A wisecracking return

[Spider-Man]

The mansion was quiet, and in all honesty, it was never difficult to gain access to. As he walked around the mansion, of course in his costume, he began to second-guess his idea. The costume had no support, and in all honesty, sometimes it was just a pain in his butt. Quite literally, for the number of wedgies he had obtained was pretty high up there. He had to question his idea of this costume, at least the black suit never rode up his butt. Well, then again, the black suit was also an alien symbiote that had formed a obsession with him. He shook the thing from his mind, and just roamed around as he looked for someone else.

"Hello, exterminator here? I hear you've got a spider problem?!" The voice was muffled, as if something were covering the mouth.

Of course he was wearing a mask, but he wondered who would show up first. Hopefully it was Cap, for his patriotic nature......no he wanted to have some fun. Wolverine would be.....no that would either turn out to find them in a fight somewhere, or Wolverine threatening to shut Peter up permanently. He thought of Iron Man, but then started to second guess that decision, knowing he was probably busy with his suit again. God, was there anything to do around here to keep a spider busy? Wait, the kitchen, that was always fun......he was hungry after all!

[Wolverine]

Logan was an Avenger, but rarely would you see him in the Avenger Mansion. He paid a visit today, wanting to speak with the Captain and basically making it known that he was still alive and here. He'd probably run into Thor, who just could never shut up and thunder and all that stuff. But Logan was in for worse, Spider-Man as he seen him and even heard his annoying wise-cracks. "Ugh!" he said, taking a look at the web head as he wandered around the mansion. Now why was he here was unknown, but he obviously wasn't a threat unless there was someone else under that mask. He doubted it though.

"Aye web-head!" Wolverine made himself noticible. He was also in his costume, the yellow and black uniform. "What ya doing here, bub?!" He asked Spider-Man as he seen him. Maybe the guy needed help fighting some craized criminal on the streets again. He didn't know nor cared. Spider-Man always seemed to get on Wolverine's nerves. His wise-cracks were mostly because of that.

[Spider-Man]

"Hey, it's Mr. I Don't Play Well With Others! How's that spandex treating you?" His tone was sarcastic, though at the same time truthful.

He walked up to the mutant with the claws, and simply stared at him. He wanted to see just what kind of mood Logan was in, and he suddenly jumped back, sticking his hands up in a 'surrender' way. He waved his hand, laughing at Logan as he approached him again. He was in one of those moods to go look for trouble, and it was probably fortune that Wolverine showed up. He knew the little ol' angry man would be more than willing to look for trouble. Spidey hadn't seen Shocker in awhile, and he couldn't help but wonder what old Hermen was up to. He needed something to occupy his time, and he knew Wolverine was all about passing time.

"So, besides updating your Facebook page, what have you been up to Logan?" He was teasing, though he knew Wolverine had his boundaries.

[She-Hulk]

Jen could hear her two teammates playfully arguing after she talked to Cap about rejoining the team. "Hey boys lighten up a little. I think your spandex is too tight." She'd always liked Spider-man's insecurity, and his red and blue tights. They'd teamed up a few times before. Wolverine was too cocky for his own good, and she didn't know him real well either. She walked past the two of them and opened the fridge, looking for a beer. "You want one, spider? How about you, Wolverine?" She didn't like to drink much as a human, but as She-Hulk she drank like a fish. "I'm back on the team boys, so we'll be spending some time together. A LOT of time, hopefully." She brushed past Spider-man on her way to the table.

[Spider-Man]

[Normally I'm not a huge fan of skipping people, but Wolverine has had 2 weeks.]

Spider-Man watched as Jen entered the room, walking past them as she headed towards the fridge. Her costume never ceased to catch his attention, I mean, just look at her! Everyone that came across miss Shulkie immediately had to advert there thoughts. Shaking his head, he thought about MJ and how they were getting along again, and then began to wish he didn't have spandex on and was in his normal clothing! He looked as her as he was offered a beer, and just had to think about it for a moment. Either he could drink a beet with Jen and possibly Wolverine, or he could pass and just....join them anyways? Shrugging, he headed over to the fridge as she brushed past him.

"A lot of time together, sounds fun. I'm looking forward to it Jen." He spoke happily, though not even he was sure why he seemed happy about it.

Making a mental note to keep his focus, he dug through the fridge, getting a beer for himself. Heading to catch up with Jen, Peter pulled his mask up a bit to expose his mouth and stop just at the tip of his nose as he looked back at Wolverine. "Tell me about that facebook page of yours later!"

The taunt was simple, and he hurriedly added some more distance between himself and Logan. Smirking, he had to admit it felt good to be back and being the pain in the ass of the team. Wondering if his room was still here, he made a note to run up and check later, hoping he still had some clothes here. This suit, after a night of crime-fighting, and being in it for quite some time, he was tired of it. Hell, if it wasn't for Jen and that fact that he wasn't alone, he'd strip out of the costume and relax in his boxers for awhile. Who could blame him after all, spandex was......well.....annoying after some time. Crawling up the wall, he hung from the ceiling, upside-down, drinking from his beer.

"So, what has the famous Shulkie been up to?" He spoke quietly, curious about his teammate.

[She-Hulk]

"Not a whole lot, Spidey. Had to defend one of yours, Doc Ock. Not guilty by reason of insanity. Claims his arms were telling him to commit crime. But, like I just told Cap, I'm active with the team again. From the looks of things, he could use a night or two off. With Spidey and She-Hulk around, what can't we handle." She sat back standing the chair on its back legs. "Do you always do that?" She meant Spider-man sticking to the ceiling, upside down, drinking his beer. "You gonna come and be sociable, Logan, or just sulk around?"


[Do I see your face or know your real name? it sounds like your mask is off, but I don't know if you've told us your secret identity yet.]

[Wolverine]

OOC: Sorry for not posting. Everything for me has been hectic lately.

Wolverine growled at Spider-Man and his remarks. A downside was having to team with this geek. Though deep down inside, he respected him and everything he had done. Spider-Man, though not actually a mutant, faced a lot of hate from the media at times, especially from that Jonah Jameson guy. So yes, Logan respected him, even referred him as a friend to an extent, but could he be an annoying spider.

Then She-Hulk came in and made him very happy when she offered a beer to him. "Sure thing! Toss one over here, toots! And welcome to the team!" Jen was a flirty being, always was. Never being shy of who she was and showing it off well. Now she was flirting with the webhead, boy Logan doubted the kid ever got that kind of attention, heh.

"Facebook? What the hell is that?! Some sort of geek book or something?" Logan asked, being very confused at the moment. Then back at She-Hulk to answer her question. "I'd rather sulk around, but there ain't much to do, so I'll talk a bit, I guess." Which was rare for Wolverine to be sociable, especially around the Avenger Mansion ever since joining. He was either not here, or just here when needed.

[Spider-Man]

"Oh this, no I rarely do it actually. Guess I'm kinda hyper tonight, for lack of better terms." His voice was a bit hyper-active as well, seemingly talking 90-to-nothing.

He slowly fell from his webbing, landing on the ground below, walking over to sit next to Shulkie. You know, it was strange, if Peter didn't know any better, Jen was flirting with him. Out of the people in this room, Wolverine probably already knew his identity, and Jen, well he didn't know if she knew or not. He didn't remember ever telling her, or ever going through one of those 'embarrassing' unmasking accidents around her. Shrugging, the young super-hero removed his mask, stuffing it into the side of his costume. He knew Jarvis and Tony already knew he was Peter, heck, he even visited Tony as Peter from time-to-time. The two would share a drink on occasions, though if your name was Tony Stark, any occasion was enough to drink.

"The name's Peter Parker, nice to 'officially' meet you Jen." He spoke a bit awkwardly, going through a 'what if she did know my identity, and I introduced myself again?' kinda moment.

Once more shrugging, he took a great grin in satisfaction at Logan's distaste for his Facebook joke, and just leaned back. Finishing his beer, he turned back to Jen, really in the mood to hit his room and change out of this itchy costume. No trouble would arise, and should any arise, Luke Cage or Daredevil would probably beat him to the punch tonight. He looked over at the entrance to the hallway, almost to the point of just getting up and leaving. Setting the empty bottle upon his table, Peter got up, and stretched a bit before looking at Jen.

"I'll be right back, gotta get out of this itchy thing!" He spoke quietly, heading out of the room, though waiting for a response first.

Normally his identity would stay his own, though hell, half of the Avengers knew who he was, probably the whole damn team did by now. Fury knew who he was, but you couldn't hide a stupid little dust bunny from the guy without him finding it. Hell, some of his worse enemies even knew who he really was, like Venom and Norman Osborn, now going as the Iron Patriot. Who the hell was he kidding, he wasn't a hero at all, he was a villain right down to his very core.

(Peter will return in my next post.)

[She-Hulk]

"Toots, huh? Well, I've always had a weakness for short, dark and hairy, Logan." Unlike most women, Jen didn't bristle at a nickname. Namely because, with only a few exceptions, she could knock any man into tomorrow when she put her mind into it.

She watched Spider-man drop from the ceiling, and even more interesting, he took off his mask. His face was vaguely familiar, she knew she'd seen him before, but it only clicked when he said "Peter Parker".

"Well, I guess that's how you get all those great Spider-man pics. Its really kinda obvious, when you think about it." She'd known Spider-man was young, but he was a bit younger than she'd expected. "You sure you're old enough to drink that beer, Petey? Wouldn't want Steve to come in and lecture you." She winked at him. She'd been right, he seemed shy. When he got up to change out of his costume, she lightly smacked his butt and grinned. "Get me another beer, babe?" Looking at Logan, she said, "I've always wanted to do that."

[Spider-Man]

(Going to skip Logan again, God I hate doing that, but don't want this to go unfinished either.)

The smack on his butt earned a fierce blush to spread across Peter's face, but he was good at hiding these kind of things. He nodded to her question, knowing she'd catch it, after all she'd probably peek at him butt as he walked off. It only took him a matter of moments to reach his room, for it was in the same place it use to be. Apparently Jarvis continued his care for it, as it was just as clean as he last remembered it. Walking over to the closet, he threw his costume on the bed, and grabbed a simple pair of jeans and nice shirt, though it was simply still a t-shirt. Heading downstairs, neglecting to put on shoes at all, he headed back into the kitchen, grabbing two more beers, tossing one to Jen.

"As for age, I'm old enough to drink Jen, that's all that matters. Besides, if memory serves, you're only a year older than me." He spoke knowingly, though it held a sarcastic tone as well.

Any information Tony Stark knew about any hero, Pete had easy access to. Besides, Jen's age wasn't exactly secret imformation, but he felt like being all secrative about it. Returning to his seat, he opened his beer, and just sat it on the table. Looking over at her, he just sat there, wondering exactly what she was trying to get at. Surely Jen had a boyfriend, so what was with her little spank? Trying to keep his mind from thinking about it, he just grabbed his beer, taking a nice drink from it. For a drink that had several people addicted, it really wasn't as good as one would think. He prefered drinks that actually had flavor, something like an Electric Lemonaid, or even a fricken Martini, though he'd never openly admit his drink preferences to anyone.

(I'm using a little.....character control for this, since I'm not sure, or if they ever mentioned Pete's favorite drinks, if he has one.)

[Wolverine]

(Don't feel bad. I'm terribly sorry for this. Too much RL stuff going on right now. So please don't hesitate to skip me and you know what? Feel free to NPC me if I'm not around, just remember to keep Logan badassed lol)

Logan smirked at Jen when she told him to get her another beer. Well, that was a first. But he decided to do so anyway. It seemed the two were really...hitting it off rather well. So he went to the fridge to grab two beers.

Coming back, he tossed it at Jen. "Heads up, toots!" he made that remark again. It was just apart of Logan's nature. However, he knew in the future, that could easily result of being thrown through a wall or two. Nothing Logan couldn't bounce back from.

Then turning to Spider-Man, who had his mask off, he was quite surprised. Logan had no idea who the hell the web-head was...until now. "Well I'll be damned." he said, seeing that Spider-Man was actually Peter Parker. "I knew there was somethin' I didn't like about that Parker guy. Now it all makes sense." Logan remarked as he opened his beer and began to drink. Hell, there wasn't anything else to do around here than join in the conversation, though Logan was never the talkative type.

[She-Hulk]

Jen caught the beer easily from Logan. "Thanks, Shorty. Always knew you'd come in handy one day. You wanna catch the Rangers game later?"

"You clean up nice, Pete. Never would have guessed you were Spider-man either. How can you work for Jonah Jameson with all the garbage he publishes about you? Even John skips the editorials." Another mutual friend the two of them had, Jen had dated Jonah Jameson's son at one point, one of Spider-man's sometimes villains. "Soooo...is it true about you and the girl and the soaps? I saw the tabloids last week, Peter." Jen had a wicked smile. "Didn't know you liked redheads, Petey."

[Spider-Man]

"I'm surprised you didn't know already, what with your keen sense of smell?" His tone was sarcastic, and even the look on his face told how foolish the thought was.

He just sat there, looking over at Jen as she mentioned Jonah, a slight frown briefly making an appearance upon his face. Sure, most people wouldn't work for a boss that hated their guts, but as long as the secret was kept from Jonah, he didn't care. All that mattered to him, was that he had the two lives seperate as best as possible, and he balanced it decently. Though Jen's next question threw him a curveball, for she asked about Mary Jane. The tabloids did attempt to keep them in the couple spotlight, but the truth was they were in that friend stage. When she asked, he simply shook his head, not desiring to give it a real answer. If he were to give a real answer, it would be even more complex than he thought it really was.

[She-Hulk]

"Don't clam up now, Pete. You're certainly not this shy in your costume. The strong silent type doesn't really fit you." She winked at him. Even before she'd known who he was, she'd enjoyed putting Spider-man on the spot. "Well, I think you two make a cute couple. Its true what they say, the good ones are always taken. Does she know about your secret identity yet? I'm guessing its hell on your personal life if she doesn't. Bad guys always popping up at the wrong time."

She looked back over at Wolverine, and leaned forward. "So what about you, shorty? You go for redheads too, like Petey? Or something more...exotic?" She had to admit, at least to herself, that while Pete was better looking, there was something about Logan. He was almost the exact opposite of what she wanted in a man, short, hairy, a smoker, but there was a ruggedness about him that did it for her.

[Spider-Man]

"She knows my secret identity, and we're not dating Jen. We've decided to see other people, for obvious reasons. Due to my 'job', I can't really spend time with her, and anytime we do get to spend together, I've got to run off." He spoke through a sigh, resting his head on the counter.

His beer was gone, and his gaze rested on Jen. At this point, he had hit the 'ignore Wolverine' mode, one in which he knew annoyed the man, but tonight he didn't care. He was exhausted now, the past few sleepless nights finally catching up with him. He was debating about rather or not to just get up and head to bed. Aunt May knew where he was, or at least, for the most part. MJ, he wasn't sure what she knew, but she did know he was busy being Spider-Man tonight, which would probably be enough for a few days. She knew he sometimes went out and didn't show up until things were done, and he was thanking Jameson had given him the next few days off, at least he didn't have to officially walk the city as Peter.