywincyhero]

Really? Good for you, kid.

[ Pause. ]

Surprised to hear I was involved, though. Spider-Girl tells me I've retired in her universe.

[spiderfanboy]

I guess you decided to come out of retirement... It's better than what I originally thought.

[incywincyhero]

I'll be honest with you -- I'm kind of surprised that at least one version of me lived long enough to retire, let alone put a daughter through high school. This ain't a safe profession we're in.

[ That hint is going to go waaaay over Gerry's head, but at least he tried. ]

[spiderfanboy]

Honestly? I'm pretty sure nobody thought you did, except for maybe Spider-Girl...

[incywincyhero]

She had an inside line, the way I hear it.

[spiderfanboy]

Yeah, she... [He doesn't know if Spidey knows yet, so...] said she trained with you.

[incywincyhero]

[ He doesn't know that Gerry knows, either. ]

That's, ah, what she tells me!

[ A pause. ]

So ... you mentioned "looking for help" while you're here. Anything you need a hand with?

[spiderfanboy]

Oh, uh, yeah... I guess just getting in contact with some of the geniuses around here? Reed Richards was helping me back home.

Spider-Girl said that maybe Beast could help out?

[incywincyhero]

He's definitely the first guy on my list. Want me to put in a good word for you?

[ He would have offered to help himself, but he already suspects that this is a problem out of his league. ]